Reminder That Many Abuse Victims Get Triggered By Anger, Whether It’s Directed At Them Or Not. Please

Italian idiom of the day #10

Essere in una botte di ferro

“To be inside an iron barrel” – to be on safe ground, to be shielded from all harm.

When someone tells you you are “inside an iron barrel” with them, they’re trying to reassure you: it means you’ve got nothing to worry about, that you are in safe hands.

Con Marco sei in una botte di ferro: è il medico più bravo che io conosca. – Marco really is your guy: he’s the best doctor I know.

First body paragraphs: Eloquent, lovely. Unparalleled beauty in both diction and grammar. Thesis is strongly supported. Wide vocabulary. A semicolon is used. 

Last body paragraph: Short. Ugly. The crops are dying. Using the word “because” 56 times in only a few lines. Sentence structure whomst’ve? Forgot what my thesis says. In the distance, screaming

Yikes. Here’s another.

(I love when you all reblog these with filled out versions. 💕)

When STEM people have fun.

them: are you ok? 

me thinking about the time when I could read and study without taking a break every 10 seconds: No

I want my nervous system to calm down first,

Vincent van Gogh, from a letter to Theo van Gogh written c. May 1888 (via violentwavesofemotion)

Murphy’s Law for Writers

Anything that can go wrong, should go wrong.

some dissociation feels:

my thoughts are far away and I can barely hear them 

feelings and reactions are all fake

emptiness

personality???

there’s another person in my body

there’s someone trapped in the mirror

I can’t die because I’m not real

why is the world so blurry and bright?

time goes fast but everything else goes slow

always performing in front of an invisible audience

nothing makes sense so what is rational/irrational??

Hey kids, not to be a party pooping adult, but if you start noticing signs of having an addictive personality/tendencies at a young age, be really careful when experimenting with alcohol, marijuana, or nicotine (and other illegal drugs, which I would encourage you to avoid entirely; and medicinal drugs like opioids acquired after a surgery).

Like, if you can't tear yourself away from a video game, even to make it to an important event on time? Addictive tendencies.

If you keep spending your allowance money on those funny collectibles or new shoes even when you promise yourself you're going to save it? Addictive tendencies.

If you find yourself unable to resist and manage food cravings, or frequently overeating even when it makes you feel bad? Addictive tendencies.

Be aware of yourself, kids. Be cautious and don't be anybody's fool. I love you, be safe!