it makes me so sad when ppl apologize for talking so much about their hyperfixations. like no keep going i love you
if you don’t shut up about your own ocs. if you don’t shut up about obscure characters that no one else appreciates as much as you. if you get into deep lore of a series no one else around you likes. I Love You So Fucking Much
and most importantly if you make fun of ppls interests i will absolutely destroy you. make no mistake
Today is World Mental Health Day. It’s typically the day when social media gets flooded with things like “you’re strong enough”, “you can do it!” and “you don’t know how strong you are!”
But I’m here to say that sometimes you aren’t.
Sometimes your thoughts get the better of you. Sometimes you find yourself trapped in your own mind with no way out. Sometimes, no matter what you do, you can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel.
And that’s okay.
If you are struggling with mental health, know that it is okay to have bad days. You’ll have great days when you feel like you are on top of the world, where your mental health isn’t even a thought in your mind. But you’ll also have days when you feel as though you are nothing but your mental health problems.
No-one will understand what you are going through better than you. People can offer a kind word and support, but you know yourself best. You’ll know what helps in that situation, whether it is hanging out with friends closest to you or cancelling plans in order to have a mental health day.
Do what you have to do on those dark days to get through it, even if it means not leaving your bed. You know the best way to battle your demons, even if that means that you have to lose a few battles in order to win the war.
Today my mom told me that the way I stimmed embarrassed her because she said it “made me look autistic” but uh, I am autistic.
She prohibits me from discussing my diagnosis with anyone (I ignore this – I’m really open about my diagnosis at school and online) and not even my extended family knows. The one time that I brought it up, she told my family that I was lying.
Don’t teach your kids to be ashamed of their autism, or any other disability/disorder/illness that they may have. Trying to suppress it doesn’t make it go away. Trying to suppress it only hurts even more.
Once you help your kids know themselves and embrace themselves and all of their differences, you will help their world become a better place.
Please don’t teach your kids to be ashamed of their diagnosis. You can’t hide a part of them from the world for forever
Autistic and mentally ill and physically disabled students are incredible! We exist in a world that is built for and by neurotypical and able bodied people and we still manage to navigate it!!! Disabled students are so important and deserve all of the validation in the world. I hope every single one of you remembers to look after yourself.
You don’t need to earn self care; you don’t need to completely drain your batteries before you’re allowed to practice self care. You deserve to feel as productive and a part of the community and the student body as any neurotypical able bodied student. Don’t ever compare yourself to their performance standards or force yourself to live up to them in a way that causes you harm. You are perfect exactly how you are. Also, don’t EVER feel badly because you need to do things in a different way from everyone else or you need help accomplishing something. Don’t feel guilty for being yourself. Your accomplishments are not lesser. You are not lesser.
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