icon: "ADD-PI (two electromicroscope photos of crystallized acetylcholine, overlaid & warped in several ways)"My new schedule is so much better for my brain that it boggles my mind. Two long days followed by three short is good in both cases because feeling like I always have to rush at the end of the day or else get caught in terrible traffic is ( Read more... )

icon: "disassociative (a digital painting of a stylized person in profile with wide open screaming mouth and arms up with palms spread wide. Head and hands flow into strands like blood vessels)"When you have a mental illness, it's like you have an amorphous monster that follows you everywhere. If it's depression, it can sit on you like a lead ( Read more... )

icon: "overwhelmed (the character Keenan from "Playing By Heart," with hands over their face covering their eyes and head tilted back)"I went to the doctor today about a lump on my genitals. The good news: it's not cancer. The bad news: it's HPV ( Read more... )

icon: "challenging (photo of me lifting one eyebrow and slightly squinting my eyes, wearing "Red Queen" makeup: searingly red lips, darkened pointed eyebrows, black eyeliner, deep red & black eyeshadow accented with gold & silver, and black-outlined silver hearts & diamonds with red shadows on my cheeks)"The first list is a set of yes/no questions ( Read more... )

icon: "ADD-PI (two electromicroscope photos of crystallized acetylcholine, overlaid & warped in several ways)"
[a brief history of my ADD and of supplements I have tried]I didn't get diagnosed with ADD as a kid, like many who have ADD-PI (attention deficit disorder - primarily inattentive). But I grew up with an unsympathetic, controlling, abusive parent who also had ADD and had learned ways to cope with ( Read more... )

icon: "brewing (a photo of a ceramic mug with sticks of cinnamon poking out and steam rising up)"small random PSA: I take zinc and b12 every day, and I haven't gotten sick in over a year and a half, despite being around sick people often enough. I consider the two things highly related, and as the pills aren't too expensive, I shall continue to ( Read more... )

icon: "bodylove -- me (belly) (a photo from 2007 of my breasts, belly, and arms, covered in spirals and drawings made with washable markers and glitter)"
( content warning: possibly triggering for those with disordered eating or eating disorders. talk of restriction, dieting, fat )

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