Shout out to mentally ill people who dropped out of school
– shout out to the kids who were âso brightâ and âheading somewhereâ and had to drop out because school was too much to handle along with mental illness
– shout out to the kids who struggled to get where they got before they dropped out
– shout out to the kids who tried and tried and tried and still couldnât finish
you arenât unintelligent because you dropped out of school, you arenât a delinquent or a bad person because you dropped out of school, just because you did what you had to doesnât make you a bad person
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PSA to all you fantasy writers because I have just had a truly frustrating twenty minutes talking to someone about this: itâs okay to put mobility aids in your novel and have them just be ordinary.
Like. Super okay.
I donât give a shit if itâs high fantasy, low fantasy or somewhere between the lovechild of Tolkein meets My Immortal. Itâs okay to use mobility devices in your narrative. Itâs okay to use the word âwheelchairâ. You donât have to remake the fucking wheel. Itâs already been done for you.
And no, it doesnât detract from the ârealismâ of your fictional universe in which you get to set the standard for realism. Please donât try to use that as a reason for not using these things.
There is no reason to lock the disabled people in your narrative into towers because âthatâs the way it wasâ, least of all in your novel about dragons and mermaids and other made up creatures. There is no historical realism here. You are in charge. You get to decide what that means.
Also:
âDepiction of Chinese philosopher Confucius in a wheelchair, dating to ca. 1680. The artist may have been thinking of methods of transport common in his own day.â
âThe earliest records of wheeled furniture are an inscription found on a stone slate in China and a childâs bed depicted in a frieze on a Greek vase, both dating between the 6th and 5th century BCE.[2][3][4][5]The first records of wheeled seats being used for transporting disabled people date to three centuries later in China; the Chinese used early wheelbarrows to move people as well as heavy objects. A distinction between the two functions was not made for another several hundred years, around 525 CE, when images of wheeled chairs made specifically to carry people begin to occur in Chinese art.[5]â
âIn 1655,Stephan Farffler, a 22 year old paraplegic watchmaker, built the worldâs first self-propelling chair on a three-wheel chassis using a system of cranks and cogwheels.[6][3] However, the device had an appearance of a hand bike more than a wheelchair since the design included hand cranks mounted at the front wheel.[2]
The invalid carriage or Bath chair brought the technology into more common use from around 1760.[7]
In 1887, wheelchairs (ârolling chairsâ) were introduced to Atlantic City so invalid tourists could rent them to enjoy the Boardwalk. Soon, many healthy tourists also rented the decorated ârolling chairsâ and servants to push them as a show of decadence and treatment they could never experience at home.[8]
In 1933 Harry C. Jennings, Sr. and his disabled friend Herbert Everest, both mechanical engineers, invented the first lightweight, steel, folding, portable wheelchair.[9] Everest had previously broken his back in a mining accident. Everest and Jennings saw the business potential of the invention and went on to become the first mass-market manufacturers of wheelchairs. Their âX-braceâ design is still in common use, albeit with updated materials and other improvements. The X-brace idea came to Harry from the menâs folding âcamp chairs / stoolsâ, rotated 90 degrees, that Harry and Herbert used in the outdoors and at the mines.[citation needed]
âBut Joy, how do I describe this contraption in a fantasy setting that wont make it seem out of place?â
âIt was a chair on wheels, which Prince FancyPants McElferson propelled forwards using his arms to direct the motion of the chair.â
âIt was a chair on wheels, which Prince EvenFancierPants McElferson used to get about, pushed along by one of his companions or one of his many attending servants.â
âBut itâs a high realm magical fantasââ
âIt was a floating chair, the hum of magical energy keeping it off the ground casting a faint glow against the cobblestones as {CHARACTER} guided it round with expert ease, gliding back and forth.â
âBut itâs a stempunk novââ
âUnlike other wheelchairs heâd seen before, this one appeared to be self propelling, powered by the gasket of steam at the back, and directed by the use of a rudder like toggle in the front.â
Give. Disabled. Characters. In. Fantasy. Novels. Mobility. Aids.
If you can spend 60 pages telling me the history of your world in innate detail down to the formation of how magical rocks were formed, you can god damn write three lines in passing about a wheelchair.
Signed, your editor who doesnât have time for this ableist fantasy realm shit.
if your stomachâs sensitive because of anxiety, by all means spread out the food you eat over the course of the day instead of having large meals, just donâtâŠnot eat.  you will go into hypoglycemic shock and that will suck.
By the way, symptoms include:
Shakiness.
Nervousness or anxiety.
Sweating, chills and clamminess.
Irritability or impatience.
Confusion, including delirium.
Rapid/fast heartbeat.
Lightheadedness or dizziness.
Hunger and nausea.
(because of the nausea, eating might not feel like the thing to do at first. Â Iâd suggest drinking a coke or something.)
Iâve dealt with sugar crashes before and Iâve collapsed and whited out. Â Iâve had friends do it too. Â If you think youâre going into hypoglycemic shock, and if thereâs anyone else near by, tell them you think itâs happening, even if youâre not prone or itâs never happened before. Â If yourâe alone, make your way slowly to the kitchen/wherever you have food/drinks. Â The standard rule is to take in 15 oz of a sugary drink (orange juice and sodaânot dietâare the best) and wait 15 minutes to see if itâs over, then keep doing that until your sugar is stabilized. Â Then you can eat. Â If you think youâre about to collapse, especially if you start to feel dizzy, sit down and lay down or lean against something. Â Donât risk injury, itâs better to pass out while youâre laying down than it is to collapse and hurt yourself.
*points at this more educated person*
If you are having trouble eating please keep in mind the BRATY diet. Bananas, Rice, Apple sauce, Toast, and (sometimes) Yogurt. These foods have been shown to be harder to throw up. By no means should this be the primary diet, but this can assist in the between times when itâs harder to keep things down.
this was really helpful
As someone who has a super nervous stomach this is super useful!!
I get this all the time at work particularly, good to know!
Iâm actually pretty prone to this, and thereâs been quite a few times that Iâve come close to passing out at work because they didnât want to send me on break so I could eat. Itâs a really horrible feeling.
So yeah. Take it from someone whoâs hypoglycemic issues: please donât just not eat.
Plain wheat crackers got me through large portions of high school. And ginger ale is given to sick people for a reason: the bubbles and a trace of ginger help calm the stomach.
This whole âtrust Tumblr blindlyâ thing is eventually going to kill someone, as I became pointedly aware of on one occasion I was making fun of how poorly a particular bleach-based drain declogger was working on my sink and got a chorus of really dangerously misinformed people telling me to pour vinegar in after it because all cute little cool kid diy home care blogs theyâre following talk about vinegar like it itâs the big secret the cleaning companies donât want you to know.
And I cringed knowing that someday, some Well Actually expert who read a blog article once is going to give that advice to someone who unfortunately didnât take high school chemistry and isnât aware that MIXING VINEGAR AND BLEACH MAKES CHLORINE GAS.
holy fucking jesus tits reblog to save a life
OK I actually got a full on A* for GCSE Chemistry and if I ever knew this Iâve forgotten it. Seriously reblog this.
Also donât use bleach to clean up if your cat pees outside the littlerbox (or urine in general for that matter, species doesnât really matter here I think). I did that in a small space and it took me a bit of coughing and wheezing and wanting to tear my eyes out before I went, âwait, fuck, I just gassed myselfâ.
Be aware of the chemicals you are using even if they are natural cleaners.
Congratulations! I am currently pursuing a degree in this field too. Like all degrees, I think it is important to have an idea of what you want to do in the future. This is especially true for psychology – where there may be more graduates than jobs available. Â
Expectations do not equate reality: take a pencil and plan out your degree. Go to the faculty website and see what the courses are like. For example, in the Bachelor of Science programme in life sciences with a concentration in psychology, I must take Chemistry 1, Chemistry 2, Biology 1, Biology 2, and math courses. This biological focus may not be of interest to everyone in psychology; some people prefer studying the social aspect. In that case, a Bachelor of Arts may be more fitting. You may have an idea of what psychology seems to be composed of (e.g., Freud! Jung! Personality?!), but I think it is always good to see what the program really composes of. Break it down to the building blocks of your degree and understand what you are going to learn – just how we study that amino acids are the building blocks of protein to understand the macroscopic picture of who we are. đÂ
Psychology is not a vocational degree. What I mean is that unlike many business degrees (where it is expected you will find a job immediately after), psychology is different. To be able to practice as a psychologist, you are required to dedicate 4-7+ years after your 4-year undergraduate degree for more schooling. After a B.A/B.S degree, people in psychology who wish to become a clinical psychologist often pursue a Masters degree. Then, you need to have a Ph.D/Psy.D. That is a lot of schooling!Â
Be open to new opportunities. Many people who complete a psychology undergraduate degree go on to pursue human resources/business marketing/lab technician jobs, rather than become a psychologist. I think it is important to explore your other interests, because after all, things can change and it is best to set yourself up to be suitable for any potential, fast-growing opportunities! For example, I enjoy design and marketing on the side, and I update my portfolio to reflect my new skills and interests. Being able to question opportunities, reflect on your goals, and accept change is an important skill I value.
You all have curves in that spine of yours and I donât want you to ever feel like youâre more dysfunctional because you have a bigger curve or youâre a whiner because you have a smaller curve. Everyone with scoliosis, from 20 degree curves to humongous curves that can be even over 80 degrees, still goes through back pain every day and still has those adverse effects from the curved spine. Too many times Iâve talked to people with scoliosis, and after I say mine is 70 degrees they say something like âOh, mineâs only 40!â or âMine curve is barely 25, I shouldnât complain.â No, you go ahead and complain! It doesnât matter how big your curve is or how much pain youâre in. What matters is that we all still have scoliosis in common, and you shouldnât be afraid to talk about it just because yours isnât as severe as someone else.
As a friend of mine always said, âIf you decided not to eat until all the starving kids in Africa were fed, you wouldnât be helping anyone!â
Not just for women, anyone can use. I pressed the lock button 5 times and it gave me the SOS option. (I clicked cancel tho, Iâm not in an emergency, just wanted to verify if it was true)
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A little add on, you might have to turn it on in your settings. Tried it on my phone and it didnât work, but I found it in the settings and turned it on. Tried it again and then it worked.
đ„ There is beauty in destructionđ„ 