magical depressive musings
why misery activism?
One of my nicknames for magical depressive realism is misery activism. It’s not just me being shady to Pleasure Activism, although I do have some snark for that title. I loved much of it, but as a person who rarely feels good in the ways that abled, sane folks do, I...
mental health is a spectrum
There is no established “normal” level of any given neurotransmitter. Different people will have different innate tendencies towards euphoria, melancholy, mania, depression, psychosis, dissociation, etc., and this varies throughout an individual’s lifetime as well....
more thoughts on reality and cycles of dormancy
(Below text supplements above video and vice versa. As above, so below, but not precisely.) ### I want to talk a bit more about the nature of reality. Specifically, the nature of the reality of living as a multiply marginalized, neurodivergent person at the end of a...
BE AS THE PHOENIX
(reposted from instagram for accessibility) The phoenix. A brilliantly colored bird that burns to ash only to rise again & fly away home in an ever-repeating cycle. A resurrectionist, practiced in the craft of making themselves whole after tearing themselves...
DISCERN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN END AND THE END
(reposted from instagram for accessibility) TW: death, suicide attempts, hospitalization, r*pe, IPV, police violence -- This moment in time feels like The End for a lot of us. The myriad crises we are facing—white supremacist fascism, climate chaos, ever-mounting...
CHOOSE YOUR REALITY
(reposted from instagram for accessibility) cw: MENTAL ILLNESS, MED WITHDRAWAL Consensus reality is a postmodern concept, based in the idea that reality is inherently subjective. What we all “agree” is real, is real. That means “reality” is highly influenced by...
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