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Auditory Processing Deficit: It’s not a hearing problem, but…sorry, what did you say?
So few people are aware of auditory processing deficit as an actual thing that when explaining it I often just default to “It’s a hearing problem,” but that’s not accurate.
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Small Things
This is meant as sort of a general update on my life.
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Minimizing Mental Illness: a message to allies
Having mental illness means you learn to minimize what’s going on with you, or you learn to be alone.
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National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
The *best thing* you can do for someone who suffers from an eating disorder is *reaffirm their personal agency and bodily autonomy*.
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Survived Surgery Today
Wisdom teeth have successfully been removed.
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Bell Let’s Talk day and Mental Illness
On any given day you might think I’m doing just fine by looking at my outside — but inside, I’m screaming.
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I’ll “Fat Talk” as Much as I Gorram Please
What I take issue with in this video is the labeling of self-hatred as “fat talk”.
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“Nothing’s wrong.”
I’m really saying “I’m not ready to talk about it.”
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Dissociation
Dissociating to a certain extent can help me keep the pain at bay until I can deal with it, in small pieces.
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How not to be a dick to your friend/loved one/relative with eating disorders
Content warning: disordered eating, fatphobia, misogynistic language, description of child abuse Note: this is written based on my own personal experience with relatives, friends, loved ones, and my eating disorders. Other people may have different eating disorders and different experiences, and my post is in now way trying to speak for them. It’s just me…