A thread on staying warm from a chronically ill Appalachian who grew up without central heat:
It's fucking cold right now. As we all cope with new levels of cold (for our areas), I thought I'd put together some safety tips for folks, esp for any newly disabled out there.
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Gaslighting is a process where someone consistently denies the reality of another person while saying they’re the cause of the issue to begin with. Over time, the person stops trusting themselves and questions their own sanity.
@Ally__sn I picked this up a few months ago and was thinking about starting it tomorrow! I'm glad to know it is good! I really liked Addie LaRue so I'm hopeful for this author.
Honestly fuck my therapist for ripping my soul up and then telling me she is going on vacation next week. And then she had the audacity to ask me if I want to reschedule. No. I need 10-14 business days before I see you again bitch.
Dear tired 'Wednesday' sapphics,
What if I told you another #NevermoreAcademy existed? Where Wenclair is Lennabel and it's extremely canon?? You can read it for free and it updates every week. I mean, why eat crumbs when you can have the cake? 🍰
Love,
Your Goth Wine Aunts
That chronically ill person you know has probably never answered a "how are you" honestly. They probably told you "it is what it is", laughed and trivialised their pain because their real answer was long, traumatising and intense and they didn't want to make you uncomfortable.
The most important thing I learned after Uvalde is that there are over 50,000 school police officers in this country, but they haven't stopped even one school shooting. Instead they've arrested over 1 million kids, mostly students of color.