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it’s honestly wild how much time research on avpd spends talking about if it’s a separate disorder from social anxiety or not, considering how obvious the differences between them are in my experience
i feel like it represents a much bigger refusal in psychological research to, like, actually talk to the people who live with the disorders they’re researching
like, just off the top of my head, here are some differences i can think of (which apparently the professional researchers can’t seem to wrap their heads around):
social anxiety can make people avoid social situations, but avpd isn’t just social avoidance, there’s also emotional, cognitive, and behavioral avoidance that all contribute to the experience of living with avpd
social anxiety is specific to social situations, but avpd is constant, and we still experience traits of it when we’re totally alone
social anxiety involves one primary symptom — the anxiety/phobia itself — while avpd can involve any number of potential traits, and doesn’t even always involve the anxiety/phobia seen in social anxiety at all
social anxiety primarily affects in-the-moment emotions and behaviors, while avpd also affects basically our entire sense of identity and beliefs about the world
people with social anxiety usually recognize that something is “wrong” when they feel the anxiety, while people with avpd tend to see our traits as parts of our personality that are supposed to be there and are justified, even if we know they’re causing problems
people with social anxiety usually get comfortable with people as they spend more time with them and are often able to push past the anxiety to form full relationships, while people with avpd tend to get less comfortable with people over time and are often less able to form relationships
and those are just the tip of the iceberg, if i had a better memory or the energy to look through my research i could probably write a list at least twice as long
all this handwringing about if it’s a valid diagnosis gets to the point that much more important research topics are totally neglected, and it’s been a huge factor in my increasing disillusionment with the psych field
we exist, our specific struggles exist, our neurotype exists, and i really think if these researchers spent more time actually talking to us, there would be much less doubt about that, they’re just so obsessed with “objectivity” and “empiricism” that our actual lived experiences aren’t good enough evidence to them
we’re not just subjects for a bunch of out-of-touch academics to run tests on and theorize about, we’re actual people capable of articulating what we’re experiencing, and we’re the best authorities out there on those experiences — they’re just too busy getting off on their illusion of objective science to care about what we have to say
@crscendo gets a starter ! chrissy cunningham ➵ tammy thompson
𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, chrissy has bitten her nail down to the quick. she stares down in horror at her mangled finger, hiding it within the folds of her pleated cheer skirt. her mother is going to murder her for this. ❝ um–– sorry, what was that, tammy? ❞ maybe she can get some press on nails after school? maybe pretend to get a cut and wrap it in a band-aid? maybe? yeah, that could work! ❝ hey, wait. do you want to go to the store after school? ❞
@singofus asked ;
"Think of me what you want. I was only a monster because I was made one." Meeting Daedalus had forced Asterius to self-reflect. So he stood tall and resolved as he spoke finally his truth. Reliving memories forever burned into his soul. "I was starved, imprisoned. Minos sent people to me, willing me to harm them...I walked further into your maze to isolate myself. To keep myself from finding them when I lost myself to rage and hunger. To keep them safe. I was thankful to be killed. To stop the suffering of both myself and every person sent to me to die." Tears filled his eyes, hands clasped into his tunic as he tried to keep in the sadness and guilt that filled him now. "But that version of me is not who I truly am. I hope you have witnessed this yourself." He was done speaking, and would wait for their response before leaving to be alone for a while. ( :((( )
Daedalus swallowed and shook his head. No, he thought, no, he was a monster already, he was born one. That was what he had been told. That was what he had seen, he told himself, when he was born, the way he had torn himself so violently from his mother’s womb. Daedalus felt guilt enough for the lives lost in his labyrinth, was punished enough during his own imprisonment within its walls and then again, when he lost Ikaros. He could not bear the thought that Asterius had been entirely innocent. Innocent of the circumstances, yes, he believed that, but . . . He was dangerous. Daedalus believed he was dangerous.
“No, you wouldn’t have been imprisoned if you weren’t dangerous, why would they have– but . . . Asterius – May I call you that? It still wasn’t your fault. You cannot help what you were born as, that was . . . That was my fault. And the queen’s, and Poseidon’s, it was many people’s fault but not yours. I never believed it was yours.”
Daedalus pitied Asterius back then. He believed him to be dangerous but he didn’t think he meant to be, thought it was something he could not help and so what choice was there other than to imprison him? To help Theseus slay him so that no more lives would be lost?
“I am sorry for the pain you went through in your life, truly, but I– I didn’t know what else I could do. I was indentured, I had to do what I was told, and then – I was told you were dangerous. I do not think you meant to be. I meant it, truly, when I said I’m glad you are in Elysium. You deserved none of the pain you were subjected to. But what else? What else could I have done?”
“turned inside out now you have found all you wanted” “and i need you to know me so no one else owns me” “i know you. i know you young man. i know you by the state of your hands” “i am not brave. i am not brave.“ “i was just a kid and all i really wanted was my father” “why do i keep running?” “there’s no peace. there’s no rest. your fortitude is feeling put to rest” “but i will hold on hope, and i won’t let you choke.” “leave your doubt at the door. don’t you take another step.” screams and cries
ive been thinking of pogtopia c!tommy recently and i think one aspect that gets overlooked sometimes is how genuinely smart c!tommy can be
my favorite example is when c!schlatt and c!quackity (and possibly c!fundy ?) first find the tunnels near pogtopia, c!tommy is the one to lure them away making a false threat to tear down the manberg flag. he's in a super high stress situation and being mocked and degraded even as its happening and he was able to distract them and protect pogtopia from being discovered. he also snuck into manberg multiple times getting supplies and was the one to successfully sneak c!techno out of spawn area while manberg was searching for both of them
although it gets overlooked often, c!tommy is a genuinely smart and skilled person who is able to work well and make plans on the spot in high stress situations and i think we need to talk about that more
Israeli forces attacking Palestinian protestors in Huwara, Southern Nablus today, May 27th 2022.
When you haven't fasted in a couple days and then you get hit with the hunger pains when you start fasting again
applying for these rentals knowing full well I don’t want them to waste real estate agents’ time like they waste mine 🥰
She's been on leave for a while, but now it seems she's officially left the US tour. The cast announced it on 27 May 2022.
Max Craven farewelled her here; and here's my favourite gif of her with Devon McCleskey, before he also left.
And congrats to Allison Lian, therefore, on being confirmed as full first-cast Rumpelteazer, instead of temporary replacement!
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I’m watching the battle of Alberta rn I hope oilers can finish them off and win the cup cuz mcdavid deserves the world.. I’m cheering for them or tampa or avs if not the rangers😕💕 -porn anon 💙
Omg I didn’t know you were a McDavid stan
@the lockwood & co fandom (whatever is left of you here, i feel like everyone’s mostly on discord now but somehow i’m no longer on the server): does anyone have a pdf of the first l&c zine we did, back in the fall of 2017? the original drive link on the blog no longer works, and i’m kinda sad i never got around to saving it.
Israeli soldiers arrest and detain 2 children, one of which is being dragged by the neck, on no charges. Al-Khalil, May 23rd 2022. Unchilding at play.
