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If we really want to make better choices after trauma triggers & responses, we gotta talk to ourselves in supportive ways, check in w/ our "parts," breathe, & focus on just the next right thing. Kicking the sh*t out of ourselves does not lead to better decisions or a better life.

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APOLLO FINALLY FOUND A HOME! I get kinda attached to the creatures that stay with me for a while, and he's been on the creature preserve since last Spring. I can't wait to send him to his new home 🥰

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If you need to reset, reset. If you need to start over, start over. The "sunk cost fallacy" is absolute poison for trauma recovery. The world is full of people who are in their 2nd, 3rd, & 4th acts. Don't stay in the wrong room because you happened to walk in the wrong door.

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QRP with your purple art 💜 #arttrain #artshare #art

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Moving in. 🏠

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We are creating special Phoenix fountain pens as a support project for urushi craftspeople affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake. This project is still ongoing, and we would greatly appreciate your support. forms.gle/RKcGxdjdUeXq...

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I really hope I don’t upset anyone by saying this But… while I understand the emotional reason for the KU boycott, there are a LOT of indie authors sadly relying on it for income. Some authors are publishing their works on platforms like Itch but others rely on KU to even be discovered

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You are valuable. Your time is valuable. Your energy is valuable. You, your time, & your energy deserve to be respected, protected & nurtured by anyone who expects to have access to them. (Ditto for your money, btw.)

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It doesn't matter how much anybody loves, accepts, or is attracted to us if our relationship w/ ourselves is a sh*t show. We don't always have to love, or even like ourselves-- but the inside of our head does need to be a safe place for us. A safe place we curate & develop daily.

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I had a woman who took all my kids’ books about pride off display and threw them in the book drop. Joke’s on her. Any time you throw something in the book drop or hide something, we have to scan it back in. That’s a circ, which means they’re more likely to order more copies.

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16. What do they wish people knew about their disability? That ASPD doesn’t make them evil, that they don’t just go around wanting to kill/hurt others. Also that HIV isn’t contagious when their levels are undetectable (common once treated!)

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14. Is their partner accommodating? Yes, Nico is their boyfriend and he’s generally really good! He understands Gabriel can’t always just act empathetic or kind, and is a doctor so ends up being good with seizure and opportunistic infection care too. Also, Nico takes PreP haha

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15. What jobs/hobbies do they have? #Gabriel is a chef! She started out as just a line cook, then it became a head chef surprisingly fast—working through LA restaurants. Bc of Gabriel’s peanut allergy, he does need to wear a mask when peanuts are prepared and can’t taste peanut dishes.

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Finished up the little bonus sticker designs for my Spring Korok sticker sheet! Shoutout to the person that suggested adding a pink version of Makar’s violin- it’s perfect💖 [ #zelda #nintendo #kawaiiart #artshop #artpost ]

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Outfit swap round 2! (2/2)

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Drum sound post production lady! (It's me well I'm odette But you get the joke hahah) I come to announce something cool! I have a vgen!!! 🎉🎉 It's not much and I can't do much But I'm excited if you come by to see or just judge But with delicacy 🥹 #vgen vgen.co/odettemiel

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Hiya! I've lowered my flat rate for voice commissions, and I'd be super grateful to get some more work under my belt! This money will go towards me supporting a friend by commissioning her for a pngtuber!

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Hi Hoo?

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YESSSS I love what Bob Ross said "talent is pursued interest! Anything you can practice you can do." Love will carry you when nothing else will. That fun is vital.

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Feybruary 2025 Mantle of Cruelty Owner: gnollandvoid [ #fantasy #item #design #dnd #dndart #homebrew #pathfinder #ttrpg #cloak #void #magicalscope ]

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13. Do they have friends with the same disabilities? Nope, Gabriel doesn’t actually know anyone else who has ASPD, HIV, or seizures! He’s not a support group or community person. He has met one or two kids with severe peanut allergies before though haha.

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12. If they have multiple disabilities, how do they affect each other? With Gabriel, it’s more like one disability caused another, and another…! Like his conduct disorder (“pre-ASPD”) led to risk taking and contracting HIV. HIV led to AIDS, which led to brain damage and seizures.

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There are two wolves... and I want to cuddle them both

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Hobbies, art, & music we enjoy & find meaning in are non-negotiable trauma recovery tools. Trauma tries to alienate us from who we are w/ a sh*tstorm of reactions & memories. We have to purposefully work to find ourselves again-- & develop & reinforce who we are beyond survival.

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Your inner critic might try to shame you for grieving. "You're weak." "You should be over this." "This wasn't that big a deal." Grieving is NORMAL & HEALTHY. Even if it takes longer-- maybe a LOT longer-- than we think it "should." Protect your grief from your inner critic.

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The basics in trauma recovery are the basics for a reason-- because there is never a point in our recovery where it is the wrong call to purposefully breathe, choose our self-talk, check n w/ our "parts," & manage our time, physical space, & finances in recovery supporting ways.

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They say “punk” like it’s a bad thing. I guarantee there are punks reading this— rebels, badasses, survivors who “they” rejected because we wouldn’t play along. Keep on with your bad self, ya punk.

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We can be disappointed in ourselves, angry at ourselves, furious about our past choices, frustrated by our symptoms-- without hating, sabotaging, or harming ourselves. Don't get tricked or trapped by Trauma Brain into thinking you "have" to punish yourself. Focus forward.

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For this reason though, if there ever STARTS to become "money to be made in BlueSky", I do hope people will continue to draw what they want to draw. Post what they want to post. And I do hope that'll still be OCs for a lot of y'all!! (But fanart rules too as long as you have brainworms for it!!)

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Don’t relapse. Use what you’re feeling right now as fuel. Prove them wrong.

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I think part of how I was able to help push for an "OCsky" was that BlueSky wasn't financially-viable or clout-viable when I was pushing for OCsky vibes. So, there wasn't really much competition for "a better use of artists time (on BlueSky)".

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So, guess who found out I needed to do multiple things BEFORE animating, after getting more knowledge I found out the model was actually an absolute mess, I did however fixed that, I have now successfully finished the important things. And now I am going for animations.

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"You've got to make time for yourself too. To Sleep. Eat. And hang out with us." Taking Vee's advice and taking breaks to do screencap redraws of my favourite retail employees #deepspacediscount #dsdfanart @deepblueink.bsky.social

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Here’s a sneak peek of my artwork in DP form! Big thanks to Anxiety Art Adventures for the unboxing and review, and Enabler’s Outpost for the beautiful diamond painting! youtu.be/1Xbx_Rr0Jcg?... — #diamondart #diamondpainting #crafts #watercolor #dpart

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Fun fact... the DSM (the Diagnostic manual used in the US for diagnosing autism) does a pretty good job of explaining why you might not be able to "see" a person's autism.

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Holy shit, I'm officially sold out of kittenbee pins!! I have three that I'm hanging on to for myself. It's been a good run! I would like to do a new kittenbee pin design, and feel unsure if I should do another run of the original too.

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American Redbud Spring, retouch of a piece I did in 2020. Decide it was time to make proper prints and sticker of this one. #Art #Etsy #BlueSkyNightMarket Prints - www.etsy.com/listing/1870... Stickers - www.etsy.com/listing/1855...

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I can’t wait until I’m working again I want to be the one treating my friends, to make up for the nightmare since my heart attack Everyone has been so unspeakably kind. Taking me out places to have fun. Coming to watch musicals with me on YouTube. Treating me to karaoke I want to pay it forward

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Setting goals & managing our time isn't letting someone else control us. It's refusing to let our autopilot, which was programmed by our bullies, abusers, & trauma, trick us into wasting today kicking our own ass w/ shame & self-sabotage. Because f*ck that, you know?

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