love it when ppl add food CWs to their posts /genuine
uhmm big ass rant below the cut :P
a lot of ppl say its making food sound "bad" in your mind, but for us it really isnt! they say its bad for ed recovery, but theres more EDs than just anorexia and bulimia!!
we have sensory based arfid. we have a horrible appetite, though we enjoy both food AND eating. if we want something to eat, we NEED to avoid other foods in order to keep our appetite. any food could ruin it at any point, especially if its a random post online. it makes us nauseous, grossed out, and sometimes can go as far as making us gag irl from just an image. it is mainly because of the visuals and our active imagination (we can taste, smell, etc. from an image).
we do not have a strong fear of food, we love eating. a CW/TW doesnt inherently mean "fear", it just means theres a warning for the content.
example: we want to eat some fish sticks. we are scrolling on tumblr right before we go downstairs to eat, see a post of a lasagna that had no tags, and immediately feel nauseous and have zero appetite for any food. we get upset, our parents get mad at us for not eating, and everyone feels like shit.
sure, we can just.. not scroll on social media when we're hungry, but... thats nearly all fucking day. we are hungry a lot. we love snacks. we dont often see pics of food, so its not like a common occurrence (we have a lot of tags blocked), but it IS appreciated when we see it with a CW or at least food related tags
we need food CWs to keep ourselves fed and healthy. its not a fucking fear reaction, its a symptom of our relatively incurable eating disorder (arfid!!!!). stop being so convinced food CWs are only for fear reactions. we can eat just fine as long as we arent surprised with something. also: yes, we are able to see those posts when we are not planning on eating for a while. its not a constant thing for us, but it might be for others. it still does bring the negative experience, though. sometimes we get lucky and its a safe looking food, but thats rare.
PS: you really shouldnt assume you know mentally ill people better than they know themselves, especially if youre not their doctor.
unless you have a personal reason to not add them (triggers you, bring bad memories, etc.) then its not a fucking issue to add them. you dont have to, obviously, but its appreciated. and you shouldnt shit on the idea of it either way.
whatever. im tired of this "discourse". we see it everywhere.
nothing like typing "pk;m new" and the person youre trying to make a profile for ejects you out of front so they can write their own shit on their profile
theres a few references to things on the description that i have NO clue abt what they mean but ok 😭
got our lip piercing today!!!! its a vertical labret ^^ our piercer said we had perfect anatomy for it and omgomg it made us so happy whdhfjfj we've wanted it for so long
talking to mediamates as a deeply anxious person is wild
yes, i was your brother, but i was never your brother but some distant other world version of him, and everything you say to me is so kind and i missed you-not-you but if i make the wrong move will you stop talking forever, do you like it when i talk about my memories? do you want me to stop talking about them? do you wish id say more? do you miss your brother as much as i miss my brothers, do you think im trying to replace him, do you want me to, do you think im trying to replace mine with you??
shrugs. lighthearted but i'm good at overthinking. i can imagine anything
forgot to actually show the pics but the one on the right is made by pebbles and the one on the left is from spyte
oh wow. just compared one of spytes recent drawings to the one pebbles did a bit ago and holy Fuck those are two completely different artstyles. didnt actually know we did that??? i mean its expected but WHAT
oh wow. just compared one of spytes recent drawings to the one pebbles did a bit ago and holy Fuck those are two completely different artstyles. didnt actually know we did that??? i mean its expected but WHAT