Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

@soft OH THAT IS SO PRETTY!!! can i ask where you got it? (my dad both is a fountain pen snob and *notoriously hard to shop for* so i may be squirreling ideas away for later, and/or want that pen for myself because omg it's just so pretty and elegant....)

@quephird@mastodon.social you know, seeing this drift by the fediverse... i have several ideas of the direction you need to go in.

but i'll be honest, it's tough love all the way, so i'll leave it as something that you get to decide if you want to receive or not.

@troubleMoney HONESTLY

i think they were forgetting that balance can also mean a bit like. balancing the books.

IF YOU ZERO THINGS OUT, SHIT'S BALANCED...

@nyah@octodon.social > with it. and since i'm trying a type with no THC, it means that it's not getting me high, and i won't pop hot on any drug testing. i've had a lot of success with it! you can get it in gel caps for easy dosing and measurement (also so you don't have to like chug oil), and there's also topical applications which i haven't tried yet.

that's about all i got so far - but feel free to poke me with more questions! i'm sure there's stuff i'm forgetting but i'm happy to help as i can 💖

@nyah@octodon.social

5. if it's more of a diffuse everywhere chronic pain, that gets harder to deal with. there are many supplements people try with this sort of nerve-ey pain, but i'll attempt to cut through the bullshit and give you 2 recs. first up: vitamins, especially B vitamins. b vitamins are surprisingly easy to miss out on, and really important for nerves to regenerate and maintain themselves with.

6. ...cbd oil. ok yes i know this is perilously close to 'just weed', but i've had a lot of success >

@nyah@octodon.social

3. there are some topical things you can try as well. i really like Two Old Goats cream because i feel like it's the one thing that works for me. but it's also worth investigating if lidocane patches/sprays do you any good, or if cooling sprays with menthol help.

4. heat/ice as well! ice for if things feel inflamed, heat if things feel stiff. experiment with a heating pad and ice pad to see if there are places that like this. (remember to not leave ice on long - 20 mins only.) >

@nyah@octodon.social yes actually!

1. what type of pain are you having? is this something where working the trigger points can relieve muscle tightness? (there are a lot of youtube tutorials about finding these tutorials and doing self-massage to mash them to get the muscle to let go.)

2. if it's muscle pain, https://www.askdoctorjo.com/ is a fantastic resource for stretches and exercises, sorted by area of body. going to a legit physical therapist is of course better, but that's a lot of money

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@Los_Ingobernables_De_Jorts@jorts.horse depends on what you're wanting chiropractic care to do.

if you want someone to pop your back real fucken good, yeah dawg chiropractic is great for that.

but if a chiropractor says that he can cure any disease like getting rid of your allergies, if the root of all disease is something with your spine yada yada yada, that's a crock of shit lol.

a good chiropractor will be up-front that all they do is cracking your back and that's it.

basically what i'm saying is that anakin skywalker fell to the dark side because the institutions around him so clearly and obviously decided that a mounting avalanche of trauma was something not only that they could ignore, but that they could actively punish anakin skywalker for daring to have, so that the only coping strategy he had was guilt and self-hatred.

YEAH WHAT DID Y'ALL THINK WAS GONNA FUCKING HAPPEN, JEDI ASSHOLES.

i mean the clone wars 3d series makes this real fucking obvious.

"so for this, obi-wan, you gotta fake your own death. don't tell anakin tho." "oh ok." "...ok so anakin figured it out and he's really mad because he's been grieving hard should somebody go check on him?"

"nah he knows to just not have feelings sweatie :)"

"ok so anakin's beloved padawan just left the order and he's taking it real hard, should somebody go check on him?"

"he knows :) sweatie :) no feelings :)"

but also, this is why the prequel jedi order had it fucking coming.

anakin: ...so yeah i've been really struggling with my whole lifetime of trauma thing, what do i do

jedi order: have you tried just not having it?

anakin: um

jedi order: just don't sweatie :)

anakin: wh...

jedi order: yeah just don't have feelings :) that fixes it. just don't :)

anakin: ....

jedi order: ok sweatie :) now that's fixed how about we send you into battle again so you can see more friends die :)

"Darth Vader seems so cool and aloof," thinks Imperial Mook, "wow I wonder what dark thoughts must fill his head as he stands there silently........."

the answer is: bupkis, because Darth Vader is currently disassociating to fuck, because he's a pile of ptsd stuck in a torture suit! he's a million lightyears away dawg! it's his only got dam coping strategy he got left!

but seriously tho, anakin skywalker makes so much sense if you just insert that from childhood, he's been swatting away casual ideation of "would sure be cool if i died tho".

podracing? why the fuck not, would sure be cool if i died tho

steal this fighter? sure, sounds like fun and if not would sure be cool if i died tho

charge headfirst into battle? awright let's do this, sure would be cool if i died tho

@Lunaf1917 as a token straight person i can assure everyone the answer is Absolutely Not And Never Have Been

Fools and Knaves of the Highest Order: sjws are so stupid trying to insert modern shit into stories

Me, An Intellectual, From Atop My Soapbox: ANAKIN SKYWALKER HAS BEEN AT LEAST PASSIVELY SUICIDAL SINCE AGE 9 IF NOT EARLIER AND YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND DARTH VADER AS A CHARACTER UNLESS YOU ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AS A RICKETY JENGA TOWER OF PTSD STUFFED INTO A TORTURE SUIT

Harp the Wigglytuff and the Eternal Struggle to Fucken Breathe Through Her Nose

@SanjoTheBanjo i like that! or depending on how neurotic you like your gnomes: hamsters.

@DangerDyke i think i might have one squirreled away from filling up a discord with custom emojis - ok two different ones, but here they are if you want to nab them for use!