unscheduled post:

thanks to all who in this two weeks of channel inactivity left messages akin to "take care and get better". there are too many messages to reply individually to all of them, but every single one is deeply appreciated.

thank you c:

may your night be restful and your day plentiful today, drink water, take your meds, and be well

activism

"if your politics doesnt include disabled people, its not revolutionary"

socialization

"when you argue that fascists should be defeated trough debate what you're actually suggesting is that vulnerable minorities should have to endlessly argue for their right to exist and that at no point should the debate be considered over and won"

unscheduled post
from the comments of the last post, link to donate to Ukraine's army, now that a rough winter approaches
https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate-en/#donate-army-abroad

unscheduled post
since the link in the last post is apparently a conflicting matter for some, a morally easier alternative will be provided: here is a link to an animal shelter in Ukraine that is dealing with refugee cats rescued from the war, which is also in need of help (optimally, providing a home for the cats, but if that is not doable, then economic resources for cat food and similar matters will also be welcome). they got over 60 new cats this week and are currently overloaded.

https://linktr.ee/hatulmadanshelter

mental health, invisible problems

"the worst part about having mental health issues is that you're seemingly required to have a breakdown in order for people to understand how hard you were trying to hold yourself together"

body, self compassion

"if aphrodite had stomach rolls then so can i"

lgbt, labels

"LGBTQIA++... why are there more and more identities popping up?"

#pending_trannoscription

socialization, boundaries

"if we dont tell people how we feel how will they know"

[hard to tag]

"resilience is not sustainable we are not supposed to endure life we are supposed to live it"

impostor syndrome

"me: im scared i might secretely be an awful person and im just fooling everyone into thinking im good

therapist: the fact that you care so deeply about being a bad person is proof that you're actually good. bad people dont mind being bad"

self compassion, mental health, invisible problems, depression, suicide

"it is completely acceptable to stay alive for tiny reasons. because you want to hear your favourite song one more time. because your dog will miss you if you leave. because the moon is just too pretty to never see again. because you have not seen the next season of a really good tv show. because you want to see the christmas lights this year. if you are alive, you are doing enough. if you are surviving, i am proud of you"

self compassion, boundaries, socialization

"the ocean does not apologize for its depth and the mountains do not seek forgiveness for the space they take and so, neither shall i"

body, self compassion

"today i asked my body what she needed, which is a big deal considering my journey of Not Really Asking That Much"

growth, self compassion

"i guess it makes sense that people with an all or nothing viewpoint will see incremental change, no matter how significant, as no change at all

[...]

the thing with accepting incremental change is understanding that it doesnt stop after one increment"

unscheduled post:
about 3 months ago, some users in this channel manifested discomfort with sharing this space with a certain other user, and thus the latter was removed from the discussion group.

since then, the removed user has apologized to at least some of the users here who requested their removal to start with, and at least some have forgiven them and said that they would be okay with they being able to post in the discussion of the channel again

if somebody here still has complaints and manifest discomfort, they wont be allowed to come back. if nobody has problems/discomfort, they will be able to use the comments section again

edit: multiple users manifested discomfort and thus they wont be allowed back in this chat, case closed

kind reminder that this channel is not the place to discuss what happened in other chats, nor to throw names, and that this is a simple question that nobody has to answer to with a long explanation

and an extra post today since why not