Ok U Know What, No More Of Those Depressing Bpd Memes, Lets Make Recovery Memes A Thing, Here I’ll

Emma Nachtigall = I’m a nightingale!

Nachtigall Emma Garten

I want to be the girl sitting in that chair

Thanks for helping me laugh at myself

🐊

sometimes it’s hard to believe in the me of tomorrow

but i shall try

because jessica says so

Current feeling: The you of today is just as wonderful as the you of tomorrow. You needn’t strive to be anything but true to yourself ♥️ . I’m in bad pain and I can’t really think coherently (it’s taken me all day to write this!) but that doesn’t mean that the me of tomorrow, who has less pain and can think clearly, is any more worthy of being listened to or taking up space. If you’re feeling pants today please take my love and hold it in your soul ♥️ . This hair was created with thanks to the @laurenrennells pin curl tool! It’s excellent for victory rolls and honestly one of the best things I’ve ever received in the post! (Not sponsored, I’m just obsessed with hair stuff 😅) . Pearls: #truevintage Dress: @british_retro Lipstick: @barrymcosmetics ’Paparazzi’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #JessicaOutOfTheCloset #disabodyposi #vintagehairtutorial #redhead #hairtutorial #disabilitypride #redhead #pinup #vintage #pinupdoll #barrym #vintagehair #barrymcosmetics #ootdsocialclub #chronicallyfabulous #vintagedoll #vintageglam #hairinspo #easyhairstyles #uniquevintage #vintageglamdolls #easyupdo (at Brighton and Hove)

I bless u in the name of the... Uh, how does it go? Let me think... Mmmm. Nope, can’t remember. Carry on.

You know I’m not sure cats actually understand cats either

Fact

Oi! Come on, people! I haven’t gotten any comments on this one, so I’m trying again.

Poor excuse

I could have been a great success…if only I had been someone else.

Love this drawing, especially the expression on the face

Hi what are raptor hands? I see people talk about this in #actuallyautistic, and I'm not 100% what kind of hands it refers to. (I love your detailed and thorough answers to everything, btw.)

Hi, I’m glad you appreciate how many words I need to answer even the most basic questions! (half joke)

Interestingly enough, my icon here is a drawing of myself with raptor hands. 

Raptor hands (also called raptor arms, meerkat hands, and many other things of this format) are a way of holding one’s hands/arms at rest. It’s when a person has their arms in a resting position where their elbows are bent. 

A common way that this can look is that the hands are right at chest level, and loosely hanging down. The hands don’t need to be as high though for me to still consider it raptor hands. Elbows at a right angle such that the hands are hanging down from around the waist still strike me as being a bit raptorish in this sense.

The reason this is talked about in the actuallyautistic tag is because autistic people tend to be the ones who do this naturally. I’m not sure what causes it, but a lot of us find it much more comfortable than having our arms hang down to our sides. I have a friend who tries to hold her arms down to her sides, but because having them bent is so much more natural feeling, her elbows are still a bit bent, and so when she walks you can see her arms bending away from her a bit. It’s actually how I first thought to ask if she’s autistic too (she is). 

Here’s the original drawing I did that I turned into my icon, since I think it’s a good example. (Copic markers and a pigma micron for the line art)