Category: Disability & Mental Health
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First off, I just want to say that the best thing is to ask. All people and situations are different, and I don’t want to speak over someone else or their experiences. However, from my own experience and understanding of accommodation for a person with disability, there are certain things that I can say are…
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Content warning: Moderate description of depression and depressive symptoms like burnout and wanting to give up. Moderate description of ableism, fatphobia and sexism. I feel sad. It feels like everyting I do is failing. I cannot work a job, I’m disabled, I’m trying to “pull myself up” and don’t give a fuck and just work…
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What a beautiful opportunity! I haven’t shared it here on Substack yet, but I actually won the Inspiration 2025 Award by Centre of Excellence! My experience with Centre of Excellence I have been learning with Centre of Excellence for several years now. I’ve always been satisfied with the courses and I like that you can…
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Content warning: brief description of eating disorders, and the mocking of trauma symptoms by close people in your life. I hear what you’re thinking: “How can one possibly mock a survivor of trauma? How is that even possible?!”. I will tell you how! I had someone decently close in my life mocking me for my…
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I will write more about what DID really is and generally more information about this trauma disorder later, but for now, feel free to look up Dissociative Identity Disorder for yourself… I will never understand how someone wants to fake a disorder. Even we who are diagnosed with DID are not that unique or interesting,…
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We do we still value a certain school more than the actual degree?! This post was also posted to my main blog tricias.net Why we should get rid of the mindset that some universities are better than others just because they are popular and famous. Why is it that some universities are valued more than…
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Why nobody is lazy — it’s always an underlying problem Why nobody is lazy — it’s always an underlying problem I have autism, in fact, I have the PDA type as well, and PDA stands for Pathological Demand Avoidance. On the surface this can look like laziness explained or worse — to rationalize laziness — but it’s really not. It’s a…
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I need to quit university, I’m close to burnout and I can’t do this anymore. I need to quit university, I’m close to burnout and I can’t do this anymore. And you know what? That’s okay! Not okay to be close to burnout of course, but to quit! I think we should normalize quitting and…
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I’m pretty excited because this is the first time I’ve decided to do NaNoWriMo. It has a twist though. I will do it my way. I would rather… I’m pretty excited because this is the first time I’ve decided to do NaNoWriMo. It has a twist though. I will do it my way. I would…
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Today is the best time to be born as a less fortunate person. 3 reasons it was NOT better in the “good old days”! Originally published on October, 25, 2023. I will not lie, today is the best time ever to be born if you’re part of one or many marginalized groups or simply care…