if your gf/bf has anxiety u need to be fuckin patient lmao don’t freak out on them because it’ll make it so much worse
Also just a reminder that anxiety doesn’t always present as a rocking-in-the-corner-uncontrollably-crying episode of paranoia or despair, it can also present as:
Agitation or short temper, lack of patience
Insomnia
Upset stomach
Repetitive motions, redoing things you’ve already done, obsessing over specific things
Physical tenseness (back and shoulder pains are VERY common)
Feelings of physical weakness and exhaustion
P l e a s e take the time to understand how your partners experiences anxiety and do some homework on how you can best help them. While we have a responsibility to communicate our needs, it is so massively helpful and comforting when our partners put effort in to understand us and understand how they can effectively assist us in episodes when we might not be able to clearly convey our needs in the moment.
This applies to friends too. These are your people, look after them
Submissions for the first Aro/Ace Collective zine are open!
I have been wanting to do a project like this for a while now to raise awareness of aromantic and asexual identities so I’m very excited to get this ball rolling! That being said, the theme of the first issue will be “Awareness”; awareness of aromonaticism and asexuality in oneself, awareness from others, awareness as an orientation, the interpretation is up to you!
Rules of Submission:
A short comic (no minimum length) by creators who identify on the aro or ace spectrum regarding the theme of “Awareness” and aromanticism and/or asexuality
Digital, watercolor, charcoal, any medium!
Content that is rated no higher than PG-13 (in order to allow the greatest number of people to enjoy the zine)
Original work, please do not submit art made by anyone but yourself nor can it be fanart based off another person’s work (collaborations are totally fine!)
Any genre! Fiction, non-fiction, autobiographical, fantasy, all fair game
Other Info
The project is not for profit, the completed zine will be available as a free PDF (release date TBD). All creators will be credited and linked and retain all rights to their original work. Please refrain from posting your completed work in its entirety until after the release of the zine, the your work is yours to do with what you will ~*
Submission Deadline is December 22nd
Please submit completed works to AroAceCollective@gmail.com as JPEG or PNG files at a minimum of 72 dpi (300 dpi preferred) along with the info you’d like credited in the zine (your name/links to your work, ect).
I will be happy to take any questions or thoughts through email or DM ~*
everything will be okay – it’s hard to believe that, and it’s the last thing you want to hear when you feel like everything is falling apart, but it’s true; you have to wait, you have to fight, you have to endure
i promise it will be worth it
there is one thing that life guarantees you, and that’s change; your life is ever changing, so wait for the next change, fight for the next change, endure so you can reach the next change – you never know what will happen
you are doing so well and you’ve made it this far, so please keep going, and please stick around
there are very few things funnier than reddit calling tungl an “echo chamber” when the visibility of comments on their own site is determined solely by how many people agree with them and comments that enough people disagree with are actively hidden
I am thankful for the Native Americans who continue fight for their rights and their land and refuse to abide by the societal expectations of pretending nothing terrible happened to their ancestors on this holiday
tumblr: you want to see the same post you already liked and reblogged 27 times on your dash today? you want to see that post again despite already clicking the little x on it? ur a bitch?
*clicks the x*
Tumblr: oh so you want OP to choke to death because this post just didn’t meet your standards, huh?
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