This is also wild bc when you have chronic pain, you can tolerate so much more of it. I constantly sit at a 3-5 range, but I only appear to be in pain when it reaches about a seven, prior to that it’s just another Tuesday. So even if I’m honest, the way I look makes people not believe me.
My face is having uncontrollable spasms. Great. It hurts really, really, really bad.
I think part of why I have trouble explaining pain to the doctor is when they ask about the pain scale I always think “Well, if someone threw me down a flight of stairs right now or punched me a few times, it would definitely hurt a lot more” so I end up saying a low number. I was reading an article that said that “10” is the most commonly reported number and that is baffling to me. When I woke up from surgery with an 8" incision in my body and I could hardly even speak, I was in the most horrific pain of my life but I said “6” because I thought “Well, if you hit me in the stomach, it would be worse.”
I think I just factory reset
are you frequently overstimulated?
I noticed a LOT of people have a hard time trying to find ways to access Rise so I might as well share how I was able to watch it! The Google Drive is there for people who want the full series downloaded, while Punch Chowder is there for people who just want to watch it online plus bonus content (─‿‿─) ( by the way some episodes may have audio problems but they're bearable 👍👍 )
She keeps switching between washing and biting him but he’s just so tolerating that you hardly see a change in his response. Just purring through all of it.
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This is literally me
Sometimes we forget that while Merlin is one of Arthur’s most trusted advisers and best friends, he’s a servant first.
He is still belittled and punished and worked to the bone. He is still seen by most people as slightly less than human.
How screwed are you?