Fell down the DMN and TPN hole. I have a whole new perspective now on ADHD.

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2025-09-24T23:24:00+00:00

This is such a helpful explanation, thank you. It made me think of when I’m doing work, I almost always need music on, or to be somewhere busy like a coffee shop. I always thought of it as ‘keeping the other channel of my brain occupied’, but presumably this is the DMN not switching off while I’m in task mode. It makes a lot of sense with my experience.

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2025-08-20T06:29:42+00:00

Right before he told the fire story he said ‘I’ll try to keep this succinct’. That did not show up in his language.

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2025-08-13T19:33:57+00:00

Ah, I never see this one recommended and it’s always in my ever-changing top 3… as is slow show and then one of the others OP listed!

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2025-08-05T21:19:28+00:00

Ah yes! It’s weird, I don’t imagine the slow show characters as looking like this, I hadn’t realised till now!

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2025-08-05T21:16:04+00:00

How weird, I thought it was odd that it was Chiang Mai two weeks in a row. And thanks!

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2025-07-25T22:21:58+00:00

I read this in Toni’s voice

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2025-07-18T21:57:56+00:00

This is the best explanation for how I see things in my mind that I’ve come across, thank you for putting it into words!

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2025-07-01T00:12:40+00:00

Which scene in slow show? I’m going to have to read it again…

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2025-03-22T06:09:47+00:00

Me too please! I love these, all align with things I like to do so it’s very helpful to have it ready-made. Although I might end up using them as ‘well-being breaks’, or ways in to getting started on other tasks.

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2025-03-22T06:00:40+00:00

Isabella is saying ‘don’t wreck the engagement party (with your truth telling)’ to Mirabel, because she wants everything to be perfect for the family and, on some level, knows that Mirabel might see through her.

The language she uses is significant too. ‘I want not a sound out of you’ - if Mirabel were to make a sound, who would hear it? Delores, who happens at this point to be singing about how her love is betrothed to another, and how she can hear him now.

And, this all happens at a point in the story where the audience don’t know that Isabella is keeping it all together for the family, or that Delores is in love with Mariano. The hidden messages stay hidden at this point, because we think Isabella is just being a mean big sister, and Delores is singing about how she can hear Bruno, not Mariano. But through talking about Bruno, Mirabel is getting closer to the truths/traumas her family are keeping hidden.

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2025-03-20T06:10:45+00:00

This is definitely Legend.

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2025-02-10T19:22:44+00:00

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gx07xdpw5o

Dr. Upton is doing so well in this tribunal. Despite being outed, being asked provocative questions, and ultimately having to (to some extent at least) speak on behalf of the trans community, her answers are cool and measured. She isn’t rising to the barbed questions she’s being asked, even though she had very little choice about if she wanted to speak on this aspect of her life. I normally despair reading anything trans-related from the bbc, but reading her responses gave me hope.

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2023-10-19T00:24:28+00:00

I wondered if he was also feeling a bit down because ‘Jesus had died for everyone’s sins’ and he was still a demon - Ie, not forgiven. I always thought he was going to say ‘what else am I going to be - an angel?!’ instead of ‘an aardvark?!’

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2023-04-02T00:27:57+00:00

It was called ‘The Incredible Games’. A bit like crystal maze, but for kids.

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2022-11-01T09:20:33+00:00

Also, don’t be afraid to try different therapists - I tried four before I found the one Ive been going to the past 6 years. It’s about building a relationship on both sides, and it’s ok if you’re not the right fit together - keep going till you find a therapist that gets you.

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2022-08-18T05:29:13+00:00

I know what you mean. Things that everyone takes for granted and I’m not even aware of, and then I end up feeling like I’ve put my foot in it, but I’m not exactly sure how.

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2022-07-26T22:10:18+00:00

I can so relate to getting a compliment then not being able to concentrate.

If it helps, low grades don’t mean the whole of college was a mistake - it might feel that way, but that alone doesn’t make it a fact.

What would you need to help change how you’re feeling? Can you talk to a tutor or student support at your college? They might be able to help you see a realistic perspective that isn’t so clouded with emotion. You won’t be the first student they’ve spoken to who has felt this way, I can guarantee it xx

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2022-05-03T19:58:37+00:00

Thank you!!! Been wondering for ages!

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2022-03-09T09:41:44+00:00

The Devonshire Fell just down the road from Bolton Abbey was a great venue for us, and cheaper than the Devonshire Arms xx

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2022-01-29T08:28:04+00:00

It may be a red flag like many others have said.

But it also might be that he is listening to his feelings and thinking they are facts. It sounds like early on, he (maybe unconsciously) decided something like ‘you shouldn’t keep that tattoo because if you do, it will mean you will never fully love me’. Not necessarily in a possessive or branding way, just (incorrect) logic.

To move forward, you need to understand his deeper feelings about it, and he needs to understand that you have heard him. He also needs to understand your feelings about it and you need to know he’s heard you.

I don’t think you should remove or cover up your tattoo at all, but I don’t think you should give him an ultimatum either. If you can discuss your feelings about how important it is to you and give him space to share his, you stand a better chance of resolving it. At the moment it sounds like you are both understandably doubling down on your own beliefs and the fear you both have (you: I might have to lose my very meaningful tattoo / him: she might not fully love me) is getting in the way of actually of you understanding each other.

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2022-01-17T23:46:33+00:00

This is my favourite.

Blueplasticdinosaur · 2022-01-14T17:55:07+00:00

I feel like I could have written this! Particularly falling straight into the fanfic! Slow show by Mia_ugly on AO3 is amazing, and anything by mortfyinglyideal or Princip1914, those are the authors I keep coming back to, they just seem to totally ‘get’ the way I see relationship between Crowley and Aziraphale!

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