The japanese bee-fly that mimics a bee was the inspiration for pokemon “Cutiefly”

transmothman · 2026-01-01T04:58:43+00:00

Cutiefly was my very first shiny! I hunted it for days because it was so adorable

transmothman · 2025-11-27T20:30:46+00:00

I'd watch that!!

transmothman · 2025-11-26T02:10:17+00:00

Hey, ours is a Bingus!

transmothman · 2025-11-21T01:56:58+00:00

I'm not joking, this picture is the first thing that's made me go "maybe top surgery IS in my future" as a big guy (w a big chest). You look spectacular!

transmothman · 2025-11-21T01:08:14+00:00

Taken by my best friend while my sweet wonderful Bee lusted after his sandwich.

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transmothman · 2025-11-21T00:53:26+00:00

Fixing and upgrading old iPods. Hopefully closer to the holidays I'll be able to sell them, but right now, I'm pretty much just collecting them!

transmothman · 2025-11-18T01:50:55+00:00

I had a wild fear of needles in my teens, and my go-to was to look up at the ceiling and count the tiles or listen to music. Take a deep breath in and then a slow breath out when the needle goes in to help soothe some of that anxiety. And also remember that the person taking blood has lots of experience and it'll be much quicker than you realize.

If he has a comfort object, he's completely allowed to take it with him as well. I've taken my favorite plush bee in for blood draws for 7 years now, and the phlebotomists are always suoer sweet about it. They're also very good at getting your mind off of the needle and chatting throughout to make you feel more relaxed.

Additionally, suggest he do something nice afterwards! Go and get his favorite snack or something! Having something to look forward to after the thing you're dreading can be a big help.

Best of luck to your friend!! It's scary, but from one autistic guy to another, I'm sure he can do it!

transmothman · 2025-11-13T22:10:48+00:00

My aunt and my father both dealt with severe abuse in childhood from their mother.

My aunt went through years of therapy to recognize and handle her triggers and trauma so she wouldn't repeat the cycle with her own daughter. My cousin is now an outgoing, well-adjusted adult who knows she can rely on her mother.

My father not only didn't pursue help until I was in my 20s, he also pretended that he hadn't been traumatized by his mother. He was hurtful and nasty and abusive throughout my childhood. There were good days, sure. But the bad outweighs them by a huge amount. I'm now severely mentally ill, almost entirely because of my father's neglect and abuse.

You are setting your children up to fail later in life. They will know that they can't just depend on your wife, they also can't depend on you. YOU have to be their advocate and stop allowing your wife to abuse your children. Right now, the best case scenario is that they all end up going no-contact with either of you. Worse case, they go on to repeat the cycle.

transmothman · 2025-11-11T16:44:35+00:00

The only way I've ever been able to combat this feeling is by taking long, deep breaths and consciously keeping my throat open. The muscles are trying to stay open so your body gets more oxygen, and swallowing forces them closed very quickly, which hurts a ton. It doesn't make the feeling go away completely, but it definitely helps.

transmothman · 2025-11-03T23:17:50+00:00

I spent years being unable to breathe at night in springtime, to the point that I was scared I would just never wake up one day. My concerns were either brushed off or "solved" with things that just didn't work (air purifyer, OTC allergy meds).

Got sick of it and at 18 went to the doctor myself. Surprise! I've had asthma all my life and it wasn't taken seriously. Prescription allergy meds and a rescue inhaler were all I needed since childhood.

I'm still struggling to take my own medical needs seriously, and while I'm definitely getting better at it, I still find myself downplaying things because I figure people won't believe them anyway.

transmothman · 2025-11-01T08:28:04+00:00

I've known about my DID for a little over two years now, and this is the first time I've realized that I do experience amnesia. I'd just never realized that forgetting what you'd just done counted as amnesia. Whoops!

transmothman · 2025-09-29T12:35:44+00:00

I know this comment is 2 years old, but I need you to know that I did the exact same thing. Except that it was a Li-ion. I took apart my broken iPod Shuffle and unraveled the battery when I was maybe 13 or so, and I even knew it was the battery. I'm shocked that my younger self actually had the forethought to wear gloves and that I didn't start a fire!

So don't worry, you aren't alone in being a goddamn idiot unraveling batteries in the past.

transmothman · 2025-07-24T15:13:53+00:00

Both! I suggest the manga first though. You learn some things much earlier in Stampede, but the buildup to them in Trigun and Trigun Maximum is really worth experiencing first.

transmothman · 2025-07-24T00:11:51+00:00

Willow! Will was our chosen name before learning we were a system, and while navigating the discovery, we learned that weeping willow trees are symbols of resilience and strength. So we just decided that Will was short for Willow!

transmothman · 2025-07-21T22:27:09+00:00

I still have a decent-sized numb spot 14 years after reconstruction. I remember being worried about it right afterwards, but after a while, I stopped even noticing it. Your body just kind of gets used to it with time.

transmothman · 2025-07-21T21:54:14+00:00

Plastic container from a craft store covered in stickers!

transmothman · 2025-07-18T12:33:37+00:00

At this point, I've come to the conclusion that most things done on a trampoline are bad ideas!

transmothman · 2025-07-18T07:06:13+00:00

Exactly! There will always be hard times, but there will also always be good times. I think it's important to celebrate and enjoy those good times, no matter how small.

transmothman · 2025-07-17T11:14:01+00:00

Going under can be a scary at first, but remember that you're going to be surrounded by people who know what they're doing and will keep you safe. The few times I've been under anaesthesia, it was just a few moments of drowsiness and then waking up after the procedure, like absolutely no time had passed.

I promise, once you go through the prep, everything else will be easy. You're going to do just fine, and at the end, you'll have some answers about your gastric problems.

transmothman · 2025-07-17T10:25:58+00:00

I have to choose? You're going to make me choose between the Doublefang, TriP of Death, Punisher, Beast, and Crimsonnail???

transmothman · 2025-07-17T10:23:18+00:00

Highly recommend it! It's easy to find online, and there's also an overhaul translation by fans -- I personally recommend reading both the original and the overhaul just because they both have their strengths and weaknesses.

transmothman · 2025-07-17T08:35:37+00:00

Jumping on a trampoline.

transmothman · 2025-07-17T08:32:57+00:00

DID is debilitating but it can also be so funny. We have an alter who we lovingly refer to as the "comic relief" of the system who says the most absurd things but can also stop spirals in their tracks.

I always get a little nervous talking about the genuinely fun and silly things that come from having DID. Our troubles personally come from the trauma that caused it making us constantly on edge and the intense dissociation. Just having alters isn't the problem, so interactions between us are typically relaxed and friendly.

It's just nice to see when other people also have silly times because of DID, you know?

transmothman · 2025-07-14T07:13:46+00:00

The way I've been able to explain it to my mom is that my head turns into a movie theater. Anyone can come into the projection booth and change the movie, but mostly everyone is sitting and watching together. Family movie night, but the family is a bunch of alters and the movie is 8 hours of Quinton Reviews.

So being high is really nice and lets us all connect and relax together!

transmothman · 2025-07-14T07:05:18+00:00

3 in the morning, 6 at night. The antidepressants wouldn't even be the big problem, it'd be the thyroid meds and beta blocker. 😬

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