moviehealthcommunity:

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has one scene with a fairly rapid succession of images that may create a minor strobe effect. This occurs when someone is having a vision of fire, and ends when things get quiet.

An action scene taking place in river rapids may be disorienting. There are several long, sweeping, flying shots at high speeds, but these are all brief. The camera is almost always moving, but the motion is smooth.

Flashing Lights: 1/10. Motion Sickness: 6/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: One early action sequence will trigger arachnophobic viewers.

NOTE: Our evaluations of Blue Beetle and Strays are now available on our Patreon page at Patreon.com/MovieHealth, and will both be available on this page on Tuesday, August 22.

Image ID: A promotional poster for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

awake-society:

Don’t believe everything your brain 🧠 tells you.

sickened-things:

informed consent for medication needs to include interactions with common recreational drugs, i think

most meds these days will only tell you ‘limit alcohol’ and wont even make a mention of weed (though if this is different in places that have legalised it i’d be interested to know). and they never tell you specifically why you should limit alcohol and thats something everyone should have the right to know

because i was terrified as a teen getting on the meds im on now, thinking i would never be able to drink and that i had to forgo taking my meds for the day if i did. then i learned that all my meds did was to increase the effects of alcohol and that the ‘limit alcohol’ warning in that case was more just a ‘you will get drunk faster than you are used to’

but in other cases, such as with some antibiotics, the ‘limit alcohol’ means ‘if you drink more than a little, this medication will stop working’

and some meds are actively dangerous when taken with alcohol/other drugs, putting you at risk of getting very sick or just dead

but every single time all you get is that little label saying ‘limit alcohol’

anyway, i will once again shamelessly promote my favourite harm reduction website in the whole world, the drugs.com interactions checker. standard boilerplate applies that ‘this isnt a substitute for medical advice from a professional’ but its sure as fuck better than nothing

hummingirls:

finnglas:

onemillionwordsofcrap:

spandexbutterfly4lyfe:

adhd is so embarrassing ur basically like “I have to have fun right the fuck now or I’m throwing myself off the roof” 90% of the time and you also have very little control over this

This was the single most important thing for me to start understanding re: my undiagnosed ADHD, and it’s the thing no one tells you except other ADHD sufferers. My brain’s reward system is so broken that boredom rapidly becomes indistinguishable from a depressive episode. There’s no healthy, normal ability to experience something as simply being a little dull–as soon as my brain isn’t getting regular hits of stimulation, I start clawing at the walls. This is what makes working in a structured environment and initiating tasks so difficult for me, not malice or other character flaws.

What makes it worse is that, if you’re like me, when you were growing up, the only way your authority figures knew how to perceive this was “they’re just goofing off,” and therefore, would deprive you of anything remotely stimulating until you’d done your work, thinking that – if it worked like it would with an NT kid, you’d do your work faster so you could get back to having fun.

Instead, they just pulled the plug on any tiny bit of power you had running to your necessary brainwaves and put you into longterm shutdown mode.

But then….you grew up…with only that method for coping ingrained into you. So no matter how much you may know logically, now, that you have to have the “fun/interesting/challenging” cord plugged in for your brain to have any juice at all, you feel guilty for having to plug that in FIRST instead of as a reward for doing Adulting. So you just sit there, unplugged, not getting anything done.

Or maybe that’s just me.

even the most supportive and well meaning people in my life struggle to understand how painful lack of stimulation is, how immobilizing executive dysfunction is, and how i cannot feel satisfaction the way they do. the number of times i’ve been told “won’t it feel so nice to accomplish it and have it off your plate?” and having to explain that i don’t feel relief or pride when i finish a task, just exhaustion, and that’s part of why it’s so hard to even start it

wizard-council-bureaucrat:

msilverstar:

decolonize-the-left:

aspiring-creative-person:

luxwing:

immrbrightsideeee:

my-writer-jus-hates-the-clock:

cantsleeplogan:

phillipfancypants:

images-that-are-only-blessed:

Also: while we’re doing checkpoints, make sure you’re on WiFi and not data

And unclench your jaw

If you need to use the bathroom you have to do that now

Please get that drink of water and remember your meds

If you can’t remember the last time you showered/brushed your teeth here’s your sign to try and do those today

Set an alarm for tomorrow if you need to!

don’t forget the laundry in your drier

This was very helpful, I took my meds and had a shower.

If you haven’t yet slain thine enemies, take a quick break and do that

reblog this if you want a LONG (or short) anonymous message saying what they think of you.

moviehealthcommunity:

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has one scene taking place in a thunderstorm that uses moderate strobe effects for lightning. The lightning stops when the scene gets quieter, but flashes dimly a couple of times in the background.

There are some high-speed flying cameras that are used briefly. The rest of the camera work is either stationary or very smooth. Brief moments take place at extreme heights.

Flashing Lights: 4/10. Motion Sickness: 5/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: A severed head is shown in plain view during a battle sequence. CGI is used to depict suffering animals.

NOTE: Our evaluation of Blue Beetle is now available on our Patreon page at Patreon.com/MovieHealth, and will be available on this page on Tuesday, August 22.

Image ID: A promotional poster for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

thebibliosphere:

Every time someone well-meaning suggests I see a chiropractor for my migraines, I have this little moment of “ah, you’re new here. You weren’t here prior to 2018 when a chiropractor very gently adjusted my neck for my migraines, and I ended up having to get an emergency MRI because the ensuing symptoms were indicative of a brain bleed.”

It wasn’t a brain bleed. The muscles on the entire right side of my neck “just” tore (Spoiler there is nothing “just” about that kind of traumatic injury. I am still in physical rehab for it), and I couldn’t hold my head up, see straight, walk or do any of the things I’d previously taken for granted until several weeks later when the area finally started to heal.

This was before I knew I had Ehlers Danlos, btw. But this is true even for people who don’t have a connective tissue disorder: Don’t let chiropractors touch your neck.

There are a lot of vital nerves and blood vessels there, and even gentle adjustments of the area can have life-threatening consequences.

I know chiropractic care can be pain relieving–I still get it for my lower back and hips because I work with a chiropractor who knows about Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, and sometimes my hips need to be popped back in at short notice, and it’s easier to hop walk in and see her than wait for physical therapy–but it is a short-term relief that doesn’t actually correct why something is happening.

If you can afford it, physical therapy will likely help more in the long term. I know not everyone can afford it, and that’s why chiropractors have such a booming trade in the US, but please, I’m begging you, don’t get your neck adjusted.

The spinal cord specialist I saw after my injury told me the number one reason he used to see people for traumatic brain injuries was car wrecks, followed by other major roadside injuries. He said those numbers were still the highest, but after that, the majority of his patients were survivors of chiropractic injury.

Do Not Get Your Neck Adjusted.

It’s been over 5 years, and I still can’t move my neck properly on my right side. I still struggle to eat and drink because my muscles will randomly seize up. It feels like my skull no longer fits on top of my spine because of the scar tissue. Please. I just want people to be safe.

And if you are a chiropractor reading this and thinking, “Well, I’ve never injured anyone, skill issue.” No. You Have Gotten Lucky. Rethink how you apply your trade. Please, you can still help people while recommending safer options for specific body parts. Learn to do pressure point release and acupressure. Teach patients how to stretch and relax the area safely. Just fucking stop cracking people’s necks like pop rock candy.

traumasurvivors:

Yes, maybe it could be worse. Maybe you say this to yourself to cope. And that’s valid. But please don’t say this to invalidate yourself.

Because while it could have been worse, never forget that you deserved better. And it never should have happened at all.

absurdistraccoonsterrorizelocals:

onetwothreemany:

FEMA is doing an emergency alert test on all TVs, radios, and cell phones on October 4, 2023, at approximately 2:20pm ET.

If you live in the US and you have a phone you need to keep secret for any reason, make sure that it is turned off at this time.

Yes, I’m doing this months in advance, and yes, my blog has very little reach, but I figure better to post about it more than less.

Please reblog and add better tags than mine, I’m bad at tags.

OCTOBER 4, 2023

TURN OFF YOUR OTHER PHONE AND DO NOT TURN IT ON AGAIN UNTIL YOU ARE ALONE AND SAFE BECAUSE THE ALARM WILL COME THROUGH AS SOON AS THAT PHONE IS POWERED ON.

AGAIN I REPEAT:

OCTOBER 4, 2023

THE ALARM WILL COME THROUGH AS SOON AS THAT PHONE IS POWERED BACK ON.

SO ONLY POWER IT BACK ON WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.

OCTOBER 4, 2023

If this doesn’t make sense, then good news it’s not for or about you but still reblog it because you never know who may need to know this.

Reblog and add more tags.

onetwothreemany:

FEMA is doing an emergency alert test on all TVs, radios, and cell phones on October 4, 2023, at approximately 2:20pm ET.

If you live in the US and you have a phone you need to keep secret for any reason, make sure that it is turned off at this time.

Yes, I’m doing this months in advance, and yes, my blog has very little reach, but I figure better to post about it more than less.

Please reblog and add better tags than mine, I’m bad at tags.

selectivechaos:

you can call a spade a spade.

tw: medical neglect, invalidation ⚠️

you can call yourself “disabled”, if it is disabling.

you deserve to express how it feels, and what you experience.

a lot of people don’t have the words.

think about all the people in pain, who don’t know what to make of it. what to call it. why they are in pain.

words can be instrinsically liberating.

“how can you not know why you don’t speak?”

because I didn’t have the words back then. having the words doesn’t make it more or less valid.

‘disabled’ isn’t just a word for people who meet a govt’s criteria, a doctor’s criteria, a society’s criteria. ‘disabled’ isn’t just a word for people who know themselves to be disabled. it’s also for those who traverse the obscurity of medical and societal neglect.

there are so so many people who don’t know it shouldn’t hurt that much. who don’t know that that isn’t normal. who don’t know that their experiences ‘count’ or are real enough.

who are well aware of the amount they struggle, and yet have been told so many times that it is normal, by doctors, by parents. by people who also struggle and so don’t see it.

“delabelling” is a tool of the powerful to remove the victim label, the sick label, the disabled label etc.

your experiences are real enough. your struggles are serious enough. you can call a spade a spade.🌹🌹

recoverr:

if your body has been feeling depleted, tired or in pain for whatever reason, i wanna ask of you to be extra gentle to yourself while handling it. i know it’s common for us to feel pressured to push past our physical and mental limits, but if your body has been giving you signs that something doesn’t feel right, it’s important to listen to it and remember that it’s your home. you need & deserve to take care of it especially when it is calling for your help and attention.

ehbfrh:

shianu:

not-straight-cubed:

friendly reminder that you don’t need any diagnosis or disorder to adapt your routine to accommodate you! sit down in the shower. brush your teeth and wash your face in the shower. bring a chair to the kitchen while you cook. use unscented products. your routine should be built for you.

Can i add? You also don’t need any diagnosis or disorder to use things that will improve your life. Use a cane, install a shower chair, use a kid app for brushing your teeth if it helps to maintain your attention. You don’t need permission to make your own life better.

And… you don’t have to do things the same all the time. Some days I walk well, some days I need crutches to walk at all, sometimes I use a cane because my body is not sure. Accommodate yourself.

Your needs change, your capacity changes, and conditions change. Adapt your world to fit you.