u/Silly_Sharks

Hello,

I am a white person who was born in Aus and has zero Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander in me. I've been meaning to get an Australian tattoo since it's our country and currently am going to get a bilby tat (bilbies are my fav animal and I volunteer with them) but I've also been wondering if I should get a Kaurna related tat or not since I am moving interstate next year.

I have no connection to the land in terms of family or tradition, but I still just love the land, of course. You might wonder why I don't just get 'Adelaide' and you're right, but ever since learning about the original custodians of the land and the real Nations it's just?? It's not out of pride but literally like 'damn I love this dirt, I love these trees, I love its history' rather than 'i was born here' I don't wanna celebrate buildings, you know? It's not about sticky-taping myself to indigenous people or tryna be quirky; it's just I wanna appreciate the actual land. Basically I dont see it as getting an indigenous tattoo at all but just a part of my life whilst acknowledging it might be disrespectful to the traditional custodians of the land. However again, I'm completely cracker white and don't have any traditions, so I can see why its like 'eh do u really have to though?' So I'm just wondering for any thoughts on if it's ok or if it's goofy.

Thank you!! :)

P.S. The tattoo is literally just the name, no fonts, colours, or iconography; nothing tied to the Dreaming or clan law, just text. For example I have one that says 'Tutto passa' since my dads side is italian.

Hey so urm

I've had massive issues in my mental illnesses and cognitive decline that I've had to repeat year 12, and I'm still not getting ATAR and might not graduate cause I never do my work due to idk. I literally dont know, well now ik its cause of my bipolar but like I have no beef with teachers and dont live in an abusive environment anymore.

I also have ADHD and Autism which is a double whammy, and best of all im unmedicated.

I had a severe manic episode (caused via ADHD meds) earlier this year which feels like it just melted half my brain into sludge, I then had a depressive episode which honestly was more natural than an episode because I was depressed by the consequences and embarrassment of my manic episode rather than it solely being chemically induced. I am currently seeking treatment, but I've been too depressed to book a GP appointment. Which is embarrassing I know, but I don't get any help at home, and again this is bipolar type 1. Give me a break.

I am soo grateful for my teachers' patience and everyone around me, but it is getting to them hard, they have lost all hope for me and dont believe in me at all because I never follow up and each term I get worse and worse. I am at the lowest I have been academically. Teachers dont even talk to me anymore since they know what will happen. However none of this is what I want; my case manager assumes I play video games all day but I am too embarrassed to say that is an accomplishment. What I do instead is walk around listening to music to drown out voices in my head or I sit on the couch in a catatonic state for hours. I used to be the top of the student voice council and attended state meetings; I was on the board of an Australian LGBT foundation and invited to mardi gras (you can guess what manic me said to them AFTER they had literally booked my flight and hotel lmao); I completed a university project earning a certificate; I was a volunteer in state parliament; and I also volunteered in the school's cafe. So yeah, it's bad.

As you can guess I'm none of that now lol. I have no words to explain to my teachers about my actions until now, but I am too ashamed and scared they'll accuse me of making excuses. I am planning to give my case manager a gift at the end of the year cause I am eternally grateful for her patience, but she genuinely thinks I'm a bad kid who probably smokes weed and plays video games. I don't do any substances at all. I am quite literally just retarded; there is no secret or hidden mystery. I'm not dating anyone, I cut off my friends, I dont do any crime, I just..idk.

What do I do? I am a very very whimsical person who loves life and has so much passion but my mood. Its a mood disorder. I feel chained to my inside world, inside my brain, holding me back by emotions and moods rather than reality.

I'm scared. Is this gonna be my life? Am I just gonna live on disability checks? Hell nah. I have passion, I wanna work in law and finance, I wanna visit my family in italy, I wanna be an advocate for my community.

Like the ones who never orgasm with their mans and talk about PIV...like girl...we have the best sex, sex is the least of my concerns rn but its just funny when they do try and u just gotta stare at them. If ur gonna be homophobic then dont admit ur sex life is shit to me by accident lol.

Hello,

Recovering from a pretty bad manic episode where I started a rap career, wanted to undo the aus social media ban and create a new one, go to madigras because im the 2nd coming of harvey milk, and cure aids in tanzania.

So I've pretty much deleted my rap insta and been signing out of the stuff I did plus deleting my goofy ahh tweets (there's over 300). I was signed up for the madigras and had a plane ticket/hotel booked for me fully funded but I backed out luckily and was able to give a full explanation without consequences. However, I'm currently struggling with the social media one, there's like a team of ppl who keep reaching out to me wondering how the project is going, we made the blue prints and shit but the cost was over 6000 which I agreed to (I barely have 900). Urm, I'm too embarrassed to say anything so I've been ghosting them since feb lol. There's the tanzania trip as well but thank god they gave up and I wouldn't have been able to go without paying 1k which I didn't have (if I did I'd be in fucken Tanzania rn tf) so I think that's cool.

How do you redo this goofy shit and make sure it never happens again?

Hey yall,

Ive been having major mental issues for the past 7 months combined, and been forced into hospital via police twice but I lied my ahh so nothing happened. Now that im 18 and I gotta get my shit together, I really just cannot get a job rn or move forward at all. Like im wasting time and gen cannot do anything and I've accepted I need help. I was in psychosis for 3 months and mania for 4 (both happened together, psychosis happened around a month after my first mania) but thats gone, now im just depressed these past few months but also still cant think straight and become extermely detatched from reality. I stopped seeing my last psychiatrist once I turned 18 so I cant go to her, who do I call? I'm looking for like at least a week stay even if its hell, I just think im gonna end it rn but cant cause I take care of my elderly dad, on that my dad has been suffering cuz of me and started going to therapy for first time in his life and I feel horrible. I love life and wanna get back to my old self or at least manage myself rn.

Thank youuu

Hey yall,

I mean not in laziness but just the future doesn't seem good and overall we gonna die anyway and I know it sounds super lame but I've always struggled to have an urge for school. Like even when my parents whack me and shit it just never comes?? Every time I tell myself, yes im on a roll im gonna be good with my grades! I fail and never do them. Every time I do the assignment I get good grades cause its not the work but just doing the work, im just not fazed by it, and ive had the consequences over and over and over. Im dirt poor too with unemployed parents so its not like im spoilt, i get nothing but dont find anything in life exciting so dont have an urge to get paid well to buy stuffs. Im just kinda floating.

Anyone else? Its extremely out of hand, I only care about hurting my teachers cause I see just how annoyed and tired they are of me and I feel so bad because its not their fault at all.

Can someone PLEASE put an urge in me or convince me? Its been like 5 years and I still dont understand how people can really do all of that stuff.

Just..I dont even know.

It hasn't felt like more than 7 hours I'm shocked right now. That's a school day..I was literally just on reddit and watching rap interviews doing bullshit, not even a movie or research just bullshit for 7 hours. Im deadass concerned.

Help?? 😭

Like I understand capitalising on 'Melvin' and exaggerating it, but in interviews and stuff, he doesn't brag about it or anything and it seems to make him distressed. Plus its hard to really pin point his personality since he is always switching, I search it up and there's barely anything since again he doesn't brag about it (like an unrealistic anime story ahh). He's always had mental issues since childhood due to his trauma, I know he's a celebrity but deadass it seems like he actually does have DID. Remember, unlike hollywood real DID isn't over the top or obvious.

p.s. no i aint talking bout the murder, cause whether melly or melvin or fucken beetroot did it, melly is still guilty since they're still the same person*

Sorry it's like 1am and I've been having needs recently. I know its silly but it's genuinely getting to me how such a simple thing isn't available since I have no clue where other lesbians are while everyone else gets to do stuff together :(.

Nearly 18 and no game💔