Cliche Teen Girl

vastderp:

Ruby Wax on mental illness, [x].

motherfucking SLAM.

and just in case you aren’t sad enough, here are a couple of brain scans showing differences between the brains of two children of equivalent ages.

The experience of being abused and deprived of stimulation permanently and physicially alters the developing brain of a child in significant measurable ways that we do not have the science yet to repair after the damage is discovered.

It sounds very odd, but, in fact, when you are an infant and your brain is developing, the love that the people around you give, the touch, the eye contact, the tone of voice, the things, the physical manifestations of our love literally provide stimulation to the developing brain, and the neurons in the brain have more sprouts.  They make certain areas connect more effectively.  They make certain areas grow.  They literally make the brain become functional.

 Love literally grows the brain.

[x]

The kid whose head is wired by neglect or abuse is going to have a difficult life in a world his brain was not built to interact with. Maybe he’ll get in trouble with the law, have emotional problems and act out or become abusive to his loved ones, or maybe he’ll just spin his wheels and feel empty and wonder why (as many people will no doubt have asked him outright over his years) he can’t just try harder to get over it.

Massive amounts of therapy will help later, but that’s assuming he isn’t too ashamed to get it or turned away thanks to our bullshit for-profit healthcare system.

Mind over matter is bullshit if the matter is your mind. 

http://unitedwayrivercities.org/brainBuilder.html

http://annecarolinedrake.com/2011/10/14/shout-out-anderson-cooper-is-shining-a-spotlight-on-abuse-and-the-power-of-love/

http://www.9news.com/news/local/article/300386/681/Abused-or-neglected-kids-more-likely-to-have-impaired-body-and-brain

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silhhouettedreams:

pie-overlord:

yourkissyourcallsyourcrutch:

mynamekyle:

Do you guys remember the time I was a senior in high school and had to create a commercial for my economics class and so I produced this and showed it to the class and nobody laughed except for me but I still got an A and my teacher kept the DVD to show to his classes every year? 

Because I do. 

Everyone stop what you’re doing, because whatever it is, it’s not as important as this.

I still cannot fathom how NOBODY laughed at this in OP’s class.

I cried when I watched this. I’m so glad it’s back

annie-banks:

amelia—-pond:

So Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto sat behind me at the midnight premiere of The Hobbit last night.

Along with JJ Abrams and John Cho. 

Needless to say, I died. 

They only stayed for the Trek preview though. 

Here’s a creeper picture my friend Abigail took: 

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theantikeychop:

Movie still from Populaire.  A French movie about speed typing competitions in 1958.

The Antikey Chop

ebils-big-cruncherton-christmush:

holy-hotpockets:

Someone made this commercial in Maryland back in the 80’s. Before YouTube, we actually copied stupid videos like this onto VHS tapes and traded them around. We were idiots.

VHS trading: the original YouTube.

includes fascinating portrayals of casual drug use at house parties, how the author/protagonist had conversations about post-punk while seeing his mate’s band perform at some shitty small venue, internal monologues about consumerism while observing people in a mall and that time when the protagonist had an epiphany about living in the moment while walking in the rain

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lolsofunny:

I DIDNT MEAN TO START CRYING

I sat for like five minutes laughing at this

via lolsofunny=)

I swear that’s the same wig they used when JGL was playin’ a girl

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jabbati:

Sailor Sweethearts

Literally the best thing

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fashionofglee:

Dianna Agron tweets from the set of Malavita, Paris, August 9, 2012

A nifty little accessory, Dianna’s case has a rotating filter wheel, so you can take pictures with Holga-style photo finishes from your phone! Also available in black from Urban Outfitters.

Holga iPhone Lens Filter Kit Case - $24.99

Worn with: Kenzo sweatshirt