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#YESquotes: The Other Side of #Sadness /George A. Bonanno- "Most #bereaved people get better on their own, w/o any kind of professnl help. They may be deeply saddened, they may feel adrift...but their life eventually finds its way again, oft more easily than they thought possible." bit.ly/45dELBC
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#Algospeak or how to workaround puritanism and censorship on social networks, a short video by a linguist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0SjTKfg26c
#sex #covidPandemic #swearing #sadness (yes, TikTok censors that)
Fighting the dark monster…
…but without my trusted support this time… 
Every time I had to deal with my dark monster, I’ve had the support and love from Arwen at my side. But… Now, part of the reason for the dark monster’s return is her decent crossing of the rainbow bridge. Without her, I feel more insecure, I feel weaker. And while I know that her love and soul live on within my heart and brain, it’s a struggle to access that bit without breaking down due to the huge sadness within me when it comes to her passing…
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https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/fighting-the-dark-monster/
End the pain
The last few weeks, I’ve learned more about pain than I knew about it before. Not just physical pain, but also emotional pain. I thought I’d experienced enough about it, I thought I’d felt the worst and I knew how to handle it. But then, my luck 
ran out and I screamed out in agony!
I heard mum talk about that Monday on the phone with her brother. She was telling him about the day that my hip dislocated. She wasn’t in the room when it happened. And she told my uncle that the scream I let out, that it went through her like nothing she’d ever heard before. And that’s what I experienced at that moment: a pain so bad, all I wanted was to be put out of my misery! 
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Sadness "à la française" - #photography #croissant #sadness #french https://www.flickr.com/photos/ztec/54316172663/
You were so loved 
Not just by me… But by so many. Even by some that “just” knew you from the stories, snaps and vids that I shared of you online. I asked for financial help, several times, when your health was declining, and people always helped us so much. People saw all the good in you. They saw your gentle smile, your silly happy tail, and all the love in your eyes. And they wanted you to feel good, feel loved. And now, people helped me/us one last time… To pay all the bills and to get you home again.
Because, unfortunately, 11 days before your 12th birthday, your health declined rapidly… And we had to say goodbye to each other for the final time. You had given all you had, you held on longer than you should have, because you knew I needed you. But I made you a promise when you came into my life: I’d never let you suffer for my own “personal gain” (to have you in my life a little longer). When I saw the pain in your eyes, we rushed to the vet… And now, I’ve been alone for several days, missing you like hell…
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https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/you-were-so-loved-%f0%9f%90%be/
Will this be it?
Update: I wrote this early Friday morning, she passed away a few hours later… I miss her like crazy 
I’ve shared posts before where I voiced my fears of losing Arwen. But since I’ve come out of the hospital again, she’s not been her happy self. She’s struggling, she’s less motivated to do the things that she always loved to do. I feel like crap and everything is going the wrong ways… And now it may be that the crap will get worse, as Arwen already has been getting the heavier pain meds. This may be the point where medicine can’t help anymore and where I need to say the hardest words… But, I can’t let her go on like this. It breaks my heart to see her struggle. And I know she doesn’t want to give up because she can feel my need for her now, as I am struggling myself.
But it would be unfair to her to have her keep going on, just because I feel like crap. As I write this during the second night of barely any sleep, I weep as I go. It’s almost weekend, so I need to take some action now, before it gets harder (and more expensive) to get help for Arwen. I need to ask my parents for help again, to pay for a very bill, so she can be seen before the weekend starts. She’s already getting pain meds, and she’s just not happy. And it breaks my heart. I know I wished that she would be at my side during my recovery after surgery. But I don’t want her to suffer. I don’t want her to be in pain and discomfort, just because I can’t manage to do right by her…
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https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/05/will-this-be-it/
...#PosteriorCorticalAtrophy (PCA), also called Benson's syndrome, is a rare form of #dementia which is considered a visual variant or an atypical variant of #Alzheimer's disease...
My son in law's mother started having symptoms shortly after she turned 50. Her 1st symptom involved letter/number recognition. At the time, she was completely unaware she was making mistakes. It took ≥ 2 yrs to get a diagnosis.
Tina died this morning. She was 60 yo.
I am not an asshole.
I am a person that sees.
I see the #tyranny.
I see the #oppression.
I see the #sadness.
I see the #racism.
I see the #misogyny.
I see the #heterosexism.
I see it all.
Maybe I’m just an observer, but I’m still a romantic jackass full of hope that at least here, in the #fediverse, on #mastodon….
You all are listening. And your followers are listening. This is the actualization of #grassroots.
#Introduction
I've been on Mastodon for quite some time now, but under another name. I started a new account because I decided to take a step back from world news, collapse, climate change, hunger, war, fascism and inequality.
In short less doom and gloom and a little bit of positive small scale projects that might also inspire or help others.
With this account I'll focus more on my day to day life, the things I do and make.
Of course I sometime still will post concerning subjects that provoke my rage or frustration. Sorry, it's not all moonshine and roses.
Having said that, I've a broad range of subjects that have my interest, so hopefully something useful will stick with you.
From my profile text:
#Collapse aware person, born @ 320 ppm CO2, world population 3.1 billion.
Fighting depression and #sadness by doing some positive and small scale things that might help people.
Too many interests, like:
#DIY #SelfReliancy #LowTech #gardening #food #fermentation #preserving #ReUse #ReCycle #ReThink #WoodWork #electronics #MicroControllers #Taoism #Cycling #reading #photography
PRO: #sharing #local #ecocentric
NO: #capitalism #states
Inter Milan & Albania Star Admits ‘There’s A Lot Of Sadness’ After Serie A Title Failure – But Adds ‘Now There’s A Champions League Final To Win’ https://www.byteseu.com/1039968/ #ACMilan #Albania #Bologna #Cagliari #Como #Empoli #Genoa #InterMilan #KristjanAsllani #lazio #Napoli #Parma #Roma #Sadness #SaudiArabia #SerieA
Can I really keep going?
You gotta be strong... It can only get better... It's just temporary... You've been through harder times... Just keep going and things will get less hard... Things I keep telling myself lately. Because, life's journey will make kt difficult for you at times. And it's true, I've been through the worst, or at least, the darkest times I've ever had. They were difficult, it took a long time (about 13 months), they showed me the darkest fears... But, I kept going, and here I am! It's not all perfect, there are still struggles and imperfections, but hey, I keep trying! […]https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/05/10/can-i-really-keep-going/
Our adventure is slowly ending…
...which, of course, feels too fast and too soon...
When you start a journey together with a furry love, a choccy Lab for me, you know that the chances are high that you'll outlive the pet. Dogs generally don't get that old, and especially the larger breeds don't age that high as some smaller breeds tend to do. But, in the years that you'll be on that journey together, they give you so much happiness and love... 
Which of course makes it even harder to let go, when the journey comes to an end...
I've had dogs before. I grew up with dogs. I've loved and lost them in the past. And all were special, in their own ways of enjoying life. But now, I'm on my own. It's been just me and Arwen for over 6 years now... She's been in my life since she was 3 weeks (don't worry! We didn't take her home until she was 8½ weeks young) old. And now... She may not live to see her 12th birthday. We've seen a lot together, as I previously shared here: Time running out… And I guess this is a kind of "follow up" on that post...
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https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/our-adventure-is-slowly-ending/
"Lilac," Kyriak Kostandi, 1902.
Kostandi (1852-1921) was a Ukrainian artist and scholar; he was a member of a group of Realists known as the Itinerants but also experimented with Impressionism, as we see here.
The delicate morning light touches the domes of a Ukrainian village, and outside a wall, by some blooming lilac bushes, a woman sits and weeps. We have no indication what is making her so sad, but it seems appropriate for the current situation in Ukraine. It's a beautiful, yet sad and enigmatic painting.
A somber Flower Friday, to be sure.
From the Odessa Fine Arts Museum.
Feeling like…
...I'm a bad friend...
I've struggled with this before. That I felt like I wasn't a good friend. Like I should do better, be kinder, be more attentive, feel less jealousy, be better at remembering important things for them... 
This is not a post where I am hoping to get all the praise and kindness, where people tell me that I am such a good person. Because that would make me feel bad as well. Praise should not be asked (begged?) for... But I just have been feeling like I've been letting people down. And maybe that's why some of my friends feel a little more distant at the moment. But... Maybe it's just me reading the signs wrong! Maybe... 
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Wintering is the courage to stare down the worst parts of our experience and to commit to healing them the best we can. Wintering is a moment of intuition, our true needs felt keenly as a knife.
-- Katherine May (Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times)
#Wisdom #Quotes #KatherineMay #Courage #Meaning #Perseverance #Sadness
A lot of what people are calling #FOMO is actually something else.
When you go to bed and within 5 seconds of not falling asleep you grab your phone for some light entertainment, thats not fear of missing out!
Its FOT - fear of thinking.
You fear that thinking will make you feel sad about the world and your part in it.
#mindfulness doesn't teach you to stop thinking. It teaches you to stop fearing your thoughts, to stop judging your emotions and to turn your negative feelings into positive actions.
Empowerment is the only antidot for powerlessness.
Miss out on the distractions and concentrate on solutions.
Sadness "à la française" - #photography #croissant #sadness #french https://www.flickr.com/photos/ztec/54316172663/
Sadness "à la française" - #photography #croissant #sadness #french https://www.flickr.com/photos/ztec/54316172663/
