curiosity overrode sense and i clicked on this ad i've been getting here... stuffed animals themed per diagnosis / gender / astrology sign / "love" for some reason? illness as identity is kinda fucked up sigh- i try to push back against my own tendency to do this, but like, culturally this seems like a bad trend
"maladaptive daydreaming" as an identity is alarmingly appealing ngl 😅
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