Jakebe T. Drake-Lope @jakebe@awoo.space
A digital jackalope living in a black man's body. Pronouns: he/him/his. I love my blackness, and yours.
Joined Sep 2017
RT @factsonfiIm@twitter.com
in 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' (2019), the camera was intentionally placed upside down during the Leap of Faith scene to show that Miles is rising, not falling🕷
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/factsonfiIm/status/1250199158612361216
RT @agasramirez@twitter.com
Quarantine Day 31: I joined a Facebook group where we all pretend to be ants in an ant colony
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/agasramirez/status/1250264279711793153
RT @kaytaylorrea@twitter.com
ok you can’t just release pictures of Oscar Isaac into the wild like this when this many of us haven’t seen a man irl in weeks
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/kaytaylorrea/status/1250102971016216576
RT @romainrevert@twitter.com
Due to less air pollution the sky is so clear ! I can see the Universal logo !
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/romainrevert/status/1249798306454212610
So it's very tough not to come away with the lesson that my emotions are untrustworthy because they're so out of sync with everyone else's, and that expressing them will make folks super uncomfortable in some way.
It's so much easier to be withdrawn.
When I learned about this and tried to start being a bit more open about my emotions (especially at work), I learned that this is compounded by being seen as way more threatening as a black man than other folks. It's hard to regulate emotions, but impossible to display them.
This is based on a lifetime of feedback that folks don't understand (or don't care about) my emotional response, and it's really hard to explain how these things feel.
Stuff hurts a LOT, it's easy to be overwhelmed, and you just can't help it. There's no safe outlet.
LRT: The more I learn about emotional disregulation and RSD in connection to ADHD, the more relieved I feel about finally understanding my emotional landscape.
I've learned to distrust my emotions and try not to show them whenever possible.
RT @ADHD_Alien@twitter.com
"Why criticism hurts so much"
I've been working on a series aiming to explain why we can get so afraid and deeply hurt by disapproval that it will interfere with our life decisions.
Coming soon:
2/4 "Where does it come from?"
3/4 "How can I spot it?"
4/4 "What can I do?"
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ADHD_Alien/status/1250096708534534144
Hey folks, I know Biden sucks donkey balls, but my life will be a lot less scary with him as President instead of the orange nightmare we have now.
Please think of those more vulnerable than you in this election. Do what will cause the least harm if at all possible.
Someone brought up this question and I'm really curious about the conventional Twitter wisdom on this. What's this difference between a bunny, a rabbit, and a hare?
And which one am I? ;)
Spoke to my Mom after maybe...a year of not being able to because she keeps losing cell phones and is a terrible person.
30 minutes of non-stop complaining later, I think I've filled my quota for the rest of 2020. Lunch well spent. >.>
RT @DepressedWBlack@twitter.com
"12. I’m allowed to feel simultaneously fortunate/grateful and miserable." - @ihategender@twitter.com
I really needed to see this affirmation and learn not to shame myself for my emotions.
https://themighty.com/2020/04/hope-affirmations-coronavirus-covid-19/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DepressedWBlack/status/1249782638476496902
RT @AnnieKenyon2@twitter.com
For those of you new to my story, I’ve been happily sequestered at my girlfriend’s family’s rural vineyard for weeks. I feel like I live here now. I guess I do for the foreseeable future. They’ve been excessively welcoming to me. Anyway, I went inside to see what was up.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AnnieKenyon2/status/1249375454399692800
...as I figure out how to be an active and engaged friend to people again. Give me time, and let me know when I make a mistake that causes any of you to feel ignored.
I'm doing my best. :) I'm always trying to do better.
Good morning, Twitter. <3
I feel like I've been pretty aloof with a lot of people over the past few months, and for that I'm sorry. I'm frequently overwhelmed and need to withdraw from interaction, but I'm trying to be better about that.
I appreciate your patience...
Coronavirus SIP, Day 30
RT @LupeSilverwind@twitter.com
Keg Kodiak wants you to try his new brew, it’s delicious*
*side effects of excessive consumption may include: euphoria, weight gain, excessive hair growth, muscular swelling, changes to skeletal and soft tissue morphology, the urge to hibernate
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LupeSilverwind/status/1248634887504084992
RT @habbo_frog@twitter.com
[36] This taught me that rabbits can stomp AND be mad
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/habbo_frog/status/1247343940501516288
Listen. 2020 has been blow after blow after blow, and all of us are struggling with what's happening now in one way or another.
Especially today, please be mindful of that and let's give each other the space we need to process, grieve, be angry.
A digital jackalope living in a black man's body. Pronouns: he/him/his. I love my blackness, and yours.
Joined Sep 2017
