A digital drawing in a rough, simplistic style, surrounded by text snippets. It is a nondescript person in a square house with a triangle roof, in tense seated position and a frustrated but zoned out looks, thinking "I wanna go home." The title at the top reads "Guy who lives there", with the subtitle "doesn't live annywhere else!" and the surrounding text snippets are similarly redundant. Arrows pointing to the house and the person inside, respectively, read "house (where he lives)" and "lives there (in house)". Another large arrow points to the person from a circle containing a smaller drawing of the exact same subject. In the corner opposite to the title, the text reads "What Could it Mean ?" as well as "scientists don't know !"ALT

I can actually answer this one! My Nana has Alzheimer’s, and one of the things Alzheimer’s patients often do is ask to go home, even if they’ve lived somewhere their entire lives and are currently there. Experts have stated that this is likely due to “home” being more of a state of mind than a physical place for dementia patients. They want to go back to a time/place where they feel safe, secure, and loved, but it evades them as their brains continue to deteriorate.

I think this can also be true of people suffering from mental disorders/illness that aren’t dementia!! You don’t want to GO home… you want to FEEL like you’re home. You want to feel safe, nurtured, loved… all the good things that come with being at home. At least, that’s what I’ve discovered about myself whenever I feel this way.

a reptile rescue i follow on instagram has announced that they are still looking to adopt out. uh. this.

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um.

so this is phantom, he's a 5 foot long black dragon asian monitor lizard. he needs a minimum of a 10x6x6 feet enclosure. he's also a rescue and thus needs proper training and socialization work from the new owner.

i love him.

i doubt anyone who follows me has the means to adopt him, but he's in southern california, if anyone knows anyone to contact about taking in this big boy.