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Cake day: July 25th, 2023

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  • Not so much. Even in the 1800s, it was unusual for girls to get married before they were 18 or so, and the average age for a first marriage was more like 23.

    The ‘14yo child getting married in the 1800s’ is the kind of thing that certain conservatives–esp. religious conservatives–like to claim in order to normalize creepy behavior. It happened then–and still happens now in some states!–but even at the time it was very abnormal.


  • when people google that they want immediate relief, not fucking oh go for a walk every day,

    The problem is that there is no immediate relief that isn’t either a) suicide, or b) won’t make things worse in the long run. Even something like ECT doesn’t work instantly; it takes several treatments. Transcranial magnetic stimulation seems promising, but it’s not a frontline treatment. The generic shit is the stuff that actually works in the long run, things like getting therapy, exercising, going outside more, interacting with people in a positive way, and so on. “Self care”–isolating and doing easy, comfortable things–will make things worse in the long run.