Hi, so my title is a simplified version of what happened. When I was 6, my mother and I moved to California from Canada. My dad and sister stayed in Canada along with our extended family on both sides. I'm not really close to them since I've lived in the states most of my life. I'm in my 40s now.
I married and moved 400 miles away from my mom because my husband wanted to be with his family. I asked my mom to move closer but she liked her home. I became really close to my in-laws, especially my mother in law.
After I had my second child, my mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer. With no family in the states and having just gone back to school, I flew to bring her to chemo for two years while being a house wife and full time med student.
When my mom passed, I suffered ptsd and also had major depressive disorder and anxiety that was going untreated. A month or two later, my husband decided he couldn't hang anymore. He moved out and filed for divorce leaving me with the kids. We had a very long, difficult divorce, and his family understandably stuck by his side.
I was left caring for two Littles, myself, and school with no income or support. My life just fell into a deep pit. This was 7 years ago.
I finished school, I started a private practice, I can make it work just barely financially now. My life turned around but sometimes, I just feel like I'm free falling. Like nobody is there to catch me, or care for me, or lend a couch to crash on should I need it.
When does that feeling fade? I feel like it's too much pressure to put on friends, so I keep to myself when I'm down. I don't want to get married again because I was so surprised and hurt about how my ex husband handled our split. I can't handle going through that again.
Thanks in advance for your advice.

This is a throw away account because I don’t want anything being traced back to me.
I (21 F) have been dating my bf (22M) for 8 months, things have been good but one sided arguments (me talking to a brick wall) are pretty common. I have an ex (20M) and as much as it pains me to say it he is very much involved here.
For context: I was dating my ex, I will call him D, for a total of 6 months and he treated me well, if I had a problem he would try to understand and he would put in the effort to change and I would do the same. We broke up because he moved away, and we ended on good terms but low/ no contact. When we were together, I told him my heart, body and soul was his. (Which is stupid and naive and weird I know) I guess when you’re young and you think you are in love you say stupid things . When I said that to him I didn’t think I actually meant it, but now here we are and I don’t think my feelings for him have really changed in the slightest. A part of me still loves him and I’m terrified that in the end it will always be him. Maybe it was because he was genuinely my first love and I’ve heard that you never really forget about your first “love” because that person is your first. The separation absolutely broke my heart and it took me a while to get over it, after I was sure I was able to move on I decided to try dating again and this is how I met my current bf, I will call him S, S was good at the start of the relationship. He was kind and funny, and he was supportive of me, however he has his flaws like everyone, and one of those flaws is that he’s very selfish and he likes to turn everything against me. He did not get me a birthday present which was very upsetting and while I don’t expect him to blow all his money on me, just a hand written card literally would have been enough and it would have meant a lot because it was heartfelt. But instead I got nothing. I am constantly having to pay for everything because he decided to quit his job before ensuring he had another one lined up. So he has no money, no savings, no nothing. I found out he was following these only fans girls on social media and liking their stuff while we’ve been together, I tried to confront him and he reacted very poorly and told me that I need to grow up and then he knew them before he met me and that I was stupid and that I was just yapping. He’s very selfish in bed and while I won’t go into detail, I will say that he likes to leave me hanging after he’s done and he doesn’t like to reciprocate what I do for him. He will also go out with his friends without telling me (which I do not care about I’m not his mother) what actually bothers me is that other girls will be there and he does not let me know and I have to find out through his social media, and when I say other girls will be there I don’t mean “it’s one big friend groups and there’s girls in it”I mean it almost looks like he’s on a 2-man. He also likes to make his social media look like he is single and I will ask him to do a trend with me and he will say no because he is “trying to be nonchalant”. Some more information about my ex and my bf: when I was with my ex it was like he was my best friend and we could talk about anything. My boyfriend is not the same and we have the same conversations on repeat everyday and I’m just not as comfortable with him as I was with my ex because of how he responds to my needs, so I find it kind of hard to talk to him about general stuff.
So fast forward to my predicament, because of all this, it’s been building up to a point where I want to leave him. But I do not know how to approach this. D recently contacted me to check up on me and see how I was doing. And while I appreciate him checking up on me I have informed him that I am in a relationship and I am not looking to rekindle anything with him at this point in time. He said he gets it and that he has a girlfriend and I am happy for him and I am glad he’s doing well. But he also keeps inviting me out with just him and I’ve turned him down every time because wtf?? I just say “maybe one day” and change the subject. He also keeps reminiscing on our relationship which is strange because he has a girlfriend. I feel bad for her and I would like to tell her what has been happening but I don’t even know her name I just know what she looks like because he never brings her up.
I respect his relationship so I would never tell him that I still partly have feelings for him. Because I don’t want to come in and ruin anything they may have, if I can even say that he still has an inkling of affection for me. I just feel like I am losing my mind and I feel like a horrible person.
I will not be leaving him for D. Yes sometimes I do miss D and I think about what we could have been if I had just waited and held on a little bit longer. But D is not the reason I am wanting to leave. He is just not a great boyfriend and it isn’t working but I don’t know how to approach it. I am also leaving because it’s not right that I am dating someone and sometimes thinking about someone else.
I am a horrible person, I am naive and stupid and I know it.
I just need advice on how to tell him that I am leaving because he doesn’t treat me well.

Even though he could be so mean to me, especially in the beginning, he was also so kind. I can see the love in his eyes when he looks at me in our old videos, it was so strong and so real. I just wish I could know, when did the flip happen? And why? Why did he stop being kind? Why did he stop loving? It doesn’t just go away, and it’s not like I was horrible to him. I’ll never understand.

Wilfried Nancy

“They can do it. It's true that last year I didn't like the spirit that when we were playing away - it was not the same spirit. It was not the same in the beginning. Towards the middle of the year and end of the year, we were good.”
“Now, they try to play their game home or away. This is something that for me this is growth. This is something that has been better.”
"We miss Cucho because Cucho on the pitch is going to bring something special. This is a collective sport, and I like the chemistry of the players. I like the dynamic that we have. ... This is the second year we've been together, so this is coherent. That's why I'm not surprised with what they do."
“Listen, this is soccer. I'm not saying that I expect the opposition is going to be kind with us. This is not the topic. We can face an opposition and it can be ugly. I have no problem with that because this is football, but they have to better protect the players in general."

Jacen Russell-Rowe

“Everybody on the front line has something different. Whether it's Christian, he's so smart and so experienced, and he helps control the front line. I think that very much helps. And then, the rest of us, we all bring our own qualities, so it's about being yourself out there. Because I say it's not possible to be exactly what Cucho brings."
“I remember Malte [Amundsen] having the ball out wide and I was just kind of checking my shoulders making sure I was in the right space, and I felt like that ball was going to come to me next. And then it was just about, like getting a good first touch which I had, and then the goal is I just felt like going high, first post, and taking the chance there.”

Christian Ramirez

"While he's out, it's not just one person that has to pick it up. It's a collective thing. We want Cucho back healthy and as soon as possible. He knows that. He asked me to score tonight for him, so that's why I did the celebration that I did."
"I think every guy in the locker room is taking care of their body, doing all the extra stuff that we're being asked to do to recover and prepare. We have a natural week building up to Orlando to properly train."

Situation: I have a 10C character out.
Black deck player drops the 10C to 4C with various moves.
Then they play Gecko, which in turn plays Rob Lucci first & then Helmeppo, dropping the 10C down to a 1C & enabling Rob Lucci to K.O. my character.
My question is mainly towards Geckos effect. It states, “Choose up to one cost 4 or less and up to one cost 2 or less character card from your trash. Play one of them, then play the remaining rested.”
The player put down Rob Lucci first, while my 10C was still a 4C. Then Helmeppo dropping my character to a 1C.
Rob Lucci’a effect states, “You may place 3 cards from your trash on the bottom of your deck in any order: K.O. Up to 1 of your opponent’s characters with a cost of 2 or less and up to 1 of your opponent’s characters with a cost of 1 or less.
The question I have is, does Gecko’s effect go into effect causing the 2 characters beening played, to act at the same time? It specifically states “Play one of them, THEN play the remaining rested.” So wouldn’t this mean Rob Lucci was played first & his effect would active on play, meaning my character is still a 4C?
I feel like this game relies heavily on the wording of cards & that it seems like Rob’s On Play effect should activate ON PLAY, especially since Gecko’s effect states play one character (Rob) THEN another (Helmeppo).
If he had played them the other way around, Helmeppo first, then Rob, then I could understand, but that’s not how it was played.
Sorry in advance for the short novel

We have been together for about 2 years now and throughout the relationship I have always been the more stable person and have helped guide her through many emotional situations. Things are usually good but occasionally we have an argument or a disagreement which is ok, but what follows is what is starting to bother me.
We have two very different methods of conflict resolution after an argument. I always want to talk about it soon, either immediately if it’s a small thing or later on that day if it’s a bigger deal. She usually immediately goes quiet if we are inperson or no-contact if we are not together at the time. This can range from 1/2 days for minor disagreements/arguments to 5-7 days for bigger fights. We have only had 3 larger arguments. She says she does this to avoid screaming at me if we talked about it immediately. I have zero tolerance for yelling at eachother due to childhood trauma which I am glad she respects as I would never and have never raised my voice at her.
I really struggle during these no-contact times. While it may help her sort through her emotions it makes me dwell on issues and develop feelings of resentment. I usually am more upset once we talk to each other again than I was during the actual disagreement. This is especially the case when I view it as a minor disagreement. After the no-contact period we always talk and resolve the issues but I wish we could do this earlier.
Recently we were talking and she made a comment which I thought was inappropriate, I called her out on it and let her know how it made me feel and instead of talking about it she went quiet and canceled our plans for the weekend. To me this was a very minor issue that would have been resolved with a 10min discussion but now it had been escalated to a 2 day issue and disrupted our plans. I had been working a new job and looked forward to seeing her as my time had been more strained and I was still adjusting to my new schedule leaving me unable to spend time with family and friends, but now I felt as it was taken away from me. It makes me feel like I cannot bring up issues I feel as these no-contact periods feel like punishment.
My girlfriend is a chronic over thinker and I am more level-headed. More often then not I am helping her through a situation and at times she has said she thought I was going to break up with her about something minor. This is the first time I have seriously considered it. She talks about our future together and looks forward to movong in and having kids together but I am worried about this. I cannot live with someone who is constantly giving me the cold shoulder over minor things.
I care about her a lot and want to somehow find a solution to this but I am not sure how. Nearly everything else in our relationship is great other than these periods where I feel like I lose her. I would appreciate any advice or comments and I will answer any questions or clarifications you all may havne.
TLDR: When we argue, I want to resolve the issue by talking soon, she needs days. This makes me feel resentful and miss her, especially when it is a minor issue.

When I first started working at the docks, there was a story that used to go around, mouth to mouth, among my fellow workers. Each time, the details would change but the main idea always remained the same.
It was a story about an old man who lived in a cabin by the sea with his dog Ishiki. His wife had passed away when their children were still young, leaving him to raise them alone and to make sure that food would always be on the table, he quit his job as a writer and started working at the docks loading and unloading the ships’ cargoes. His dog, always by his side, could often be seen helping him carry the heavier loads and taking his place when each noon, he had to rush back home to make sure there was a meal ready for his three children when they returned from school. Then he would quickly piece together some bread and cheese and eat his meal on his way back to the docks. As it was a tough job and paid little, after his shift at the docks had ended, he used to run the streets with a basket filled with an assortment of unclaimed or confiscated goods that he had stolen from the dock’s warehouse. Each night, he would thus supplement his meagre income by selling his ware in the dark back alleys of his town. And as he was careful not to take anything that would be missed, he was never caught and soon his fame rose along with his clientele. He became somewhat notorious and people came out of town to see him and try his goods. Ishiki was by his side even during these hours of the night, protecting him from shady individuals and advising him on whom to trust.
At night, sitting by the fireplace, exhausted, with a prick in his chest and a hole in his stomach (Ishiki fast asleep by his feet), he watched the flames as they wobbled and twirled. And each night, as the dance of the flames made his head nod, his eyes began to burn. Soon his cheeks turned wet and his throat tightened. And yet instead of a cry, laughter escaped his lips. And then he would forget everything. His sorrow, his job at the docks, his shame, his uncertain future.
And so the years went by and his children started growing up and soon they were all gone, each of them left to chase their dreams and passions. His eldest son, Albert, moved to Zurich, to work for a large company. Being resourceful and ruthless (albeit not that smart), he soon started climbing the ranks and found himself in the company’s executive group earning a yearly salary that exceeded all the money his father had seen in his lifetime. He married a cold but beautiful art dealer and had two spoiled children. The daughter, Laura, decided to go to Sweden to study medicine. Being the smartest of the three, she earned a full scholarship for one of Stockholm's best universities. She eventually became a renowned doctor, working at a geriatrics centre on the mobility of elderly individuals. She never had kids, nor a serious relationship, and she gave herself wholeheartedly to her research (Despite her success, she failed to provide her father the help he needed for his rheumatic feet). And the youngest, Daniel, fell in love with an actor from Japan. He met him one night in the city, where they were shooting a Japanese drama (whose plot he couldn’t remember or understand). Paying no attention to the actor’s words, he would listen with eyes wide open, enchanted by the music of his speech and the new sensations he offered him. When the filming was done, he followed him back to Japan. At first, the old man would call his children often, eager to learn about their lives and accomplishments but as they were not so eager to share their stories with him he stopped.
Thus, the old man was left alone with his dog as his sole companion. Having nothing better to do now that there was no one to look after, he rose every morning at five, had some dried fruits with a piece of bread and walked with Ishiki to the beach while it was still empty of swimmers, sunbathers, and aspiring models. There, he would close his eyes and by raising his hands and tilting his head backwards, he began to move to the rhythm of the waves. He didn’t mind his loneliness while he was swaying and twisting. Neither did he notice his ailing feet. The sound of the sea, the breeze, and the dancing filled him with something he couldn't quite explain. Then his eyes would fill with tears and by putting his chest forth he would burst into strange laughter. If someone were to ask him, right at that moment, what he felt, he might have said that it resembled the air in the lungs of the birds.

i’ve seen a few posts about this. but i feel like typing it out will make it make more sense. i’ve have depersonalization-derealization disorder for about 10 months, depression, anxiety, and ocd. the ocd isn’t diagnosed like the other things but it’s not hard to figure out if you have it. i am always obsessing over something that’s wrong with me, for 5 months i was convinced i had cancer, and developed symptoms of it. for these last 2 years i was 100% convinced i was having a stroke and the symptoms of it and went to the hospital so many times and the side of my body would go numb. i’m female (20) years old. and these last few months i’ve moved onto schizophrenia. i’m so paranoid. i’m always seeing things in the corner of my eye. i’ll be in bed on my phone and i swear i hear someone say my name. or i’ve heard quiet music. all of this sends me into a panic attack which worsens my dpdr, i know from movies and shows and reading about it that people with schizophrenia think someone is following them, etc. so when a car was parked outside my house of course that thought crossed my mind, and made me feel even worse. i always have to check my back seat before i drive away at night time or i’ll think about it constantly. i know that is probably ocd tho. i’m always telling my friends i’m so scared of developing this and they think im crazy and they say of course i’m not why would my kind happy self ever become schizophrenic. but how do they know? i have so many other issues and i’m so i’m edge i can start to develop any kind of symptom.

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My sweet girl, I miss you more than I could ever put into words. I never knew a pain like this could exist, and now it is all I can feel. I am angry at the driver who didn’t stop to help save your life after such a horrible accident, I am sad that you left me. I got her as a puppy during one of the worst times in my life, I was going through a terrible breakup, my social anxiety was awful, and she helped nurse me back to life in a way. We did everything together. We hiked, we kayaked, we went to dog friendly restaurants, we loved to play ball, she’d sit outside with me while I gardened in the spring. She loved the winter and the snow but she hated the rain and getting wet. You were so funny, your personality was so unique. What a quirky little thing you were. I will miss you for all of my days. I would do anything to have one more cuddle with you while you licked away my tears. How will I ever go on? I still don’t know.

Homunculi are made from sperm and other elements without the use of a womb. As such they start out with mature bodies. They start with basic knowledge as well as reasoning in order to serve basic functions in life. Due to all this, they were all effectively immortal and could never age.
A Homunculus has been created very recently. 3 weeks before the seventh servant has been summoned.
Scientist: We have done it! This one! His mana is through the roof! He should be able to win the only grail war no issue!
The homunculus looked at his own hand in disappointment. His name was… Soule.
Soule: I exist to be trusted into a war? Just to give these freaks the powers they wish?
The ones who brought Soule into this world were a group known as “Command” They’ve been trying to enter the holy grail war whenever it happens and win to gain the famous holy grail itself. Yet they either couldn't enter or had their master representative killed.
Soule was created to be a perfect endless pool of mana that would make sure they win. 7 hours after Soul’s complete birth he killed everyone in the lab he was born into.
Soule would find himself in a city. He just walked and walked the uncaring people who passed him but without a second thought, the animals that would shit and piss along what should be a nice concrete sidewalk, and the children who cried at the smallest inconvenience. It all was so foul. Soule hated life already.
7 days before the summoning of the servant servant Soule stood alone in a house filled with the bodies of a crushed 3 person family.
Soule: I summon you, servant. I need you now to follow his goals! YOU WILL SERVER UNDER ME FOR THIS WAR YOU UNDERSTAND?! NOW APPEAR!
And like a call in the great unknown, the unknown answered back with a bright light that went away revealing a talk demonic looking man.
???: I have been summoned… I am Ivan The Terrible your Rider class servant. Do not test me just because you're my master or-
Soule: Or what? You'll kill me? I think you and I both know that you don't want that to happen!
Rider: You dare disrespect me! I shall crush your face in if you keep disrespecting me!
Soule: Wow such a terrible liar! Listen here, you disgusting bastard! My one and only goal is the downfall of all life!
Rider: Then why even bother with this war?
Soule: It's simply a means to an end! I want to know my limits before I kill all on this planet. Is that so hard to understand?
Rider: Very well then. I have few objections to your foolish goal so long as I can have the grail in the end!
Soule: Hey I don't really care! I want to kill all life more personally than wishing them away anyway!
Rider: I can only imagine what spurs such hate in a heart.

Leo: OK time for me to go to school!
Ky: Leo you can't!
Leo: And why not?
Saber: Leo I can not demanifest, unlike other servants due to your low mana. I can't protect and watch over you in school. So you may be attacked by a master while I'm away.
Ky: Plus School isn't that important anyways.
Leo groaned as he did want to go to school to meet up with his friends. He felt as if this stupid war had concerned every aspect of his life.
Saber: I apologize for this inconvenience master…
Leo: That's it!
Ky: Huh?
Leo: Saber! We just gotta get you enrolled at my school!
Saber: Are you sure about this master…?
Ky: And he's lost it…
Leo: Yeah! You don't look any older than me!
Saber: I highly doubt it will be that easy-

Leo’s school at first period. It was that easy.
Saber and Leo sat directly next to one another. Saber not really wanting to be here in this school as a student even if it was to protect Leo.

Standing on top of the school were Soule and Rider. Soule smiled as he placed his hand in a strange sign.
Soule: Ready?
Rider: Yes.
Soule: Summon!
A black Vail appeared around the school almost like a curtain and several skeletons spawned inside the school with various bladed weapons. And then a wyvern spawned appeared behind Soule.
Rider: A wyvern!? That shouldn't be possible! Especially by today's standards!
Soule: My my… I'm just full of surprises!

Meanwhile, Saber and Leo were in the school, and people began passing out. Leo and Saber both got worried and Leo was the first to see the semi-translucent dark veil around the school.
Saber: A Vail! Damn it! A mage must be behind this!
Leo: A mage?!
Saber: A mage is most likely currently awake, unlike the rest of the school! Come on we must hurry!
Leo: Alright! Saber!
She transformed into her armor and held her misty blade tight. The two run off into the way to long and large school hallways. They soon spot a few skeletons trying to attack unconscious students and staff so Saber cuts a few down and Leo destroys the rest with a few punches.
Leo: The heck were those?!
Saber: Seemingly some kind of monsters summoned by whoever has done this master!
Leo: OK then! I think we should try the-
Just then to cut the young boy off Soule and Rider crash through the ceiling. The rubble crushed some of the staff and students to death.
Soule: We found Saber and her master now Rider!
Rider: Killing you will be worth it…
Saber: Master stay back!
Leo: No way I can't leave you to fight alone I'm helping!
Soule: Look at the worthless feelings they share. I suppose the rift raft being as sorry as it is would all group up and care for one another! Rider kill Saber!
Rider charged forward his staff slamming Saber through a few walls into the science room. The demonic servant charged forward with great strength but before Leo could help his servant he received a major kick to the face from Soule.
Soule: Oh no you don't!
Soule then eagerly kicked Leo to the ground and tried to stomp his skull in but the young teen managed to roll out the way.
Soule: Are you done with your silly caring shit? If so fight me! Cuz if you don’t~
Soule’s Wyvern busted through the school’s entrance and into where Soule and Leo were currently.
Soule: You'll die!
Leo: A dragon?!
The Wyvern bit down at Leo who held its jaws open for a moment before Soule appeared behind him transforming the wyvern into a sword that flew straight into his hands to stab Leo in the side of his chest.
Leo: Ow fuck fuck fuck!
Soule would then kick him in the leg before grabbing him by the hair and throwing him into the ceiling above or what was left of it.
Leo was spurring our blood trying to get a moment to grab ahold of his bearings something that Soule shocking would allow.
Soule: See what I mean?~

We cut to Saber and Rider fighting. Rider shoots out several electrical bolts from his staff as fast as lighting Saber easily manages to dodge.
Saber: A nice try Ruder but you'll need to try harder than that!
In all honesty, Saber was worried for her master. The master alongside Rider seemed entirely different from anything she felt before.
Rider: You fight well Saber I can give you that!
Rider would run up and give a surprise uppercut! She spat out a small bit of blood before two lighting shots appeared from his staff blasting Saber into some equipment she threw at Rider on impulse. The equipment didn't hurt him yet it turned into smoke creating a smoke screen for Saber to roll behind Rider and stab him through and back. Yet Rider filled his entire body with electricity that flew through Saber’s sword and shocked the blonde woman herself before an elbow knocked her to the ground.
Saber: Ugh…

We see Leo standing up as Soule walks through his blood on the floor.
Soule: You see brat? You're gonna die. Not like it matters though! After all, life doesn't have a meaning!
He tried to cut off Leo’s head but he ducked under and punched him in the gut making Soule stumble back. Soule tried to kick Leo but he grabbed his leg and twisted it making him fall over onto his face before Leo slammed him into a nearby wall!
Leo then began smashing around the skilled mage all over the place faster and faster! Stronger and stronger! Until Soule cut off his own leg! To hop away from Soule using his one remaining leg while his old one regenerated!
Soule: Rider!
Rider hears his master's calls so he runs toward him at top speed before scooping him up.
Rider: Fine then Soule we leave! Next time Saber! You're dead!
Soule: Until next time we curse each other! You brat!
Soule opened a portal that Rider jumped through and it immediately closed behind him. Saber stumbled out of the science room and over to her master.
Saber: Leo are you alright?
Leo: No…

Age 17
Sex Male
Height 176 cm
Weight 56 kg
Race Trurkish (Mix of European and Asian Ig.)
Duration of complaint 3 weeks
Location Turkey
Current medications: None
How to rest my strained eye? One of my eyes quickly begins to feel tense and itchy when I am looking at my phone, especialy quick and heavy if I am looking at white text on black background. Happening as I write this). My vision on my right eye worsens along aide it. I am assuming it is getting strained because it is trying to focus more to match my better seing left eye. I know I have to rest my eyes frequently for the better good. But what is the better way to rest them? Looking 20 feet away or closing my eyes for a while?
For context: (I have been feeling some sort of unplesant feeling in my right eye for a while. It is hard tosdescribe it but it feels tense and heavy. It is sometimes worse or better. I have done some research and conclded that this was most likely eye strain sice i read that having one eye with worse eyesight than the other can cause this. Wich is the case for me. I have astigmatisim that is considerably worse in my right eye than the left. I figured I should look at screens less and take brakes to rest my eyes frequently. But I am not sure what is the best way to rest it. When that feeling is completely absent It only takes 6 minutes of looking at a phone for me to begin to feel that strain growing on my right eye. It also doesnt go away easily. I need to close my eyes for 2 minutes fpr it to go away at times and it sometimes just chooses to stay. What do I do?)

Warning: This is mostly rambling cause I feel down and alone.
I have been healing myself for the last few months and I have notices that every two months or so some repressed problem of mine comes flying at me, screaming to be solved. I get sort of depressed and sometimes a little bit psychotic and once I address in and let it go, the bad mood disappears.
Anyway I have stumbled upon a big self-hating part of me that has been twisting me left and right this past month. It usually doesn’t take this long for this awful feeling to go away so I am really tired and even loosing hope that it’ll go away eventually from time to time. I probs just need to let it be and it will run itself dry with time, right?
I don’t really do anything. All good habits I build are just crumbling. I don’t feel like participating in society, I just want to stare at the wall until the tornado inside breaks and then I can cry it out. Then the hollowness again and repeat and repeat and repeat. Now I am not even crying cause part of me hates me but because this is so so frustrating.

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Playing a little with udio.com, I have enjoyed making music that is iteratively precisely to my specific tastes. However, as I consider applications for this technology one or two steps into the edge (pun intended), then I see a world with no need to share music.
Imagine an alternative history where this was invented in 1985. Now, there are some real cultural touchstones of music throughout that time, which I absolutely hate. A great example is "We Didn't Start The Fire." To me this is barely even music, and I liked the song better when it is called "End of the World as We Know it" and it sort of has a plot. But I feel that way about all of Billy Joel.
So, in this hypothetical world, I never even have to so much as know that Billy Joel exists, do I? And if you said, "Well, you'd hear it while buying Pez at the Texaco," fine. Isn't the next step an earphone that translates music I don't like into music I do like? So instead of "We Didn't Start the Fire," at least I hear some nice, palatable (to me), 1960s Garage Rockabilly?
So, fast forward through an entire life. At this point I would not have even known that the golden age of hip-hop happened. I would never have heard of Adele, either. That period in the late 1990s when Cher's "Believe" was everywhere would have passed me in a haze of Garage Rock and Country.
What's interesting is pushed even further, iterated through my own dopamine system, I have no reason to believe my tastes wouldn't evolve over a decade from the 60s garage I'm having Udio.com make for me into something so specific and unrecognizable and perfectly tuned to my bents, armorings, and psychological quirks that no one but me should like it.
Apply all that to TV, video games, Music, Art. Why can't I walk around with some Augmented reality glasses and just see whatever I want to see? I hate most modern city buildings, so make every building look like Jeffersonian Greek Revival, everywhere I go. I dislike country X, so why not put a flag I like over every instance of their flag? You can take this as far as you wish: Every man could look like 1991 David Duchovny and every women could look like 1994 Charlize Theron. And make of that what you will.
As far as I can see, most of the steps involved in this aren't anything that would raise safety flags, but it would be incredibly alienating to everyone. Our culture, even possibly desires and motivations (likely including sexual tastes, desires for interaction styles, etc), would diverge further and further away until we're all isolated hydrogen atoms, floating in the depths of space. Maybe a 23cm photon from something light years away comes along once in a hundred years and flips the spin on my electron, but this isn't connection.
Alternatively, it's possible you'd have little microculture clusters of people who get jazzed by sharing the dopamine drips among themselves... this still seems insufficient to run a society, though, no?

I assumed the source of majority of my stress levels would be giving myself medication ( I hate needles).
I was wrong.
The majority of my stress is from Progyny from getting authorizations to getting enough medications on hand. Never tell Progyny the exact number of meds you have on hand - you will regret it. I have had shipment issues, medication issues because dosage does change and then on the weekends, if you can avoid calling during the weekend, please do so. Progyny ships 7 day orders and 2 day refills afterwards. The problem with medication starts from the 2 day refills- calling every day to schedule another shipment will be painful.
For weekends, customer service is very poor. There are people answering the calls but are not aware of emergency medication solutions.
If I have to do this again, I will make sure I have a minimum of 4 days dose on hand. I had to pay out of pocket at a pharmacy, 1 hour away, to get an order because of a shortage.
It is unbelievable how much this one thing has generated so much anxiety and adrenaline. I hope this helps out others using this insurance or VFP.
I can't help but wonder how stress affects this process. Pharmacy issues shouldn't be one of them.
I would rather have extra meds left than go through this again.

Hi guys. I just came from some type of meeting camp of different churches and my head is full of thoughts and I don't have open friends to solve some things. First, I'm pan and still discovering my faith. I take any opportunity, as this camp, to focus on my faith and just solve another questions I have.
But I'm soooo F tired of acting.....
This camp was telling something like: " we are so open blah blah" ..... They were, in fact, not open.
I had this metal tshirt from partner, wore it once, they were near to do call elders and try pray my demons away. My dearest friend made rainbow choker I wore often and they told me to take it off. They ask me what is your gifts from lord just cannot tell them that I'm helping as volunteer in queer place where we give care to homeless queers and mentally ill ones. So I end up as help in kitchen bcs I was so scared of them, what they gonna say, gonna do.
So, what should I do? I was planing to go to big summer meet up of christians youth, but this hurt me so much. I just wanna be myself and explore my trust and faith in Him, but I'm so confused and mad right now. What would you do in my situation?

I replied to a post here yesterday and a similar one in the Reddit salary sub, and in the discussion/comments there were a number of requests for more info on how I grew my annual earnings from 28k to 750k over a 30 year period. I commented that it was nothing fancy, but that I’m happy to share what my personal playbook was with this post.
First, there are many ways to get wealthy. Mine was the boring slow way. I didn’t grow up in poverty, lower middle class is more accurate. Had two great parents who cared, but we didn’t have alot financially. Put myself through a state college to get a Bachelors in business. Wanted to start my own business after graduation but needed to get a job to start paying back the school loans.
I had read every career and business book I could get my hands on, and the strategy I chose was to get hired in an entry level role at a branch of Fortune 500 company and work my way up. I was trying, but just wasn’t getting hired because I didn’t have any experience. From what I read, Sales would be the best place to start for me.
I was however able to get a year or so of sales experience at a small company, making 28k. With that experience I again started applying to big companies. Not in tech, and while that’s probably one of the best fields, I really don’t think field matters as much as size of company does. Big, publicly held companies benchmark compensation levels and tend to structure pay similarly to be competitive.
Ideally your background will allow you to target a large and steadily growing industry. Do your research and pick a company with a good culture. That was my strategy, thinking it would equate to more opportunities for advancement over time.
I finally landed a sales job in a small field district of a Fortune 500 company, and my pay went up to 60-70 annually. My first big jump. I outperformed my peer group and built a name for myself internally and externally in the market. A few years later I was anxious for a promotion that was still a few years away based on internal timing. When I got recruited to go work for a different company as a sales manager role, I took it. My compensation jumped to 130k. 90k base, plus bonus. Most importantly this company was doing better than my first one, had a better culture, and had more internal opportunities to apply for, which I did on a regular basis once I got up and running. I made it known I was here to learn and grow and make contributions to the business. Management liked the enthusiasm and I delivered on results.
25 years and 7 promotions later I was a VP. There was no secret advantages here. There are a lot of variables and this is just one guys path. I out worked and outperformed others, kept a positive attitude, asked for mentorship, was a lifelong learner, built relationships and a good name for myself, and was willing to adapt to a constantly changing environment. I put integrity first and build a solid reputation and relationships up, down and across the large organizations.
Outside of work, my sahm wife and I raised our family comfortably on my growing salary, but we avoided lifestyle creep. Never spent much more when 750k came in than we did when 200k came in. Key was paying off all debt as soon as possible, including our house and investing steadily over this time period. Paying off the house was not the best financial trade off but it gave me peace of mind, and unlocked a lot of income for investing. Net worth today is $7M and will be $10M when I retire in a few years. Like I said, this is just one persons path, but perhaps it’s helpful to some of you. Happy to answer any questions here but no private messages please. Too many scams out there. Best regards.

Heres my theory on the Stormveil corpse.
Its fully-grown Deathroot.
We get Deathroot as an item in-game but its also all over the world, especially where you find Tibia Mariners or in catacombs. All the mounds covered in eyes are Deathroot as well, some even mimic the inventory icon art, but larger.
Now these mounds are combining corpses with roots and rise to the surface to start raising the corpses and skeletons, and almost always form Godwyn's eyes and sometimes even his hair and face(crabs and pustules). You can see the start of this process in most catacombs, with bodies being combined and lifted in the boss rooms by roots.
If you look at the corpse under Stormveil it is surrounded in open graves, bone piles, and rat corpses while looking like it was once hidden by a tarp. I believe it didnt do this on its own, it was fed enough to spawn its own Ulcerated Tree Spirit (ulcerated from the bodies fed to it) and become fully-grown.
Who fed it and why? Godefroy and to create Grafting.
Godefroy is a part of The Golden Lineage (He is in the Golden Lineage evergaol and holds the Godfrey icon, the game is screaming this at us.) so what on earth could he have done to be locked up and erased from history?
Invent Grafting.
I think Godefroy is similar to Godrick in more way than one, i believe he was weak and sickly just like Godrick and he is supposed to be Godrick's dad and Godwyn's son.
This is what i think happened.
Godefroy was Godwyn's sickly son with little to no power, very similar to Godrick. He was given a castle far away from Leyndell where he could go, as a weak sickly demigod was likely a embarrassment to The Golden Lineage, Godefroy was likely mocked openly by most, again just like Godrick, for his weakness.
Then, suddenly, Godwyn the Golden was horrifically half-murdered on the Night of Black Knives, leaving Godefroy fatherless, weak, sickly, and a public laughing stock. Godwyn was then just thrown in the roots and became a Taboo subject, showing Godefroy that even the strongest and most beloved of demigods are disposable.
After some time, Godefroy would eventually visit Godwyn, seeing a horrifically twisted corpse (that likely much more resembled Godwyn back then) that still showed signs of life. It grew, it spread, and, probably most creepy of all to Godefroy, it stared. Seeing his dad in this state, after everything else, likely cemented his idea to rebel.
How could they let something like this happen to Godwyn the fucking Golden?
Godefroy would then take back a piece of Godwyn, maybe just to give him a grave or shrine in Stormveil he could visit easier. Unknown to him pieces of Godwyn spread Deathroot now.
This piece would keep growing though, eventually foricing Godefroy to hide it with a tarp and sparking his curiosity. Eventually the piece would start to resemble more of a body, growing a face, nose, and eyes, and Marika's Tits did this thing just keep staring. I think if u were constantly getting stared at by ur dads zombified corpse, youd likely remove the eyes.
He would then begin to experiment on the piece of Deathroot, feeding it bodies and watching how it would fuse them to continue its own growth. This gave Godefroy an idea. He would likely start small, maybe with a finger or simply a patch of skin, but eventually he would try to stick a piece of this dead flesh to himself, and saw it worked.
Grafting was born.
In secret, after Godefroy felt he had control, he would teach Godrick about grafting, but told him not to do it yet. Shortly after teaching Godrick, Godefroy's grafting became noticable and began turning heads.
Maybe someone asked a naive Godrick who told them, maybe someone scouted stormveil, but someone caught wind that Graftng was born of an ancient taboo, something the Golden Order now considered the root of all evil, Grafting was born of Godwyn, Prince of Death.
The second this was discovered Godefroy was locked away in a evergaol and erased from history, and Godrick, who was also considered guilty (maybe sins of the father, maybe he talked about grafting) was marked and fled Leyndel in disguise with Mimic Veil. The Leyndel Knight that caught Godefroy was sainted and likely given a gag order or maybe straight up killed, and was venerated in their own Hero Grave.
Godrick would then just hide in Stormveil and fully dive into Grafting, maybe even intentionally mimicing the way his father was Grafted to mock The Golden Order. I think his "BEAR WITNESS" line is more of a taunt to the Golden Order than asking for recognition. He did just tell his forefathers to watch him graft a dragon head.
The rest is in-game.
Theres still some questions, like whether Godrick or Godefroy participated in The Shattering, but i think this explains extremely well whats going on with Stormveil.
Also just throwin this in, the Thorns in Stormveil is Deathroot without dead bodies to cover it with flesh, look at normal deathroot tendrils and theres spikes coming out of what look like octopus suckers. The the thorns are basically the 'skeleton' of deathroot and dead bodies are its flesh.
The thorns are boring holes (mottling) in the castle trying to get at all the corpses Godrick stores for Grafting, and the thorns are removed from Stormveil regularly. You can see the lower part of the castle where the commoners stay is infested with thorns, but the higher parts where the Knights and Godrick stay, and the corpses are stored, are absolutely thorn-free. You can also find several gashes on the ground that look stitched or stapled up. The exiles are most likely the ones assigned to clear the thorns, so they all get infected by them. Everywhere there is mottling in the walls, there was once thorns that were burned or chopped away.
You can however find a single thorn branch in Godrick's boss room along the top of the eastern wall, somewhere unreachable, proving the thorns do reach this high in the castle, they just get removed.