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  1. Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (January 2025) in ~health.mental

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    My therapist is on vacation. She said I could give her a call if I need to but I don't want to disturb her. I'm trying to deal with some minor spiralling on my own. So I hope I get through this...

    My therapist is on vacation. She said I could give her a call if I need to but I don't want to disturb her.

    I'm trying to deal with some minor spiralling on my own. So I hope I get through this and sort things out.

    Physical health wise, my physiotherapist says that I'm in a good trajectory for recovery. I've gotten flare ups recently but he says it's because I'm better and moving around more. So it's a flare up because you're in a new stage and not a set back.

    He also said that realistically it'll take about 2 or 3 years for full recovery. So I'm hoping it works out. Even if it's long.

    Job wise, I need income incredibly soon or I'll have to borrow money again. I've applied to so many and have had no response. Got to keep trying. I'm planning on doing part time in between to keep me afloat.

    5 votes

  2. Comment on What are your favourite comfort re-reads? in ~books

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    The Expanse by James A Corey. For some reason, the crew feeling like a family, despite the things they have to go through, comforts me. I've gone through the first few books multiple times. They...

    The Expanse by James A Corey. For some reason, the crew feeling like a family, despite the things they have to go through, comforts me. I've gone through the first few books multiple times. They had so much trust in each other.

    This is more of an audiobook thing rather than a book book thing, but the other comforting read I have is They Met in a Tavern by Elijah Menchaca. I'm not sure whether to say the book is good, but I first listened to it when I was unwell and couldn't do anything but listen to something. So it was audiobooks all day long. This book was entertaining and easy enough to listen to, and again, it also had the found family thing going on. It was also very D&D based, so that was easy to listen to too.

    I'm better now, but I find myself listening to this book when I'm either unwell or can't sleep and need something to doze off to.

    5 votes

  3. Comment on "Shower thoughts" and other things to ponder in ~talk

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    Understood. I'll prepare some adult diapers in advance.

    Understood. I'll prepare some adult diapers in advance.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on "Shower thoughts" and other things to ponder in ~talk

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    What do you do when your cat snuggles up to you and falls asleep but you're hungry? Do you stay hungry??

    What do you do when your cat snuggles up to you and falls asleep but you're hungry?

    Do you stay hungry??

    2 votes

  5. Comment on What does it mean to you to be a human? in ~life

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    Being human is hard. I've often pondered what being human was since childhood because I didn't feel human. For the longest time, I just felt alien. Then there was which team are you on in terms of...

    Being human is hard. I've often pondered what being human was since childhood because I didn't feel human. For the longest time, I just felt alien.

    Then there was which team are you on in terms of race, religion, sexuality, gender, nation, and so on.

    I couldn't even get to any of that because I didn't even feel human.

    I do feel human now. Most days. I spent a lot of time pondering and also eventually made friends with other humans.

    I think being human means being in a meatsuit that controls you more than you think. Being human is hard. You've got life circumstances, you've got the composition of your body, you've got dealing with other humans and the effects of their choices on your life.

    Being human means being in a meatsuit with many things out of your control. But that's okay. We find ways to connect with other humans. We find ways to deal with what the body wants. We find ways to survive. We find ways to find meaning in our lives even if it may seem ridiculous.

    Being human is hard. So I try to be nice and understanding of others. I try to help other humans and also other non humans. I try to make choices to make life less hard for me and others while not losing my meaning in life.

    What does it mean to me to be human? It means somehow having consciousness in a vast universe and world while being confined in a meatsuit that wants to just fuck everything.

    Damn it meat suit. I just want to get work done.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on You make friends *HERE*?! in ~tildes

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    Like others have said, you just have to slide into DMs. I'm mostly a lurker, but I've made friends with the small amount of posts I've made. I either DM them or I get DMed based on a post...

    Like others have said, you just have to slide into DMs. I'm mostly a lurker, but I've made friends with the small amount of posts I've made. I either DM them or I get DMed based on a post they've/I've made.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on You make friends *HERE*?! in ~tildes

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    I've never played Minecraft before and now I'm considering it just to get to know people.

    I've never played Minecraft before and now I'm considering it just to get to know people.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? in ~tech

  9. Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? in ~tech

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    I'm late! I've been reading about people using kagi for a while now. I'd be interested if anyone still has an invite left.

    I'm late! I've been reading about people using kagi for a while now. I'd be interested if anyone still has an invite left.

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  11. Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (December 2024) in ~health.mental

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    I just got diagnosed with ADHD. We've been suspecting it for a while but finally I've got validation. I've posted asking about ADHD/Autism before, but I didn't reply to many of the comments...

    I just got diagnosed with ADHD. We've been suspecting it for a while but finally I've got validation.

    I've posted asking about ADHD/Autism before, but I didn't reply to many of the comments because I couldn't bring myself to.

    Reading about ADHD at the time brought up complex feelings. Now I can though. Probably. Maybe.

    A long while back I ended up crying at my therapy session because I was finally realising that life didn't have to be this hard and I felt sad for the person (past me) who worked really hard to exist like everyone else without knowing I wasn't just weak and lazy.

    So now I'm fine? Maybe? Maybe.

    8 votes

  12. Comment on Balancing self-expression and parents in ~life

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    You're not entitled at all. Other people suffering in other places doesn't automatically make your situation go away. I don't know how to give you advice even though I lived through a very similar...

    You're not entitled at all. Other people suffering in other places doesn't automatically make your situation go away.

    I don't know how to give you advice even though I lived through a very similar life.

    What I ended up doing was having a separate outdoor life and indoor life. I joined a community of people who were similar to me and could be myself as long as I was out the door. I also had little trinkets that had meaning to me and maybe to others that I knew my parents wouldn't understand.

    I say that as if it was easy. I had a lot to hide and got paranoid quite a fair bit. I got into arguments with my parents without straight up revealing myself.

    My parents once asked if I was gay and I evaded that with weird dumb answers I was well known for.

    Once I was no longer in school, I was barely home and spent a lot of time outside either in the office working or hanging out with friends.

    At the time, I didn't think of it as a hard life at all. It was the only thing I knew. It was just life.

    But after I got out of the situation, suddenly my life was so easy and I had no idea it could have been this way the whole time.

    I'm sorry. I have zero advice. I just wanted to let you know people can relate. I think I know which country you might live in. I'll DM to ask. You don't have to answer if you're uncomfortable with it.

    We might be able to chat about what's possible. Living situation wise.

    6 votes

  13. Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes

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    I may or may not be bipedal. I'm not sure. I like usernames allude to being human as that's what I am. It doesn't feel that way often. I remind myself every day that I am human.

    I may or may not be bipedal. I'm not sure.

    I like usernames allude to being human as that's what I am. It doesn't feel that way often. I remind myself every day that I am human.

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  14. Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life

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    Yeah. Same here. If I were to discuss it, I would tell then what my reaction is right now and not what happened in the past. Mainly because I don't want people to invalidate my experiences. At...

    Yeah. Same here. If I were to discuss it, I would tell then what my reaction is right now and not what happened in the past.

    Mainly because I don't want people to invalidate my experiences.

    At some point when someone was telling me that your parents are still your parents, I then mentioned there was abuse. But I didn't go into detail and it was just part of a larger thing I wanted to say.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life

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    Thank you! I don't have many things in life, but I do have great supportive friends!

    Thank you! I don't have many things in life, but I do have great supportive friends!

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life

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    Yeah. I often half joke similarly. It is often difficult to discuss things when people kind of transplant their experiences onto yours. I know they don't realise they're doing it. I do it when I...

    Yeah. I often half joke similarly.

    It is often difficult to discuss things when people kind of transplant their experiences onto yours. I know they don't realise they're doing it. I do it when I don't realise it too.

    But that is a good reminder to have that they don't know the full picture.

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  17. Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life

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    Thank you! I appreciate you saying that even if they need care, I wouldn't have to be the one doing it. And also I if helped it was because I wanted to. Not because I have to.

    Thank you! I appreciate you saying that even if they need care, I wouldn't have to be the one doing it. And also I if helped it was because I wanted to. Not because I have to.

    3 votes

  18. Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life

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    Thank you! Yeah. It's hard not to let people's ideas of things get to you. But I have to try.

    Thank you! Yeah. It's hard not to let people's ideas of things get to you. But I have to try.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life

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    I don't know. I've recently moved out of my family home after a year and a half of being unwell (physically and mentally) , hoping that the location change will help me as I have childhood...

    I don't know. I've recently moved out of my family home after a year and a half of being unwell (physically and mentally) , hoping that the location change will help me as I have childhood traumatic issues tied to the place.

    I'm not suddenly super happy (I still have pain issues) , but I think I'm objectively doing better in the new place.

    But the problem is people keep guilting me for leaving my parent behind (Even random cab drivers) . Saying they're old and alone and all that. But they're not that old. And I go back at least once a month to check in. And I'm not the only child they have.

    So I don't really reveal I've moved out to people unless it's in topic or I know they're safe people.

    Side note: I just realised this is a public forum with people with many opinions. I hope not to get replies telling me that they're still my parent and all that. I get that all time in person already. =(

    5 votes

  20. Comment on Announcing Tildes' Make Something Month (Timasomo) for 2024! in ~tildes

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    I'd say record the entire process! From all your sketches where you're learning how to draw and things like that to the final product. It's very satisfying when you see all the behind the scenes...

    I'd say record the entire process! From all your sketches where you're learning how to draw and things like that to the final product. It's very satisfying when you see all the behind the scenes work you've put into it.

    4 votes