Not a the metalzone tho I want more Shellac than Pantera
For starters, I know I need a new doctor (probably just a PCP, as psychiatrists are few and far between here). However, I'm trying to get my refill for the month before I begin the process.
My doctor has not responded to or acknowledged an e-message or a phone message in months, not even when I was in semi-crisis just before Christmas. The last time I saw him, on December 29th, he said that he would not need to see me again to refill my Adderall (I had refilled it shortly before that appointment). At this point, I have two days left, and that only because I skipped a couple of days, and he still hasn't sent it to the pharmacy. As far as he knows, I'm out. I also take lithium, but that one has plenty of refills left.
I've sent two messages and called twice in the past couple of weeks, trying to ask when my next appointment needs to be, but nothing. I am worried I'm going to be unmedicated starting Sunday, and I'm apprehensive because that's my busiest work day (I work for a church and Sunday's the day I do the public/talking side of my job).
I am angry at him for his lack of care over the past couple of months, but I know I need to stay calm to make my case if I ever do get a chance to talk to him about it. The heart of the matter is that I don't trust him - I'm often left to figure things out alone, and that's not a good thing when it comes to mental health and medication. (I also have generic trauma related to doctors from an experience during pregnancy, so that doesn't help.)
How do I go about this? I've followed the "rules" of communication as far as I know them, but as the silence goes on I get more and more frustrated.
Edit: Got a text from a nurse saying I don't have to go in until March and that my Adderall refill is on the way. Fine, I guess. Doesn't answer any of my other questions. Last time I saw him, he started me on lithium and normally he would require monthly follow-ups when starting a new regime. I guess I'm mostly okay? Not too crazy (at the moment).
The main character Annie is a plus size woman and she is 'dating' a man named Ryan (Who is just using her for sex) He hides her from his friends because she is fat. He never takes her out anywhere, because he doesn't want to be seen with a fat woman. He makes her enter the back door only so no one sees her. To leave and enter she has to jump over a chain link fence surrounded by shrubs and bushes. (Also Ryan lives with his mom and uses her car to go places. He has a part time job at a hardware store but he misses too many shifts so he get fired.)
Annie starts leveling up and goes through a transformation where she values herself. She breaks up with Ryan. This is great. Until he comes back groveling. Then she takes him back. Big mistake. Then he continues to be a disappointment.
Annie and Ryan go on a real date at a restaurant, his lvm friends show up and ruin it. And Ryan does nothing to stop them. He contributes to them ruining everything.
Annie has a work/social event and invites Ryan as her date. He doesn't show up because he 'put the wrong date on the calendar'.
He takes Annie camping in the woods. Without a tent, food, or any supplies.
Annie's friends tell her, Ryan is a LVM and to dump him. But she keeps giving him second chances. Ugh
I hope eventually, Annie wises up and dumps Ryan for good.
(By the way, I've read the handbook, I know plus size women really shouldn't be dating instead they should be focused on leveling up to become HVW.
As a plus sized gal, I agree with this, I just like coming to this sub because I find it very inspirational. I'm trying to level up and become a fds queen.
Also Shrill is a great show about a plus sized gal recognizing her worth and leveling up in other aspects of her life. I just hate Ryan, so much)
Look, itโs a cute commercial of a thoughtful little girl, and Iโm cool with the boy getting pink shoes, but his โthank youโ shrill grates on me.
I get frantic. I don't feel heard. I get frustrated. I get louder, and my voice gets shrill. I can see people react. It's not in my head.
Male coworkers have mocked me. Tonight my dad asked me to add more bass to my voice because I was hurting his hearing aids (jokingly and lovingly, but obviously coming from a real place), and the just now my husband looked at me and asked me if I had a softer, sweeter voice I could use.
Granted, today I was experiencing a ton of stress and my anxiety was super high all day. I'm sure my anxiety leads me up that shrill road. I hate being a stereotype of a shrill angry woman. When I know I am getting shrieky, I do try to consciously lower and soften my voice but I feel like even when I'm just excitable I get high pitched.
Being consciously aware helps, but then it also makes me feel bad about myself. Like my voice is just who I am, people don't like the real me, I have to change my natural self to appeal more to others as I just feel low.
Any advice?
I absolutely love the game, and the patch has definitely improved the game as a whole. It's fun to experiment with different possibilities, civ combinations and strategies. Learning how the civs work, especially the ancient civs, allows you to adapt and thrive regardless of your starting position. That's REALLY rewarding and keeps bringing me back to starting a new game. I do agree with some concerns people have raised here, but I'm not as doomer as everyone else is about the issues.
The changes to the neolithic era have been mostly positive. Overall, the experience is probably a lot more balanced and, I would guess, better fit what the designers had in mind. No longer does it feel broken to sit in the neolithic era for 20+ turns to rack up a huge population, tons of science and a bunch of outposts. However, I feel like ransacking sanctuaries and lairs is pointless now. When it gave 20 food, it was pretty nuts, so I understand the nerf. The 5 food though, usually is just not worth the fact that you can't move for the rest of the turn, meaning you miss out on potential curiosities that can give anywhere between 5-15 food. Also, you're incentivized to leave it, because in the ancient era, you get a good amount of gold (which is really valuable early on). I'd suggest that moving it to 10 food would strike a perfect balance.
The ancient era feels awesome. Every civ has its use (except the Babylonians and Zhou and MAYBE the Hittites don't feel very good). Growth is usually the most important factor for the era in this patch. Production is faster, you have more population for a military, and most importantly, you grow your faith really quickly. So growth-based civs like the Harrapans, Olmecs and Phoenicians are really good. I've found I've gone for faith starts a lot more in this patch, and have been heavily rewarded with first pickings of tenets, which lead to an explosive start. There's a bit of frustration that we've developed over the first 2 civics not showing up right away. At first I thought it had to do with stability, but it didn't. We then thought you had to have another outpost or something, but that didn't do anything. We're still in the dark as to what causes the event to trigger to give you access to the first 2 civics. I've found the nerf to districts (which is a hot-button issue on this subreddit rn) has lead to an increased focus on infrastructure. While I think there probably will be more balancing to the cost of districts, and perhaps
... keep reading on reddit โกHey everyone! I'm a long time player who just pulled Ibara and upgraded her Shrill Laughter skill. From Level 1 all the way to 20, I didn't get any notification on what was being upgraded. No increased % of a stun landing or any other kind of benefit. I went on wotv-calc to check her skill set and it didn't show an upgrade for the skill either.
This seems odd. There are skills in the game that don't offer an upgrade (e.g. Immortal Spirit), but this one allows you to upgrade. Am I missing something?
#Welcome to the Spooky Micro Monday Challenge!
Hello writers! Welcome to Micro Monday! I am excited to present you all with a chance to sharpen those micro-fic skills. What is micro-fic? Iโm glad you asked! Micro-fiction is generally defined as a complete story (hook, plot, conflict, and some type of resolution) written in 300 words or less. For this exercise, it needs to be at least 100 words (no poetry).
However, less words doesnโt mean less of a story. The key to micro-fic is to make careful word and phrase choices so that you can paint a vivid picture for your reader. Less words means each word does more!
Each week, Iโll give you a single constraint or jumping-off point to get your minds working. It might be an image, song, theme word, sentence, or a simple writing prompt. Youโre free to interpret the prompt how you like as long as you follow the post and subreddit rules. Please read the entire post before submitting. Remember, feedback matters! And donโt forget to upvote your favorites and nominate them via message here on reddit or a DM on discord!
#This weekโs challenge:
Prompt: When a shrill cry echoed in the mist, I knew I wasnโt alone.
Bonus Constraint (worth extra points): The genre is ghost story and/or includes a ghost.
As we continue on into our fourth week of the Spooktober Challenge, I encourage each of you to step out of your comfort zones! Try something new. And for those who live and breathe horror, or want to give it a shot, this is your chance! Keep in mind you are not bound to write horror. If the prompt inspires you to write something different, go for it!
This weekโs challenge is to use this simple writing prompt as inspiration for your story. The sentence does not need to appear in your story (but you are more than welcome to, if you like). You may interpret the prompt any way you like (including changing the tense), as long as the connection is clear and you follow all sub and post rules. The bonus constraint is not required.
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Submit one story between 100-300 words in the comments below, by the following Sunday at midnight, EST. No poetry. One story per author.
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So...not sure if any other dad's out there deal with this or not..
My 2 wonderful boys (6 and 3) love to play a game where they see how high load and high pitched their voices can be. As they like to be bats for Halloween we call this "echo location" and in general they just like to scream at the top of lungs for no apparent reason. This some how does not bother my wife. So...it's my problem.
My question to the group, any recommendations on general reusable ear protection? Those foam ear things tend to not work.
Not looking to block out the world, just trying to save my ears and manage the resulting headaches.
Thanks in advance.
To be honest, I really cannot remember much about it besides the fact I'm pretty sure the first line is "woke up this morning with the sun in my eyes" and not much besides that.
Here's the short version of one of them. The long version is even worse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIRfhuMnur0
I can't believe it's taken me this long to watch this show!! I am on episode 5 and honestly this show just speaks to me so much!!
It has already gotten me to cry several times. I just feel so seen!!
Love this show so far and excited to keep watching!!
Anyone else watch this show? (no spoilers please)
Even for a couple of seconds, is this possible for a top-average quality of earbuds? I mean the sound level was almost the highest and I got really hurt by hearing this, since last night, the sound has been coming different, I didnt get the point if it was the earbuds or a temporary hearing defect or something of mine.
