All of my in-laws are Just No. I made a post a while ago about why my MIL is a JN and it blew up so I deleted it because I was afraid one of my in-laws would find it. But to summarize my SIL moved in with me and my DH with her two kids because of a custody dispute that left her in limbo. She refused to pay rent or do much besides sit on her phone and leave in the middle of the night for booty calls. Oh and one time I woke up to a complete strange sleeping on my couch because SIL thought it would be okay to let him in at 3am. After six months we kicked her out because of the rent issue and I found her vibrator in my 6yo stepson's bedroom (she was sleeping in his room when he wasn't home since he's only with us 50% of the time and she left it in there). It was the straw that broke the camel's back.
After kicking her out my incredibly JNMIL got their entire family to threaten DH. She was going to sue us (not legally possible, but she sure did threaten), BIL was going to drive 8 hours to our house to kick DH's ass, SIL was never speaking to us again... you get the picture. They all hated us. Fine with me.
A few months later DH is speaking to them again, idc. A childhood full of abuse will do that to you.
Anyway today MIL was harassing DH about buying a birthday present for his nephew (the son of BIL who threatened to kick his ass). Nephew is turning 3 in a few weeks. Now, back when Nephew was born (before all the crap hit the fan), DH and I travelled to see BIL and his wife and help them take care of the baby. We bought them clothes, formula, and a new washer because theirs broke while we were there. They were (are) seriously struggling financially.
We found out that as soon as we left they sold the washer and bought a super cheap one that broke a few weeks later (HA).
I've bought Nephew Christmas and birthday presents in the past (always texting his mom first to find out what she needs). BIL and his wife still have me blocked on Facebook and refuse to speak to me. DH didn't know that though, so when MIL started telling him to buy a gift for Nephew he asked me about it.
I said I wanted to have nothing to do with them. I added that if he wanted to buy something for Nephew he was more than welcome to, but I didn't want to be involved. He said okay, fair enough, we won't buy him anything. Just proud of my DH for having my back this once. Slowly but surely...
Edit: *sigh* I guess DH told MIL his reasoning for us not buying Nephew anything. Wish he hadn'
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I know I can get them pressed, but I don't know they are worth the cost. Just looking for ideas I might not have considered or things to look out for when I move them. Thanks!
I donβt feed her too much, so how could she be over weight? Iβm pretty sure that means theyβre overweight. Sheβs also in shed right now and her eyes are cloudy, just incase that has anything to do with it. She ate on Sunday and two pinkies. And she eats two pinkies about a week apart give or take a day. And the pinkies donβt leave much of a bump anymore so I will be bumping her up soon. But anyone please help. If a picture is needed, Iβll post it but she wonβt be too happy about it because I picked her up earlier and she didnβt recognize me (blue eyes). Massively appreciate any help
So me and my friend were playing, not gonna lie i kinda took and burnt their spine as a joke but now no replacement spines stay in her after she dies, how do i get it back so its a spine assigned to her?
Unfortunately for me, my sister just stepped on a rock
Im an active guy in good shape but after years of slumping over and not sitting properly it looks like keeping my spine straight during meditation is not easy and will need some getting used to.
I find it a bit difficult sitting straight during meditation. My hips are not flexible so I am doing sitting meditation on a chair but even then, I sometimes lose focus during 15min sessions to keep my spine straight and sometimes have mild back pain doing so. Nothing unbareable, but I wonder if meditating with a back support would allow me to focus better on the meditation itself, and perhaps work on the flexibility issues other times with streching/yoga. Or should I keep working through keeping spine straight and hope to get used to it soon.
Also, I have a feeling burmese position with a proper meditation pillow might be easier than sitting on chair, but again Im totally a beginner.
Please share your opinions. Thank you!
I don't know what I can do. I feel guilty and I feel remorse and I just feel awful everyday. Ever since this accident happened my life has gone downhill. I dropped out of college in my last semester, moved in with my parents, and haven't done anything since. I just can't even leave bed and all of my friendships and relationships fail so I'm constantly alone. I don't even care about waking up anymore and every night I relive that accident. I have severe PTSD and my therapist just tells me to stop it. I don't know how I can stop it. I got pain killers when I got out of the accident and I've been addicted to them ever since. I can't stop taking them and I don't even want to but they're my only way to cope. I just feel hopeless and have no idea what to do. That one night ruined my entire life and I feel like she's the lucky one.
She was just completely smashed when the car flipped and my bottom half of my body was as well. The images from this night are in my head at all times and I revisit this accident probably a dozen times a day. If something reminds me of this night then I just shutdown and try to get to the ground so I can curl up, plug my ears, and let it pass. It's happened in restaurants and I can't cope with it. I just can't deal with these images and events being replayed in my head. It is a true nightmare. One time the song that was playing when we wrecked came on randomly and I fell to the ground and essentially blacked out like I was having a seizure. I don't know how I can stop this from happening at this point. It's been two years and it seems like they're getting worse.
We weren't even that drunk and because of a stupid fucking mistake she's gone and my life is miserable. We made this mistake and paid a cost beyond belief and I don't know how what we did was justifiable of these reprocussions. We had wine is all, with dinner. I wasn't even classified over the DUI requirement that night.
DISCLAIMER: I got my top surgery 3 months ago, I'm not still binding my chest. For those of you who are, do not bind more than 8 hours a day if possible. Please do your back stretches to prevent similar damage I've done to my back.
Alright, I need some advice. Because of my old binding habits, I live in chronic pain and have for years.
The muscles in my upper back between my shoulder blades, under my shoulder blades, and on my neck, have been turned into stone. I have gigantic knots and clusters of tiny ones with them. People think I work my back out but it's legitimately so fucked up the knots look like my back is ripped. Every single day they hurt, feeling similar to the way you squeeze your fist super hard- but its your muscles? They are constantly tense and sometimes feel like they pinch nerves.
I have a rock I'll actually lay on top of directly on a knot and just lie there to have the intense pressure on it. It helps temporarily. I have a back massager, I mean those really aggressive ones for deep massages.
I cannot stress enough when i say that I think about pushing needles into the center of the knots to try to relieve the pain. Its horrible. Every single day.
My upper spine is also incredibly... "tight"? I have to pop my upper back at least 4 times a day to relieve the tension. I pop it in really strange ways I admit, one specific way is I'll be sitting down and lean/bend my upper torso to the left with my head tilted left as well, until I feel it pop in multiple places.
Does anyone share any of these symptoms? What has helped for you? Acupuncture ? Regular masseuse? Chiropractor ? Cupping?
ALSO; Whats the name for the state my back muscles are in? Again, the symptoms are: Extremely firm to the point I have to punch my back to feel relief, tight feeling, clusters of knots, pinched nerve feelings (like a needle poking a tiny point and then a sharp pain shooting through my back), and OCCASIONALLY muscle spasms. When I get muscle spasms I can feel the entire thing moving around like a living organism inside me having a seizure. When I get the spasms I have to stop doing anything im doing, which sucks because it happens especially when I'm driving for over 20 minutes.
A couple of thoracic fractures after an accident at work and these days the fractures are healed so now I'm down to annual check ups.
So, to the point (and apologies if this isnt the right place to ask) since then I've found that smoking the good stuff is the only thing that gives me a decent quality of life. Within two-three days after I stop my back stiffens and the pain returns. Apart from the legalities of the issue sourcing regular supply is tricky and inconsistent with quality/safety.
Whilst I dream of legalisation, I also live above a licensed premises and am a member of proscribed authority, so its a bit like leading a double life. I'm new to the CBD scene and the ones I've tried help, but not as much.
TL;DR would anybody be able to reccomend a brand/strength that might be able to have a similar effect on the chronic pain? To date I've been using Vitality CBD 2400+.
As I say, if this is the wrong place I apologise, but any help would be appreciated! Many thanks x
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Iβve definitely had a reaction to the first Moderna dose. I really think it shook up some tucked in lyme bacteria and/or maybe boosted my immune system to finally deal with the lingering stuff. Just a guess but Iβve definitely herxed more post-vaccine than I have in a while.
Iβm doing a lot better about a week and a half later, but the one thing thatβs really bringing me down is intense, all day back pain, it feels like my spine is being smacked, bruised and burned. Between the shoulder blades and lower neck. I have been a lot more active this week but I have no idea how to deal with this. Marijuana and cbd are providing a temporary solution for the pain but anything like ibuprofen is doing nothing.
Normally Iβd get a massage but not sure thatβs possible with covid shut down. If anyone has the same experience and tips Iβd really appreciate it. Itβs a horrible feeling.
Too much backstory.
This question in a way stems from looking at the pictures of spinal chord that looks like a butterfly with the gray and white matter, and the efferent and afferent nerves (peripheral NS) coming from each section. I think all the afferent and efferent nerves would not be considered part of the spinal cord, only we would look at the gray and white matter, but then (and I most likely lack the proper information on the topic)....
....would the gray/white matter be responsible for carrying the message to the brain, rather then an actual nerve? Because I do not see on any image that there is any other nerve inside the spinal cord, but rather it just being one tube/organ that all the peripheral NS empties into (and then it empties the motor signal back to the efferent nerves)
