@afrosabi I try to go as light as possible - 2 naproxen - and repeat every 4 hour intervals. If that doesn’t cut it, it gets me to bedtime & just take some sleepy cough medicine to knock me out. Ibuprofen doesn’t do sh*t anymore. Lol.
@PortiaMcGonagal Someone like this has no shame, but shame on him. The kids were just playing outside, off the street, at home. I thought that’s what we are supposed to want/encourage kids to do. Also the misogyny - attacking little girls. Shameless coward.
“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper
Part5
Does anyone ever think about what happens when the natural order of things is turned upside down?
When children & grandchildren are becoming disabled alongside parents & grandparents, and premature death is normalized, how is this sustainable in the long-term?
As much as I love dogs, this is in fact a bird site. Are we really all just unwilling witnesses to one man’s rather pathetic mid-life crisis? Elmo, that’s you.
This is so very true. I really appreciate that there is no judgment in these posts - and I have been able to start coming to terms w/ things that I didn’t have terms for before.
Trying to relax or focus can be REALLY hard when our nervous system is CONVINCED that the other shoe is about to drop.
What other shoe? Our nervous system may not even know-- but it'll consider that all the MORE reason to STAY ON GUARD.
Trauma responses aren't "choices."
No joke: it can be EXHAUSTING just managing the PHYSICAL manifestations of trauma. It's often this perfect storm of lack of sleep, chronic pain, & digestive instability.
And the fact that it's connected to trauma means some people really will tell you it's all "in your head."
@LizWFab I am moving in with my dear friend & her husband, their farmette in PA. This is getting both me & my large dog friend out of a bad living situation. I am grateful for the love & generosity of my friend.
Narcissists know why you won’t speak to them, they know they hurt you, and they know exactly why you left. Having an “open conversation” with narcissists or trying to explain things only gives them an opportunity to twist words, create confusion, and weasel back into your life.
The only reason I didn’t hit the like icon is because this is so truly bad. Masks should have been mandatory at clinics like this long before covid, and in many cases probably were.
My friends in Tokyo who wear masks everywhere in public have never gotten Covid. Their kids go to school and have never gotten Covid. They almost never get respiratory infections at all. One asked me "why does everyone in the US and UK want to destroy their health?" 🤔