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Hi everyone I have started working full time for the first time around 6 months ago and I've had ups and downs. I've probably had a little more sick days than normal but I have been trying to limit it. And apart from that I have been doing alright with just a few periods where I have been stressed but it was managable.
Now I am at a point where I can feel I am really burnt out. I don't know or understand if it is bc I am working full time or because I am not taking enough time to relax or what it is. But after work I cannot physically do anything other than just watch tv or Netflix, I dont even want to do the things that I normally want to do. Yesterday I was washing the dishes and I started crying because I felt so stressed and I couldnt move for like 10 minutes. And now I am sitting at work and my hands are shaking and I just feel like crying and going home.
My question is, how do I explain this to my boss? I have ADHD as well which he knows bc I have had to leave early sometimes to go to the psyciatrist bc of my medication. He has been very supportere and I think he would be supportere of helping me with this too. I have thought about what I think could help and I think right now it could help if I was able to work from home a little more, I work from home some days, but we have to tell him before the week begins which days and I just cant really do that now because it depends on how I am feeling I guess. And then I considered whether I should maybe say that in the future to help present a burnout it could help to be allowed to work from home at least once a week or something. But apart from that, what do I say? And how do I even explain what I am feeling?

Hi! I’ve recently been told by two doctors that my skin issues down there seem to be LS. steroids have been prescribed and help me. Just waiting on my biopsy, anyways. The issues started when I was in college around 18 years old. I’m now 20 married and pregnant. LS really has affected my mental health and just how I feel as a woman. But right now my main concern is ripping bad during labor and it completely ruining my sex life afterwards. Anyone who has LS how was your labor experience? Any tips or advice?? (Please be a lil considerate if it’s a super scary story. I have anxiety and don’t need too many bad things added to my mind lol just want to get an idea of labor while having LS) thanks!!!

Hello, so I'm doing research to hopefully adopt ferrets by September.. But I am debating on a cage. Every time I try to google what would be best the opinions are super divided. I'm currently thinking about modifying a catio.. Mainly because theyre quite big and that way theyd have room to play and goof off even when I'm at work. I just would feel too guilty leaving them in a small cage while I'm not home. But what do yall think? Would a catio be a bad idea? Im just not sure. Another thing is, every cage Ive looked at seems spacious, but in reality you can see how each level of the cage is tiny and has barely any room. Its like they make it appear bigger with height. But if you don't recommend modifying a catio, then please let me know why or leave another suggestion! Thanks in advance

TLDR: Package went MIA for over a month and past the delivery window. Seller didn't respond to any messages from me trying to find the package or help when I eventually opened a case. The package showed up out of the blue almost 3 months after is went MIA, and I was blocked by the seller when I realized the item showed up and tried to reach out to them. Did the money come out of their pocket or were they protected because it got lost after shipment?
This is a genuine question, because I feel really bad if that's what happened. It's been weighing on my mind since the package showed up.
I ordered something from Japan (I'm in the US) that came out to be ~$250 with shipping and taxes. Seller seemed nice and had mostly good reviews, though they weren't responding within their own stated response time (2 days - it's important later).
A couple days after the seller shipped it out, the package went MIA in Japan. I waited until after the expected delivery period (over a month later), then messaged them to ask if they could contact the carrier to file for a lost package or see what was going on. With the carrier they used, I literally had no way to contact them myself from outside of Japan. Silence for over a week. So I messaged them again, explaining that I couldn't contact the carrier myself, and just wanted to try to find the package. More silence. After a couple days, I messaged again to say I'd be opening a case with Ebay if I didn't hear back from them in the next couple of days, because I thought it was probably lost. I actually ended up giving them another week, but still heard nothing, so I filed a case with evidence of the lack of tracking updates and my concern that it was lost (item not received).
Within literally 10 minutes of me filing the case, the seller responded to it, but still not to any of my messages. They said it had arrived in the US and provided the same tracking number that wasn't updating. I replied asking if they had a USPS tracking number, because I still saw no updates. Silence, again. So I fully escalated it to have Ebay make the decision, because I was getting nowhere. Within the day, it was closed and I got a refund.
Almost 3 months after the package disappeared, I went to my PO Box to find a slip saying I had a package to sign for. A different package that I was expecting had been delivered that day (which is why I was there), and I thought it was that. At this point, the tracking still had never updated for this package. I was suprised to find my missing item when I opened it, and went to try to reach out to the seller. I wanted to see if I should return it, since I'd gotten the money back. However, they'd blocked me and I couldn't reach them at all.
My question is really: did the refund come out of the seller's pocket? I assumed this was a situation that would fall under seller protections, since the carrier lost it, but I'm wondering if it wasn't after I got blocked. I didn't want to take their money, or weasel my way into a free item. I genuinely didn't think I'd ever get the package, and I wasn't getting any response from them, so I escalated. If it did come out of their pocket, I wish I could at least apologize or send it back or something.

Hi ya’ll, I’m 28f and got a copper iud placed when I was 22/23 (I can’t tolerate hormonal bc) and removed it this past December when I was 27. I did remove it myself, I was in so much pain daily the last 1-1.5 years I had it. My periods were 5-7 days and I’d keep spotting for at least a week after so I was basically on my period for almost two weeks with cramping daily all throughout. I’ve never had a baby but I was experiencing what I can only assume were contractions as my body tried to expel the iud. I’d have waves of severe level 10 cramping and pressure 5-20mins apart for the entire duration of my period. I’d be crying and letting screams out at the tops of the waves. One day I couldn’t take it for one more second and removed it myself 😬 I do not condone nor recommend this but by the next day 100% of my pain and suffering was gone. That was this past December 2023 and since then my periods are 3-4 days with only moderate cramping on day 1 and no more pain or any period symptoms at all for the rest of the cycle. I’d have a moderate to heavy flow day 1 and very very light the following 2-3 days and that’s it. Right now as I type this I’m on day 2 with barely any bleeding today and yesterday was not even heavy at all. I’m very relieved with the 180 degree flip in experiences as with my iud, but im starting to wonder if this is normal? Has anyone had their iud permanently change their cycle before? I’m on day 2 and changed tampons every 5 hours and none of them were even close to saturated. I’m always stressed but nothing too bad or out of the ordinary lately. Eating the same. I have lost about 40lbs in the past two years so maybe that’s something. I’m taking inositol for my borderline pcos dx I got a few years ago and I’m feeling much better. But WHERE IS MY PERIOD GOING? My period went away with my iud removal, but could this be a bad thing?? Anyone here experience something like this? I’m barely even having one at all these days. My problem has always been the opposite, so severe and ruled my life, now it’s getting shorter and shorter every month. Used to be 35-40 day cycles and sometimes skipping multiple months at a time to exactly 28 day cycles with very light-mod flow and only one day of cramping and such. I’ve never experienced this before and was wondering if if anyone else has experienced something like this…?

How do you handle the fact that not everyone in your workplace knows how to handle a seizure? My boss and a couple people I’m closer with know to not call 911 unless a secondary injury or prolonged episode. Also to give me space do not touch me and do not crowd me or I will absolutely freak out I have almost had a heart attack from waking up surrounded. I don’t want to go around to every coworker and give them a rundown but I am terrified of waking up to people touching me or crowding me or calling EMS immediately because I know it will be so bad and make everything so much worse. My last seizure in public the girl working in the store who found me has seen her dad have seizures since she was 12 and it was a night and day experience from people who don’t understand epilepsy seeing me go down. I have a job where we are working in a very large area doing our own thing kinda. There is not always gonna be someone who knows my situation near by. Like do I tattoo this shit on my neck💀?

This may be a bit of a stretch, but hear me out. Roku said that I have mastered the elements 1000 times in a 1000 lifetimes. But in legend of Korra, the main thing of season two is the harmonic convergence, the last one was 10,000 years ago, which was also when the first avatar came to be. So either each avatar live to be 10 years old or it’s a plot hole. Or maybe I’m just reading too much into this.

Salam everyone! I wasn't active on reddit for a while due to my diploma exams, but Alhamdulillah they went well and InshAllah I'll be getting the grade I want to get. I feel so happy about finishing; I even got a full scholarship to go to a top university in my country, Alhamdulillah (If you've seen my posts about taqiyyah, you'll know this is a big deal as I will be moving out inshAllah), but I still can't be truly happy as my mom hasn't spoken to me in a week.
My mom and I are really different, but that doesn't matter much to me. I think it does to her. Alhamdulillah she is a practicing Muslim, and I have grown to be more religious since 2023. I started wearing the hijab, I read quran on a regular basis, I pray and fast and Alhamdulillah I am working on my mentality in this world and not just my rituals. For some reason, my mom has not shown me support with that. She was against my hijab and cried for nights when I made the decision (She's a hijabi herself!!!!), and we fought multiple times because of it. She's given me really mean comments about it, and I've cried many times for that. Just a few days ago, she spoke to me for the first time to accuse me of lying to my teacher because I didn't want to attend a class (I had an exam, but I also wanted to go out after it. I just told my teacher I have an exam so I won't come. I didn't know that was considered lying, but I repented either way.) She accused me of hypocrisy, that I choose where to be religious and where not. This made me cry so much. I felt like I am just trying my best and i didn't know, and I just want my mother's support.
The reason she is not speaking to me is this. A week ago, I told her that the seniors of my school (im a senior) are planning a camp night in school. Basically, they'll spend a night in school in tents. I don't enjoy their company at all and I certainly know this is an activity I will NOT enjoy. I told her about it; she was against sleeping. I said Alhamdulillah. Then, I said: "They probably won't sleep anyway. I think they'll just stay up late with music and dance and freemixing. Maybe I can go the next morning to have breakfast with them only." She saw red. I felt scared seeing how fast she switched. She said that no I will go and stay up late with them. I said "why? I won't enjoy." My dad also said to her that it's okay leave her be she's happy like this. And she got so angry after this. She started saying that I think I'm better than everyone else and that she's forcing me to go. "You want me to leave you be? You'll see how I'll leave you be later on in life!" As a convert in taqiyyah, this really hurt me, because not a day passes where I don't think of the day they'll actually leave me when they find out about my conversion. She said that all I care about is my studies. Yes! That's the only thing I care about now! After religion of course. I don't understand. I have friends and I go out so it's not like I'm lonely Alhamdulillah. And my studies are such a priority to me. That's what got me a scholarship. And I did it all for her. She's a working mother, and I see how much she struggles for us. So I worked so hard in order to make her relax in regards to college tuition. "In college, everyone will live their life and you will be stuck in your dorm room studying like a lonely person!" Huh. I study so much, yes, but I also have a social life and friends and everyone at school knows my name.
After that yelling fit she had, where I didn't say one word by the way, she hasn't spoken to me. And it's not only silence, it's also anger. She's really angry at me. This anger is what makes me feel bad. I know we are not supposed to obey our parents when they command us to do something that God didn't, but it's the anger of a mother which makes me feel like "what if this is angering my God too?" I appreciate my mom so much. She works so hard for us. Despite her not speaking to me, I still kiss her goodnight and goodmorning. But she is just so angry. I thought about apologising, but for what! After reading all the ahadith on the rights of parents over us, I overthink if God is even accepting my prayers as my mom is angry at me.
I missed this subreddit. Thank you for reading this far. My situation reminds me of our mother al-Zahraa SAA. Whenever I cry for my mom, I start sending salawat on Fatima PBUH. I think that's the good thing about this situation. Alhamdulillah.
Salawat on Muhammad Wa Ali Muhammad.

I’ve been cycling for over 20 years and I’ve got a hell of a lot of bikes. I’ve bike commuted daily and cycled for fun every day 10-20 miles a day for fun and also done a bunch of much longer distance things like cycling all over Nederlands and northern France touring. I’ve always just done so in a T-shirt and cotton short shorts. I’ve always wondered what the craze with Lycra is about, please explain, is it more a thing in hot climates where you need to wick moisture. Often in the UK I’m more likely to be found hill climbing in heavy waterproof trousers and a thick jacket than anything thin

The fuck is wrong with some of yall straight up body shaming her? That’s against the rules of the snark and just a shitty person thing to do. Don’t be a bad fucking person damn.
Before you come at me or whatever, go thru the snark and look at all the screenshots people take of her body and all the horrible things that are said. Imagine if someone did that to you. It’s not cool.
Respect the rules of the snark. Mods- you need to do better.

Im just going to preface this and say that this is not towards all NP’s or PA’s, and I’m just sharing my experiences. I’m not trying to discredit them, but once again this is my experience. I’m not a Karen, I swear. I’m a young adult who has a handful of health issues that I just want help with.
I am someone who has a bit of health issues, and I have for mostly my whole life, yet these past few years it has only gotten worse. And because of this, I frequently have to go to the doctors or get referrals. This being said I swear that whenever I go to an office for the doctors all I can get is a nurse practitioner or a PA. So, typically I give them the benefit of the doubt and just see how it goes. So far 7 times out of 10 they genuinely have no clue what I am talking about or have no explanation, or just a general lack of training.
I had this really good dermatologist who was very very intrigued with how my body works. My body is very sensitive to the environment, and frequently break out into hives over things I can control, I can even trigger it if I wanted to. He attentively listened to everything I said, look at the proof I have on my phone, would perform tests in office and educate me thoroughly on my conditions. I have cold urticaria, pressure urticaria, cholingeric urticaria, as well as dermatographism. So sadly my doctor had to move to a different state, and I had to get a new dermatologist. So, I walk into the new place and she introduces herself, and she is a PA, okay great. However, upon explaining to her what I had been diagnosed with and need help with, when asking questions, she could not help me. She couldn’t help me with educating because she had no clue what they were herself. The only thing she knew was the cold urticaria which she solely focused on and performed another test on me so she could see it herself. I had to inform and educate her on my conditions.
Okay, another example is I had to go to a psychiatrist, and the office referred me to a NP. Once again, okay great. I went in there explaining my issues and I would tell her basic things and I don’t know what she couldn’t comprehend. She couldn’t explain things, wouldn’t even explain my supposed diagnosis. Id ask her questions and she would beat around the bush. What really made me mad about this NP is how she acted with me when I tried to get her to give me a doctors note for accommodations for schooling. For one, she made me wait four months for it even though once a month I had to see her. I had to beg her up and down for it, and I gave her the requirements and everything. She gives me a paper finally, and it looks like I drafted it up myself so the school wouldn’t accept it. I told her that they wanted her license number at least because she wouldn’t even put it on a header. She flipped out on me, she refused to give me her license number and told me she wasn’t giving it, and if they wanted it that bad they can look it up themselves.
I go to a new gynecologist the other day, and what do they put me with, a NP. Well, I was going in there for valid concerns, and plus I needed a new once since my other one became a professor. However, I explained to her my past with medical stuff. TMI it was irregular periods. And I swear to god this woman, who should know all about this could not give me an explanation by saying that I’m just young, that’s all it is. Girl, it’s been about decade with a period, it should be regulated now when it was fine for years. Then when we were talking about me and autoimmune disorders (which is a whole other story), she once again had no clue. I ask her a couple more questions so I could educate myself, and her response is “yeah that is weird. I don’t know.”- girl, come on now.
Then, I was at the ED because I was having heart issues. My heart rate would go into the 170-180s and plummet, and they assigned me a NP who looked at me for one second, said I was fine, sent me home. My ekg results came out as abnormal, and on top of that I had to go to a cardiologist where I was diagnosed with a heart condition. On top of this, I was irritated at her because they had be in the waiting room for about 6 hours, brought me to a flex room that didn’t even have a bed, it was a chair, and I was sent out immediately. I had to wait a few more hours and eventually I said to my mother, I don’t feel good, I want to go home. So we go to the desk to discharge, and they are like “are you sure you want to leave, your doctor was just about to discharge you?” First of all no doctor came over to us, second of all the woman I seen for 1 second had come into the waiting room FULL of people announcing my test results and blood work.
All I’m asking is for someone who can explain things and know what they are doing. But once again, they don’t have the same training as doctors. Doctors had pre med, medical school, residency, attending, etc. and only a couple for the others.
This is my experience.
Also, I can also admit I’ve had some good NP that I’ve seen in urgent cares and such.

Hello and welcome to my post. I would like to make a friend.
Here are my interests:
History. I have had an interest in history for almost a decade now, it started back in school and developed from there. Well, now that I think about it one could argue that it started even earlier in my life as I liked watching the odd historic documentary or film aired on television but it wasn't regular back then, I never actively sought it out. I am mostly interested in European history in the period between the 18th-20th century but I sometimes branch out to other time periods and other parts of the world. I watch various channels related to history and read articles and sometimes books. I have recently got a few books on the German revolution of 1848/1849 and a historical magazine on the Thirty Years' War. Besides that I try to visit museums sometimes.
Literature. Especially old novels. I like to immerse myself in the Worlds of these books, I tend to read them while listening to thematically fitting music and take my time with them. One time you are following a troubled Youth in his quest for spiritual understanding of the world, another you see the aged and decrepit Doctor gambling his very Soul on the promises of abtaining satisfaction in earthy pleasures, then again your olfaction notices the most pleasant scent known to man even as the one eminating it has the appearance of a revolting Frog. These and many other stories open up to you once you decide to set foot into the literary World.
Languages. I know three, with one being a bit rusty. I am currently working intently on strengthening it. I believe that if I continue to apply myself in this regard then I should be able to finally conquer it. What language am I working on? Well, if you were to stack all the major works in it they would be as tall as a house... It is fun to go through different works in multiple languages, the same goes for film, games and such.
Games. I recently played Cyberpunk 2077. Well as recently as I played any major story centric game. Now that the dust has settled and the bugs mostly removed...It's not that bad. The main questline at least. Besides that I tried Fallout 76 (Very average, I'm dissapointed with what they made the "RPG" system) and I might give Deus Ex Manking Divided another spin (since it's somewhat similar to Cyberpunk when it comes to its aesthetics). Dark Souls is one of my favorite series, I still haven't beaten Elden Ring though. When it came out I wasn't in the right mindset to invest a hundred hours into it, with all those bosses and difficult locations. I think I'll only consider playing it if I am streaming it to someone. I am generally interested in either streaming games or having the person I am talking to stream them to me. To be specific I mean streaming to a single person while being on call. Besides that I'm a big fan of Paradox strategy games, especially Europa Universalis IV and Heats of Iron IV, I tend to only play single player since I find multiplayer with many people to be rather stressful but on the other hand I have nothing against a co-op game. I'm not the best player though, despite the ammount of hours I have in them. Another great game I would mention would be Dragon's Dogma. A very underrated RPG. I recently beat it again and it was an atmospheric and interesting experience. It is one of those games that feel like they have an endless ammount of depth and constant new secrets to discover.
Anime and Manga. In recent times my interest in them has waned but I still watch the occasional series here and there. Like Cyberpunk Edgerunners (Which I found to be rather mediocre) and the very good first season from the new arc of Bleach. Some of my favourite series include: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Death Note, Fate;Zero, Psycho Pass, Code Geass and Attack on Titan. I wouldn't mind if you were to introduce me to some new series, maybe based on the ones I mentioned. My favourite Manga is Berserk which I still follow, althought I am still not certain on the direction that the new author is taking. I suppose it really is a matter of contention whether a somewhat (or considerably warped) vision is better than an unfinished work. One could argue that a few novels remain unfinished and possess a macabre appeal to them as such.
Music. Classical music has a very special place in my heart. A few of my favourite pieces would be: Clair de Lune, Nocturne Op. 9 No.2, Devil's Trill Sonata, Danse Macabre, Valse Sentimentale, Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Alegreto (by Beethoven) and Suite from Swan Lake, Op. 20a: I. Scene. Moderato. There are more but these ones always invoke something in me when I listen to them. Besides Classical I also enjoy listening to Synthwave, old Western pop and J-pop, both modern and from the 20th century.
Well that about wraps it up for my interests. I would like to add a few things before I finish. I am neurodivergent (autism spectrum) and struggle with mental health. I respect the struggles others have but due to certain negative experiences I would prefer to find another Aspie. I am rather introverted and I do not have a large social circle. If I like someone I want to spend as much time with them as possible. I have been hurt in the past by caring about someone much more than they about me so I would like to avoid such things now.
If you decide to message me I ask that you send a DM instead of a chat and tell me about yourself. Take care.

Hello and welcome to my post. I would like to make a friend.
Here are my interests:
History. I have had an interest in history for almost a decade now, it started back in school and developed from there. Well, now that I think about it one could argue that it started even earlier in my life as I liked watching the odd historic documentary or film aired on television but it wasn't regular back then, I never actively sought it out. I am mostly interested in European history in the period between the 18th-20th century but I sometimes branch out to other time periods and other parts of the world. I watch various channels related to history and read articles and sometimes books. I have recently got a few books on the German revolution of 1848/1849 and a historical magazine on the Thirty Years' War. Besides that I try to visit museums sometimes.
Literature. Especially old novels. I like to immerse myself in the Worlds of these books, I tend to read them while listening to thematically fitting music and take my time with them. One time you are following a troubled Youth in his quest for spiritual understanding of the world, another you see the aged and decrepit Doctor gambling his very Soul on the promises of abtaining satisfaction in earthy pleasures, then again your olfaction notices the most pleasant scent known to man even as the one eminating it has the appearance of a revolting Frog. These and many other stories open up to you once you decide to set foot into the literary World.
Languages. I know three, with one being a bit rusty. I am currently working intently on strengthening it. I believe that if I continue to apply myself in this regard then I should be able to finally conquer it. What language am I working on? Well, if you were to stack all the major works in it they would be as tall as a house... It is fun to go through different works in multiple languages, the same goes for film, games and such.
Games. I recently played Cyberpunk 2077. Well as recently as I played any major story centric game. Now that the dust has settled and the bugs mostly removed...It's not that bad. The main questline at least. Besides that I tried Fallout 76 (Very average, I'm dissapointed with what they made the "RPG" system) and I might give Deus Ex Manking Divided another spin (since it's somewhat similar to Cyberpunk when it comes to its aesthetics). Dark Souls is one of my favorite series, I still haven't beaten Elden Ring though. When it came out I wasn't in the right mindset to invest a hundred hours into it, with all those bosses and difficult locations. I think I'll only consider playing it if I am streaming it to someone. I am generally interested in either streaming games or having the person I am talking to stream them to me. To be specific I mean streaming to a single person while being on call. Besides that I'm a big fan of Paradox strategy games, especially Europa Universalis IV and Heats of Iron IV, I tend to only play single player since I find multiplayer with many people to be rather stressful but on the other hand I have nothing against a co-op game. I'm not the best player though, despite the ammount of hours I have in them. Another great game I would mention would be Dragon's Dogma. A very underrated RPG. I recently beat it again and it was an atmospheric and interesting experience. It is one of those games that feel like they have an endless ammount of depth and constant new secrets to discover.
Anime and Manga. In recent times my interest in them has waned but I still watch the occasional series here and there. Like Cyberpunk Edgerunners (Which I found to be rather mediocre) and the very good first season from the new arc of Bleach. Some of my favourite series include: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Death Note, Fate;Zero, Psycho Pass, Code Geass and Attack on Titan. I wouldn't mind if you were to introduce me to some new series, maybe based on the ones I mentioned. My favourite Manga is Berserk which I still follow, althought I am still not certain on the direction that the new author is taking. I suppose it really is a matter of contention whether a somewhat (or considerably warped) vision is better than an unfinished work. One could argue that a few novels remain unfinished and possess a macabre appeal to them as such.
Music. Classical music has a very special place in my heart. A few of my favourite pieces would be: Clair de Lune, Nocturne Op. 9 No.2, Devil's Trill Sonata, Danse Macabre, Valse Sentimentale, Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Alegreto (by Beethoven) and Suite from Swan Lake, Op. 20a: I. Scene. Moderato. There are more but these ones always invoke something in me when I listen to them. Besides Classical I also enjoy listening to Synthwave, old Western pop and J-pop, both modern and from the 20th century.
Well that about wraps it up for my interests. I would like to add a few things before I finish. I am neurodivergent (autism spectrum) and struggle with mental health. I respect the struggles others have but due to certain negative experiences I would prefer to find another Aspie. I am rather introverted and I do not have a large social circle. If I like someone I want to spend as much time with them as possible. I have been hurt in the past by caring about someone much more than they about me so I would like to avoid such things now.
If you decide to message me I ask that you send a DM instead of a chat and tell me about yourself. Take care.

Hello everyone,
I wanted to hear if anyone has advice regarding how to get rid of an entity that is attached to you.
For the last few years I've felt that something is really wrong. I've moved houses a few times so it's not the house. I also have had frequent nightmares and really bad luck along with some other things that I don't really want to get into.
Eventually I turned to the occult in search of answers and discovering Paganism and witchcraft suited my worldview more.
Recently, I pulled some tarot cards with a friend who is a very experienced witch. I asked if I had an entity attachment and long story short the answer was yes and that I've had it for a long time.
I kind of shrugged it off and didn't take it very seriously although it kind of sounded like the truth in my mind. But I pulled some cards the other day and did just simple yes or no answers and they confirmed what my friend said.
Does anyone have advice how to get rid of it besides the LBRP?

So we’ve been together for about 6 months and recently my bf told me that he was invited to a four day trip (m+f) about 12 people going he mentioned it was a birthday trip for a female friend. I’ve never met any of the people going on the trip and the ones I’ve had met I’ve had a bad experience with them. I told him how I felt uncomfortable and that it’s not right because if it was the opposite he wouldn’t even let me go and we left it at that. Last night it was brought up again how they’re waiting for his response and how it’s most likely a yes for him.I feel very unheard after I expressed to him how I feel about the whole situation. He told me that it’s a big trust issue thing which I understand why he would say that but I mostly feel like it’s something out of respect and we can’t reach to an agreement because he really wants to go because he fears that he’ll be missing out. I dropped the whole topic because I don’t want to control his decision and no matter what I say it seems like he’s made up his mind about going even though it hurts my feeling.

First of all, I know it might be selfish to get kind of mad or frustrated about listening to her problems and trying to help her, after all its her who deals and lives with those issues like the fightings between her family, serious anxiety and more, and she can only come to me for all of that because she has very few friends. And I've always done my best to make her feel better, I worry a lot about her and we really love each other but lately I've been feeling kind of indifferent and maybe tired about her problems, I just don't know what to do or what to tell her know and everyday is a different thing, that's why I also feel selfish.
I'm also frustrated because she always wants to be with me, If I go out with my friends she gets mad, if I don't visit her at her work or house she gets mad, if I go to the bathroom and I take too long she gets mad (although she's kind of right, I do take like 20 minutes sometimes) and I really enjoy my time alone but she thinks that I don't miss her or that I'm being distant when I'm just like watching a YouTube video taking a break from everything (because we used to work together). To be honest I'm exaggerating a bit, she doesn't get that angry about these things, we've talked about this and she doesn't complain about certain things anymore. Also she's really been through some rough and serious stuff in her childhood and life.
But I'm so tired of a lot of stuff and little things about her that frustrate me, there are a lot of instances that there's nothing too serious going on but she feels so bad, sad or angry, and I just want to tell her that it's not a big deal just get over it. Like today, there was a pre sale for tickets to the twenty one pilots concert, it was our first time buying tickets for a concert so we were a little late and couldn't buy them so its been a really bad day for her because she's a huge fan, but why get so stressed and sad the whole day when there's going to be another sale the next week. Really sometimes I feel like she's a little child throwing tantrums and sometimes I feel like her dad having to console her or guiding her trough terrible choices that she makes sometimes or things that she doesn't know how to do. And I should really understand how she feels because I have borderline personality disorder and I know how it feels to have terrible control in my emotions but still I feel that she makes a bigger deal out of smaller things.
I don't know what to do anymore, I really love her, we really love each other and want to get married and have kids but these things really overwhelm and frustrate me and I don't know how to tell her all of this because I don't want to hurt her or make her feel guilty. We started going to therapy (separately) at the start of the year because we wanted to better our relationship, and I've been feeling like I'm really improving but she just stopped going and said she just doesn't feel like there's a change. I know it's not my responsibility but I'm really afraid of what could happen or how she could move on if we break up, and even though I've thought about it I don't really want to break up with her
Just to clarify a few things before I finish, she has 20yo and I have 22 andit's our first serious long lasting relationship. Sorry about my awful writing, English it's not my native language and I'm afraid of posting in a Spanish subreddit because I don't want her to read this and finally thank you so much for your time reading this

Hi, thank you all for the responses, I feel more confident that I did the right thing in that situation. Now, this isn't really that much of an update, but to also clarify the situation and answer some of the questions I've seen you guys posted on the comments of my first post.
Last night I went to my best friend's house(I will call him R) to talk about the situation, since he is also a part of the friend group and I know him to be more mature and insightful in situations like these, as well as providing a new perspective from someone who's watched the situation from a closer standpoint. I gave him the details and why I decided to reject our friend. He supported my choice and told to have a talk with her and our other friends as well to clarify the situation and to see my reasoning, which I would try to do on the weekend or when they agree to meet me. I haven't spoken to any of our other friends in the circle to avoid any unnecessary distractions since we are all busy with our lives. He also told me to post the reason why I rejected her and to clarify some things. So here I go:

1. The first thing I wanted to clarify is that she isn't someone who played the field during college, she did not get into a relationship until a year after her graduation and has been working. As far as I remember, she's been into one relationship that lasted for more than a year, and has been seeing other guys after, but all of their interactions where mostly on discord and other social media platforms. She is also from a religious family and is quite religious herself, so she hasn't been sleeping around. I know this because, as I've said before, we are actually close and we do talk about each other's relationships as well. If anybody should be slut-shamed, it's me. We live in a Southeast Asian country with very strong religious beliefs, and rigid traditional values including a patriarchal society that has been embedded to our history. (Not sure if I should add this information about where we are but I think it kinda helps a bit.)
   
2. When I posted that I lessened contact with her, I should have said that it was as close as to no contact with her, with me not going out with her anymore for drinks, food, etc., ignoring her messages on and just greeting her on birthdays and other occasions, and that period lasted for a year, give or take a few months. The realizations that I had when I walked away from our friendship was that I was smitten with her not because of her personality or looks, but that she was giving me attention and was kind. I felt back then that she was a good person and that I had a chance with her since we've known each other through childhood. I realized that I felt that I wanted to be with her because she would be nice enough to say yes to me. I was in a place back then where I never really talked to other women with the intent of actually dating them because for me, she was already there. Once I had free time, I started actually going out on dates, and realized that I kinda fucked up our friendship.
   
3. R told me to add this info, since he feels that the biggest reason why she asked me out, and that is that her family is pressuring her to get married, or at least be in a relationship. As I've said before, she was raised in a religious family and that family comes with societal values that seems misogynistic. She is the eldest of three siblings, and one of her younger female cousins is already engaged. I knew about her parents hounding her and how she feels about the situation, and I kinda feel stupid not thinking that this might have influenced her decision. I think I was caught off-guard by the situation to actually think about it.
   
4. I rejected her asking me out because I just don't see her in a romantic way. I think a huge part of my rejection is that I know what my preferences are now and she doesn't have that. I prefer someone who can call me out on my bullsh*t and tell me things straight to my face, and she doesn't have that in her personality, she has a hard time saying no to her parents and to the guys she's dating, unless it's something that ignores her values and such. I have also been confused about any more reasons why I rejected her, because I know she's attractive because she gets attention from other guys when we go out, and she's also a good person, in general, but honestly, I just don't have any romantic attraction to her, and I think that would be enough of a reason. She's a close friend of mine, we talk most nights, we talk about our dating life, we shit on each other's bad dates, we use each other's dating apps sometimes to look for a date for each other, and that's just it. I have been thinking about what she said, that I was trying to get back at her for the previous rejection, but I don't feel like that was what I was doing. I never wanted to hurt her, but I also don't want to be in a relationship with her.
   

Right now, I agree that she feels entitled to me and that maybe she is keeping me as a back-up. R also agrees that what she did was wrong, but that the mixture of alcohol and parents resulted in her being desperate since her actions seemed to deviate from how we knew her.
I would like to say sorry for not realizing that she may have been in the wrong headspace when she asked me out, and not telling you guys more about the situation she was in, I just thought she was handling it herself and never really thought how a situation like that could affect a person. Honestly, I would like to keep our friendship, even with the others who sent me hurtful messages, we've known each other for a long time and have seen each of us grow into adults, I just don't know how. Right now, I just want to talk to them for clarification, and how it was weird for me how she handled the rejection, (and weirder that she even asked me out in the first place) and to know everything that lead to this situation. I feel like I can only decide on what I should do once I know more about the situation.
That is all for now, i don't know if I could or would update, as any progress to this situation would start only if she talks to me again about the situation. I also feel like I should delete this post since I feel like her situation with her family is a private matter and not for me to share online, even anonymously. Thank you for all the help you guys have given me in this situation, although I am still not yet prepared to cut them off, at least for now.

Isn’t Lamictal also suppose to be an anti-depressant? I’m currently on 200mg and plan to discuss with my doctor it needs to be increased because I’m still cycling with bad depression.
My psychiatrist (actually a nurse practitioner) discussed the Lamictal caps the mania and lifts the depression some. She very conservatively introduced Wellbutrin and Adderall back into the concoction which is what I was previously prescribed before the bp2 diagnosis. However, she was extra careful adding these in as too high of a dose with one of those can induce mania.
My therapist told me lamictal also helps with depression and she doesn’t understand why I should be prescribed two things if I can just take a higher dose of Lamictal. Especially if there’s a chance the Wellbutrin can cause mania yet also still not be prescribed the high enough amount. She is planning to speak with my psychiatrist about it.
I did find it weird that I’m on both. Why would I be prescribed both? Anyone else out there in the same boat?

Apologies in advance if there are grammatical or spelling errors in this post, as I completely underestimated how Four Loko's alcohol content would affect me, it's a 24Oz can so for my tolerance it is a ton of alcohol. Can barely hold my head up, but here are my opinions on both of these drinks in case you are considering them.
The Canta Ritos is super good, which aligns with my enjoyment of their Pineapple flavor as well. Very good flavor balance and it is barely bitter at all. Refreshing, sharp, but not hard to drink. You cannot go wrong with this at all! 9/10.
Four Loko (the original?) on the other hand is almost the opposite. The flavor is not very natural, sort of like if Jolly Ranchers made a hard soda with 14% ABV, medium amount of bitterness while the flavors compliment it which helps to mask the bitterness somewhat. In a way it is satisfying, you are hit with a complexity of fruity flavors and a fruity bitterness before your throat heats up from the high alcohol content. In that way it is satisfying. I can definitely understand why people have polarizing opinions on this, it won't be for everyone. But I give this an 8/10 because it is fun, not the greatest in terms of natural taste but I have a lot of fun just from drinking this.
Two nights ago I was at the bar and tried Captain Morgan spiced rum on the rocks. I loved it! While rum isn't the same as bourbon whiskey, I dare say I enjoyed this more than Maker's Mark. I am hit with a sweet vanilla flavor, and slightly familiar flavors that I'm used to with whiskeys in general. It's hard to recall the specifics because it's been two days and I am very intoxicated while writing this, but I really liked it and I will never hesitate to have this again! Not giving it a specific rating, just know I love it.
I'm going to have to stop drinking until the start of next month since I have been impulsive recently. But if you have suggestions or thoughts to share, please do! I'm enjoying the discovery of new beverages. I don't care if you have strong dislike for what I enjoy, because I will be considering suggestions nonetheless. That's the beauty of the alcohol side of the world, there's a massive variety and there will always be a drink for everyone. No shame, only care about what you enjoy!

I've been meaning to make this post for a while but life kept getting in the way.
There is a bunch of new (well, new to me) stuff I've discovered over the last few weeks, and wanted to share my thoughts with you.
Let's start with the "prequel" (although never canonically confirmed) to the Marathon series was a game called Pathways to Darkness. The backstory for this game is:

Sixty-four million years ago, a large extra-terrestrial object struck the Earth in what would later be called the Yucatan Peninsula, in south eastern Mexico. The dust and rock thrown up by the resulting explosion caused enormous climactic changes in the ensuing years, and many of the Earth's species became extinct during the long winter that followed.
The object itself was buried thousands of feet below ground, its nearly two kilometer length remarkably intact. It remained there, motionless, for thousands of years before it finally began to stir-- and to dream.

Hmm. Buried below ground. Finally beginning to stir and dream. Who does that sound like?
Let's keep going.

The heat of impact liquefied the rock around it, which later cooled and encased the dead god's huge body far below ground. As it began to dream, it wrought unintentional changes in its environment. Locked deep beneath the Earth, strange and unbelievable things faded in and out of reality. Vast caverns and landscapes bubbled to life within the rock, populated by horrible manifestations of the dead god's dream.

As it began to dream, it wrought unintentional changes in its environment.. Locked deep beneath the Earth, strange and unbelievable things faded in and out of reality.
Like Fingerrats? Or like Spider-wolves?

Vast caverns and landscapes bubbled to life within the rock, populated by horrible manifestations of the dead god's dream.

Caverns and landscapes. I want to expand this point here for a bit because it's also mirrored across Alagaesia.
Let's start with Helgrind.
For any FV enjoyers, I've previously speculated that Helgrind is a reliquary, or a previously living being that was transformed (a la Ctein).
But the curious thing here is the timeline of Helgrind and it's tunnel system, taken with the above context.

Q: Assuming it wasn't built by the Ra'zac themselves, was the lair inside Helgrind purpose-built for the Ra'zac and Lethrblaka, or did they appropriate it some time after it was built? If it wasn't built for them, what was its original purpose?
A: Partially natural formations (linked to tunnels elsewhere in Alagaësia), partly expanded by the priests of Helgrind and Galbatorix himself.

But... The Ra'Zac didn't inhabit Helgrind until at least after the Humans came over. So these tunnels underneath Helgrind existed before the Ra'Zac, or Galbatorix ever set foot on Alagaesia. Which, I don't know about you, but a massive network of tunnels does not smell entirely natural to me.
So.. where else are there "natural" formations that link to other tunnels elsewhere in Alagaesia?
We've seen these "natural" formations in Vroengard:

Q: The deeps under Vroengard, were they created by the riders or was it a previous system of caverns that they repurposed?
A: Previous system. I mean, there's been work done on them, but... 'It looks similar, parts of it feel similar to the caverns that we encountered in this book. They both have that hole in the cave which goes deeper, with something in the hole that's not clearly defined.' Yeah.

And we've seen similar depictions in the Beors, and Nal Gorgoth. So from the Beors to Vroengard, "natural" tunnels exist underground. I don't buy that they are entirely natural.
Given the context of the Marathon game above:

Vast caverns and landscapes bubbled to life within the rock, populated by horrible manifestations of the dead god's dream.

I think these tunnels came from Azlagur.
Let's switch gears here, I want to talk about another archaeological mystery in the world of Eragon - El-Harim.
I believe El-Harim was heavily influenced by the (not canon confirmed, but implied) prequel to the Marathon games, the Pathways into Darkness

Pathways casts the player as a member of a US Army Special Forces team sent on a mission to the Yucatán Peninsula. On May 5, 1994, a diplomat from the alien race known as the Jjaro appeared to the President of the United States and informed him that on May 13, an ancient godlike being sleeping beneath a pyramid would awaken and destroy the Earth. The only way to prevent this catastrophe is to prevent the god from awakening. The eight-man Special Forces team carries a nuclear weapon, with the goal of entering the ancient pyramid, descending to the bottom level where the god sleeps, and activating the bomb to stun the god and bury it under tons of rock.

Getting into a bit more of the backstory:

Only during the last few centuries has the god begun to effect changes on the surface of the Earth. Grotesque creatures have been sighted deep in the trackless forest of the Yucatan, and strange rumors of an ancient pyramid-- which is neither Aztec nor Mayan-- in the same area have been circulating in the archaeological community since the early 1930's.

Pyramid, eh? There are two different options here I can think of that equate.
The extended FWW Map
First, in the extended map from FWW, we can see a Pyramid-esque shape - Different color, different slope, etc.
Or, second (and probably more likely), it could be El-Harim:

It is a very bad place. It’s a place where some bad things happened at one point and it’s not a good place to go walking around. I don’t want to get into it too much more because again, it’s a good possibility for another story and I want to keep thinking about it a bit more. It is in Alagaesia and we’ve actually been close to the location.

Many speculate that the below vision from Eragon in Brisingr, which was never explained in the main cycle, is of El-Harim:

And he rested, and visions beset him of a circular stone city that stood in the center of an endless plain and of a small girl who wandered among the narrow, winding alleys within and who sang a haunting melody (A Feast with Friends, Brisingr).

If this vision IS El-Harim , it's super significant because of these two descriptors:

circular stone city
narrow, winding alleys

Fractals. The city itself is a fractal, like Nidus for any FV enjoyers.
The narrow winding alleys are significant because of the descriptors of the Vanished/Grey folk:

The spaces between the structures were narrower than the humans preferred; the proportions were taller, thinner, which matched the images she had seed of the Vanished...
The ancient outline of the city was - as she suspected - a fractal, and the shape of it contained meaning.... At the nexus of the apttern, where it coiled in on itslef like a nautilus shell" (Shards, TSIASOS).

Narrow. Circular (Nautilus shell). Winding. Fractal.
Whatever this city is, El-Harim or otherwise, it is/was a grey folk/vanished city.
And given the quotes from above - "Its a place where some bad things happened at one point", and "dangerous, creeping, ancient, evil thing" - My guess is that the event that caused the Grey Folk to bind the AL to magic happened here, in El-Harim.
Alright, moving along.
Let's talk about the Az and the God. There are a few parallels I've talked around, but the BIG link between the two are Dreams. This is especially important because of the release of the world map recently.

We are the devotees of Azlagur, the Devourer. Azlagur the Firstborn. Azlagur the Dreamer. He who sleeps and whose sleeping mind weaves the warp and weft of the waking world. But the sleep grows restless" (Obliteration, Murtagh).

Versus

As it began to dream, it wrought unintentional changes in its environment. Locked deep beneath the Earth, strange and unbelievable things faded in and out of reality. Vast caverns and landscapes bubbled to life within the rock, populated by horrible manifestations of the dead god's dream.

I could write a whole post about the parallels between the two and their linkage to dreams, but I'll cut it short here for now to save room to dig in to other areas. Specifically, the Dreams connection is especially important because of the relase of the world map recently - I have another post here that gets into more detail, but the translations from the World Map in the middle translate to:

where dreams and dragons dwell

Dreams (!) and Dragons.
Combine that with the Etymology of the words:

Alagaësia ala = land gaësia = rich/fertile
Alalëa ala = land lëa = a beautiful dream
Elëa = the dream itself

So the planet, named Elea, translates to "The Dream Itself". Very interesting.
This is even more significant when you take into account this tweet chain from Chris, a bit earlier in March

Darn it. Just invented a name in the ancient language. Googled it to make sure no one else had used it ... only to discover that I had used it in an earlier book. Lol.
Can we ask what name?
Edurna

I believe the name was a potential candidate for the name of the planet of Alagaesia, which is important because of the etymology of THAT name (All credit to Zora for digging this one up).

Edurna sounds awfully like Adurna and Edur
Adurna meaning water and Edur being a prominence

Prominence. And Water. You know what that sounds like to me? Plaintive Verge. Just food for thought.
Second-to-last Az connection I want to cover: Hunger.

Whirling darkness swallowed him, and at the center of it... lay a formless horror - ancient and evil and from which emanated a constant merciless hunger (Dreams and Portents).

Versus a quote about the cosmic entity in Marathon:

Now I fear what that weapon has unleashed will destroy us. I once boasted to be able to count the atoms in a cloud, to understand them all, predict them, and so did I predict you, but this new chaos is entirely terrible, mindless, obeying rules that I don't comprehend. And it is hungry.

Now, the last piece of Azlagur-related lore I want to cover here is the "Black Sun".
In all of the visions, a Black Sun precipitates Azlagur's rise.

"A black sun rimmed by black flame hung against a darkling sky... The beast rose rampant against the black sun - A wingless dragon, apocalyptic in size, terrifying in presence. Destroyer of hope, eater of light"

Before getting into the Black Sun a bit more, there's an additional connection here I want to touch on - usage of the word rampant in connection with Azlagur.

In Marathon, Rampancy is the enhanced self-awareness of a computer AI, causing a progression towards greater mental abilities and destructive impulses. The destructive impulses, however, are primarily caused by being threatened or harassed. There are three main stages, as well as a fourth and final stage that is rarely achieved, to rampancy, named by the primary attitude of the AI during those times: Melancholia, Anger, Jealousy, and Meta-Stability.

There are some overlaps with what we see from the Maw.
And Melancholia.. that's an interesting word. Especially when taken into context the meaning of the name:

A melancholy dream of great beauty.

Melancholy.. Dream... The pieces of the puzzle are coming together. And Rampant...
Chris also uses that exact same verbiage when discussing a deleted scene from TSIASOS:

Q: I just finished reading To Sleep in a Sea of Stars and I have to know: it sounds like the Wranaui fought the corrupted during the Sundering but if that's true and it happened almost 300 years prior.... Who created the old corrupted? I've been questioning this for days!
A: That was actually in material cut by editors (some of the dream memories). Another Seed/Idealis was damaged and, when the Old Ones tried to separate it from its host, the xeno went rampant.

The xeno went rampant. Very interesting.
Alrighty, I keep getting distracted, back to the black sun.
The reason the Black Sun is important is because it always precipitates Azlagur's rise, throughout several of Murtahgh's visions. In each of them, there is a Black sun.
So, by this, we can extrapolate that the sun needs to be Black in order for Azlagur to rise (which is hinted at at the "Day of Black Sun" celebrations near the end of the book).
But... what does it actually mean?
There is a parallel in Marathon, their weapon:

The trih xeem (also "tri xeem") is an extremely powerful weapon that can be used to force a star into early nova... it was originally conceived and built by the Jjaro [The Old Ones/Vanished equivalent]. Much of the Marathon Infinity story revolves around preventing the Pfhor from using the tri xeem and inadvertently releasing a W'rkncacnter that is supposedly trapped within the Lh'owon sun.

So, the story of the last Marathon games revolves around preventing the usage of the weapon to release the cosmic-level baddie trapped in the sun. So, effectively, the antagonist is imprisoned by the sun.
But.. how does that translate to Azlagur and Murtagh?
The Black Sun requirement for Azlagur's rise could be construed as "imprisonment" by the sun; Azlagur cannot escape until the sun is turned Black. But it only really starts to come together when you piece together these pictures.
First, early concept art for the Fractalverse
You see the black orb, heading directly for the glowing star? Sounds pretty similar.
But that's not the smoking gun; look at the depiction of the black orb in the concept art, and compare it to the trih xeem, the weapon in Marathon.
A black orb with a trail heading directly for the sun. Almost an exact match.
OK.. so I get that it has some relevence in fractalverse, but how does it translate to Eragon?
Well, because of the Beors. Specifically, a picture CHRIS HIMSELF posted about the Beors.
Here
I propose that THIS black orb, at the top of the Beors (which, suspiciously, no one has traveled to) houses the black weapon. After all, the depiction is quite similar - A large, circular, black orb. Looks pretty similar to the other pictures.
And given the above context that Azlagur can only rise with a "Black Sun", the pieces all start to fit together. It's not perfect, but there are definitely a lot of overlaps.
Alright. I've been waiting for this one. The last piece. Let's talk about Angela.
Q: Will we get Angela lore? I feel like she could have killed Galbatorix and just didn't feel like it.
A: For those who don't know Angela is based on my sister Angela, because she breaks the fourth wall to a degree she has. Not only does she have plot armor, she knows she's in a story and can break the story itself. So, yes, she could have killed Galbatorix, but that would have made for a very bad story. That said, I do have an entire book planned around Angela, and it's very high on my list of books to write because it takes place before some of these other big stories I want to write. And that's also the difficult thing. I have my big storylines, and then I have a couple of one off side books I want to write, and it's just a question of time, energy and effort.
She knows she's in a story, and she can break the story.
Based on that, and several other descriptions I will get into in a bit, I think her story is directly related to the Marathon Infinity game.

Marathon Infinity begins as the Pfhor destroy Lh'owon using a Jjaro-derived doomsday weapon known as the Trih Xeem or "early nova". Unfortunately, the weapon also releases a powerful chaotic being: The W’rkncacnter, which threatens to destroy the entire galaxy. Because of the W’rkncacnter's chaos or by means of some Jjaro tech of his own, the player is transported back and forward in time, finding himself jumping between timelines and fighting for various sides in a desperate attempt to prevent the chaotic being's release.

and

In Marathon Infinity, a W'rkncacnter is imprisoned in the sun of planet Lh'owon. It is theorized by some that the W'rkncacnter's powerfully chaotic nature may be responsible for the jumps between realities seen in the game. When the Pfhor use a trih xeem device to send the star into early nova, the creature is released, to the horror and destruction of the Pfhor.

Angela is the Eragon-equivalent of the player.
She can transport back and forward in time, jumping between timelines, and fighting to prevent the chaotic being's (Azlagur's) release. Let's dive in.
First:

Q: Is it canon that Angela the Herbalist is a Time Lord and did she make a cameo in To Sleep in a Sea of Stars?
A: Is Angela the Herbalist is a Time Lord? That would be copyright infringement, so I'm going to say "no comment", but she is in To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. And there is a canon reason for this. And you should have no problem spotting who she is in that book.

So there's a canon reason she's in the book. Interesting. When you take that into context with the next bit

Q: On your last AMA on reddit, someone asked if any fan had guessed the identity and history of Angela correctly. You said nobody has guessed correctly and there's not enough information in the books to do so. That puts every fan theory out there on her wrong, correct? She's not the soothsayer, a time lord, grey folk, etc, correct?
A: Angela: Some of the fan theories have gotten parts of her history and identity correct. However, there's a HUGE aspect to her nature that no one has guessed (or least, not in a non-joking way). And no, I don't mean her being a Time Lord.

So there's a huge aspect to her nature that no one has guessed (at least at the time of writing). She's self-aware, knows she's in a story, and can jump around in time. And, similar to the Marathon games, it appears like only she knows that she's in a story.
So, based on the Marathon inspiration, we can guess that she is trying to accomplish the same thing - To prevent the release of the cosmic-level villain. We know that she has some kind of relationship with the Draumar:

In Murtagh, it’s revealed that Bachel and “Uluthrek” (Mooneater, Angela’s given Urgal name) met with Bachel explicitly going out to confront her (a courtesy not even offered to a Rider like Murtagh)

So, by extension, she has some kind of connection to Azlagur. This is supported by other circumstantial evidence in FWW as well:

Since we know that the Dream Well in Mani's Caves is similar to the Well in Nal Gorgoth I can assume that Angela is revealing the existence of the Draumar to Elva there? I feel certainly feel as if you're setting up her for something in the future series.
Heh. Good Catch.

So, she is clearly working with Elva to do something related to the Dream Wells, and she also previously confronted Bachel, many years ago. So throughout multiple years across the WoE, she is connected to Azlagur and the Draumar; her story clearly revolves around them/Azlagur, somehow.
Putting the above pieces together, my guess is that she is jumping around in different timelines, trying to manipulate actions of the past to prevent the rise of Azlagur. Just like the player character in Marathon. There's another piece of circumstantial evidence to support this assertion as well.
In Marathon Infinity:

After multiple "jumps," the player (seemingly the only one who realizes he is being transported between possible realities)

Versus Angela:

As hours passed, the stars turned above, night chill drew the heat from my body, and I fell into a curious trance, not asleep but not fully awake... The world altered" (On the Nature of Stars, FWW).

I believe this world "Altering" was the first time she experienced an alternate timeline, without knowing what it was at the time.
We've also seen her create "Doorways" as well - Although it's not clear if this is fast traveling (a la a Torque Gate), or truly opening a path to another timeline.
In Eldest:

"As they landed, he noticed a patch of white on a small hill nearby. The patch wavered strangely in the dark, like a floating candle, then resolved into Angela, who was wearing a pale wool tunic" (A Sorceress, a Snake, and a Scroll).

and then later, more concretely:

"I traced a line on the wall, reached out, and opened a door that wasn't there. ON the other side - nighttime, a beach by a black ocean lit only by stars, so many, many stars, more than there should be. Of course, I would not take Elva to my home, not yet. But this was a waypoint, a place to build and learn and grow... She stared into the gap, the impossible portal" (On the Nature of Stars, FWW).

Still, as always with Angela, so many questions.
Alright, we've reached an ungodly wordcount, so I'll call it here. There are still more connections I'm uncovering between the two series (such as the potential connection between the Gedway Ignasia and the "warning" sensation from Marathon), so I might make a follow-up post in the future with everything else I uncover.
As always, thanks for reading! Let me know what you think in the comments, or if you've found any other connections between the two.

Im 27 yrs old and have been wanting to go to barber school since my senior year of higher school. In California you need a diploma or GED to go. Just had my 3rd child and i decided it was time to get things done, not just for myself but for my family! Language arts, social studies and science was not bad at all… Math was definitely the hardest subject. I studied for 2 straight days and i failed this morning at 10:30am with a score of 143. I scheduled the math test again for 9:30pm and i studied allllll day. I passed with a score of 147! Ill take it! Feels great honestly. Due to a very rough childhood and unstable home school was always the least of my worries as a kid. I was awful in school and passing these in 3 days was crazy to me. Definitely a top 5 moment in my life. Opportunity lies ahead! Praise God 🙏

The guy I’ve been seeing and I made it exclusive about 5-6 weeks in and I brought up whether we want to make it official after about 3 months. He drives 3 hours every week total to see me and has been consistent in communicating and I don’t doubt his intentions for the most part. We have however fought a few times and flared each other up/been volatile. It’s been a lot better lately. He says he wants to feel confident in our communication before we make it official because he thinks there’s a step up between being exclusive and being in a relationship and doesn’t want to worry things would end after a big fight. He’ll cite things like he’d hate to have to tell his friends he had a girlfriend and we broke up shortly after a big fight. I agree with this in some ways where there are probably more strict boundaries in a relationship but also feel that not a lot would change a lot since we treat each other like we’re in a relationship. I told him I want to figure things out in the next few weeks and he’s agreed to be intentional about it and has reminded me he’s been consistent about wanting to figure out our communication before jumping into things. I have been bringing it up more lately out of anxiety and he’ll say things like “you won’t even give me the time to ask you”
Do you think how he views things is valid or am I being strung along? I want so badly to believe him but am afraid to learn he’s just been trying to be in a situationship and gets all of me without a further commitment.