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2024.05.15 14:26 OttoVonBlastoid Teylim's Reasons: An NoaHM / ALS:SOTP One-Shot (Mother's Day Special)
DISCLAIMER: Sorry this is a day late. I ended up having to rewrite half of this. Still, I hope you enjoy. After this, I'll be going on my hiatus. So I hope you like this last little bit of Roo-family cuteness. Thank you all and keep on keepin' on!
Special thanks to u/SpacePaladin15 for creating the NoP universe.
I'd also like to thank u/xskipy10 for their awesome fanart of the main cast as well as their recent Tohba meme and their fanart of Michael baysitting. You're work is a treasure!
Thank you as well to u/Accomplished-Golf-59 for his take on Michael, Teylim, and Tohba in his submission for the Banner Art Contest, and u/Spacer_Catgirl4969 for their awesome music video featuring a pixel-art Dohkar in his bar. Be sure to give ALL of these awesome creators your love and support.
And let's not forget u/Guywhoexists2812 who has been an awesome source of memes as well as sick pixel art, such as THIS and THIS!!!! And even THIS!!!!!! And how could I forget THIS!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much!
Today, we see all the reasons Teylim has to keep going in the face of adversity. For when all is said and done, love truly does conquer all. LETTUCE...begin...
Original Story
[Accessing Camera Function…]
[Accessing Saved Recordings Function…]
[Play Selected Recording?: Y/N…]
[Playing Recording!]
[The camera opens up on a female Yotul with a satchel over her shoulder. She is walking backwards down a paved walkway while looking up at the person holding the camera…]
“Alright! Soooo…here we are in… Michael tell us where we are!”
[The person holding the camera gives an audible sigh…]
“Do I have to, Tey?”
“Yes! Come on, it’ll be fun!”
[Another audible sigh is heard before the person begins panning the camera around the surrounding cityscape…]
“We are in the beautiful, literally ALWAYS sunny capital of Dayside City!”
“And what would you say we’re doing here in Dayside City?”
“We were just at the Public Records building getting our paperwork verified.”
[The Yotul woman is seen reaching into her satchel and pulling out a leaflet of documents…]
“Oh! You mean THIS paperwork? Hmmm… I wonder what these might say… Mind helping me here?”
“Seriously?”
[The Yotul doesn’t answer, instead shoving the documents directly into the camera. Another, more amused-sounding sigh is heard…]
“It says that your name has been officially changed to ‘Teylim Andrews.’”
“Mmmmhmmm. And what about this one?”
“That one says that Tohba’s name has been officially changed to ‘Tohba Andrews.’”
“Aaaand why do you suppose that is?”
[A shuffling sound is heard and the camera shifts as the person holding it pulls out their own papers…]
“Probably because according to MY paperwork, while we’re still waiting for my Application of Citizenship to go through, I, Michael Ruiz Andrews, am now the full, legal, son of one, Teylim Andrews-”
“EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEE!!!!!!”
[The Yotul woman darts forward, wrapping the person holding the camera in a hug. The camera is set on the ground and the face of the person is now visible. The two hold their embrace, rocking back and forth…]
“I love you so much, my joey…”
“Love you too, Ma…”
[Recording Ceases…]
[Play Next Recording?: Y/N…]
[Playing Recording!]
[The camera opens on a small kitchen area where two beings are sat eating. On the left, a male Yotul infant in a high chair is munching away at a human food identified as “Cheerios” spread across his tray. On the right, a male human idly stirs at a bowl of cereal while tapping away at a datapad…]
[Eventually, after munching down another “Cheerio”, the infant catches a glimpse at the human and stares for approximately one second before his tail begins wagging…]
“Mikey?”
[The humans attention is broken away from their datapad and immediately focuses on the infant…]
“Yeah, Bud?”
“I WUV YOOOUUU.”
[The infant’s sing-song voice seems to make the human smile before he leans forward, planting a “kiss” on top of the infant’s head…]
“MmmMUAH! Te amo, mi hermanito.”
“Whaz dat mean?”
“It means, ‘I love you, Little Brother’. Want me to teach you?”
“Hmmmmm… OKAY!”
“Okay.”
[The human chuckles slightly before scooting his chair in…]
“Okay, so when you want to tell someone you love them, you say, ‘Te amo.’ Okay?”
[The infant gives a curious ear flick…]
“Teeeh…Mo?”
“Close! Here. Repeat after me. Te…”
“Teeh…”
“Ah…”
“Aaahh…”
“Mo…”
“Moh!”
“Te…ah…mo…”
“Teeh…aaahh…mo!”
“Okay! All together now. Te amo.”
“¡TE AMO!”
[The human excitedly gets up from his seat and embraces the infant…]
“YES!!! You did it! Awesome job, Bud!”
“YAAAAYYY!!!! ¡TE AMO, MIKEY!”
“MMMUAH!! ¡Te amo, precioso hermanito!”
[The camera jitters slightly and a muffled giggling is heard. The human turns to face the camera…]
“Ma? What are you- Have you been recording this whole time?”
“Just a little!”
“Must you record everything?”
“As a matter of fact, yes!”
“MAMA!!”
[The camera zooms in on the excited infant…]
“Hello, Precious! Is your big brother teaching you Spanish?”
“UH-HUH!! ¡TE AMO, MAMA!”
“Ooooh, that is just ADORABLE! Can you teach him to say ‘Mama’ in Spanish, too?”
[The camera pans over to the human, who raises an eyebrow. After a moment, the human smirks and gives an exaggerated shrug while shaking his head…]
“No tengo que hacerlo. Él ya lo sabe, mamá.”
“Pffft! Smart aleck.”
[Recording Ceases…]
[Play Next Recording?: Y/N…]
[Playing Recording!]
[The camera opens up facing a pair of beds in a small room. On one bed, a female Yotul is sat with her infant in her lap as a male human walks into frame carrying a brightly wrapped gift box…]
“Merry Late Christmas, guys!”
“Merry Christmas, Michael!”
“Mewwy Kwizmuz, Mikey!”
[The human kneels down and hands the infant the gift box…]
“Sorry this gift is a bit last minute, but I managed to grab it while I was out with ‘Nel the other day.”
“I’m sure it’ll be perfect, Michael.”
“I hope so. Go on, Bud. Open it! It’s for you!”
“OKAY!!!”
[The infant rips away at the brightly-colored paper, and with help from his mother, lifts off the lid. The infant then excitedly starts bouncing up and down and reaches into the box, pulling out a bright-red plush…]
“WED TIWFISH!!!!!!”
“Oh, Michael! How? When?”
“I had to ask around online if anyone else had plushies from the aquarium ship, and I managed to find a guy here in Dayside. There’s…still a lot of things we lost at the house that need to be replaced, but I figured this would be a good start…”
“It’s perfect.”
[The three embrace and hold it for several seconds before pulling back…]
“BUT! I’m not done with gifts just yet.”
“What?”
“Here. Mind handing me your pad?”
“Sure?”
[The Yotul hands the human her datapad as he pulls a small drive from his pocket and plugs it in. After a moment, he smiles and sits down on the bed next to the Yotul. She is then seen gasping and covering her mouth with her paws…]
“Michael…”
“I overheard you on the phone with Aunty Triv, talking about how you wish you had some pictures of me when I was younger…”
“How on Liern-”
“It’s…a long story. When I was first taken into foster care after getting rescued, I was assigned a social worker to help me adjust. And after I got situated with Dad, he stayed and helped us out from time to time. He basically became like an uncle to me after a while. And since Dad didn’t really have any other family, whenever he wanted to share pictures of me growing up, he’d send a copy to my social worker. I’ve…been back in contact with him for a little while now, and it turns out he kept them.”
“Oh, Michael…”
[The Yotul and human lean against each other and embrace…]
“I love you, Ma.”
“I love you too, my joey.
[Still leaning against each other, they begin to swipe at the pad, presumably looking through pictures. After a few swipes, The Yotul begins chuckling hysterically…]
“Aaaawwweee…”
“Crap, I forgot about that one!”
“Who’z dat?”
“That’s…me, Bud.”
[The infant looks at the image for a while, still holding the bright red plush…]
“Teeheehee!! Fuzzy Mikey!”
“Can we please just swipe to the next one?”
“Wait. I’ve seen those kinds of human garments before! Aren’t those for…LITTLE…little joeys?”
“Look, I was a very emotionally stunted kid and I just thought they were comfy, alright?”
“This is SO going on the desk.”
“Please no. Any of them but that one.”
“Nope! It’s already decided!”
“YAAYYY! FUZZY MIKEY!”
“God, ‘Nel’s never gonna let me live this down…”
[Recording Ceases…]
Memory Transcript Subject: Teylim Andrews, Yotul Accountant And Loving Mother Of Two
Date:[Standardized Human Time] February 1, 2137
[Warning: REM Sleep Detected: Transcript May Be Fragmented Or Incomplete…]
Crrreeeeaak…
My eyes slowly squint open as the noise rouses me from sleep. I let out a yawn before looking for the source of the noise. I’m…back in my house… Sitting upright, I see that my door’s been opened, beaming The Dayside’s permanent daylight into my room. I was confused for a moment. The only other person here that would be here is-
“Uuuuhhmm… M-Mrs. Teylim?”
I looked down, and spotted the culprit.
Standing in the doorway was a small human child, cradling my Tohba in his arms. He was silhouetted from the daylight behind him, the light beaming past his adorable onesie pajamas creating a small blue outline around him, matching his eyes.
Strange. For some reason, I thought he was taller…
“Michael, sweetie? What’s the matter?”
Still carrying Tohba, Michael made his way over to the bed.
“Uuuhhhmmm… Tohba h-had a n-nightmare…”
“Ooohh, is that so?”
Something definitely didn’t add up. As he gently handed Tohba over to me, he certainly didn’t seem to be having a nightmare. In fact, even now he was still sleeping peacefully.
Michael, on the other paw, was DEFINITELY out of sorts. He was nervous, fidgeting, wrapped up in a self-hug, and even now, refused to even look at me. Whether that was because of his nervousness or if he was still convinced I was afraid of him had yet to be seen.
Stupid, ridiculous, Federation dogma…
I could tell he wasn’t being honest with me. Ordinarily, I would’ve been upset about him lying, and even more so about him disturbing Tohba, but looking at him now, I knew what he needed now wasn’t a scolding.
“Michael, you know you can be honest with me. Was it really Tohba who had the nightmare?”
I heard him nervously gulp as he tightened the self-hug around himself. After a moment, he shook his head.
“Mm’mm…”
I gave a tired, but loving sigh before holding out my free arm.
“Come here.”
With some hesitation, he stepped closer, allowing me to pull him into a hug. Michael had a lot of issues. From what I learned from his social worker, he’d been terribly abused by his previous mother and he’d lost his father only a few years after moving in with him. And now, with Earth under attack, he simply didn’t have anywhere else to go.
It will take a long time before he’s fully comfortable living here, I know that. I’m still not even entirely sure if I’m what he needs. I still wonder if I know what I’m doing when it comes to just raising Tohba. Even so, I’d never forgive myself if I didn’t try. He deserves a home, and a mother who loves him. All children do.
“I'm sorry for lying…”
“Ssshhh… It’s alright. Do you want to talk about it?”
“It was…the one with the scary fire people…”
Oh…THAT dream…
Exterminators.
“I don’t want them to come… I don’t want them to-“
“It’s okay, joey. They won’t get you here.”
“No! That’s not… That’s not what I’m scared of…”
I pulled back slightly, allowing myself to look directly at him. He sniffles and sobbed while trying to wipe away tears.
“You’re all so nice to me… \sniff** I…I-I don’t want the fire people to hurt you… I sh-shouldn’t be here…”
My heart broke in two. This poor child had already lost so much. It only made sense that he’d be afraid of losing us too.
I cupped his face in my paw, wiping away his tears.
“Michael Ruiz Andrews, I don’t care what you might have heard, but you have every RIGHT to be here. And if those scary people out there think they can come and take us away from you, they’re wrong. I will never let us be separated. You hear me?”
“. . .P-promise?”
“With all my heart. You’re MY joey now, and I won’t let anyone take you away from me.”
At last, Michael finally unwrapped himself from his self-hug and instead wrapped his arms around me, burying his face in my fur.
After a while of holding him, he’d finally calmed down enough to speak again.
“C-can I…sleep here tonight?”
Your joey needs you.
Yes.
“Of course.”
With some effort, he climbed up onto the bed and curled up next to me. I knew I most likely wouldn’t be getting anymore sleep, but that was fine. Just laying here, holding my boys in my arms. That was enough.
One after the other, I gave both my joeys a lick on the forehead.
“Goodnight my joeys. I love you.”
“Wuv…you…Ma…ma…”
“. . .Love you too...Mom…”
I love my boys. I love my family. I love…my life…
[Transcript Time Progression: 4 hours…]
Beebeebeebeep! Beebeebeebeep! Beebeebeebeep!
[Warning: Subject Regaining Consciousness…]
My entire body protested as I twisted and turned over to tap the alarm on my nightstand. My claw slapped blindly at it until finally, the agitating alarm was silenced. My eyes squinted open, revealing…I was back in our motel room…
Well…a girl can dream, can’t she?
It was a pleasant dream, I’ll give it that. As I sat up, I let my legs dangle off the side of the bed as I stretched myself out and let out a yawn. Once my eyes had fully opened, and the fog had been blinked away, I was immediately met with a sight that warmed my heart to no end. My still fast asleep, and back to being tall, new son, curled up with his baby brother on the other bed.
Precious boys. MY precious boys.
I did my best to remember if Michael had anything scheduled with Khornel for this paw, but nothing came to mind. He’d been working so hard lately, helping to keep us above water. Now that he wasn’t a refugee anymore, we were no longer receiving stipends from the program, which meant from here on out, keeping the bills paid was much more difficult. And that’s not even mentioning having to put aside anything we can to be able to eventually have the house rebuilt.
I kept trying for a while, I still couldn’t remember anything. For the first time in a decent while, he had a paw off.
Good. I’ll leave him be then. He’s earned some rest.
I let out one more yawn, before getting up. Unfortunately, while Michael didn’t have to work this paw, I wasn’t so fortunate. Thankfully, my recent injuries allowed me to continue to work from home instead of going out to the physical office. After one last stretch, I let myself slide off the bed.
I had to give myself a moment once I was upright. While my previously broken leg had healed for the most part, I still needed to be careful of how much weight I put on it. Once I was ready, I began walking to our small kitchen area. The fridge was nearly empty. I’d need to go to the store soon.
Thank goodness we’re staying in Soulroot, where literally EVERYTHING is expensive…
After cutting up some leftover fruit and strayu for myself, I went back to my desk. It was impossible to not notice the small stack of colorful books on the ground next to it. They were human kid’s books donated from the embassy here in Soulroot. Tohba would be ready to start going to school in just a few short cycles…
Will we be able to get out of here and back into our house before then?
Sitting down at my desk and booting up my pad, I found it hard to stay focused. There was still so much to do, so much to worry about. Before, when I was feeling overwhelmed, I’d have Loh, Dohkar, or Trivah there for me. With them around, it always helped things feel more manageable. But now…now I was alone again. Loh was gone. Dohkar and Trivah were stuck on the other side of that damned fence…
What are we going to do?
My head lowered. I stared blankly at the desk, partly wishing I could look through it at ANYTHING other than my work.
But then, there was a glint, just out of the corner of my eye…
I looked up, and saw something that I couldn’t help but smile at, something that even when I’m feeling low, reminds me why I have to keep going.
I reach out…and grab the two small frames off the corner of my desk and hold them in front of me. In my left paw, wass a framed picture of Tohba, the paw he was born. So small. So precious. So perfect. And in my right, was another picture. It was my new favorite picture.
A small, human child…in fuzzy, blue, onesie pajamas that matched his eyes.
My Michael. Still so small.
These two pictures. My boys. The villains outside could take everything else. So long as I have my boys, I will always have a reason to keep going.
I love my boys… I love my family… I love my life…
The End
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Special thanks to u/SpacePaladin15 for creating the NoP universe.
I'd also like to thank u/xskipy10 for their awesome fanart of the main cast as well as their recent Tohba meme and their fanart of Michael baysitting. You're work is a treasure!
Thank you as well to u/Accomplished-Golf-59 for his take on Michael, Teylim, and Tohba in his submission for the Banner Art Contest, and u/Spacer_Catgirl4969 for their awesome music video featuring a pixel-art Dohkar in his bar. Be sure to give ALL of these awesome creators your love and support.
And let's not forget u/Guywhoexists2812 who has been an awesome source of memes as well as sick pixel art, such as THIS and THIS!!!! And even THIS!!!!!! And how could I forget THIS!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much!
Today, we see all the reasons Teylim has to keep going in the face of adversity. For when all is said and done, love truly does conquer all. LETTUCE...begin...
Original Story
[Accessing Camera Function…]
[Accessing Saved Recordings Function…]
[Play Selected Recording?: Y/N…]
[Playing Recording!]
[The camera opens up on a female Yotul with a satchel over her shoulder. She is walking backwards down a paved walkway while looking up at the person holding the camera…]
“Alright! Soooo…here we are in… Michael tell us where we are!”
[The person holding the camera gives an audible sigh…]
“Do I have to, Tey?”
“Yes! Come on, it’ll be fun!”
[Another audible sigh is heard before the person begins panning the camera around the surrounding cityscape…]
“We are in the beautiful, literally ALWAYS sunny capital of Dayside City!”
“And what would you say we’re doing here in Dayside City?”
“We were just at the Public Records building getting our paperwork verified.”
[The Yotul woman is seen reaching into her satchel and pulling out a leaflet of documents…]
“Oh! You mean THIS paperwork? Hmmm… I wonder what these might say… Mind helping me here?”
“Seriously?”
[The Yotul doesn’t answer, instead shoving the documents directly into the camera. Another, more amused-sounding sigh is heard…]
“It says that your name has been officially changed to ‘Teylim Andrews.’”
“Mmmmhmmm. And what about this one?”
“That one says that Tohba’s name has been officially changed to ‘Tohba Andrews.’”
“Aaaand why do you suppose that is?”
[A shuffling sound is heard and the camera shifts as the person holding it pulls out their own papers…]
“Probably because according to MY paperwork, while we’re still waiting for my Application of Citizenship to go through, I, Michael Ruiz Andrews, am now the full, legal, son of one, Teylim Andrews-”
“EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEE!!!!!!”
[The Yotul woman darts forward, wrapping the person holding the camera in a hug. The camera is set on the ground and the face of the person is now visible. The two hold their embrace, rocking back and forth…]
“I love you so much, my joey…”
“Love you too, Ma…”
[Recording Ceases…]
[Play Next Recording?: Y/N…]
[Playing Recording!]
[The camera opens on a small kitchen area where two beings are sat eating. On the left, a male Yotul infant in a high chair is munching away at a human food identified as “Cheerios” spread across his tray. On the right, a male human idly stirs at a bowl of cereal while tapping away at a datapad…]
[Eventually, after munching down another “Cheerio”, the infant catches a glimpse at the human and stares for approximately one second before his tail begins wagging…]
“Mikey?”
[The humans attention is broken away from their datapad and immediately focuses on the infant…]
“Yeah, Bud?”
“I WUV YOOOUUU.”
[The infant’s sing-song voice seems to make the human smile before he leans forward, planting a “kiss” on top of the infant’s head…]
“MmmMUAH! Te amo, mi hermanito.”
“Whaz dat mean?”
“It means, ‘I love you, Little Brother’. Want me to teach you?”
“Hmmmmm… OKAY!”
“Okay.”
[The human chuckles slightly before scooting his chair in…]
“Okay, so when you want to tell someone you love them, you say, ‘Te amo.’ Okay?”
[The infant gives a curious ear flick…]
“Teeeh…Mo?”
“Close! Here. Repeat after me. Te…”
“Teeh…”
“Ah…”
“Aaahh…”
“Mo…”
“Moh!”
“Te…ah…mo…”
“Teeh…aaahh…mo!”
“Okay! All together now. Te amo.”
“¡TE AMO!”
[The human excitedly gets up from his seat and embraces the infant…]
“YES!!! You did it! Awesome job, Bud!”
“YAAAAYYY!!!! ¡TE AMO, MIKEY!”
“MMMUAH!! ¡Te amo, precioso hermanito!”
[The camera jitters slightly and a muffled giggling is heard. The human turns to face the camera…]
“Ma? What are you- Have you been recording this whole time?”
“Just a little!”
“Must you record everything?”
“As a matter of fact, yes!”
“MAMA!!”
[The camera zooms in on the excited infant…]
“Hello, Precious! Is your big brother teaching you Spanish?”
“UH-HUH!! ¡TE AMO, MAMA!”
“Ooooh, that is just ADORABLE! Can you teach him to say ‘Mama’ in Spanish, too?”
[The camera pans over to the human, who raises an eyebrow. After a moment, the human smirks and gives an exaggerated shrug while shaking his head…]
“No tengo que hacerlo. Él ya lo sabe, mamá.”
“Pffft! Smart aleck.”
[Recording Ceases…]
[Play Next Recording?: Y/N…]
[Playing Recording!]
[The camera opens up facing a pair of beds in a small room. On one bed, a female Yotul is sat with her infant in her lap as a male human walks into frame carrying a brightly wrapped gift box…]
“Merry Late Christmas, guys!”
“Merry Christmas, Michael!”
“Mewwy Kwizmuz, Mikey!”
[The human kneels down and hands the infant the gift box…]
“Sorry this gift is a bit last minute, but I managed to grab it while I was out with ‘Nel the other day.”
“I’m sure it’ll be perfect, Michael.”
“I hope so. Go on, Bud. Open it! It’s for you!”
“OKAY!!!”
[The infant rips away at the brightly-colored paper, and with help from his mother, lifts off the lid. The infant then excitedly starts bouncing up and down and reaches into the box, pulling out a bright-red plush…]
“WED TIWFISH!!!!!!”
“Oh, Michael! How? When?”
“I had to ask around online if anyone else had plushies from the aquarium ship, and I managed to find a guy here in Dayside. There’s…still a lot of things we lost at the house that need to be replaced, but I figured this would be a good start…”
“It’s perfect.”
[The three embrace and hold it for several seconds before pulling back…]
“BUT! I’m not done with gifts just yet.”
“What?”
“Here. Mind handing me your pad?”
“Sure?”
[The Yotul hands the human her datapad as he pulls a small drive from his pocket and plugs it in. After a moment, he smiles and sits down on the bed next to the Yotul. She is then seen gasping and covering her mouth with her paws…]
“Michael…”
“I overheard you on the phone with Aunty Triv, talking about how you wish you had some pictures of me when I was younger…”
“How on Liern-”
“It’s…a long story. When I was first taken into foster care after getting rescued, I was assigned a social worker to help me adjust. And after I got situated with Dad, he stayed and helped us out from time to time. He basically became like an uncle to me after a while. And since Dad didn’t really have any other family, whenever he wanted to share pictures of me growing up, he’d send a copy to my social worker. I’ve…been back in contact with him for a little while now, and it turns out he kept them.”
“Oh, Michael…”
[The Yotul and human lean against each other and embrace…]
“I love you, Ma.”
“I love you too, my joey.
[Still leaning against each other, they begin to swipe at the pad, presumably looking through pictures. After a few swipes, The Yotul begins chuckling hysterically…]
“Aaaawwweee…”
“Crap, I forgot about that one!”
“Who’z dat?”
“That’s…me, Bud.”
[The infant looks at the image for a while, still holding the bright red plush…]
“Teeheehee!! Fuzzy Mikey!”
“Can we please just swipe to the next one?”
“Wait. I’ve seen those kinds of human garments before! Aren’t those for…LITTLE…little joeys?”
“Look, I was a very emotionally stunted kid and I just thought they were comfy, alright?”
“This is SO going on the desk.”
“Please no. Any of them but that one.”
“Nope! It’s already decided!”
“YAAYYY! FUZZY MIKEY!”
“God, ‘Nel’s never gonna let me live this down…”
[Recording Ceases…]
Memory Transcript Subject: Teylim Andrews, Yotul Accountant And Loving Mother Of Two
Date:[Standardized Human Time] February 1, 2137
[Warning: REM Sleep Detected: Transcript May Be Fragmented Or Incomplete…]
Crrreeeeaak…
My eyes slowly squint open as the noise rouses me from sleep. I let out a yawn before looking for the source of the noise. I’m…back in my house… Sitting upright, I see that my door’s been opened, beaming The Dayside’s permanent daylight into my room. I was confused for a moment. The only other person here that would be here is-
“Uuuuhhmm… M-Mrs. Teylim?”
I looked down, and spotted the culprit.
Standing in the doorway was a small human child, cradling my Tohba in his arms. He was silhouetted from the daylight behind him, the light beaming past his adorable onesie pajamas creating a small blue outline around him, matching his eyes.
Strange. For some reason, I thought he was taller…
“Michael, sweetie? What’s the matter?”
Still carrying Tohba, Michael made his way over to the bed.
“Uuuhhhmmm… Tohba h-had a n-nightmare…”
“Ooohh, is that so?”
Something definitely didn’t add up. As he gently handed Tohba over to me, he certainly didn’t seem to be having a nightmare. In fact, even now he was still sleeping peacefully.
Michael, on the other paw, was DEFINITELY out of sorts. He was nervous, fidgeting, wrapped up in a self-hug, and even now, refused to even look at me. Whether that was because of his nervousness or if he was still convinced I was afraid of him had yet to be seen.
Stupid, ridiculous, Federation dogma…
I could tell he wasn’t being honest with me. Ordinarily, I would’ve been upset about him lying, and even more so about him disturbing Tohba, but looking at him now, I knew what he needed now wasn’t a scolding.
“Michael, you know you can be honest with me. Was it really Tohba who had the nightmare?”
I heard him nervously gulp as he tightened the self-hug around himself. After a moment, he shook his head.
“Mm’mm…”
I gave a tired, but loving sigh before holding out my free arm.
“Come here.”
With some hesitation, he stepped closer, allowing me to pull him into a hug. Michael had a lot of issues. From what I learned from his social worker, he’d been terribly abused by his previous mother and he’d lost his father only a few years after moving in with him. And now, with Earth under attack, he simply didn’t have anywhere else to go.
It will take a long time before he’s fully comfortable living here, I know that. I’m still not even entirely sure if I’m what he needs. I still wonder if I know what I’m doing when it comes to just raising Tohba. Even so, I’d never forgive myself if I didn’t try. He deserves a home, and a mother who loves him. All children do.
“I'm sorry for lying…”
“Ssshhh… It’s alright. Do you want to talk about it?”
“It was…the one with the scary fire people…”
Oh…THAT dream…
Exterminators.
“I don’t want them to come… I don’t want them to-“
“It’s okay, joey. They won’t get you here.”
“No! That’s not… That’s not what I’m scared of…”
I pulled back slightly, allowing myself to look directly at him. He sniffles and sobbed while trying to wipe away tears.
“You’re all so nice to me… \sniff** I…I-I don’t want the fire people to hurt you… I sh-shouldn’t be here…”
My heart broke in two. This poor child had already lost so much. It only made sense that he’d be afraid of losing us too.
I cupped his face in my paw, wiping away his tears.
“Michael Ruiz Andrews, I don’t care what you might have heard, but you have every RIGHT to be here. And if those scary people out there think they can come and take us away from you, they’re wrong. I will never let us be separated. You hear me?”
“. . .P-promise?”
“With all my heart. You’re MY joey now, and I won’t let anyone take you away from me.”
At last, Michael finally unwrapped himself from his self-hug and instead wrapped his arms around me, burying his face in my fur.
After a while of holding him, he’d finally calmed down enough to speak again.
“C-can I…sleep here tonight?”
Your joey needs you.
Yes.
“Of course.”
With some effort, he climbed up onto the bed and curled up next to me. I knew I most likely wouldn’t be getting anymore sleep, but that was fine. Just laying here, holding my boys in my arms. That was enough.
One after the other, I gave both my joeys a lick on the forehead.
“Goodnight my joeys. I love you.”
“Wuv…you…Ma…ma…”
“. . .Love you too...Mom…”
I love my boys. I love my family. I love…my life…
[Transcript Time Progression: 4 hours…]
Beebeebeebeep! Beebeebeebeep! Beebeebeebeep!
[Warning: Subject Regaining Consciousness…]
My entire body protested as I twisted and turned over to tap the alarm on my nightstand. My claw slapped blindly at it until finally, the agitating alarm was silenced. My eyes squinted open, revealing…I was back in our motel room…
Well…a girl can dream, can’t she?
It was a pleasant dream, I’ll give it that. As I sat up, I let my legs dangle off the side of the bed as I stretched myself out and let out a yawn. Once my eyes had fully opened, and the fog had been blinked away, I was immediately met with a sight that warmed my heart to no end. My still fast asleep, and back to being tall, new son, curled up with his baby brother on the other bed.
Precious boys. MY precious boys.
I did my best to remember if Michael had anything scheduled with Khornel for this paw, but nothing came to mind. He’d been working so hard lately, helping to keep us above water. Now that he wasn’t a refugee anymore, we were no longer receiving stipends from the program, which meant from here on out, keeping the bills paid was much more difficult. And that’s not even mentioning having to put aside anything we can to be able to eventually have the house rebuilt.
I kept trying for a while, I still couldn’t remember anything. For the first time in a decent while, he had a paw off.
Good. I’ll leave him be then. He’s earned some rest.
I let out one more yawn, before getting up. Unfortunately, while Michael didn’t have to work this paw, I wasn’t so fortunate. Thankfully, my recent injuries allowed me to continue to work from home instead of going out to the physical office. After one last stretch, I let myself slide off the bed.
I had to give myself a moment once I was upright. While my previously broken leg had healed for the most part, I still needed to be careful of how much weight I put on it. Once I was ready, I began walking to our small kitchen area. The fridge was nearly empty. I’d need to go to the store soon.
Thank goodness we’re staying in Soulroot, where literally EVERYTHING is expensive…
After cutting up some leftover fruit and strayu for myself, I went back to my desk. It was impossible to not notice the small stack of colorful books on the ground next to it. They were human kid’s books donated from the embassy here in Soulroot. Tohba would be ready to start going to school in just a few short cycles…
Will we be able to get out of here and back into our house before then?
Sitting down at my desk and booting up my pad, I found it hard to stay focused. There was still so much to do, so much to worry about. Before, when I was feeling overwhelmed, I’d have Loh, Dohkar, or Trivah there for me. With them around, it always helped things feel more manageable. But now…now I was alone again. Loh was gone. Dohkar and Trivah were stuck on the other side of that damned fence…
What are we going to do?
My head lowered. I stared blankly at the desk, partly wishing I could look through it at ANYTHING other than my work.
But then, there was a glint, just out of the corner of my eye…
I looked up, and saw something that I couldn’t help but smile at, something that even when I’m feeling low, reminds me why I have to keep going.
I reach out…and grab the two small frames off the corner of my desk and hold them in front of me. In my left paw, wass a framed picture of Tohba, the paw he was born. So small. So precious. So perfect. And in my right, was another picture. It was my new favorite picture.
A small, human child…in fuzzy, blue, onesie pajamas that matched his eyes.
My Michael. Still so small.
These two pictures. My boys. The villains outside could take everything else. So long as I have my boys, I will always have a reason to keep going.
I love my boys… I love my family… I love my life…
The End
2024.05.15 14:25 ThrowRA123553 My (F26) fiance (M24) gets really hurt when I make plans without him. How can I make him understand my needs more?
tl;dr: my fiance find totally impossible the possibility of me going out somewhere without him
My fiance and I have been together for approx 1,5 years. Our only fights are about our external relationships.
For context, I have always had a lot of friends and saw them very frequently (mostly every day), just hanging out. My fiance on his side has studied medicine and was working very hard so his only friends are a couple of friends from high school.
Since I met my fiance, I naturally stopped seeing my friends so frequently and that was a choice from my end. I now see them every couple of weeks maybe more if I have lunch with some of them during the week.
However, everytime I mention wanting to go see a friend (female friend) without him, he gets hurt and tells me I don't consider us as a couple because if I was, he would be invited to the gathering. It is even worse if it happens to be a gathering that include male friends.
Last week, one of my female friend that I used to see often and with who I used to go on vacation every summer with other girl friends told me that as everyone is working this summer we should book a villa close to our home city and just enjoy a weekend with the girls. When I told this to my fiance, he told me it hurts him that I am happy to spend a weekend without seeing him, and that for him he never feels complete if he is not with me. He told me he would then organize a weekend with his 2 friends at the same time then. I have no issue with him doing that but I felt hurt as it looks like a vengeance more than a fun time he wants to have. Also I love his friends but they all cheat on their girlfriends and I feel uncomfortable about this.
Lastly, yesterday one of my oldest friend told me that she wanted me to go have dinner with her and her parents that I didn't see for a long time and I would have been happy to see them. I then called my fiance at 5 to tell him I would probably go out for dinner and he burst in deception telling me he does not understand how I can find this normal, telling him only a few hours prior that I abandon him for dinner and leave him alone for the night. He told me I should refuse going somewhere if he is not included because we are a couple and should be doing things together. I would have loved for him to come but he is not eating some type of food and the restaurant we were going to was not suitable for him. He told me I should have done more efforts to change the restaurant and go somewhere he could eat. I told him I am not in position to ask someone my dads age to change his plans for this.
I told him I feel like I am in prison and I don't wish to feel this way with my future husband. He apologized deeply but I am scared it was just to make me stop crying. I need to write down a rule for him to refer if he ever reacts like this again . We are both conscious it is a deep conception difference between him and I but I don't consider my life being blocked whenever I want to do a girls trip or even just a simple dinner without him. I need help in finding the words to explain him what I feel and understand why this is so impossible for him.
I love him with all my heart and would dream of fixing this fundamental issue.
Thank you all
I am posting on this r too in the hope of having as many help as possible
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My fiance and I have been together for approx 1,5 years. Our only fights are about our external relationships.
For context, I have always had a lot of friends and saw them very frequently (mostly every day), just hanging out. My fiance on his side has studied medicine and was working very hard so his only friends are a couple of friends from high school.
Since I met my fiance, I naturally stopped seeing my friends so frequently and that was a choice from my end. I now see them every couple of weeks maybe more if I have lunch with some of them during the week.
However, everytime I mention wanting to go see a friend (female friend) without him, he gets hurt and tells me I don't consider us as a couple because if I was, he would be invited to the gathering. It is even worse if it happens to be a gathering that include male friends.
Last week, one of my female friend that I used to see often and with who I used to go on vacation every summer with other girl friends told me that as everyone is working this summer we should book a villa close to our home city and just enjoy a weekend with the girls. When I told this to my fiance, he told me it hurts him that I am happy to spend a weekend without seeing him, and that for him he never feels complete if he is not with me. He told me he would then organize a weekend with his 2 friends at the same time then. I have no issue with him doing that but I felt hurt as it looks like a vengeance more than a fun time he wants to have. Also I love his friends but they all cheat on their girlfriends and I feel uncomfortable about this.
Lastly, yesterday one of my oldest friend told me that she wanted me to go have dinner with her and her parents that I didn't see for a long time and I would have been happy to see them. I then called my fiance at 5 to tell him I would probably go out for dinner and he burst in deception telling me he does not understand how I can find this normal, telling him only a few hours prior that I abandon him for dinner and leave him alone for the night. He told me I should refuse going somewhere if he is not included because we are a couple and should be doing things together. I would have loved for him to come but he is not eating some type of food and the restaurant we were going to was not suitable for him. He told me I should have done more efforts to change the restaurant and go somewhere he could eat. I told him I am not in position to ask someone my dads age to change his plans for this.
I told him I feel like I am in prison and I don't wish to feel this way with my future husband. He apologized deeply but I am scared it was just to make me stop crying. I need to write down a rule for him to refer if he ever reacts like this again . We are both conscious it is a deep conception difference between him and I but I don't consider my life being blocked whenever I want to do a girls trip or even just a simple dinner without him. I need help in finding the words to explain him what I feel and understand why this is so impossible for him.
I love him with all my heart and would dream of fixing this fundamental issue.
Thank you all
I am posting on this r too in the hope of having as many help as possible
2024.05.15 14:23 ThrowRA123553 My (F26) fiance (M24) gets really hurt when I make plans without him. How can I make him understand my needs more?
My fiance and I have been together for approx 1,5 years. Our only fights are about our external relationships.
For context, I have always had a lot of friends and saw them very frequently (mostly every day), just hanging out. My fiance on his side has studied medicine and was working very hard so his only friends are a couple of friends from high school.
Since I met my fiance, I naturally stopped seeing my friends so frequently and that was a choice from my end. I now see them every couple of weeks maybe more if I have lunch with some of them during the week.
However, everytime I mention wanting to go see a friend (female friend) without him, he gets hurt and tells me I don't consider us as a couple because if I was, he would be invited to the gathering. It is even worse if it happens to be a gathering that include male friends.
Last week, one of my female friend that I used to see often and with who I used to go on vacation every summer with other girl friends told me that as everyone is working this summer we should book a villa close to our home city and just enjoy a weekend with the girls. When I told this to my fiance, he told me it hurts him that I am happy to spend a weekend without seeing him, and that for him he never feels complete if he is not with me. He told me he would then organize a weekend with his 2 friends at the same time then. I have no issue with him doing that but I felt hurt as it looks like a vengeance more than a fun time he wants to have. Also I love his friends but they all cheat on their girlfriends and I feel uncomfortable about this.
Lastly, yesterday one of my oldest friend told me that she wanted me to go have dinner with her and her parents that I didn't see for a long time and I would have been happy to see them. I then called my fiance at 5 to tell him I would probably go out for dinner and he burst in deception telling me he does not understand how I can find this normal, telling him only a few hours prior that I abandon him for dinner and leave him alone for the night. He told me I should refuse going somewhere if he is not included because we are a couple and should be doing things together. I would have loved for him to come but he is not eating some type of food and the restaurant we were going to was not suitable for him. He told me I should have done more efforts to change the restaurant and go somewhere he could eat. I told him I am not in position to ask someone my dads age to change his plans for this.
I told him I feel like I am in prison and I don't wish to feel this way with my future husband. He apologized deeply but I am scared it was just to make me stop crying. I need to write down a rule for him to refer if he ever reacts like this again . We are both conscious it is a deep conception difference between him and I but I don't consider my life being blocked whenever I want to do a girls trip or even just a simple dinner without him. I need help in finding the words to explain him what I feel and understand why this is so impossible for him.
I love him with all my heart and would dream of fixing this fundamental issue.
Thank you all
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For context, I have always had a lot of friends and saw them very frequently (mostly every day), just hanging out. My fiance on his side has studied medicine and was working very hard so his only friends are a couple of friends from high school.
Since I met my fiance, I naturally stopped seeing my friends so frequently and that was a choice from my end. I now see them every couple of weeks maybe more if I have lunch with some of them during the week.
However, everytime I mention wanting to go see a friend (female friend) without him, he gets hurt and tells me I don't consider us as a couple because if I was, he would be invited to the gathering. It is even worse if it happens to be a gathering that include male friends.
Last week, one of my female friend that I used to see often and with who I used to go on vacation every summer with other girl friends told me that as everyone is working this summer we should book a villa close to our home city and just enjoy a weekend with the girls. When I told this to my fiance, he told me it hurts him that I am happy to spend a weekend without seeing him, and that for him he never feels complete if he is not with me. He told me he would then organize a weekend with his 2 friends at the same time then. I have no issue with him doing that but I felt hurt as it looks like a vengeance more than a fun time he wants to have. Also I love his friends but they all cheat on their girlfriends and I feel uncomfortable about this.
Lastly, yesterday one of my oldest friend told me that she wanted me to go have dinner with her and her parents that I didn't see for a long time and I would have been happy to see them. I then called my fiance at 5 to tell him I would probably go out for dinner and he burst in deception telling me he does not understand how I can find this normal, telling him only a few hours prior that I abandon him for dinner and leave him alone for the night. He told me I should refuse going somewhere if he is not included because we are a couple and should be doing things together. I would have loved for him to come but he is not eating some type of food and the restaurant we were going to was not suitable for him. He told me I should have done more efforts to change the restaurant and go somewhere he could eat. I told him I am not in position to ask someone my dads age to change his plans for this.
I told him I feel like I am in prison and I don't wish to feel this way with my future husband. He apologized deeply but I am scared it was just to make me stop crying. I need to write down a rule for him to refer if he ever reacts like this again . We are both conscious it is a deep conception difference between him and I but I don't consider my life being blocked whenever I want to do a girls trip or even just a simple dinner without him. I need help in finding the words to explain him what I feel and understand why this is so impossible for him.
I love him with all my heart and would dream of fixing this fundamental issue.
Thank you all
2024.05.15 14:22 THE_W4RFOX LO and ChatGPT
Thought I would play around with chatGPT 4.0 to see if it could actually create an ‘optimum’ load order. I was wondering if anyone could say whether or not the AI has completely missed the trick or isn’t too far off. Here’s the order it gave me based if the name and a very high level Description of the mods purpose.
(Top)
-Smokeable Cigars and Cigarettes (allows the character to smoke cigarettes and open cigarette cartons)
-Wastland tactical (adds a customisable backpack for the character)
-Enhanced Blood Textures (A Blood overhaul mod High resolution blood decals)
(Bottom)
Genuinely trying to figure out if it’s worth pursuing any further, or quit whilst I’m ahead.
Worth noting the ai said ““This order ensures that the most important mods (those that affect the game’s core mechanics) are loaded first and are less likely to be overwritten by other mods. The aesthetic mods are loaded last because they are less likely to cause crashes or serious bugs if they are overwritten.”
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(Top)
- Cheat Terminal (I may manually add this closer to bottom based on comments from this subreddit
- SKK Fast Start New Game (skips the start of the game so you start when you come out the vault)
- FlashJoer ‘Advanced Needs’ (Allows the player to make the game more survival based without having to use the survival difficulty)
- Campsite (adds the ability to craft sleeping bags to sleep/ cooking pot for food etc)
- Fallout 4 Settlements Reborn (adds to the preexisting settlements in with more decorations, food, power etc)
- A Touch of Life (adds quality of life gameplay features such as lowering your weapon)
- Immersive Animation framework (Animations for food, drink and drug. 1st & 3rd person animations)
- Immersive Fallout - Movement (makes the character’s movement more realistic and physic/weight based)
- Pip-Boy Flashlight (turns the default light into more of a focused torch)
- Realistic Ragdoll force (ragdolls now respect real world physics)
- Dismemberment Overhaul (you can shoot off limbs and the enemy is still alive)
- Louder Project Reality Footsteps (Adds more realistic footstep sounds to the character)
- Beretta M9 if (New Gun)
- Hallgarths Shotguns (New Shotguns)
-Smokeable Cigars and Cigarettes (allows the character to smoke cigarettes and open cigarette cartons)
-Wastland tactical (adds a customisable backpack for the character)
-Enhanced Blood Textures (A Blood overhaul mod High resolution blood decals)
(Bottom)
Genuinely trying to figure out if it’s worth pursuing any further, or quit whilst I’m ahead.
Worth noting the ai said ““This order ensures that the most important mods (those that affect the game’s core mechanics) are loaded first and are less likely to be overwritten by other mods. The aesthetic mods are loaded last because they are less likely to cause crashes or serious bugs if they are overwritten.”
2024.05.15 14:17 not_neccesarily An Eternity Ago, I Fell Through a Wall and into The Limbo
I'm walking through a bustling underground train station. I push and shove my way through all the other commuters onto the platform. As I look around, there seems to be endless rows of platforms in both directions, stretching well into a dense fog. Further ahead, neat lines of railway tracks extend out from the fog and through the platforms. I instinctually look up at the info screen
Next train in ### minutes
I furrow my brow, squint to try and focus on the numbers but they're heavily pixelated and illegible. I look around at the other commuters, who stream onto the platform completely unaware of the anomaly. Most people are on their phone, or wearing headphones while some are talking to each other. No one seems to notice the malfunction with the screen.
That's when the absurdity of the situation clicks for me. Endless platforms, a wall of fog, unreadable numbers and people that don't care. It's all a dream. I bring my hand up to my face and pinch my nose, trying to breathe through it. An old reality check I remembered from back when I was trying to learn to lucid dream.
My heart rate jumped when I realised, that I couldn't breathe through my nose. Before I could even process this, another problem presented itself. I didn't know why I was here. I didn't know where I was going and I definitely did not know how I even got here. It seems as if reality ceased to exist right before I walked onto this platform. Just like it typically feels in a dream, you spawn in out of nowhere and don't really know what happened prior - except this wasn't a dream.
I knew I was sure of it because deep inside my bones I felt this anxious urgent message. I need to catch this train. It was a primal feeling.
At this point, my head is spinning and I need to sit down somewhere. I choose a silver bench with a middle aged woman sitting on it. She shuffles further to the left as I sit down next to her clutching my head and racking my brain to try and figure out what it is happening. This is what amnesia feels like, I thought to my self as I gnawed at scraps of messy muddled memories. Each image that came into my mind was just a fragment - A school, a library, sickeningly white walls. It hit me that I didn't even know my name. I was starting to hyperventilate but then my body kicked into autopilot. I started to take deep breaths, focusing on my diaphragm and calming myself down. It felt like I was trained to do this. I started to focus on the current situation.
Where was my ticket? Instinctually, I knew I had to have gotten one on my entry to the train station. I reached into my pockets and pulled out a scrap of paper. Scrawled in very familiar cursive:
*In case of memory loss, read the journal in your backpack*
Strange message but I didn't have any choice then to at least give the instructions a try. I removed my backpack and rummaged through it for the journal. I wouldn't really call it a backpack - more a tattered and frayed bundle of cloth that was reminiscent of a backpack. I finally found a series of small thick journals, bundled in cloth with their leather covers on the verge of disintegration. The pages still seemed in good condition though. Each cover was sequentially labelled which I'm guessing corresponded to the chronological order of the writings within.
The lady next to me was weirdly getting agitated. She kept stealing glances, her body shaking and eyes burning with a fierce rage. I slowly got up from the bench and began to step backwards. My backpack bumped into a pillar. The dull thud it made seemed to cause a drastic change to everyone around me though. They all snapped their heads, locking eyes on me and staring through my very soul. I felt exposed.
The rumble of an arriving train stole away their attention and within a split second everyone was ignoring me again, going back to their usual activities. It seriously felt like I had just imagined it and it was becoming more and more clear that I was having some sort of mental breakdown. Nevertheless, as the train slowed to a stop on the platform, I walked into it and found a seat. The train seemed to be old and new at the same time. Typical blue seats with abstract dirty patterns complete with a modern sleek interior of gentle curves clashing with a boxy dull metallic exterior and doors that looked like they belonged on a rusty submarine.
I opened the first of the journals and began to read. I soon realised that the handwriting was mine and within the next few moments I was attacked by a barrage of memories that had remained repressed and buried in the back of my mind.
*
My name is Jacob and I have been stuck here in this place called *The Limbo* for an eternity. When I say 'eternity', I don't mean it lightly. Back when I used to keep track I counted over 500 years through my wristwatch that never seemed to run out of battery. Now I know counting is meaningless. There have been periods like this where my mind falls into a deep trance and I lose my whole identity as I mindlessly wander in this place much like the entities that inhabit it. Occasional periods of lucidity breach this trance and then I find myself lost and confused. It's why I keep the journals with me. I think its some sort of psychological survival mechanism that human brains develop when faced with the infinite vastness of The Limbo.
Speaking of The Limbo, I've come to learn a few things about its nature through my stay here. Some of its been through people that I've come across (Yes others are also stuck here) and some has been through my own experiences. Perhaps the most important is the question of where I get my food and water. The answer is weird. I have never felt hungry or thirsty. The sensation of having cool water slide down my throat remains a memory so distant that it feels like the snippet of a childhood dream.
I guess the next natural topic about this place would be time. Through various experiences of mine (that you'll get to read about) and discussions with others, the leading theory of mine is that The Limbo exists outside of time itself. While I myself have fallen here sometime during 2001, I've met many others from various years like the 80s, 90s and even one recent fellow from 2043.
Most people in The Limbo eventually fall into a trance, withering away until they become one of the entities or become mere tools for them. It's probably naive but I keep going through this place with only two hopes. The first is to somehow get out of here at the right time point and see my son, who I never got to see. The second is to come out of this place and die so that I no longer have to live out the empty agony of eternity (I'll explain how you can't age or die in The Limbo later). Perhaps my hopes will dwindle as the centuries pile and I will become just like those who I look upon in pity now.
I am writing this consolidated diary of my experiences for several reasons. I'd like someone to know of my unending journey in this place. To be aware of the capacity of the human spirit to keep going in the worst of situations. I have never had a long term friend in The Limbo, but know that I consider you the reader a dear friend even if I never get to meet you because you will know my story. I'm also sharing this in hopes that there is more awareness of The Limbo. Perhaps the military and scientists can actually figure out what it is. Perhaps all of us can be brought home. Or maybe this can serve as a survival guide to those who may be unfortunate enough to fall through.
There are small holes in The Limbo. Most of them are barely large enough for a pinkie finger to fit in let alone a person, but sometimes I've come across one large enough for this journal to go through. I'm not sure what time or place these holes lead to, so the safe passage of this book into a person capable of reading it has about the same chances as me ever leaving this place.
The train I'm on supposedly leads to the edge of The Limbo, where the holes are large enough for humans to fit through. It's really more of a legend amongst the poor souls that are trapped here and I've followed trails and clues for a long time to even find this train.
There are only two ways this goes. Both outcomes would lead to you reading this book in your hands. I'll either find my way out of this hell or give up hope and slip this journal through a Hole. You will find my fate at the end.
I should stop rambling now though. It would be best to start at the very beginning.
*
I was rushing out of work in pure ecstasy. My wife had gone into labor while I was at work and been rushed to hospital. I needed to get there fast. People were glancing over at me over their cubicles in confusion as I packed up my work bag and rushed out to the elevators. I couldn't stop thinking about seeing my first son as the elevator made its way down. The elevator doors finally opened and I rushed out.
The ground entrance of the building I worked at, particularly near the lobby, is an intersection of various hallways. I was already walking to close to the wall when someone came rushing around the corner and bumped me right into the wall. I was only able to hear half their apology when I fell *through* the wall like it was just a holographic projection. In hindsight, I find it oddly funny how easy it is for a life to get ruined. Just when you think you've got it all, when everything is going smoothly, a small incident like that is enough to take it all away.
I found myself in a room that resembled a classroom. It looked as if someone who had never stepped inside a classroom was asked to imagine the space. Desks were arranged in messy uneven rows with the chairs facing various directions. The board at the front of the room was a seamless patchy mixture of both chalk and modern whiteboard and mounted way too low on the wall, nearly hugging the floor. A large teachers desk sat in the front of the room. The walls were filled with posters of absolute gibberish along with diagrams and pictures that seemed like they showed something tangible but no matter how close you looked you could never identify anything in the picture.
The initial confusion was replaced by an immense panic. My heart was drumming against my chest as I searched the room for a doorway to exit it. My mind was trying to rationalise the situation. I was trying to convince myself that this was just some old part of the building and I had fallen into a hallway instead of the wall.
I ran through the doorway at the far end of the room and found myself in a large hallway that seemed to extend forever in both directions. The walls were a muted grey and the floors were that typical dirty linoleum. Soon I would find out that the regularly spaced doorways on either side of the hall led to other nonsensical classrooms.
I ran down the hallway screaming for help in pure panic, which was a terrible mistake in hindsight. I stopped running down the hallway when I suddenly heard the distinct scratch of chalk against board. In this large empty space, the sound echoed and boomed. Since I was still refusing to buy in to the reality of the situation, my hopes were momentarily increased by the supposed presence of another person here.
I slowly walked over to the doorway that the sounds were coming from. My stomach filled with an uneasy dread. This deep primal instinct within me urged me to hold back. I peeked carefully in the classroom and saw a woman with their back turned to me drawing something on the chalkboard.
It took me a few moments to notice that it was a very realistic portrait of my face.
She was drawing lines across my throat, her long dark hair swaying as she drew in the details. The drawing was completed with a terrible slash across the throat, blood gurgling out. I was frozen in place, transfixed on the hauntingly beautiful realism of the picture.
She began to turn around slowly while humming a high pitched tune. To this day I can't describe the face I saw. It is still etched into my mind. A face full of so much hatred, so much anger that I don't think its possible for a human to make that face. It expressed an emotion beyond human understanding. No artist in the world could ever render the expression on the paper. No words could describe the pure fear that coursed through my veins as she stared at me and began to approach.
I turned around to run, only to realise that a bunch of school children had gathered around me. They were headless, the bleeding stumps dripping thick blood onto the floor in a rhythmic patter. Somehow they were laughing.
I shoved through the group and ran down the hallway. I wasn't sure where I was going. My whole world had shattered and now I was completely aimless in some nonsense dimension with horrors beyond imagination that wanted me dead.
*
The extract above is from this journal I found at the foot of a large tree on a hiking trail. It's a miracle that I spotted its faded leather cover given that it was almost buried under rotting leaves. I really don't know what to make of what I'm reading, so I'll be slowly transcribing bits of it in separate posts over the next few days.
I know this subreddit is good for this sort of stuff. I'd love if someone else could share anything they know about The Limbo. This whole journal feels like some sort of prank, but the words and memories within feel way too real.
I can't help but feel a connection to this story. My mum doesn't speak much of my Dad, who I know left before I was born. No one ever found out where he went.
I was born in 2001
X
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Next train in ### minutes
I furrow my brow, squint to try and focus on the numbers but they're heavily pixelated and illegible. I look around at the other commuters, who stream onto the platform completely unaware of the anomaly. Most people are on their phone, or wearing headphones while some are talking to each other. No one seems to notice the malfunction with the screen.
That's when the absurdity of the situation clicks for me. Endless platforms, a wall of fog, unreadable numbers and people that don't care. It's all a dream. I bring my hand up to my face and pinch my nose, trying to breathe through it. An old reality check I remembered from back when I was trying to learn to lucid dream.
My heart rate jumped when I realised, that I couldn't breathe through my nose. Before I could even process this, another problem presented itself. I didn't know why I was here. I didn't know where I was going and I definitely did not know how I even got here. It seems as if reality ceased to exist right before I walked onto this platform. Just like it typically feels in a dream, you spawn in out of nowhere and don't really know what happened prior - except this wasn't a dream.
I knew I was sure of it because deep inside my bones I felt this anxious urgent message. I need to catch this train. It was a primal feeling.
At this point, my head is spinning and I need to sit down somewhere. I choose a silver bench with a middle aged woman sitting on it. She shuffles further to the left as I sit down next to her clutching my head and racking my brain to try and figure out what it is happening. This is what amnesia feels like, I thought to my self as I gnawed at scraps of messy muddled memories. Each image that came into my mind was just a fragment - A school, a library, sickeningly white walls. It hit me that I didn't even know my name. I was starting to hyperventilate but then my body kicked into autopilot. I started to take deep breaths, focusing on my diaphragm and calming myself down. It felt like I was trained to do this. I started to focus on the current situation.
Where was my ticket? Instinctually, I knew I had to have gotten one on my entry to the train station. I reached into my pockets and pulled out a scrap of paper. Scrawled in very familiar cursive:
*In case of memory loss, read the journal in your backpack*
Strange message but I didn't have any choice then to at least give the instructions a try. I removed my backpack and rummaged through it for the journal. I wouldn't really call it a backpack - more a tattered and frayed bundle of cloth that was reminiscent of a backpack. I finally found a series of small thick journals, bundled in cloth with their leather covers on the verge of disintegration. The pages still seemed in good condition though. Each cover was sequentially labelled which I'm guessing corresponded to the chronological order of the writings within.
The lady next to me was weirdly getting agitated. She kept stealing glances, her body shaking and eyes burning with a fierce rage. I slowly got up from the bench and began to step backwards. My backpack bumped into a pillar. The dull thud it made seemed to cause a drastic change to everyone around me though. They all snapped their heads, locking eyes on me and staring through my very soul. I felt exposed.
The rumble of an arriving train stole away their attention and within a split second everyone was ignoring me again, going back to their usual activities. It seriously felt like I had just imagined it and it was becoming more and more clear that I was having some sort of mental breakdown. Nevertheless, as the train slowed to a stop on the platform, I walked into it and found a seat. The train seemed to be old and new at the same time. Typical blue seats with abstract dirty patterns complete with a modern sleek interior of gentle curves clashing with a boxy dull metallic exterior and doors that looked like they belonged on a rusty submarine.
I opened the first of the journals and began to read. I soon realised that the handwriting was mine and within the next few moments I was attacked by a barrage of memories that had remained repressed and buried in the back of my mind.
*
My name is Jacob and I have been stuck here in this place called *The Limbo* for an eternity. When I say 'eternity', I don't mean it lightly. Back when I used to keep track I counted over 500 years through my wristwatch that never seemed to run out of battery. Now I know counting is meaningless. There have been periods like this where my mind falls into a deep trance and I lose my whole identity as I mindlessly wander in this place much like the entities that inhabit it. Occasional periods of lucidity breach this trance and then I find myself lost and confused. It's why I keep the journals with me. I think its some sort of psychological survival mechanism that human brains develop when faced with the infinite vastness of The Limbo.
Speaking of The Limbo, I've come to learn a few things about its nature through my stay here. Some of its been through people that I've come across (Yes others are also stuck here) and some has been through my own experiences. Perhaps the most important is the question of where I get my food and water. The answer is weird. I have never felt hungry or thirsty. The sensation of having cool water slide down my throat remains a memory so distant that it feels like the snippet of a childhood dream.
I guess the next natural topic about this place would be time. Through various experiences of mine (that you'll get to read about) and discussions with others, the leading theory of mine is that The Limbo exists outside of time itself. While I myself have fallen here sometime during 2001, I've met many others from various years like the 80s, 90s and even one recent fellow from 2043.
Most people in The Limbo eventually fall into a trance, withering away until they become one of the entities or become mere tools for them. It's probably naive but I keep going through this place with only two hopes. The first is to somehow get out of here at the right time point and see my son, who I never got to see. The second is to come out of this place and die so that I no longer have to live out the empty agony of eternity (I'll explain how you can't age or die in The Limbo later). Perhaps my hopes will dwindle as the centuries pile and I will become just like those who I look upon in pity now.
I am writing this consolidated diary of my experiences for several reasons. I'd like someone to know of my unending journey in this place. To be aware of the capacity of the human spirit to keep going in the worst of situations. I have never had a long term friend in The Limbo, but know that I consider you the reader a dear friend even if I never get to meet you because you will know my story. I'm also sharing this in hopes that there is more awareness of The Limbo. Perhaps the military and scientists can actually figure out what it is. Perhaps all of us can be brought home. Or maybe this can serve as a survival guide to those who may be unfortunate enough to fall through.
There are small holes in The Limbo. Most of them are barely large enough for a pinkie finger to fit in let alone a person, but sometimes I've come across one large enough for this journal to go through. I'm not sure what time or place these holes lead to, so the safe passage of this book into a person capable of reading it has about the same chances as me ever leaving this place.
The train I'm on supposedly leads to the edge of The Limbo, where the holes are large enough for humans to fit through. It's really more of a legend amongst the poor souls that are trapped here and I've followed trails and clues for a long time to even find this train.
There are only two ways this goes. Both outcomes would lead to you reading this book in your hands. I'll either find my way out of this hell or give up hope and slip this journal through a Hole. You will find my fate at the end.
I should stop rambling now though. It would be best to start at the very beginning.
*
I was rushing out of work in pure ecstasy. My wife had gone into labor while I was at work and been rushed to hospital. I needed to get there fast. People were glancing over at me over their cubicles in confusion as I packed up my work bag and rushed out to the elevators. I couldn't stop thinking about seeing my first son as the elevator made its way down. The elevator doors finally opened and I rushed out.
The ground entrance of the building I worked at, particularly near the lobby, is an intersection of various hallways. I was already walking to close to the wall when someone came rushing around the corner and bumped me right into the wall. I was only able to hear half their apology when I fell *through* the wall like it was just a holographic projection. In hindsight, I find it oddly funny how easy it is for a life to get ruined. Just when you think you've got it all, when everything is going smoothly, a small incident like that is enough to take it all away.
I found myself in a room that resembled a classroom. It looked as if someone who had never stepped inside a classroom was asked to imagine the space. Desks were arranged in messy uneven rows with the chairs facing various directions. The board at the front of the room was a seamless patchy mixture of both chalk and modern whiteboard and mounted way too low on the wall, nearly hugging the floor. A large teachers desk sat in the front of the room. The walls were filled with posters of absolute gibberish along with diagrams and pictures that seemed like they showed something tangible but no matter how close you looked you could never identify anything in the picture.
The initial confusion was replaced by an immense panic. My heart was drumming against my chest as I searched the room for a doorway to exit it. My mind was trying to rationalise the situation. I was trying to convince myself that this was just some old part of the building and I had fallen into a hallway instead of the wall.
I ran through the doorway at the far end of the room and found myself in a large hallway that seemed to extend forever in both directions. The walls were a muted grey and the floors were that typical dirty linoleum. Soon I would find out that the regularly spaced doorways on either side of the hall led to other nonsensical classrooms.
I ran down the hallway screaming for help in pure panic, which was a terrible mistake in hindsight. I stopped running down the hallway when I suddenly heard the distinct scratch of chalk against board. In this large empty space, the sound echoed and boomed. Since I was still refusing to buy in to the reality of the situation, my hopes were momentarily increased by the supposed presence of another person here.
I slowly walked over to the doorway that the sounds were coming from. My stomach filled with an uneasy dread. This deep primal instinct within me urged me to hold back. I peeked carefully in the classroom and saw a woman with their back turned to me drawing something on the chalkboard.
It took me a few moments to notice that it was a very realistic portrait of my face.
She was drawing lines across my throat, her long dark hair swaying as she drew in the details. The drawing was completed with a terrible slash across the throat, blood gurgling out. I was frozen in place, transfixed on the hauntingly beautiful realism of the picture.
She began to turn around slowly while humming a high pitched tune. To this day I can't describe the face I saw. It is still etched into my mind. A face full of so much hatred, so much anger that I don't think its possible for a human to make that face. It expressed an emotion beyond human understanding. No artist in the world could ever render the expression on the paper. No words could describe the pure fear that coursed through my veins as she stared at me and began to approach.
I turned around to run, only to realise that a bunch of school children had gathered around me. They were headless, the bleeding stumps dripping thick blood onto the floor in a rhythmic patter. Somehow they were laughing.
I shoved through the group and ran down the hallway. I wasn't sure where I was going. My whole world had shattered and now I was completely aimless in some nonsense dimension with horrors beyond imagination that wanted me dead.
*
The extract above is from this journal I found at the foot of a large tree on a hiking trail. It's a miracle that I spotted its faded leather cover given that it was almost buried under rotting leaves. I really don't know what to make of what I'm reading, so I'll be slowly transcribing bits of it in separate posts over the next few days.
I know this subreddit is good for this sort of stuff. I'd love if someone else could share anything they know about The Limbo. This whole journal feels like some sort of prank, but the words and memories within feel way too real.
I can't help but feel a connection to this story. My mum doesn't speak much of my Dad, who I know left before I was born. No one ever found out where he went.
I was born in 2001
X
2024.05.15 14:09 shortstory1 I hate what my family give me to eat
I know that you have to be grateful for the food you get given by your family. Especially if you live in a 3rd world country. I live in a 3rd world country where starvation is high and death is a common sight. I hate the things that I have to eat and my parents are always lashing out at me for not being grateful enough for what they give me. I hate feeling ungrateful and I wish I could just accept what they give me but I can't. When it's dinner time my family and a couple of other families as well all go to this barn. Inside this barn is a woman who is chained up.
This particular woman can heal and regenerate really well. If she loses a limb or an organ she can regrow another one. Which makes her a perfect food source. Her screams and yelling are painful to me and as my family and the other families all take a piece out of her to eat, she then regrows those lost limbs and organs. She has been like this for a hundred years and has hardly aged past 30 and she has even been the food source for my grandparents, and other people's grandparents as well.
Then for the first time in a long time as we were all eating a piece of this woman a man from another family took another limb from her. We all became surprised when she wasn't regrowing that limb back anymore. This was trouble because if she had lost her regenerative powers then that meant that our food source was gone. The woman died and I was silently glad but my family started to fight the other families and one guy was stabbed. When that guy healed from the stab wounds he became the new food source.
He always screamed as everyone took chunks out of him every week. One day when he stopped regrowing his own limbs and died we were all back to box number one and the physical fights happened. This time another man was found to heal from his bruises from the fights. He then became the new food source. Then when he stopped regrowing his own limbs, more desperation led to fights by blaming each other for eating too much. No one was found with the ability to heal and regenerate anymore from the fights.
Our food source was forever gone until last week when I cut my finger, it had healed. I have decided though to let my family starve. No one knows I can heal and regenerate.
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This particular woman can heal and regenerate really well. If she loses a limb or an organ she can regrow another one. Which makes her a perfect food source. Her screams and yelling are painful to me and as my family and the other families all take a piece out of her to eat, she then regrows those lost limbs and organs. She has been like this for a hundred years and has hardly aged past 30 and she has even been the food source for my grandparents, and other people's grandparents as well.
Then for the first time in a long time as we were all eating a piece of this woman a man from another family took another limb from her. We all became surprised when she wasn't regrowing that limb back anymore. This was trouble because if she had lost her regenerative powers then that meant that our food source was gone. The woman died and I was silently glad but my family started to fight the other families and one guy was stabbed. When that guy healed from the stab wounds he became the new food source.
He always screamed as everyone took chunks out of him every week. One day when he stopped regrowing his own limbs and died we were all back to box number one and the physical fights happened. This time another man was found to heal from his bruises from the fights. He then became the new food source. Then when he stopped regrowing his own limbs, more desperation led to fights by blaming each other for eating too much. No one was found with the ability to heal and regenerate anymore from the fights.
Our food source was forever gone until last week when I cut my finger, it had healed. I have decided though to let my family starve. No one knows I can heal and regenerate.
2024.05.15 14:08 shortstory1 I hate what my family give me to eat
I hate what my family give me to eat
I know that you have to be grateful for the food you get given by your family. Especially if you live in a 3rd world country. I live in a 3rd world country where starvation is high and death is a common sight. I hate the things that I have to eat and my parents are always lashing out at me for not being grateful enough for what they give me. I hate feeling ungrateful and I wish I could just accept what they give me but I can't. When it's dinner time my family and a couple of other families as well all go to this barn. Inside this barn is a woman who is chained up.
This particular woman can heal and regenerate really well. If she loses a limb or an organ she can regrow another one. Which makes her a perfect food source. Her screams and yelling are painful to me and as my family and the other families all take a piece out of her to eat, she then regrows those lost limbs and organs. She has been like this for a hundred years and has hardly aged past 30 and she has even been the food source for my grandparents, and other people's grandparents as well.
Then for the first time in a long time as we were all eating a piece of this woman a man from another family took another limb from her. We all became surprised when she wasn't regrowing that limb back anymore. This was trouble because if she had lost her regenerative powers then that meant that our food source was gone. The woman died and I was silently glad but my family started to fight the other families and one guy was stabbed. When that guy healed from the stab wounds he became the new food source.
He always screamed as everyone took chunks out of him every week. One day when he stopped regrowing his own limbs and died we were all back to box number one and the physical fights happened. This time another man was found to heal from his bruises from the fights. He then became the new food source. Then when he stopped regrowing his own limbs, more desperation led to fights by blaming each other for eating too much. No one was found with the ability to heal and regenerate anymore from the fights.
Our food source was forever gone until last week when I cut my finger, it had healed. I have decided though to let my family starve. No one knows I can heal and regenerate.
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I know that you have to be grateful for the food you get given by your family. Especially if you live in a 3rd world country. I live in a 3rd world country where starvation is high and death is a common sight. I hate the things that I have to eat and my parents are always lashing out at me for not being grateful enough for what they give me. I hate feeling ungrateful and I wish I could just accept what they give me but I can't. When it's dinner time my family and a couple of other families as well all go to this barn. Inside this barn is a woman who is chained up.
This particular woman can heal and regenerate really well. If she loses a limb or an organ she can regrow another one. Which makes her a perfect food source. Her screams and yelling are painful to me and as my family and the other families all take a piece out of her to eat, she then regrows those lost limbs and organs. She has been like this for a hundred years and has hardly aged past 30 and she has even been the food source for my grandparents, and other people's grandparents as well.
Then for the first time in a long time as we were all eating a piece of this woman a man from another family took another limb from her. We all became surprised when she wasn't regrowing that limb back anymore. This was trouble because if she had lost her regenerative powers then that meant that our food source was gone. The woman died and I was silently glad but my family started to fight the other families and one guy was stabbed. When that guy healed from the stab wounds he became the new food source.
He always screamed as everyone took chunks out of him every week. One day when he stopped regrowing his own limbs and died we were all back to box number one and the physical fights happened. This time another man was found to heal from his bruises from the fights. He then became the new food source. Then when he stopped regrowing his own limbs, more desperation led to fights by blaming each other for eating too much. No one was found with the ability to heal and regenerate anymore from the fights.
Our food source was forever gone until last week when I cut my finger, it had healed. I have decided though to let my family starve. No one knows I can heal and regenerate.
2024.05.15 14:08 Ah1293 Tried sleeping without any meds. Here's what happened.
For background check my posts. This is my second fight with Insomnia/sleep disturbance after 6 years of sleeping good. The first fight started because I was injected with adrenaline during an EP study of my heart - lasted 8 months and by a miracle I got better - this was 6 years ago.
I believe this time my sleep disturbances and insomnia started after i took a high dose methyl b complex (sounds stupid but just search reddit and methyl b insomnia) - apparently there's something called overmethylation. Many people get better and a few have long lasting issues with adrenaline and sleep disturbances/insomnia - which seem permanent. I wish I'd had accidentally taken poison instead of this seemingly harmless vitamin complex.
The only thing that puts me to sleep all night is lorazepam. However I know it will eventually stop working and give me more issues so after a week using it on and off, I've decided not to take it any more.
The other med I'm prescribed is mirtazipine - 7.5mg being the dose to put me to sleep, does it help? Sometimes yes sometimes no. If it does I wake up every 3hrs and after 5hrs of total sleep, I can't sleep further. It really messes me up in the day. I can't function. I become numb.
I realised one thing in all of this. There's not one med for sleeping that doesn't have a pay off where it will mess another part of your life up or cause you other illnesses or cause withdrawal. It's a cruel condition with cruel medications.
Last night, I tried sleeping without a single med - because this was the only way I got better 6 years ago, by allowing my body to recover itself - will it recover this time? I'm not sure and I have a feeling it won't and that something is permanently damaged from the vitamins I took. I didn't feel anxious last night but you're always told you are anxious by others and that anxiety is always the root cause of insomnia - many fail to realise it's the byproduct of insomnia and not the cause - anyway I was too tired and drowsy to feel anxious. I've slept soundly in stressful situations throughout my life so how anxious could I be really?
Anyway, I did sleep (if that's what you wanna call it)... Here's how it went - I dreamt so vividly and the dream felt like it lasted 8 hours. However I realised in reality I slept only 20 mins. The whole night was spent in 20 minute sleep cycles with vivid dreams that felt like forever. I must have woken up about 15-20+ times sleeping 20-30 mins at a time.
If anyone else has gone through this then you know my pain.
I've been advised to get off reddit as its probably not helping anxiety towards sleep and the obsession around it. But this feels like more than just anxiety. I believe there's something more mechanical going on which is affecting my sleep - I assume it's to do with the nervous system - namely the system that controls fight or flight/adrenaline. If it's a biological issue, then no amount of cbt-i or sleep hygiene or whatever will help.
I've seen so many people find their magic bullet here. For some it was GABA supplements, for another it was potassium gluconate, for another it was metropalol (a beta blocker), for another it was moving to his girlfriends house and sleeping for the first time, I've even seen someone say they have to eat unhealthy foods before bed and they sleep.
I don't know if I'll ever find my magic bullet. I believe there's something physiological going on but it's beyond the understanding of modern medicine.
If you can sleep 5-6hrs naturally and consider it bad. Maybe my sleep of only 20 mins x 20 will make you appreciate your solid 4-6hrs.
Probably my last post, if this doesn't kill me indirectly (yeah I know, the whole everyone thinks insomnia will kill them) - then I'll be lucky. My mums side has cardiac issues genetically and lack of sleep increases that risk.
I've been through so much with my health and sleep was my escape. Now I don't have that. If anyone is sleeping less than 2-3hrs a night or having 20-30 mins sleeps cycles. I honestly feel your pain.
I'm not sure of the future, but right now I wish I was with my deceased relatives.
Ps I'm a husband and father of two children. This has taken all the joy away of being either. I hope it returns one day.
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I believe this time my sleep disturbances and insomnia started after i took a high dose methyl b complex (sounds stupid but just search reddit and methyl b insomnia) - apparently there's something called overmethylation. Many people get better and a few have long lasting issues with adrenaline and sleep disturbances/insomnia - which seem permanent. I wish I'd had accidentally taken poison instead of this seemingly harmless vitamin complex.
The only thing that puts me to sleep all night is lorazepam. However I know it will eventually stop working and give me more issues so after a week using it on and off, I've decided not to take it any more.
The other med I'm prescribed is mirtazipine - 7.5mg being the dose to put me to sleep, does it help? Sometimes yes sometimes no. If it does I wake up every 3hrs and after 5hrs of total sleep, I can't sleep further. It really messes me up in the day. I can't function. I become numb.
I realised one thing in all of this. There's not one med for sleeping that doesn't have a pay off where it will mess another part of your life up or cause you other illnesses or cause withdrawal. It's a cruel condition with cruel medications.
Last night, I tried sleeping without a single med - because this was the only way I got better 6 years ago, by allowing my body to recover itself - will it recover this time? I'm not sure and I have a feeling it won't and that something is permanently damaged from the vitamins I took. I didn't feel anxious last night but you're always told you are anxious by others and that anxiety is always the root cause of insomnia - many fail to realise it's the byproduct of insomnia and not the cause - anyway I was too tired and drowsy to feel anxious. I've slept soundly in stressful situations throughout my life so how anxious could I be really?
Anyway, I did sleep (if that's what you wanna call it)... Here's how it went - I dreamt so vividly and the dream felt like it lasted 8 hours. However I realised in reality I slept only 20 mins. The whole night was spent in 20 minute sleep cycles with vivid dreams that felt like forever. I must have woken up about 15-20+ times sleeping 20-30 mins at a time.
If anyone else has gone through this then you know my pain.
I've been advised to get off reddit as its probably not helping anxiety towards sleep and the obsession around it. But this feels like more than just anxiety. I believe there's something more mechanical going on which is affecting my sleep - I assume it's to do with the nervous system - namely the system that controls fight or flight/adrenaline. If it's a biological issue, then no amount of cbt-i or sleep hygiene or whatever will help.
I've seen so many people find their magic bullet here. For some it was GABA supplements, for another it was potassium gluconate, for another it was metropalol (a beta blocker), for another it was moving to his girlfriends house and sleeping for the first time, I've even seen someone say they have to eat unhealthy foods before bed and they sleep.
I don't know if I'll ever find my magic bullet. I believe there's something physiological going on but it's beyond the understanding of modern medicine.
If you can sleep 5-6hrs naturally and consider it bad. Maybe my sleep of only 20 mins x 20 will make you appreciate your solid 4-6hrs.
Probably my last post, if this doesn't kill me indirectly (yeah I know, the whole everyone thinks insomnia will kill them) - then I'll be lucky. My mums side has cardiac issues genetically and lack of sleep increases that risk.
I've been through so much with my health and sleep was my escape. Now I don't have that. If anyone is sleeping less than 2-3hrs a night or having 20-30 mins sleeps cycles. I honestly feel your pain.
I'm not sure of the future, but right now I wish I was with my deceased relatives.
Ps I'm a husband and father of two children. This has taken all the joy away of being either. I hope it returns one day.
2024.05.15 14:08 Insightful-Geek Puravive Customer Review [Warning] Is Puravive Actually Legit?
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2024.05.15 14:04 OrlonDogger A Witch at Midnight - Chapter 13
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Minutes feel like entire hours while I wait for GalaxyTaco to return, and my anxiety is just mounting up like crazy! So instead of becoming a victim of my own fear, I decide to take a moment to explore the forum and see what I can find that's interesting!
The Sleeper section is by far the most active, with people commenting on their daily lives, talking about media, food and experiences in general. It’s so casual it almost makes me feel nostalgic for the good ol’ days!
I am… surprised. Mages watch anime too? I guess that makes sense, as magic is usually viewed as an intellectual endeavor, and it is not rare for intellectuals to have this sorta hobby.
“They even have an old timer section, for old timers like you.”
What? Old timer!? I am 21!
“Alright then, youngster. What anime is popular right now?”
Chlorine is pretty popular!
“That’s one of the Big Three and won’t stop being popular for a while, not to mention it’s all filler these days, that’s cheating.”
Alright then, big baby. How about Soul Devourer?
“That ended three years ago.”
What!? No it didn’t!
What about Ouran??
“Five years ago.”
Higurashi?
“Six.”
Lucky Channel?!
“Five.”
MEDUKA MEGUKA??
“Oh that one’s pretty new actually. That one was last year.”
Alright then smart guy, what is airing right now then!?
“Destiny/Zero, Girls and Tanks, Kitty Tale Black, Moon Brothers…”
What in the hell are any of those!?
“If you don’t know, I know even less! Idiot!”
I guess I am a bit of an old fashioned weeb.
“We are getting distracted. Remember what we are here for.”
Right! The Translation section! It’s rather unused, compared to the Sleeper side of it all. There are a few active translation topics but all of them seem to be focused on actual, current languages. Sure, there are a few in old Helenian and Latin but the others are surprisingly modern. Thereare some in Wohlian that immediately get my attention, but they seem like finished works.
Mostly directed by that ‘souseiseki’ bitch.
“Don’t waste time thinking of her. Focus on what you can learn from the books themselves!”
That is a good point. Once they are fully translated, the material is left available for anyone to take it! So I immediately go for the ones in Wohlian and Dobrand.
There are only five texts available, biographies all of them… except for what looks like a flier.
‘El Arte del Contrahechizo’ it read in Hesperian, ‘The Art of Counterspell’ in Dobrand. It apparently was an advertisement for a short lived ‘Combat Spell Course’ in Hesperia? Closed by the ‘Brotherhood’ for ‘breaking the sanctity of the secret’. Maybe this ‘Brotherhood’ is somewhat related to the cloaks.
Nevertheless, there is something in the flier that interests me: a Symbol!
Rune 6
I immediately start looking for it in the book… and what I find was overwhelming. This has to be the single most used symbol I’ve seen so far! It is in a lot of combined words, almost never on its own… but after keeping my eyes narrowed for a while, I find it.
Jo
As in “Hoh” or as in “Yo”? Bah, I guess I’ll find that out later, when I can actually start experimenting on my own.
Ah, damn it that’s right! I do need to go investigate the library! It’s huge too…
Hmm… What if I made a trip out of it?
The library closes at 12 for students, but if you stay inside you can spend the night working there! I could spend all night surrounded by books, coffee and the sandwiches some people sell there…
“That could mess with your sleeping schedule a bit…”
“Not to mention how useless the whole endeavor can be. What if you don’t find the damn golden symbol, huh?”
Won’t know if I try. This will be my last night staying up, I promise!
“Hmmmn… well, if you are sure about it.”
Yes!
Feeling energy surging through my body again, I immediately get up again and look for clothes, fishing for some cash and then trotting out of my room… only to be stopped by that Saints damned door again.
I swear, every time I see it’s worse. It becomes more and more ominous with each attempt to pass through it. I really, really have been going out too much these days, huh…?
“...I better talk with GalaxyTaco first, then I can go to the library.”
“Coward.”
“I can’t talk to them without the TER anyways.”
Walking back to the computer, I internally beg for GalaxyTaco to not have appeared on my contact list yet… but alas, fate is always working against me. There he is, right there. Well, at least I can solve this quickly and still get out in time… Maybe.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx has begun messaging GalaxyTaco to your rescue!
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: H-Hey!
I immediately cringe at myself for that written hesitation. Damn it, keep the emotions inside! Why must I be like this!?
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: This is Tav, you know, from the forum? n.ñ
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: oh hey dude! nice, I was wondering who the hell was this lol
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ok, now we can talk proper.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: so… you just found the link somewhere, didn’t you?
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: unless I’m totally wrong and you were just referred by some cold mf
Alright. This is it… where do I go from here? I can’t exactly lie my way out of this without knowing much of the magical world. But that doesn’t mean I have to say all of the truth, right?
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: …yeah u.u
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: I haven’t been Awake for a long time to be honest, and I found this link on a book I read at the local library.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ahhhh shit.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ok, that’s trouble
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: do you have a teacher?
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: No u.u
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ok, you’re a bastard
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: not to imply anything about your family dude, that’s just how we call mages without teachers.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Ok that’s kinda mean xD
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: tell me about it.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: anyways, shit, uh…
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ok, do you know what an Elysium is?
I don’t. But can I just admit that? I mean… maybe I can tell him I know where to look for it?
“What are you, stupid!? He’s assuming you know jack shit! This is your chance to squeeze all the information! MILK IT!”
A-Ah! Right!
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: No idea. I hope you don’t mean the other world? O.o
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: nope.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: an Elysium is a safeground in a city, a place where mages can go and practice legally.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: shit, I hope you haven’t been doing magic around people right???
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: No no! O.o I swear!
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ok good.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: that’d get you in trouble with the Brotherhood in no time.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: The Brotherhood? o.o
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: The Brotherood of Black Pages.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Ominous… are they like, magic police? .-.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: sorta
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: you wanna avoid them as much as you can, them black cloaks.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: I mean, you won’t be able to avoid them if you wanna get your license but, beyond that, avoid them.
Ok, that’s confirmation of a few suspicions. The Elysium is a place, I need to find that place, and the black cloaks/brotherhood were bad news, probably super strict or something like that. I am a ‘Bastard Mage’, still not very happy about the name, and I should look for instruction before I blow myself up!
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Can’t you teach me things? ;w; the meaning of these runes and stuff?
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: sorry dude, I don’t have a teacher’s license
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: but tell you what. I’ll get you something that will help you for sure!
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: I just gotta talk to a few friends.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Oh okay! Good! n.n thank you so much for this, Gal
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: hah, it’s no problem
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Imma be outside of the TER for a while so, don’t talk to me about magics until I return, okay?
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: arite, thanks for the heads up! gives me time to talk to Aoi and Mort
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Ok I assume those are your friends!
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: I’ll be seeing you later!
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx has disconnected.
Alright.
No more excuses. I close my computer, take a deep breath and walk to my door. I try my best to ignore the shaking of my hand as I grab the knob and open up. The air in the hallways outside was cold, making me go back in, pick up my long coat and then right out I went again!
The descent in the elevator had never felt this slow…I am excited and nervous at the same time.
“This will be fun!”
“This will be a disaster. You’ll stay up for nothing, you hear me? Nothing.”
Taking a deep breath, I walk out of the elevator as it arrives at the first floor and wave at the night guard, stepping right out and checking my phone.
It’s already a quarter past eleven. I have time… but I may need to call a taxi.
Cities are completely different at night. I have never been an active resident of Party City or anything, but I have been in the streets at the high hours of night, at least back in my old town. I assumed stuff would be quiet here too in Saüle, but turns out I was completely wrong. There were people stumbling around the streets, ladies of the night smiling and parading themselves in some of the corners, a few college students clubbing and singing…
Only now I remember we are technically on vacation. Of course everyone is partying!
Drat, does that mean the library will be closed!?
“Too late to ask the cab to take you back home. No, you'll just have to freeze for a few hours.”
The taxi leaves me in front of the University’s main entrance. After paying and waving the guy away, I let out a deep sigh of relief when I see that the lights of the place are still on.
So either they leave the lights on all vacation or they are still open despite it all.
I try to jog along the dirt trail, straight for the library! But I quickly realize my body is simply not made for running. I still try to keep the pace, panting and gasping for air. Passing right by the Pharmaceutical Sciences building and the Biology building, feeling lucky that no one can see me fighting for my life like this.
The campus is gigantic, with many different buildings focused on the different sciences and disciplines taught at the University. The Library stands in the middle of it all, a perfectly square, five story building comfortably constructed on a plateau and looking over the entire campus. As cool and impressive as that is, it also meant a long climb a massive set of stairs…
“Saints damn it all…”
It’s a miserable jog, but eventually, I make it to the gates before the Librarian closes. An ancient lady of dark skin and thin white hair, eternally dressed in a black, long dress.
“Hmph. Right on time, night owl.” She says with a mix of annoyance and playfulness in her tone, turning her back on me as soon as she closed the door. “Do not run like that inside.”
Still recovering my breath, I just nod and walk towards the machines that scan your credentials. I fish my wallet out of my pockets, scan my old card, and then walk straight in, looking around the main hall with a tired smile. Ah yes… I've always felt more at ease in libraries and the like, especially when there are no crowds of people around. Right now I could see only a few furtive shadows sliding around, and no sandwich sellers at all! With some luck, the librarian will try to gain a few extra Empires by selling stuff, but that will have to wait.
Right now, we are back on the hunt for the Golden Symbol! I need to focus all of my strength on finding it this time, because if they really want it to be both private and easy to find, it has to be here.
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Minutes feel like entire hours while I wait for GalaxyTaco to return, and my anxiety is just mounting up like crazy! So instead of becoming a victim of my own fear, I decide to take a moment to explore the forum and see what I can find that's interesting!
The Sleeper section is by far the most active, with people commenting on their daily lives, talking about media, food and experiences in general. It’s so casual it almost makes me feel nostalgic for the good ol’ days!
I am… surprised. Mages watch anime too? I guess that makes sense, as magic is usually viewed as an intellectual endeavor, and it is not rare for intellectuals to have this sorta hobby.
“They even have an old timer section, for old timers like you.”
What? Old timer!? I am 21!
“Alright then, youngster. What anime is popular right now?”
Chlorine is pretty popular!
“That’s one of the Big Three and won’t stop being popular for a while, not to mention it’s all filler these days, that’s cheating.”
Alright then, big baby. How about Soul Devourer?
“That ended three years ago.”
What!? No it didn’t!
What about Ouran??
“Five years ago.”
Higurashi?
“Six.”
Lucky Channel?!
“Five.”
MEDUKA MEGUKA??
“Oh that one’s pretty new actually. That one was last year.”
Alright then smart guy, what is airing right now then!?
“Destiny/Zero, Girls and Tanks, Kitty Tale Black, Moon Brothers…”
What in the hell are any of those!?
“If you don’t know, I know even less! Idiot!”
I guess I am a bit of an old fashioned weeb.
“We are getting distracted. Remember what we are here for.”
Right! The Translation section! It’s rather unused, compared to the Sleeper side of it all. There are a few active translation topics but all of them seem to be focused on actual, current languages. Sure, there are a few in old Helenian and Latin but the others are surprisingly modern. Thereare some in Wohlian that immediately get my attention, but they seem like finished works.
Mostly directed by that ‘souseiseki’ bitch.
“Don’t waste time thinking of her. Focus on what you can learn from the books themselves!”
That is a good point. Once they are fully translated, the material is left available for anyone to take it! So I immediately go for the ones in Wohlian and Dobrand.
There are only five texts available, biographies all of them… except for what looks like a flier.
‘El Arte del Contrahechizo’ it read in Hesperian, ‘The Art of Counterspell’ in Dobrand. It apparently was an advertisement for a short lived ‘Combat Spell Course’ in Hesperia? Closed by the ‘Brotherhood’ for ‘breaking the sanctity of the secret’. Maybe this ‘Brotherhood’ is somewhat related to the cloaks.
Nevertheless, there is something in the flier that interests me: a Symbol!
Rune 6
I immediately start looking for it in the book… and what I find was overwhelming. This has to be the single most used symbol I’ve seen so far! It is in a lot of combined words, almost never on its own… but after keeping my eyes narrowed for a while, I find it.
Jo
As in “Hoh” or as in “Yo”? Bah, I guess I’ll find that out later, when I can actually start experimenting on my own.
Ah, damn it that’s right! I do need to go investigate the library! It’s huge too…
Hmm… What if I made a trip out of it?
The library closes at 12 for students, but if you stay inside you can spend the night working there! I could spend all night surrounded by books, coffee and the sandwiches some people sell there…
“That could mess with your sleeping schedule a bit…”
“Not to mention how useless the whole endeavor can be. What if you don’t find the damn golden symbol, huh?”
Won’t know if I try. This will be my last night staying up, I promise!
“Hmmmn… well, if you are sure about it.”
Yes!
Feeling energy surging through my body again, I immediately get up again and look for clothes, fishing for some cash and then trotting out of my room… only to be stopped by that Saints damned door again.
I swear, every time I see it’s worse. It becomes more and more ominous with each attempt to pass through it. I really, really have been going out too much these days, huh…?
“...I better talk with GalaxyTaco first, then I can go to the library.”
“Coward.”
“I can’t talk to them without the TER anyways.”
Walking back to the computer, I internally beg for GalaxyTaco to not have appeared on my contact list yet… but alas, fate is always working against me. There he is, right there. Well, at least I can solve this quickly and still get out in time… Maybe.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx has begun messaging GalaxyTaco to your rescue!
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: H-Hey!
I immediately cringe at myself for that written hesitation. Damn it, keep the emotions inside! Why must I be like this!?
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: This is Tav, you know, from the forum? n.ñ
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: oh hey dude! nice, I was wondering who the hell was this lol
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ok, now we can talk proper.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: so… you just found the link somewhere, didn’t you?
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: unless I’m totally wrong and you were just referred by some cold mf
Alright. This is it… where do I go from here? I can’t exactly lie my way out of this without knowing much of the magical world. But that doesn’t mean I have to say all of the truth, right?
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: …yeah u.u
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: I haven’t been Awake for a long time to be honest, and I found this link on a book I read at the local library.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ahhhh shit.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ok, that’s trouble
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: do you have a teacher?
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: No u.u
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ok, you’re a bastard
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: not to imply anything about your family dude, that’s just how we call mages without teachers.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Ok that’s kinda mean xD
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: tell me about it.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: anyways, shit, uh…
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ok, do you know what an Elysium is?
I don’t. But can I just admit that? I mean… maybe I can tell him I know where to look for it?
“What are you, stupid!? He’s assuming you know jack shit! This is your chance to squeeze all the information! MILK IT!”
A-Ah! Right!
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: No idea. I hope you don’t mean the other world? O.o
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: nope.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: an Elysium is a safeground in a city, a place where mages can go and practice legally.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: shit, I hope you haven’t been doing magic around people right???
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: No no! O.o I swear!
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: ok good.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: that’d get you in trouble with the Brotherhood in no time.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: The Brotherhood? o.o
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: The Brotherood of Black Pages.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Ominous… are they like, magic police? .-.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: sorta
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: you wanna avoid them as much as you can, them black cloaks.
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: I mean, you won’t be able to avoid them if you wanna get your license but, beyond that, avoid them.
Ok, that’s confirmation of a few suspicions. The Elysium is a place, I need to find that place, and the black cloaks/brotherhood were bad news, probably super strict or something like that. I am a ‘Bastard Mage’, still not very happy about the name, and I should look for instruction before I blow myself up!
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Can’t you teach me things? ;w; the meaning of these runes and stuff?
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: sorry dude, I don’t have a teacher’s license
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: but tell you what. I’ll get you something that will help you for sure!
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: I just gotta talk to a few friends.
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Oh okay! Good! n.n thank you so much for this, Gal
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: hah, it’s no problem
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Imma be outside of the TER for a while so, don’t talk to me about magics until I return, okay?
GalaxyTaco to your rescue!: arite, thanks for the heads up! gives me time to talk to Aoi and Mort
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: Ok I assume those are your friends!
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx: I’ll be seeing you later!
xXxCallMeBigCookiexXx has disconnected.
Alright.
No more excuses. I close my computer, take a deep breath and walk to my door. I try my best to ignore the shaking of my hand as I grab the knob and open up. The air in the hallways outside was cold, making me go back in, pick up my long coat and then right out I went again!
The descent in the elevator had never felt this slow…I am excited and nervous at the same time.
“This will be fun!”
“This will be a disaster. You’ll stay up for nothing, you hear me? Nothing.”
Taking a deep breath, I walk out of the elevator as it arrives at the first floor and wave at the night guard, stepping right out and checking my phone.
It’s already a quarter past eleven. I have time… but I may need to call a taxi.
Cities are completely different at night. I have never been an active resident of Party City or anything, but I have been in the streets at the high hours of night, at least back in my old town. I assumed stuff would be quiet here too in Saüle, but turns out I was completely wrong. There were people stumbling around the streets, ladies of the night smiling and parading themselves in some of the corners, a few college students clubbing and singing…
Only now I remember we are technically on vacation. Of course everyone is partying!
Drat, does that mean the library will be closed!?
“Too late to ask the cab to take you back home. No, you'll just have to freeze for a few hours.”
The taxi leaves me in front of the University’s main entrance. After paying and waving the guy away, I let out a deep sigh of relief when I see that the lights of the place are still on.
So either they leave the lights on all vacation or they are still open despite it all.
I try to jog along the dirt trail, straight for the library! But I quickly realize my body is simply not made for running. I still try to keep the pace, panting and gasping for air. Passing right by the Pharmaceutical Sciences building and the Biology building, feeling lucky that no one can see me fighting for my life like this.
The campus is gigantic, with many different buildings focused on the different sciences and disciplines taught at the University. The Library stands in the middle of it all, a perfectly square, five story building comfortably constructed on a plateau and looking over the entire campus. As cool and impressive as that is, it also meant a long climb a massive set of stairs…
“Saints damn it all…”
It’s a miserable jog, but eventually, I make it to the gates before the Librarian closes. An ancient lady of dark skin and thin white hair, eternally dressed in a black, long dress.
“Hmph. Right on time, night owl.” She says with a mix of annoyance and playfulness in her tone, turning her back on me as soon as she closed the door. “Do not run like that inside.”
Still recovering my breath, I just nod and walk towards the machines that scan your credentials. I fish my wallet out of my pockets, scan my old card, and then walk straight in, looking around the main hall with a tired smile. Ah yes… I've always felt more at ease in libraries and the like, especially when there are no crowds of people around. Right now I could see only a few furtive shadows sliding around, and no sandwich sellers at all! With some luck, the librarian will try to gain a few extra Empires by selling stuff, but that will have to wait.
Right now, we are back on the hunt for the Golden Symbol! I need to focus all of my strength on finding it this time, because if they really want it to be both private and easy to find, it has to be here.
2024.05.15 14:03 Zealousideal-Gur2791 Week 2 Done - 3.2 kg / 7.05 lbs Down
 | Week 2 done and lost 1.6 kg, a total of 3.2 kg in 2 weeks. submitted by Zealousideal-Gur2791 to mounjarouk [link] [comments] 3rd injection done today as well.
I'm ok with this because I feel like I can sustain this longer-term as the cravings and food noise as most have also commented on has gone for me as well. I feel like I can live my life without food having to constantly occupy my mind on a day-to-day basis. Thoughts like what do i eat? / Where can i eat? / I want to eat x food / when can i eat? / i'll cook this x food on x / i really want x food / etc... - ALL GONE and there is peace in my head and most importantly in my tummy. It never growled once since I have been on MJ- which is very comforting. Even scents don't entice me to eat anymore, .e.g whenever I smell a whiff of fried chicken or pastry on the high street - it really has zero effect on me, as in neutral. I don't have to fight the thought of not eating it - the thought just does not exist. It feels like I can happily sit next to all sorts of junkie but hearty foods I like and be content with them being just next to me and not in my mouth and not have to fight them or condemn then or hate them. Absolute game changer. Another win is I injected for the first time today without having to review the instructions again 😅. Will see if I can get the (elusive?) 5th dose. Will need to get extra needles from Amazon for this though. Week 3 here we go! I started creating my own weight loss chart now as well to keep me motivated. The dotted blue line is just a linear projection but I expect this to fluctuate over time. |
2024.05.15 14:02 kinexxona06 Outcast
[Orbital Observatory Update on Client Species #0458-1, Sol III]
[Priority of message: Urgent Emergency]
[Receiver: Glokknar IV - Galactic Security Council]
[Psionic Encryption to view document is advised]
Last update on humans was 789 cycles ago {25 Earth years ago} and now as of 15/05/2024 in the earth calendar, humans have reached a critical development in forbidden technologies that will trigger a singularity event in less than 150 cycles estimated by current models. A major human organisation under the name OpenAI announced their new {translation error} in cooperation with another organisation, namely Apple. This is most likely to me a forbidden technology and after hours of investigation we found it’s called an “Artificial intelligence” or “AI” for short and now possesses a similar cognitive level to that of a human (significantly more intelligent than an average galactic sapient).
It is important to note that humans’ have a much greater advantage in parallel thinking due to the fact that how their brain is structured and their face recognition is at the high end of the spectrum, because of their social nature. Biologically they’re the only bipedal species and their stance is the most unusual in all across the galaxy. It is theorised by many that they may be the descendants of one of the precursor species and the fact that most of the architecture and technologies or technological path they’ve taken suggests that they are most likely to be the descendants of the Olympians. Critical point to note is that after the Great Galactic Selection War, our ancestors millions of cycles ago never found or knew the exact location of the Olympian homeworld.
It appears that in the last 789 cycles what we observed proved many theories that due to the natural environment humans or olympians have been forced to use inorganic technology and started to bend nature to their will. The humans have built everything on their planet out of stone and metal beginning with from their smallest huts up to the largest cities. The sheer abundance of biological resources meant an absurd amount of biodiversity and an estimated 8.7 million species, but it means most of the biomass is actually CONSUMED by humans only. Yes, they are a predatory species that should be noted late on security assembly. From all animal biomass 6% is wild and the rest is bred by the humans for human consumption on the industrial scale for 8.1 billion humans. The obscene amount of food produced by the humans would be able to sustain 4 of the core worlds, but because of the high calorie required to sustain them it’s questionable whether or not they’ll be able to survive in their own next century.
Yes, they are overpopulated at an absurd level, but now it’s unstoppable, because if they stopped their economy and society would collapse. Life expectancy is through the roof.
Back to the main topic. Forbidden technologies such as AI or anything computer related is widely acknowledged in the galactic community and everyone enforces it, but because Pre-FTL civilizations are protected and have to be left alone and let them develop, but because we discovered the humans much later and the development path they took now they are now in such a late stage that it is unstoppable and may cause an existential safety to the continuation to our glorious Galactic Imperium. We have made a list of potential targets to be eliminated in the human elite who lead these researches. We’ll attach the documents along this report to the Galactic Security Council.
They began to dive into cybernetics related to the brain like the Neuralink chip that had already just a few human weeks prior to this report being successfully able to use a human computer and commercial use is only in a few year's time after approved by authorities. The current uprising that is centred around those ancient cyborgs that have awoken are no match to what these precursor apes are going to be able to pull off if we don’t intervene.
This human year will be significant as they’ll start to settle their moon and what the humans call a “space race” start as the major nationstates or private organisations start to lay claim on all of the unclaimed territory. The Forbidden technology that I want to talk about is AI. Humans are the first ones to ever experiment with real artificial intelligence in the new galactic era from the 4598 species. They had the concept since the earliest days of their civilization in the form of mythologies, books, music and art. A visual entertainment media I advise to the military personnel to watch is the Terminator, where the human AI goes berserk and takes control of their nuclear arsenal and wiping its creators out, (sigh) they have tens of thousands of nuclear warheads too. This planet violates every galactic law in existence.
What worries us here at the observation post about humans is the imminent technological singularity in a very short time and effectiveness of their AIs in researching new cures as an example is horrifying. I advice a full revision of Olympian archives and a military mobilisation to prepare for the great return
[Scientist muttering to each other in background]
People, we are confirming human origins to be Olympians and technosignitures confirmed. Waiting Council response.
Sincerely
Head Observer Ukna'h the Third of Osiris
[Transmission terminated and sent for evaluation]
[Expected response: 2 cycles]
[End transmission]
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[Priority of message: Urgent Emergency]
[Receiver: Glokknar IV - Galactic Security Council]
[Psionic Encryption to view document is advised]
It is important to note that humans’ have a much greater advantage in parallel thinking due to the fact that how their brain is structured and their face recognition is at the high end of the spectrum, because of their social nature. Biologically they’re the only bipedal species and their stance is the most unusual in all across the galaxy. It is theorised by many that they may be the descendants of one of the precursor species and the fact that most of the architecture and technologies or technological path they’ve taken suggests that they are most likely to be the descendants of the Olympians. Critical point to note is that after the Great Galactic Selection War, our ancestors millions of cycles ago never found or knew the exact location of the Olympian homeworld.
It appears that in the last 789 cycles what we observed proved many theories that due to the natural environment humans or olympians have been forced to use inorganic technology and started to bend nature to their will. The humans have built everything on their planet out of stone and metal beginning with from their smallest huts up to the largest cities. The sheer abundance of biological resources meant an absurd amount of biodiversity and an estimated 8.7 million species, but it means most of the biomass is actually CONSUMED by humans only. Yes, they are a predatory species that should be noted late on security assembly. From all animal biomass 6% is wild and the rest is bred by the humans for human consumption on the industrial scale for 8.1 billion humans. The obscene amount of food produced by the humans would be able to sustain 4 of the core worlds, but because of the high calorie required to sustain them it’s questionable whether or not they’ll be able to survive in their own next century.
Yes, they are overpopulated at an absurd level, but now it’s unstoppable, because if they stopped their economy and society would collapse. Life expectancy is through the roof.
Back to the main topic. Forbidden technologies such as AI or anything computer related is widely acknowledged in the galactic community and everyone enforces it, but because Pre-FTL civilizations are protected and have to be left alone and let them develop, but because we discovered the humans much later and the development path they took now they are now in such a late stage that it is unstoppable and may cause an existential safety to the continuation to our glorious Galactic Imperium. We have made a list of potential targets to be eliminated in the human elite who lead these researches. We’ll attach the documents along this report to the Galactic Security Council.
They began to dive into cybernetics related to the brain like the Neuralink chip that had already just a few human weeks prior to this report being successfully able to use a human computer and commercial use is only in a few year's time after approved by authorities. The current uprising that is centred around those ancient cyborgs that have awoken are no match to what these precursor apes are going to be able to pull off if we don’t intervene.
This human year will be significant as they’ll start to settle their moon and what the humans call a “space race” start as the major nationstates or private organisations start to lay claim on all of the unclaimed territory. The Forbidden technology that I want to talk about is AI. Humans are the first ones to ever experiment with real artificial intelligence in the new galactic era from the 4598 species. They had the concept since the earliest days of their civilization in the form of mythologies, books, music and art. A visual entertainment media I advise to the military personnel to watch is the Terminator, where the human AI goes berserk and takes control of their nuclear arsenal and wiping its creators out, (sigh) they have tens of thousands of nuclear warheads too. This planet violates every galactic law in existence.
What worries us here at the observation post about humans is the imminent technological singularity in a very short time and effectiveness of their AIs in researching new cures as an example is horrifying. I advice a full revision of Olympian archives and a military mobilisation to prepare for the great return
[Scientist muttering to each other in background]
People, we are confirming human origins to be Olympians and technosignitures confirmed. Waiting Council response.
Sincerely
Head Observer Ukna'h the Third of Osiris
[Expected response: 2 cycles]
[End transmission]
2024.05.15 14:02 RotaVitae Most vs. Least favourite foods
Foods can sometimes tell you something about the character.
Usagi - Cake & ice cream vs. carrots. Not surprising for a girl who loves her sweets! I think Usagi would only ever eat carrots if you made her carrot cake.
Chibiusa – Pancakes & pudding vs. carrots. The apple doesn’t fall far.
Ami - Sandwiches vs. Hamachi/Yellowtail. Ami likes sandwiches for being able to eat them while she reads. I’m not quite sure why she wouldn’t like yellowtail tuna though.
Rei - Fugu vs. Canned asparagus. Although fugu poisoning is relatively rare, Rei seems like a risk-taker for this delicacy. While I’ve never had asparagus from a can, I’m sure it’s not that great. In the anime, Rei prefers instant curry to cooking from scratch, which may suggest she’s tried a variety of canned foods.
Mako - Cherry pie & meatloaf vs. nothing! Totally sensible; Mako will not only eat anything you put in front of her; she'll probably know how to cook it better too.
Minako - Curry vs. shiitake. High-energy Minako probably enjoys a quick, filling meal like curry. Shiitake can be an acquired taste at the best of times.
Haruka - Salad vs. natto. Super athlete Haruka probably wants to eat light on the go like Minako. Natto is packed with protein, but its fermented smell and slimy texture make it an acquired taste.
Michiru - Sashimi vs. Sea cucumbers & kikurage (wood ear mushrooms). Sashimi seems very appropriate; sliced raw fish, nothing elaborate. The strange look and texture of sea cucumbers and kikurage might put her off. Sea cucumbers are also bottom-feeders and Michiru may find that unappealing.
Setsuna - Green tea vs. eggplant. Sailor Pluto joined our world so recently that the flavour of something as simple and common as green tea probably tastes phenomenal to her. Eggplant may be an acquired taste.
Hotaru - Soba vs. milk. Buckwheat noodles are simple, filling, and probably something Hotaru could prepare herself from packages since she was left alone a lot. Milk is a mystery, but it may suggest she prefer to act older than she is.
Mamoru – Nothing most fav. vs. bell peppers. I guess he’ll eat anything as long as you don’t try to hide them in it.
Of the Starlights, only Seiya has a favourite food listed: hamburgers. No surprise for a high school celeb on the go.
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Usagi - Cake & ice cream vs. carrots. Not surprising for a girl who loves her sweets! I think Usagi would only ever eat carrots if you made her carrot cake.
Chibiusa – Pancakes & pudding vs. carrots. The apple doesn’t fall far.
Ami - Sandwiches vs. Hamachi/Yellowtail. Ami likes sandwiches for being able to eat them while she reads. I’m not quite sure why she wouldn’t like yellowtail tuna though.
Rei - Fugu vs. Canned asparagus. Although fugu poisoning is relatively rare, Rei seems like a risk-taker for this delicacy. While I’ve never had asparagus from a can, I’m sure it’s not that great. In the anime, Rei prefers instant curry to cooking from scratch, which may suggest she’s tried a variety of canned foods.
Mako - Cherry pie & meatloaf vs. nothing! Totally sensible; Mako will not only eat anything you put in front of her; she'll probably know how to cook it better too.
Minako - Curry vs. shiitake. High-energy Minako probably enjoys a quick, filling meal like curry. Shiitake can be an acquired taste at the best of times.
Haruka - Salad vs. natto. Super athlete Haruka probably wants to eat light on the go like Minako. Natto is packed with protein, but its fermented smell and slimy texture make it an acquired taste.
Michiru - Sashimi vs. Sea cucumbers & kikurage (wood ear mushrooms). Sashimi seems very appropriate; sliced raw fish, nothing elaborate. The strange look and texture of sea cucumbers and kikurage might put her off. Sea cucumbers are also bottom-feeders and Michiru may find that unappealing.
Setsuna - Green tea vs. eggplant. Sailor Pluto joined our world so recently that the flavour of something as simple and common as green tea probably tastes phenomenal to her. Eggplant may be an acquired taste.
Hotaru - Soba vs. milk. Buckwheat noodles are simple, filling, and probably something Hotaru could prepare herself from packages since she was left alone a lot. Milk is a mystery, but it may suggest she prefer to act older than she is.
Mamoru – Nothing most fav. vs. bell peppers. I guess he’ll eat anything as long as you don’t try to hide them in it.
Of the Starlights, only Seiya has a favourite food listed: hamburgers. No surprise for a high school celeb on the go.
2024.05.15 13:56 elewson Understanding Inflammation: CRP and ESR Tests
Hi everyone!
Today, let's talk about inflammation markers. Inflammation is your body's way of fighting off things like infections or injuries. However, if it sticks around too long, it can be a sign of something more serious. Two important blood tests that check for inflammation are the CRP test and the ESR test. Let’s break down what these tests are, what they measure, and why they matter.
Stay healthy and informed!
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Today, let's talk about inflammation markers. Inflammation is your body's way of fighting off things like infections or injuries. However, if it sticks around too long, it can be a sign of something more serious. Two important blood tests that check for inflammation are the CRP test and the ESR test. Let’s break down what these tests are, what they measure, and why they matter.
What is Inflammation?
Inflammation is how your body responds to things like infections or injuries. It helps to heal and protect your body. But if inflammation lasts too long, it can cause health problems.Key Inflammation Markers:
1. CRP (C-Reactive Protein)
- What It Measures: CRP is a protein made by your liver when there's inflammation in your body.
- Normal Range: Less than 10 mg/L.
- High Levels Mean: High CRP levels mean there’s inflammation, which could be from an infection, arthritis, or other conditions.
2. ESR (Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate)
- What It Measures: ESR measures how quickly red blood cells settle at the bottom of a test tube. Faster settling means more inflammation.
- Normal Range: 0-22 mm/hr for men and 0-29 mm/hr for women.
- High Levels Mean: High ESR levels mean there’s inflammation, which could be due to infections, autoimmune diseases, or other conditions.
Why These Tests Matter:
- Early Detection: These tests can catch inflammation early, even before you feel sick.
- Monitor Conditions: They help doctors keep track of chronic (long-term) diseases.
- Guide Treatment: High levels can help doctors figure out what’s wrong and how to treat it.
Conditions with High Inflammation Markers:
- Infections: Like bacterial or viral infections.
- Autoimmune Diseases: Conditions where your immune system attacks your own body, like rheumatoid arthritis.
- Chronic Diseases: Long-term conditions like heart disease or diabetes.
- Cancer: Some cancers can cause higher inflammation.
- Injury and Surgery: These can temporarily raise inflammation levels.
Tips for Reducing Inflammation:
- Healthy Diet: Eat lots of fruits, veggies, whole grains, and lean proteins. Avoid junk food and too much sugar.
- Exercise Regularly: Stay active to help lower inflammation.
- Healthy Weight: Keep a healthy weight to reduce inflammation.
- Manage Stress: Try to relax with activities like meditation or yoga.
- Avoid Smoking and Limit Alcohol: Both can increase inflammation.
- Get Enough Sleep: Aim for 7-9 hours of sleep each night.
When to Get Tested:
- Symptoms: If you have unexplained fever, tiredness, joint pain, or swelling.
- Chronic Conditions: If you have a long-term inflammatory disease, get tested regularly.
- Check-Ups: Get tested during routine health check-ups if you have risk factors for chronic diseases.
Conclusion:
Understanding CRP and ESR tests can help you and your doctor spot and manage health issues early. Keeping inflammation in check with a healthy lifestyle can improve your overall health. If you have any questions or want to share your experiences with inflammation markers, leave a comment. Your story could help someone else.Stay healthy and informed!
2024.05.15 13:55 Justly_Life How to fuel your Productivity with proper Nutrition and Exercise
Productivity shows up as one of the most important success factors when we work towards our objectives.
But what if I told you that there's more to becoming the most productive person than merely working harder?
It involves understanding how diet, exercise, and mental processes intersect to optimise performance.
Ultimately, productivity is the cornerstone of achievement, reflecting how efficiently we use our time and energy.
Understanding Nutrition's Role in Productivity
Exercise is not only beneficial for physical health but also plays a crucial role in enhancing mental acuity and creativity.
Different forms of exercise, from cardio to yoga, have unique abilities to boost productivity by sharpening focus and stimulating the mind.
The Perfect Duo: Nutrition and Exercise
Mindfulness practices extend beyond meditation, encompassing daily activities like eating and exercising.
Reflection and regular review of plans support ongoing improvement in productivity strategies.
If you're eager to supercharge your productivity and cultivate a more positive lifestyle, leveraging the potential of technology is paramount.
With Justly, you'll unlock a seamless pathway to crafting a personalised routine, nurturing habits, and inching closer to your aspirations with each passing day.
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But what if I told you that there's more to becoming the most productive person than merely working harder?
It involves understanding how diet, exercise, and mental processes intersect to optimise performance.
Ultimately, productivity is the cornerstone of achievement, reflecting how efficiently we use our time and energy.
Understanding Nutrition's Role in Productivity
- Eating a well-balanced diet with foods high in antioxidants and low in refined sugars can help maintain steady blood sugar levels and prevent energy crashes.
- A colourful salad with vegetables, a hearty grain bowl, and protein-rich foods are examples of healthy meals that can boost productivity.
Exercise is not only beneficial for physical health but also plays a crucial role in enhancing mental acuity and creativity.
Different forms of exercise, from cardio to yoga, have unique abilities to boost productivity by sharpening focus and stimulating the mind.
The Perfect Duo: Nutrition and Exercise
- Nutrition and exercise together create a powerful combination for peak productivity.
- A well-balanced diet and consistent exercise routine amplify benefits and enhance brain power, energy levels, and overall performance.
- Success stories show how this duo has positively impacted people's lives by increasing productivity through regular workouts and nutritious food consumption.
Mindfulness practices extend beyond meditation, encompassing daily activities like eating and exercising.
Reflection and regular review of plans support ongoing improvement in productivity strategies.
If you're eager to supercharge your productivity and cultivate a more positive lifestyle, leveraging the potential of technology is paramount.
With Justly, you'll unlock a seamless pathway to crafting a personalised routine, nurturing habits, and inching closer to your aspirations with each passing day.
2024.05.15 13:54 elewson Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity: Blood Tests to Know
Hello everyone!
Today, we’re focusing on an important topic - celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. These conditions can significantly impact your health and quality of life. Understanding the blood tests involved in diagnosing these conditions is crucial for managing symptoms and maintaining good health. Let’s explore what celiac disease and gluten sensitivity are, the key blood tests for diagnosis, and how to manage these conditions.
Stay healthy and informed!
Hello everyone!
Today, we’re focusing on an important topic - celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. These conditions can significantly impact your health and quality of life. Understanding the blood tests involved in diagnosing these conditions is crucial for managing symptoms and maintaining good health. Let’s explore what celiac disease and gluten sensitivity are, the key blood tests for diagnosis, and how to manage these conditions.
Stay healthy and informed!
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Today, we’re focusing on an important topic - celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. These conditions can significantly impact your health and quality of life. Understanding the blood tests involved in diagnosing these conditions is crucial for managing symptoms and maintaining good health. Let’s explore what celiac disease and gluten sensitivity are, the key blood tests for diagnosis, and how to manage these conditions.
What is Celiac Disease?
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder where the ingestion of gluten (a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye) leads to damage in the small intestine. This damage can cause a variety of symptoms and prevent the absorption of essential nutrients.What is Gluten Sensitivity?
Non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) is a condition where individuals experience symptoms similar to celiac disease when consuming gluten, but without the autoimmune response or intestinal damage seen in celiac disease.Key Blood Tests for Celiac Disease:
1. tTG-IgA (Tissue Transglutaminase Antibodies)
- What It Measures: This test checks for antibodies against tissue transglutaminase, an enzyme that is attacked in celiac disease.
- Why It’s Important: It is the most common and accurate blood test for diagnosing celiac disease.
- What Positive Results Mean: A positive result usually indicates celiac disease, but further testing (like an intestinal biopsy) is often needed for confirmation.
2. EMA (Endomysial Antibodies)
- What It Measures: This test detects antibodies against the endomysium, a part of the connective tissue.
- Why It’s Important: It is highly specific for celiac disease and is often used to confirm a positive tTG-IgA test.
- What Positive Results Mean: A positive result strongly indicates celiac disease.
3. DGP (Deamidated Gliadin Peptide Antibodies)
- What It Measures: This test identifies antibodies against deamidated gliadin peptides, which are components of gluten.
- Why It’s Important: It can be useful in diagnosing celiac disease, especially in children under 2 years old or in cases where tTG-IgA is inconclusive.
- What Positive Results Mean: A positive result can suggest celiac disease, but further testing is often required.
Additional Tests:
1. Total Serum IgA
- What It Measures: This test measures the total level of Immunoglobulin A (IgA) in the blood.
- Why It’s Important: Some people with celiac disease have IgA deficiency, which can lead to false-negative results on tTG-IgA and EMA tests. Measuring total IgA ensures accurate interpretation of these tests.
2. Genetic Testing (HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8)
- What It Measures: This test checks for specific gene variants associated with celiac disease.
- Why It’s Important: The presence of HLA-DQ2 or HLA-DQ8 genes can support a diagnosis of celiac disease, but their absence can effectively rule it out.
Managing Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity:
- Gluten-Free Diet: The primary treatment for both celiac disease and gluten sensitivity is a strict gluten-free diet. Avoid all foods containing wheat, barley, and rye.
- Nutritional Support: Work with a dietitian to ensure you’re getting all necessary nutrients, as celiac disease can lead to nutrient deficiencies.
- Regular Monitoring: Regular follow-ups with your healthcare provider to monitor your condition and ensure your intestines are healing.
- Read Labels: Always read food labels carefully to avoid hidden sources of gluten.
- Support Networks: Join support groups or online communities for people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity for tips, recipes, and emotional support.
When to Get Tested:
- Symptoms: If you experience symptoms like chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain, bloating, fatigue, or unexplained weight loss after consuming gluten.
- Family History: If you have a first-degree relative with celiac disease, as it can run in families.
- Associated Conditions: If you have other autoimmune disorders, as celiac disease is more common in individuals with conditions like type 1 diabetes or thyroid disease.
Conclusion:
Understanding the blood tests for celiac disease and gluten sensitivity is essential for diagnosis and management. If you suspect you have celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, talk to your healthcare provider about getting tested. Once diagnosed, a strict gluten-free diet can help manage symptoms and improve your quality of life. If you have any questions or personal experiences with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, share them in the comments. Your insights can help others on their journey to better health.Stay healthy and informed!
Hello everyone!
Today, we’re focusing on an important topic - celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. These conditions can significantly impact your health and quality of life. Understanding the blood tests involved in diagnosing these conditions is crucial for managing symptoms and maintaining good health. Let’s explore what celiac disease and gluten sensitivity are, the key blood tests for diagnosis, and how to manage these conditions.
What is Celiac Disease?
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder where the ingestion of gluten (a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye) leads to damage in the small intestine. This damage can cause a variety of symptoms and prevent the absorption of essential nutrients.What is Gluten Sensitivity?
Non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) is a condition where individuals experience symptoms similar to celiac disease when consuming gluten, but without the autoimmune response or intestinal damage seen in celiac disease.Key Blood Tests for Celiac Disease:
1. tTG-IgA (Tissue Transglutaminase Antibodies)
- What It Measures: This test checks for antibodies against tissue transglutaminase, an enzyme that is attacked in celiac disease.
- Why It’s Important: It is the most common and accurate blood test for diagnosing celiac disease.
- What Positive Results Mean: A positive result usually indicates celiac disease, but further testing (like an intestinal biopsy) is often needed for confirmation.
2. EMA (Endomysial Antibodies)
- What It Measures: This test detects antibodies against the endomysium, a part of the connective tissue.
- Why It’s Important: It is highly specific for celiac disease and is often used to confirm a positive tTG-IgA test.
- What Positive Results Mean: A positive result strongly indicates celiac disease.
3. DGP (Deamidated Gliadin Peptide Antibodies)
- What It Measures: This test identifies antibodies against deamidated gliadin peptides, which are components of gluten.
- Why It’s Important: It can be useful in diagnosing celiac disease, especially in children under 2 years old or in cases where tTG-IgA is inconclusive.
- What Positive Results Mean: A positive result can suggest celiac disease, but further testing is often required.
Additional Tests:
1. Total Serum IgA
- What It Measures: This test measures the total level of Immunoglobulin A (IgA) in the blood.
- Why It’s Important: Some people with celiac disease have IgA deficiency, which can lead to false-negative results on tTG-IgA and EMA tests. Measuring total IgA ensures accurate interpretation of these tests.
2. Genetic Testing (HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8)
- What It Measures: This test checks for specific gene variants associated with celiac disease.
- Why It’s Important: The presence of HLA-DQ2 or HLA-DQ8 genes can support a diagnosis of celiac disease, but their absence can effectively rule it out.
Managing Celiac Disease and Gluten Sensitivity:
- Gluten-Free Diet: The primary treatment for both celiac disease and gluten sensitivity is a strict gluten-free diet. Avoid all foods containing wheat, barley, and rye.
- Nutritional Support: Work with a dietitian to ensure you’re getting all necessary nutrients, as celiac disease can lead to nutrient deficiencies.
- Regular Monitoring: Regular follow-ups with your healthcare provider to monitor your condition and ensure your intestines are healing.
- Read Labels: Always read food labels carefully to avoid hidden sources of gluten.
- Support Networks: Join support groups or online communities for people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity for tips, recipes, and emotional support.
When to Get Tested:
- Symptoms: If you experience symptoms like chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain, bloating, fatigue, or unexplained weight loss after consuming gluten.
- Family History: If you have a first-degree relative with celiac disease, as it can run in families.
- Associated Conditions: If you have other autoimmune disorders, as celiac disease is more common in individuals with conditions like type 1 diabetes or thyroid disease.
Conclusion:
Understanding the blood tests for celiac disease and gluten sensitivity is essential for diagnosis and management. If you suspect you have celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, talk to your healthcare provider about getting tested. Once diagnosed, a strict gluten-free diet can help manage symptoms and improve your quality of life. If you have any questions or personal experiences with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, share them in the comments. Your insights can help others on their journey to better health.Stay healthy and informed!
2024.05.15 13:53 elewson Liver Function Tests: Keeping Your Liver Healthy
Hello everyone!
Today, we’re diving into an important topic - liver function tests. These tests help check how well your liver is working. Your liver is a vital organ that processes everything you eat and drink, filters toxins from your blood, and helps with digestion. Let's break down what liver function tests are, what they measure, and how you can keep your liver in top shape.
Stay healthy and informed!
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Today, we’re diving into an important topic - liver function tests. These tests help check how well your liver is working. Your liver is a vital organ that processes everything you eat and drink, filters toxins from your blood, and helps with digestion. Let's break down what liver function tests are, what they measure, and how you can keep your liver in top shape.
What is the Liver?
The liver is a large organ located in the upper right side of your abdomen. It performs many critical functions, including detoxifying chemicals, metabolizing drugs, and producing proteins important for blood clotting and other functions.Key Liver Function Tests:
1. ALT (Alanine Aminotransferase)
- What It Measures: ALT is an enzyme found in your liver. High levels can indicate liver damage.
- Normal Range: Typically 7 to 56 units per liter (U/L).
- What High Levels Mean: High ALT levels can suggest liver inflammation or damage from conditions like hepatitis, alcohol use, or fatty liver disease.
2. AST (Aspartate Aminotransferase)
- What It Measures: AST is another enzyme found in your liver and other parts of your body. Elevated levels can indicate liver damage.
- Normal Range: Typically 10 to 40 units per liter (U/L).
- What High Levels Mean: High AST levels can also indicate liver damage, often used in conjunction with ALT levels to diagnose liver conditions.
3. ALP (Alkaline Phosphatase)
- What It Measures: ALP is an enzyme related to the bile ducts. High levels can indicate a problem with the bile ducts or liver.
- Normal Range: Typically 44 to 147 units per liter (U/L).
- What High Levels Mean: High ALP levels may suggest blockages in the bile ducts, liver disease, or bone disorders.
4. Bilirubin
- What It Measures: Bilirubin is a waste product from the breakdown of red blood cells. The liver processes bilirubin and excretes it in bile.
- Normal Range: Typically 0.1 to 1.2 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL).
- What High Levels Mean: High bilirubin levels can indicate liver disease or bile duct problems, leading to jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes).
5. Albumin and Total Protein
- What They Measure: Albumin and total protein tests measure the levels of proteins made by the liver. These proteins are important for various body functions.
- Normal Range: Albumin: 3.5 to 5.0 grams per deciliter (g/dL); Total Protein: 6.3 to 7.9 grams per deciliter (g/dL).
- What Abnormal Levels Mean: Low levels can suggest liver disease or other conditions affecting protein production.
Why These Tests Matter:
- Detecting Liver Problems: Liver function tests can help detect liver inflammation, damage, and diseases early.
- Monitoring Chronic Conditions: Regular tests help monitor liver health in chronic conditions like hepatitis or fatty liver disease.
- Guiding Treatment: Test results can guide treatment decisions and monitor the effectiveness of interventions.
Tips for Keeping Your Liver Healthy:
- Eat a Balanced Diet: Focus on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats. Avoid excessive sugar and processed foods.
- Maintain a Healthy Weight: Obesity can lead to fatty liver disease, so aim for a healthy weight through diet and exercise.
- Limit Alcohol: Excessive alcohol consumption can cause liver damage. Stick to moderate drinking guidelines or avoid alcohol altogether.
- Avoid Toxins: Limit exposure to harmful chemicals and toxins. Use protective gear when handling chemicals and avoid smoking.
- Stay Hydrated: Drink plenty of water to help your liver function properly.
- Exercise Regularly: Physical activity helps maintain a healthy weight and supports liver health.
- Get Vaccinated: Vaccinations for hepatitis A and B can prevent infections that cause liver damage.
- Regular Check-Ups: Regular health check-ups and liver function tests can catch problems early and keep your liver healthy.
When to Get Tested:
- Routine Check-Ups: Regular check-ups, especially if you have risk factors for liver disease.
- Symptoms: If you have symptoms like jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, or dark urine.
- Medical History: If you have a history of liver disease, alcohol use, or use of medications that can affect the liver.
Conclusion:
Understanding liver function tests is key to maintaining liver health. Regular testing and a healthy lifestyle can help prevent liver problems and ensure your liver is functioning properly. If you have any questions or personal experiences with liver health, share them in the comments. Your insights can help others who might be facing similar issues.Stay healthy and informed!
2024.05.15 13:46 ArchY8 For those who are battling Candida and tried everything, and it’s still not going away, make sure your “Ferritin” is at least 150.
Now, I’m not saying this is a be all end all solution. But, I’ve been trying to beat Candida for the past 5 years, with anti fungals, diets, supplements, biofilm breakers, you name it, and it’s just not going away. The only thing that was able to stop it is the Carnivore diet, but it only stopped the progression, and didn’t actually kill it off.
Turns out, according to my medical records, I’ve been iron deficient (without anemia) for the past 5 years as well, which is when my Candida started. My ferritin has never been above 57 in the last 5 years. According to NHS, anything above 30 is normal, but I found out that this arbitrary range is BS.
My new private doctor informed me that ideally you want it above 100, and optimally in the 150-180 range, and anything below a 100 can actually exhibit iron deficiency symptoms (which I had a lot of).
Iron is vital for the proper function of your immune system. You can’t expect to kill off something inside you, when your defence mechanism is compromised.
3 months later, after taking heme iron supplements and doing a carnivore/Keto diet with 1 cheat day a week (I gave up on battling Candida at this point), my Candida symptoms and especially the white coating on my tongue is almost completely gone, and I haven’t even thought about Candida anymore, since I just gave up with all these 100s of rules and approaches. The white Candida patch, which was Candida parapsilosis on my tongue, according to testing, is just a little spec on my tongue. Im hoping in a month, it’s going to be completely gone.
I do eat foods that are high in sugar now, and it doesn’t make the Candida comeback like it used to. Before, if I had one cheat meal, like an ice cream or a slice of cake, I’d wake up with my tongue covered white.
Just making this post to hopefully help someone as well. Not saying I’ve found a secret solution to your Candida problems, but it’s worth a try at least, if you have tried everything.
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Turns out, according to my medical records, I’ve been iron deficient (without anemia) for the past 5 years as well, which is when my Candida started. My ferritin has never been above 57 in the last 5 years. According to NHS, anything above 30 is normal, but I found out that this arbitrary range is BS.
My new private doctor informed me that ideally you want it above 100, and optimally in the 150-180 range, and anything below a 100 can actually exhibit iron deficiency symptoms (which I had a lot of).
Iron is vital for the proper function of your immune system. You can’t expect to kill off something inside you, when your defence mechanism is compromised.
3 months later, after taking heme iron supplements and doing a carnivore/Keto diet with 1 cheat day a week (I gave up on battling Candida at this point), my Candida symptoms and especially the white coating on my tongue is almost completely gone, and I haven’t even thought about Candida anymore, since I just gave up with all these 100s of rules and approaches. The white Candida patch, which was Candida parapsilosis on my tongue, according to testing, is just a little spec on my tongue. Im hoping in a month, it’s going to be completely gone.
I do eat foods that are high in sugar now, and it doesn’t make the Candida comeback like it used to. Before, if I had one cheat meal, like an ice cream or a slice of cake, I’d wake up with my tongue covered white.
Just making this post to hopefully help someone as well. Not saying I’ve found a secret solution to your Candida problems, but it’s worth a try at least, if you have tried everything.
2024.05.15 13:42 AcrobaticMusician100 I'm just tired.
I'm a very insecure person. There's really no way around it. I've had very few stable relationships, platonic or romantic, and I'm kind of at a point where I tend to fear the worst cause I've seen the worst. I understand the toll this takes on others and I try to take assuring myself into my own hands. I make an effort to reach out, organize outings, throw large parties for myself, randomly check up on my friends, attempt conversations, etc. But it's so painfully obvious when it's not appreciated. So many times, people will curb my basic attempts at human connection. I recently started college and even just asking people to study with me, I'm regularly shut down or ghosted. I see people posting freshman year highlights because the year finally came to an end and I can count on one hand the amount of times I left my dorm for something other than gym, school or food. Back in high school when I dealt with this, I could usually chalk it up to maybe I offended them somehow. But at this point in my life, I interact with so many new people so regularly that it's just not even possible I offended them all.
To make matters worse, I'm an out of state student. I feel detached from my family and my home. My room in high school was given to my sister and I stay in a guest room now. The friends I do have from high school don't really talk to me. I mean we have this big groupchat where everyone is always talking, but I see them dm each other, spend time with each other, create actual bonds. Meanwhile, if I reach out, the chances of them even responding are slim, nevermind them ever texting me. When events are organized by someone other than myself or my boyfriend who is also in the group, I am very often left out. Especially birthdays. I invited 30+ people to my own. I genuinely want to connect with people and so I thought inviting them into my home, sharing food and conversation would be the way to do it. But when other people throw events, especially ones that have a limit on how many people can come, I'm never there. I'm not mad at any one person in particular, it just sucks that no body considers me close enough to include.
I have been very vocal about how I feel with that particular group. Basically anyone willing to listen has heard me say that I don't actually feel wanted around them. But I wind up feeling bad. They tell me that they do care about me and they do want me around. I'm told oh they're just awkward people, you're not here often, they've known each other longer (I met them through my boyfriend...yes I am ashamed to not have my own friends outside of that but I've really tried). But it sucks when I look at their stories and theyre smiling having fun yet again. Why dont I have any friends who just call me. Who just say hey when are you free. Who just go hey how are you doing. I swear I've tried initiating this and it just comes off like I'm forcing it. So I stop. And then we stop talking. :/
I'm currently on a 2-week study abroad program with my school. I was put with about 19 random people and they will literally lie to avoid hanging out with me. The feeling of loneliness has never been steeper. Across the world away from home with 2 dozen other freshmen who I've never talked to before...and they still wont spend time with me. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I feel like the bug spray I put on every morning is some friend repellent.
And honestly, my biggest fear is continuing to live in misery. It's summer time. I'm still a teenager. With or without a super close band of friends to tackle the world with me, I still want to enjoy my life. I've settled on a really big project to lock in on this summer. I've decided to make a sims machinima series. Some people laughed at me when I mentioned it, but I find it fun. I could take roller skating more seriously just to get out of the house. I don't know, I want to enjoy my own company. But I'm also just a teenage girl who was never invited to the slumber party.
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To make matters worse, I'm an out of state student. I feel detached from my family and my home. My room in high school was given to my sister and I stay in a guest room now. The friends I do have from high school don't really talk to me. I mean we have this big groupchat where everyone is always talking, but I see them dm each other, spend time with each other, create actual bonds. Meanwhile, if I reach out, the chances of them even responding are slim, nevermind them ever texting me. When events are organized by someone other than myself or my boyfriend who is also in the group, I am very often left out. Especially birthdays. I invited 30+ people to my own. I genuinely want to connect with people and so I thought inviting them into my home, sharing food and conversation would be the way to do it. But when other people throw events, especially ones that have a limit on how many people can come, I'm never there. I'm not mad at any one person in particular, it just sucks that no body considers me close enough to include.
I have been very vocal about how I feel with that particular group. Basically anyone willing to listen has heard me say that I don't actually feel wanted around them. But I wind up feeling bad. They tell me that they do care about me and they do want me around. I'm told oh they're just awkward people, you're not here often, they've known each other longer (I met them through my boyfriend...yes I am ashamed to not have my own friends outside of that but I've really tried). But it sucks when I look at their stories and theyre smiling having fun yet again. Why dont I have any friends who just call me. Who just say hey when are you free. Who just go hey how are you doing. I swear I've tried initiating this and it just comes off like I'm forcing it. So I stop. And then we stop talking. :/
I'm currently on a 2-week study abroad program with my school. I was put with about 19 random people and they will literally lie to avoid hanging out with me. The feeling of loneliness has never been steeper. Across the world away from home with 2 dozen other freshmen who I've never talked to before...and they still wont spend time with me. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I feel like the bug spray I put on every morning is some friend repellent.
And honestly, my biggest fear is continuing to live in misery. It's summer time. I'm still a teenager. With or without a super close band of friends to tackle the world with me, I still want to enjoy my life. I've settled on a really big project to lock in on this summer. I've decided to make a sims machinima series. Some people laughed at me when I mentioned it, but I find it fun. I could take roller skating more seriously just to get out of the house. I don't know, I want to enjoy my own company. But I'm also just a teenage girl who was never invited to the slumber party.
2024.05.15 13:37 Loud_Skirt_7421 Help me type myself
How old are you? What's your gender? Give us a general description of yourself. 17, male Just your average quiet teenager • Is there a medical diagnosis that may impact your mental stability somehow? not that I know of • Describe your upbringing. Did it have any kind of religious or structured influence? How did you respond to it? Growing up isn't a thing I really recall easily, but I was born in a semi-poor family of 4 members(me,brother,and parents ofc), parents didn't really get along and eventually they split up and I had to fill the role of the father for my brother. Mostly my mother would insist on religion and such, and most of my morals are from her. Now I just think some of them are pretty stupid • What do you do as a job or as a career (if you have one)? Do you like it? Why or why not? I am in high school currently, I would like to become a doctor, something that ties into sports because I do karate and I really love this sport (I am at the brown belt currently) • If you had to spend an entire weekend by yourself, how would you feel? Would you feel lonely or refreshed? It could go both ways, either I do something by myself in that weekend or I would like to go hang out with others(on calls mostly just to listen and maybe include myself, joke around and all) but if I really have nothing to do I feel miserable if I stay and think about my current situation, not having much going on for me.. • What kinds of activities do you prefer? Do you like, and are you good at sports? Do you enjoy any other outdoor or indoor activities? Playing on my computer and Karate, I am pretty good at sports now but before I really wasn't in a good physical condition (I was fat). But I prefer both indoor activities and outdoor , but mostly sticking with indoor cause no opportunities to go outside which is sad really... • How curious are you? Do you have more ideas then you can execute? What are your curiosities about? What are your ideas about - is it environmental or conceptual, and can you please elaborate? Not really curious about stuff that aren't of use to me or I don't see value in, like yeah if I need to know something I will hold onto that but for myself for no reason going out to learn something isn't really for me.. • Would you enjoy taking on a leadership position? Do you think you would be good at it? What would your leadership style be? I don't really go for leadership if I don't have a good level of expertise on the subject, but when I do it's good. I try to simplify my strategizing because there's no point in complicating a plan and plus it helps with staying flexible • Are you coordinated? Why do you feel as if you are or are not? Do you enjoy working with your hands in some form? Describe your activity?
I don't know what to answer on this "coordination" thing.. But I do enjoy working with my hands even if it won't be good, from time to time I think about cooking food and such for myself/ family • Are you artistic? If yes, describe your art? If you are not particular artistic but can appreciate art please likewise describe what forums of art you enjoy. Please explain your answer.
No, I used to like it as a kid mostly because of school, it would get recognition and I would actually think "hell yeah I am the best artist!" (kind of), but since it wouldn't get much recognition I stopped being like that.. kind of cringing at my past behaviour honestly • What's your opinion about the past, present, and future? How do you deal with them?
I don't think bout them too much About the past I really don't recall memories, unless it's episodic memory because then I remember what happend all of that , not with all the details tho And I don't stay and think much about my future, I don't like thinking in advance what I'm gonna do but I am indifferent towards it. I try to remain on the lookout for possibilities that could help me later or in the moment
• How do you act when others request your help to do something (anything)? If you would decide to help them, why would you do so?
People don't really come to me for help unless they try to use me(and ofc I don't let them) But it would go one of the two ways: either I help them because I feel obligated too, or actually want to show the person I am interested into something of theirs(this sounds wrong lol) or I simply say no and go on about my day
• Do you need logical consistency in your life?
yeah, I don't really like to have things that make no sense around me which is why I try to make sense of everything even including this system of cognitive functions (which I read a bit but ehh not too sure how they apply to me that is why I am here in the first place)
• How important is efficiency and productivity to you?
Not too much , but I do love when I am efficient and productive. Because in free time if I have nothing to work towards I feel pointless, and miserable.. • Do you control others, even if indirectly? How and why do you do that?
• What are your hobbies? Why do you like them? I do karate and play on my pc, that is pretty much it.. I love doing this sport, I want to continue on practicing this sport and maybe become a coach myself + becoming a doctor for a field like kinetotherapy (i hope that is how you call it idk how it is in english)
• What is your learning style? What kind of learning environments do you struggle with most? Why do you like/struggle with these learning styles? Do you prefer classes involving memorization, logic, creativity, or your physical senses?
I see the logic behind things pretty easy, but when I don't then I still try to make sense of everything. But I learn what I need to go further in what I am doing, and prefer classes where physical senses are used a lot followed by logic and creativity. I like to juggle with the logic of the subject in the moment and see how the equasion in front of me could lay out.
• How good are you at strategizing? Do you easily break up projects into manageable tasks? Or do you have a tendency to wing projects and improvise as you go?
Like I said I try to simplify planning so I try to do the same with strategizing, but sometimes a detailed strategy is the best , and even improvising is good because something could happen and set you off course • What are your aspirations in life, professionally and personally?
To be productive, influence others, eventually control others (for their good/our good)
• What are your fears? What makes you uncomfortable? What do you hate? Why?
I get uncomfortable around people who are in a emotional outburst, and look to me for support. I am bad with emotions.. My fear is being rejected, and exploited in a bad way, even if it doesn't happen (which might be because others consider me intimidating and arrogant, which I don't reslly think I am like that) I still know how to manage it, kind of..
• What do the "highs" in your life look like? Really looking forward to everything, actually having something going on in my life. Being overall happy and enthusiastic
• What do the "lows" in your life look like? First thing that I would say is: melancholy, and thinking deeply about life, in a depressing way. Even my friend said that my “miserable” thoughts align with some philoshopies like nihilism and such. But mostly get withdrawn from others, feeling stuck and unable of changing things and maybe more emotional but when alone • How attached are you to reality? Do you daydream often, or do you pay attention to what's around you? If you do daydream, are you aware of your surroundings while you do so? I am pretty attached to it but when alone I do tend to daydream, and think of possible outcomes if I do that, this etc But even daydreaming I am aware of my surroundings
• Imagine you are alone in a blank, empty room. There is nothing for you to do and no one to talk to. What do you think about?
When I have nothing to do I just think of “what if” scenarios, even in real life when I am bored and disengaged from anything
• How long do you take to make an important decision? And do you change your mind once you've made it?
Depends, I usually try to always be decisive, and I may juggle back n forth with options and outcomes but I really get indecisive for personal stuff but decisive for outside stuff
• How long do you take to process your emotions? How important are emotions in your life?
I don't really mess with my emotions, I just supress them because they will make me feel miserable and melancholic and I dislike feeling like that… a lot
• Do you ever catch yourself agreeing with others just to appease them and keep the conversation going? How often? Why?
I tend to do this a lot with people who I don't know , because I don't know how they'll react so I do this but at the same time kind of closing off the room to chat about it more and such
• Do you break rules often? Do you think authority should be challenged, or that they know better? If you do break rules, why? I don't break rules but I also don't really care about them when doing something just as long as it won't get me punished and it won't harm others (ofc), eventually exploiting them. But I don't really care too much about them cause if you gonna do your job good you won't break them. I dislike having limits from others, it's annoying
I took the Michael Caloz test and it said ENTJ, ESTP and ESTJ most likely results
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I don't know what to answer on this "coordination" thing.. But I do enjoy working with my hands even if it won't be good, from time to time I think about cooking food and such for myself/ family • Are you artistic? If yes, describe your art? If you are not particular artistic but can appreciate art please likewise describe what forums of art you enjoy. Please explain your answer.
No, I used to like it as a kid mostly because of school, it would get recognition and I would actually think "hell yeah I am the best artist!" (kind of), but since it wouldn't get much recognition I stopped being like that.. kind of cringing at my past behaviour honestly • What's your opinion about the past, present, and future? How do you deal with them?
I don't think bout them too much About the past I really don't recall memories, unless it's episodic memory because then I remember what happend all of that , not with all the details tho And I don't stay and think much about my future, I don't like thinking in advance what I'm gonna do but I am indifferent towards it. I try to remain on the lookout for possibilities that could help me later or in the moment
• How do you act when others request your help to do something (anything)? If you would decide to help them, why would you do so?
People don't really come to me for help unless they try to use me(and ofc I don't let them) But it would go one of the two ways: either I help them because I feel obligated too, or actually want to show the person I am interested into something of theirs(this sounds wrong lol) or I simply say no and go on about my day
• Do you need logical consistency in your life?
yeah, I don't really like to have things that make no sense around me which is why I try to make sense of everything even including this system of cognitive functions (which I read a bit but ehh not too sure how they apply to me that is why I am here in the first place)
• How important is efficiency and productivity to you?
Not too much , but I do love when I am efficient and productive. Because in free time if I have nothing to work towards I feel pointless, and miserable.. • Do you control others, even if indirectly? How and why do you do that?
• What are your hobbies? Why do you like them? I do karate and play on my pc, that is pretty much it.. I love doing this sport, I want to continue on practicing this sport and maybe become a coach myself + becoming a doctor for a field like kinetotherapy (i hope that is how you call it idk how it is in english)
• What is your learning style? What kind of learning environments do you struggle with most? Why do you like/struggle with these learning styles? Do you prefer classes involving memorization, logic, creativity, or your physical senses?
I see the logic behind things pretty easy, but when I don't then I still try to make sense of everything. But I learn what I need to go further in what I am doing, and prefer classes where physical senses are used a lot followed by logic and creativity. I like to juggle with the logic of the subject in the moment and see how the equasion in front of me could lay out.
• How good are you at strategizing? Do you easily break up projects into manageable tasks? Or do you have a tendency to wing projects and improvise as you go?
Like I said I try to simplify planning so I try to do the same with strategizing, but sometimes a detailed strategy is the best , and even improvising is good because something could happen and set you off course • What are your aspirations in life, professionally and personally?
To be productive, influence others, eventually control others (for their good/our good)
• What are your fears? What makes you uncomfortable? What do you hate? Why?
I get uncomfortable around people who are in a emotional outburst, and look to me for support. I am bad with emotions.. My fear is being rejected, and exploited in a bad way, even if it doesn't happen (which might be because others consider me intimidating and arrogant, which I don't reslly think I am like that) I still know how to manage it, kind of..
• What do the "highs" in your life look like? Really looking forward to everything, actually having something going on in my life. Being overall happy and enthusiastic
• What do the "lows" in your life look like? First thing that I would say is: melancholy, and thinking deeply about life, in a depressing way. Even my friend said that my “miserable” thoughts align with some philoshopies like nihilism and such. But mostly get withdrawn from others, feeling stuck and unable of changing things and maybe more emotional but when alone • How attached are you to reality? Do you daydream often, or do you pay attention to what's around you? If you do daydream, are you aware of your surroundings while you do so? I am pretty attached to it but when alone I do tend to daydream, and think of possible outcomes if I do that, this etc But even daydreaming I am aware of my surroundings
• Imagine you are alone in a blank, empty room. There is nothing for you to do and no one to talk to. What do you think about?
When I have nothing to do I just think of “what if” scenarios, even in real life when I am bored and disengaged from anything
• How long do you take to make an important decision? And do you change your mind once you've made it?
Depends, I usually try to always be decisive, and I may juggle back n forth with options and outcomes but I really get indecisive for personal stuff but decisive for outside stuff
• How long do you take to process your emotions? How important are emotions in your life?
I don't really mess with my emotions, I just supress them because they will make me feel miserable and melancholic and I dislike feeling like that… a lot
• Do you ever catch yourself agreeing with others just to appease them and keep the conversation going? How often? Why?
I tend to do this a lot with people who I don't know , because I don't know how they'll react so I do this but at the same time kind of closing off the room to chat about it more and such
• Do you break rules often? Do you think authority should be challenged, or that they know better? If you do break rules, why? I don't break rules but I also don't really care about them when doing something just as long as it won't get me punished and it won't harm others (ofc), eventually exploiting them. But I don't really care too much about them cause if you gonna do your job good you won't break them. I dislike having limits from others, it's annoying
I took the Michael Caloz test and it said ENTJ, ESTP and ESTJ most likely results
2024.05.15 13:32 drinkinthakoolaid Pergo or LVP in a kitchen?
The house has had pergo for 15-20years in the kitchen and downstairs. 2 different colors, but still both pergo (real hardwood upstairs. Anyways due to a manufacture defect in our DW water was slowly leaking from behind the dw under the person and then was coming up between the pieces of flooring. So the DW company has agreed to pay us out to replace the floor in the kitchen. I'm not a flooring guy though im a cabinet guy. I got a couple bids from people I know and lvp was recommended to me, but I think it's because that's what they tend to do. So I wanted to ask this group... I think I am leaning toward Pergo, but there's still an opportunity to sway me. Kitchen is high traffic I'm assuming everywhere m our cats food is on the floor there, we have 2 dogs as well and my mom lives with us and switches between using a cane and walker sometimes so scratches are highly likely if the flooring is susceptible .
Ty for your responses. Should be getting a check in the mail in the next couple weeks and getting started soon after that
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Ty for your responses. Should be getting a check in the mail in the next couple weeks and getting started soon after that