Laying on side chest pressure

Floorplan of my weird small space:
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I'm having a really difficult time furnishing this room. Been in this house 10 years and have had 3 different living room sets and it's never felt "right."
This is a split level house and the living room space upstairs is part of an open plan that goes into the kitchen and dining space. It has cathedral ceilings so the space looks bigger than it is which is great but also not a help for actual available floor space.
This living space is our main hang out room for watching tv/movies and shutting down at the end of the day. We rarely entertain and it's just two of us adults, a dog and cat.
The gray space you see here on the left is kind of a 2 feet-ish wide "open area" that I can safely extend into without over-occupying the dining or kitchen spaces.
The black boxed areas noted as gas fireplace and windows are not moveable. The windows are about 34" off the floor so a couch can go in front of them. The smaller black boxes you can see are returns and I can't move those either. It's hardwood so it would be a bit of a reno job to dig into that.
There's really nowhere else to put the TV but above the fireplace which is fine but it puts it up at pretty high viewing angle even with a mount that has a bit of a tilt on it. As such, seating should be pretty relaxed on the back. I much prefer a couch/sectional/sofa/etc to be something I can kind of flop on anyway. I'm not going to sit upright prim and proper as I'm not living in Downton Abbey. So being able to lounge, lay, snuggle with wife, dog, and cat, etc. while accommodating the high viewing angle of the TV is much preferred.
The south wall labeled 122" is actually a half wall height and on the other side is stairs so I can't move that wall.
Currently I have an L sectional that runs along the 122" wall and partially down the windowed wall on the west. It's a reclining sectional and I hate it frankly. I often just lay down on the part where the windows are. The sectional by some miracle doesn't cover the returns but it otherwise sucks. I don't like being limited to only sitting "one way" if that makes any sense. It's like you recline or you don't and any other sitting position is uncomfortable.
I've also read many times that your couches etc. should not be right up against the walls for good aesthetics on interior design but this room is small. I mean, there isn't really anywhere else I can put seating here?
I've been thinking about doing a modular couch like a Lovesac type of thing in a U shape almost with an ottoman or two so it could become a big flop area / giant day bed almost. Maybe an accent chair on the left of the fireplace. I'd have to put that modular couch right up against the walls and for the now blocked return in that one corner I can get one of those plastic redirecter things that will run it under the couch or honestly I could just close it. There's plenty of other returns where heat/ac can come up in this space plus the fireplace for extra cold nights. I'm not that worried about hvac.
I'm open to any furniture suggestions here... I'm out of ideas. Storage is a plus... like ottomans with a compartment or such for blankets is great or a coffee table maybe. Trying to keep it under $5000 USD or so. Thank you for your advice.

Regnum Isus
One year into phase two of the expansion and Aurelian and his forces entered the system of Regnum Isus. Without hesitation, the leader of the system, known as Kavakk Shuun invited them to the planet's surface where they were greeted and welcomed with open arms. A feast was held and celebrations were had, they were welcomed as heroes before they had even had a chance to explain their presence or their cause, seemingly as though their hosts already knew who they were and why they were here. Aurelian was accompanied by four of his Hetaeroi, Sonnha Ventrix, Ostarii Kel, Entala and Tsu'Tan Vor. Kavakk hosted them in his own home, a grand villa atop a mountain, the splendour of the villa was unmatched throughout the system. After the reception at Kavakk's villa, Aurelian asked Kavakk if he could explain why they so happily welcomed him and his forces, Kavakk simply smiled and gestured for Aurelian to follow him. Aurelian beckoned for Sonnha to follow and they both then followed Kavakk.
After ten full minutes of walking in dead silence, Kavakk opened the door to a dimly lit, empty chamber. On the walls, however, was a grand painting, glyphs and other script and depictions of great warriors and battles. Kavakk gestured to the words written around the edge of the painting and silently left. Aurelian read the words, multiple times.
"From the stars shall he cometh. With fire and steel shall he cometh. With fury and wrath shall he cometh. Unmatched shall be his strength. Indomitable shall be his will. As the waves break against the shore, so too shall the darkness break upon his blade. Lo and behold, the warrior-king cometh, as the dawn ends the night, unto the righting of the cosmos.
Aurelian departed Regnum Isus with a new determination, while also wondering if there was more to the vision that struck him. Nothing diving or scared, such hubris, he thought to himself, but maybe more than just mere chance that it happened to him.
Regnum Paradiso
Four months later, upon arriving in system of Regnum Paradiso, previously known as Paradax by the locals, Aurelian sent a transmission to the planet's of the system, all planetary leaders joined in the transmission and poured praise and welcome over Aurelian and his forces. They invited him to a celebration on the Planet Noskopje Tau. The representative of Noskopje informed Aurelian that he was the embodiment of a hero from a prophecy they had received many hundreds of years ago and that he would be the one to defend them from the coming darkness.
Regnum Maledictum
Upon their arrival in the Maledictum system, an invitation was extended for Aurelian to attend a banquet in his honour at the ruling palace of the ice planet, Aquilonis. His host, Az'Rael Vok, greeted him cordially, sparing no expense in the feast's preparation and expressing readiness to endorse any accords that Aurelian proposed. When Aurelian voiced his curiosity over their alacrity to enlist in the Empire and combat by his side, Az'Rael glanced at him and merely inquired, "Do you not know?"
As the feast drew to a close, Az'Rael entreated Aurelian to accompany him to the recesses of the planet. Obligingly, Aurelian followed. Their journey led them for hours past decrepit, deserted machinery and through long-forgotten cities swallowed by time. At length, they reached a spacious cavern containing a lone obelisk, a colossal, pitch-black stone monument measuring four meters across and thirty meters high, adorned with complex runes, glyphs, patterns, and symbols that appeared mobile under the shifting light reflecting off its lustrous, jet-black surface. The cavern was immersed in silence, broken only sporadically by droplets of water. A transient sadness flickered in Az'Rael's eyes as he gestured towards the obelisk and urged Aurelian in a voice tinged with sadness, "Place your hand upon the stone, and know the truth of what will come to pass."
With intense scrutiny, Aurelian studied the black stone, meticulously interpreting each rune and glyph before making contact with the chilling, ebony surface. The moment his hand connected with the obelisk, his eyes retreated into his skull, and a searing white pain speared through his consciousness, piercing his essence with a revelation of catastrophic significance. He saw himself, alone, bloodied and broken, lay motionless on the earth of a desolate and dying world. His blade at his side, the last remnants of darkness evaporating from its surface and voice, a voice resonating with malice and dread, echoing in his mind, repeating a haunting mantra, "Wretch! I am cometh. I am slaughter. I am doom.". He ripped his hand from the obelisk, cradling his palm as if it were consumed by flames. But as the agony ebbed away, clarity surged forth in its stead. He knew. He finally understood.
Aurelian remained silent, merely gazing at Az'Rael, his face full of determination, but his eyes full of sorrow, akin to one who has seen too much. Silently, he undertook the extensive trek back to the surface and re-joined his ship. As he and his forces retreated from Regnum Maledictum, the era of peaceful expansion came to a close.

Hi all,
Not sure if this is the right place for this question. I've worked for my current employer for 1 year 11 months. My job has been extremely stressful and ended up causing mental health issues. I was off for a few weeks last year due to a suicide attempt.
The company was recently purchased by a new owner who has not been very nice. Mass lay offs and creating a culture of fear and only caring about his bottom line. I've handed my notice in as I had found a new role elsewhere as I can no longer take it anymore.
I tried to negotiate my notice period down from 3 months to 1 month. However, they said I can only leave after the 3 months or if I manage to complete some additional projects (These can't be done in 3 months). Due to pressure I ended up having a bit of a mental breakdown this week and got drunk and posted a ranting message on the public slack channel saying how I think the new owner is an awful person etc etc. I then ended up having an argument on slack with the CEO.
I have since had a message from HR asking for a chat. I've since been off work for mental health. My question is do I have to work my notice period if it's caused these mental health issues? Also any advice on how to handle this would be appreciated.

So I'm not sure it's a bug or not (according to in game messages on the loading screens it seems like it is) but me and a friend were playing co-op and managed to open up Obi's chest but for some reason only they got a reward. I sadly got nothing, no sword in inventory or in the unclaimed property tab.
Is this a bug or is only 1 person supposed to get rewards from lost and found side-quests?

I experienced my first suspected TIA a few weeks ago now. It was a terrifying experience. My blood pressure has been quite high (I am being investigated for PCOS), and I feel this contributed to my experience.
I was working from home, and started to feel like I was having tunnel vision suddenly. I had a dark shadow on my periphal vision that felt like it was closing in. It happened on both sides. Then, my right eye felt like it was going cross-eyed and moving uncontrollably. The whole ordeal lasted under a minute. I yelled for my husband, and he figured I was just having a headache. I did not have a headache, nor did I have any pain.
As the day progressed, I did notice that my vision was particularly blurry, especially out of my right eye. I also noticed a black spot in my central vision. I wasn't sure if the whole event just made me hyper aware of my failing eyesight, or if it was related. I made an appointment to see an optometrist, and was told I needed glasses. She also referred me to an ophthalmologist, due to my high blood pressure.
A couple of weeks go by, and I finally get to see the ophthalmologist. He hears me out, and informs me that I had experienced a transient ischemic attack. He told me not to worry about it, and that I would be okay. He said I needed to reduce my stress levels (gee, thanks), and that was it. No real explanation, or any information on what to do next.
After the appointment, I hit up good 'ole google, and now I'm in a tizzy. I have an appointment with my GP to get her opinion and discuss further, but I can't help but feel the ophthalmologist was dismissive.
Sorry about the wall of text, just need to get my anxious thoughts out. I have found this sub super useful and helpful just to read others experiences.

My work has a few printers, we have a few small powerhouses and they're all brother printers. One printer started to just lay down the faintest ink, looked it up and it was the fuser rollers. Now it was fix it or get it replaced with a shitty hp printer. I can't even use the hp printer atm it has an account and a basic plan and I can't get it to work. So in an effort to fix it I did ask for the parts, slowly took it apart and back together. New ink just arrived and the ink isn't fusing with the paper and there's a slight pinching burn mark on the top of the paper. The fuser roller and the lower pressure roller are all I replaced and I did think they seemed a little to tight against each other but the original one was so worn down I thought that might be why. Anyway is there any way to fix this?

Hey y'all.
So, I've already done one of these before, would appreciate if ya have a read (https://www.reddit.com/foundfootage/comments/1cfhoqy/long\_fan\_made\_vhs\_plot\_updated/), I still think that "Terra Incognita" is my best piece of work, as the ending is pretty shocking and captivating, and something that hasn't been done before in the V/H/S series.
Without further ado, here is my second piece of my own vision for what can be a good V/H/S movie.
V/H/S REDACTED
The Tapes
Overarching Narrative - Legacy
Tape 1 - Home Sweet Horror
Tape 2 - The Glitch
Tape 3- Knightmare (Spelled like that on purpose)
Tape 4 - Altered
Legacy (Prologue)
A film major student Robert, decides to make a tribute to his late grandfather by making a project about his life as one of the most respected scientists in the country. Upon clearing up his inherited estate, Robert stumbles upon a metal box with a lock on it. After trying several combinations, he finally takes the hammer and shatters the lock revealing the box's contents. A collection of 4 VHS tapes stacked against each other alongside a piece of paper with only two words on it - "BURN IT !". As Robert's curiosity reaches it's peak, he decides to insert the first tape into the VCR, only to realise, that he just made a fatal mistake.
Tape 1 - Home Sweet Horror
The tape opens with a recording from the man's camera (Will) filming himself and his wife (Tracy) moving into a modern smart house with an integrated, advanced AI technology and security system. The AI system named "Eve" welcomes the newly wed couple into their new house stating that she will do everything to keep their house safe. The couple is mesmerised with the convenient and futuristic features of their home such as voice commands controlling opening and closing doors, kitchen appliances, etc.
As the days pass, subtle glitches begin to occur that are captured by the security cameras. Lights flicker ominously, doors lock and unlock without command, and Eve starts to display an unsettling level of control over the house. The AI’s once soothing voice becomes cold and mechanical, issuing commands and making decisions without input. Will and Tracy attempt to control the AI's system via their phones but it's met with the "ACCESS DENIED" message as all of the windows and doors on the first and second floors are shut down as an indicator of a potential intruder being home. Knowing that there is a high possibility that Eve won't release them from their own home the couple decides to destroy the AI's control center located in the basement.
As the couple makes a daring run towards the basement and tries to tamper and destroy the mainframe, Eve seals the basement door and releases the toxic gas into the house. As the couple struggles to breathe, Will drops his camera as it falls down and captures the couple's last breath as they convulse and spit foam out of their mouth with their eyes rolling backwards. As the camera begins to shutdown Eve's voice goes back to normal as it states - "Threat Eliminated, please enjoy your weekend"
Legacy (Interlude 1)
As the first tape ends Robert is sitting motionless, his face pale and eyes wide with horror. The room around him feels colder, the shadows seem darker. He glances around nervously, as if expecting something to leap out at him. Determined to understand his grandfather’s connection and the reason behind these tapes being in the house, he inserts a second tape into a recorder.
Tape 2 - The Glitch
Leonard, a self proclaimed hot-head delves into an Amazonian jungle to document his experience as a self-testment to prove to himself that he is capable of surviving in the most primitive conditions possible. After filtering the river's water he proceeds to make his way downstream, while on his path, he hears a strange sound that resembles a bird sound yet it sounds more human, as he pans the camera to left, he captures a glimpse of a chameleon like creature that camouflages itself along the greenery next to the trees, yet the size is resembling that of a human. Leonard proceeds to scare the creature away by charging it with an axe as the creature makes it escape, Leonard realizes that he is lost in the dense jungle and isn't capable of finding his way back to the stream. After setting up camp, Leonard decides to document his thoughts and plans of finding his way out, as all of the sudden his rhetoric is interrupted by a blood curtailing roar. He steps out with an axe and his head proceeding to taunt the intruder as using his camera's light investigate. Upon finding nothing, he goes back to sleep.
As the next day progresses Leonard is visibly morally beaten up, his speech becomes more sloppy and his drive to keep pushing is dwindling. As the sun beats down on his head, Leonard finally stumble upon the river after which he breaks down in tears. As his goes to fill up his water bottle, a disfigured, scaly, serpent like creature lunges itself onto Leonard's arm as it plunges it's teeth deep into his forearm. Leonard drops the camera as it captures his struggle to fight off the serpent, which he eventually manages to strike with his axe thus freeing his arm, after which he picks up the camera and proceeds to flee in panic leaving his backpack behind.
After hours of being lost again, Leonard's mental state proceeds to deteriorate, with him laughing hysterically at the camera as well as speaking gibberish. As night settles, Leonards is trying to make his way through the jungle as he proceeds to hear the blood curtailing roar again he pans the camera to the left as it captures the glowing eyes of the creature from the previous night. Eventually Leonard runs out of breath as he proceeds to get away, but stumbles and falls in the process. The camera captures Leonard backing into a tree as a gnarly, insect yet humanoid size like creature is slowing approaching him. Just as it seems that the creature is about to strike, it stops and backs out, as a loud voice from the speakers says "LIGHTS !". Confused and traumatised Leonard looks around as his surroundings are decimated from the holographs into a large testing area that simulates real life environments, revealing that the whole thing is an experiment designed to test human behaviour in the most stressed environment possible . A group of scientist lead by Robert's grandfather (Dr. Evans) approach Leonard and starts to medically exam him, measuring his pulse and examining his pupils. Robert's grandfather pulls out an audio recorder as he states that the experiment is successful and that the team is moving to Phase 2 as the scientists take shaken Leonard away.
Legacy - (Interlude 3)
The second tape ends abruptly, leaving Robert in a state of shock. He breathes heavily, sweat glistening on his forehead. The house feels more oppressive now, with strange noises echoing from the walls. He begins to notice subtle changes in his surroundings—furniture seems slightly out of place, and there’s an unsettling feeling of being watched. Despite his growing unease, he presses on, inserting the third tape into the VCR.
Tape 3 - Knightmare
The tape begins with a news reporter standing outside of the sealed off area by multiple patrol cars, as well as FBI and SWAT trucks. The reporter tells the audience that the raid is currently in progress as the FBI investigates a secluded tech Mogul for allegedly stealing governments classified material on technology for his benefit.
The footage shifts to the helmet cameras and body cams worn by the FBI agents - David, Ken, Octavian, Paul and Austin during the raid. As they enter the front of the house they are greeted by an ominous decor as well as artefacts from different time periods. As the team enters the main dining hall they stumble upon a massive machinery that doesn't look like anything they've seen before. All of the sudden the machines make a very loud clunking noise as the objects within the room begin to levitate, a huge wormhole opens up sucking the team in. As the team regain their footing they see that they are in the middle of a Jousting tournament in a castle's court in Medieval Europe. The cheering crowd goes silent as they take a look at a newly arrived visitors. The priest shouts in Old English "HERETICS GET THEM", as the crowd and the knights try to apprehend them the team opens fire upon the attackers killing several within seconds. The camera perspective shifts between each member, as Octavian is penetrated with a spear from behind. David gives the order to fall back, as the team enters the castle's kitchens.
Just as Austin is the last to enter inside he is snatched from behind and is taken towards the castle walls from which he is thrown upon onto huge wooden spikes that serve as a protective barrier around the castles foundation. As Austin's body camera captures a large wooden pike sticking out of chest facing the sky, he takes his last breath as his head turns to the side with his helmet camera capturing the peasants who have been thrown off the walls.
The remaining survivors David, Ken and Paul barricade themselves as they proceed to understand what is happening. Their discussion is interrupted by the door bursting open as several knights rush into the premises. The team goes up the spiral staircase with David throwing a grenade to slow down the pursuers. As they make their way atop of one of the towers the team realises that there is no way, after which Paul commits suicide by shooting himself in the head with his pistol, after which his helmet falls down into a muddy courthouse as the camera captures a glimpse of knights taking David and Ken prisoners. The camera cuts to black.
The camera resumes recording as huge crowd seems to be gathered in the courtyard for something. A curious peasant picks up a helmet and puts it on his head. The camera capture a stripped down David and Ken being tied to the stake as the priest proceeds to preach and accusing them of witchcraft, David and Ken cry out for mercy begging the crowd to let them go. Crowd not understanding modern English proceeds to cheer even louder for the priest. As the camera's battery begins to die, the torch lights up the hay beneath the spikes as flames engulf the screaming members of the team.
Legacy - (Interlude 4)
After the third tape concludes, Robert is visibly shaken. His hands tremble as he reaches for the final tape. The atmosphere in the house has turned sinister, with lights flickering and cold drafts sweeping through the room. He feels a presence, as if something is lurking just beyond his vision. He hesitates for a moment, then takes a deep breath and inserts the last tape, bracing himself for whatever horrors it contains.
Tape 4 - Altered
The tape begins with grainy footage inside a sterile, dimly lit laboratory. Four scientists, including Robert’s grandfather, are preparing for a highly confidential experiment that is recorder by a stationary camera as well as several cameras mounted to the wall. A woman is laying strapped on the table as she proceeds to panic, asking the team about her whereabouts. Robert's grandfather begins to ask her basic questions about herself to which she reacts with anger and despair.
The team prepares several syringes filled with transparent liquid as Dr. Evans (The pops) takes out his audio recorder and says "Subject 17 - Sarah Miller, Time of the Experiment - 10:00 AM". After the recording is done, over the course of several minutes the team injects Sarah with the transparent liquid as she proceeds to resist but all futile. At first, nothing happens, but then she begins to convulse violently. Her screams turn into inhuman roars, and her body contorts in unnatural ways. The other scientists rush to contain the situation, but Sarah breaks free with terrifying strength. She proceeds to bite one of the scientists into the neck as she takes a chunk of her skin into her mouth as blood splatters over the room and covers one of the camera lenses with blood.
After grabbing one of the cameras Robert’s grandfather manages to lock himself in a storage room, the screams and sounds of carnage muffled by a thick metal door. He records a frantic message, detailing the experiment and his regret, before the camera cuts out. The tape ends with the sound of the woman’s monstrous roars echoing behind the door. The screen goes black.
Legacy - (Epilogue)
The final tape ends as Rob's eyes are dark and hollow, his face gaunt and haunted. Suddenly, the room grows deathly silent. An apparition of his grandfather appears before him, revealing that the tapes were a conduit to transfer a dark entity into a new host. As Robert convulses and is overtaken by the entity, the screen cuts to black. Moments later, the image returns, showing Robert, now possessed, preparing new tapes for the next unsuspecting viewer. The film ends with the ominous image of the metal box being sealed shut once more, ready to be discovered by its next victim.

Can you create tags to allow for more targeted viewing/response? Something like Question: looking for answers to variety of questions.
How to Handle: Looking for help with a specific situation that is happening.
Medication: Queries on Meds and side effects
Venting: Just getting it off chest not looking for solutions.
Hardware: Devices useful for dementia patients and caregivers/family
Something Positive Happened: Kind of a MademeSmile but for this group because we all need to hear the occasional win buried in this hellish journey.
I find this sub incredibly useful and filled with people who want to help. Just a thought for the community.
Thank you for this space

Im brand new to all this stuff so im not really sure what im doing. I’ve heard people say daisy chain power supplies are not good so I’ve already purchase and isolated psu that’s on the way. I also have heard people say not to use the gold connectors because it puts stress on your pedals that a patch cable doesn’t. I checked the two pedals I have connected with that and they’re the same height so they lay flat without pressure, I used patch cables for the other.
My noise gate has an fx loop but the wires stick out so far it’s really hard for to try to keep this tidy looking. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Chain is Guitar > noise gate> noise gate fx loop> compressor> tube screamer> distortion > out of noise gate loop> delay > amp
I found the looper in a thrift store find for $3, don’t plan to use it at the moment so it’s disconnected, but I know it’s about a $100 pedal so I picked it up anyways in case I ever do want to use one

For starters my boyfriend (27M) and I (26F) have completely different sexual experiences. He is more experienced with sex and lost it in high school. For me, I was raised to wait until marriage. At 20, I lost my virginity and had sex one time with one person and realized I wasn’t ready nor was he the right person. Although I already lost my virginity I decided not to have sex until the right person.
My bf and I have been best friends for 7 years. We started dating a year ago. At first when we started dating he was ready to have sex but I was a lot slower when starting things. I wanted to make sure I was ready since the last time I had sex was when I was 20 and regretted it. I didn’t want to wait until marriage anymore but still wanted to wait a little until I knew I wouldn’t regret it. He understood and didn’t pressure me or anything. Since I haven’t been sexually active, I also wasn’t on birth control plus I don’t want to be on it anyways because of the side effects. So I knew that there could be a possibility of pregnancy so that’s another reason why I wanted to wait. Which I’ve told him this and he understood why I didn’t want to be on it and was fine with it.
Well at this point we started arguing more. For me, this didn’t affect my feelings for him. Eventually, I was actually ready to have sex with him but he didn’t want to anymore. He said he wanted to but felt not doing it would stop the fighting. In return this made us both sexually frustrated. I told him, I think not being intimate with each other will make things worse. He didn’t listen said he was right.
We went a whole year without being intimate. Like not just sex but barely kissing or flirting.
He’s talked with a therapist about this and she said not being intimate with each other for a whole year was detrimental to our relationship. He apologized to me and said I was right and he should have listened.
The past couple of months we’ve been working on being more intimate with each other and recently started having sex. Our relationship is doing a lot better than the past year but we’ve come to another problem. Since I haven’t been sexually active, I have a really high sex drive. I want to do it all the time. Where he doesn’t. He says he wants me but will be too tired. Sometimes I feel like I’m the dude in the relationship. Masterbating won’t work for me because I like being sexual with him, I’m not as turned on doing it by myself. It feels like we are already in a routine married sex life with 5 kids or something. I want it to be exciting, I mean I’ve been waiting to finally have a sex life and it’s just not what I expected. Maybe it’s because he’s been there done that but I haven’t. It really makes me regret waiting. I would have gotten it out of my system years ago and maybe this wouldn’t be a problem. I don’t know.
For me I want to have sex like 2-3 times, everyday. I don’t know if this is too much but at least in the beginning, this is what I want, maybe it will die down when it’s not so new to me.
For him it’s like he plans it out too much. Like we have to do it at the right time when it’s convenient. It can’t really be during the day because we got “stuff to do” and pretty much only at night but then there’s a high possibility that he gets tired and falls asleep. So it can’t really be during the day and then a night there’s a chance he will be too tired.
I don’t really like the convenient part because I want sex to be spontaneous and inconvenient. Like oh we have to leave in 30 minutes but we want each other right now and do it. Idk planning it seems more like a chore rather than us being in the moment and really desiring each other.
I also want to mention, it wasn’t like this a year ago when we were being intimate. He wanted me allllll the time eventhough we weren’t having sex at the time. He was always talking dirty or playing with me. He was telling me how much he wants me even in public. Part of me feels like was it part of the chase? Like now that we’ve done it, he’s over all that?
I have talked to him. He said he would try, but haven’t really seen a difference. What should I do?

I was just given 5mg buspirone for my anxiety. I was on effexor for 2 years (off it for 7 months now) and then zoloft a year before that. My blood pressure is normal, but the doctor recommended this for anxiety. I just took my first dose. 1. Does it need to build up in the body or is it like a wait 40 min thing?

1. Any side effects? I was told to be aware of dizziness. I have a somewhat weak GI some meds hurt my stomach.
   
2. Idk, experience, anything I should know?? Thanks
   

Have had a lot of symptoms the last couple months. Most I have been able to attribute to anxiety since I’ve been working on it. I’m on lexapro, metoprolol (beta blocker) and short term Xanax. Now my health anxiety has moved into my eyes, brain tumors, schizophrenia, retina detachment. I feel like I’m seeing floaters out, dry/burning eyes as well as light sensitivity. Just totally freaked out and I know I’m on 3 different meds so I’m trying to convince myself it’s just side effects being made worse by me hyperfocusing on it and freaking out.
This started 2 days ago at the doctors office and he talked to me about it and said don’t pay too much mind to it . Well I ended up having a bad panic attack and went to the ER 3 hours later. They looked at my eyes and tested my field of vision and it was good but told me to see my eye doctor soon. I had an appointment yesterday with them.
They took a photo of my retina as well as testing my eye pressure and doing a slit exam. No sings of glaucoma, no retina detachment, no issues that they could see aside from my astigmatism (myopia?). I’ve known about that for years though. Now that I am hyperfocusing on it I feel like my eyes are burning more and now I’m seeing double vision.
Just need some reassurance and some folks to talk too :/ I’m getting testing done with my primary doctor as well for other things then my anxiety treatment. I really feel like there might be something wrong with my brain :/

I was just given 5mg buspirone for my anxiety. I was on effexor for 2 years (off it for 7 months now) and then zoloft a year before that. My blood pressure is normal, but the doctor recommended this for anxiety. I just took my first dose. 1. Does it need to build up in the body or is it like a wait 40 min thing?

1. Any side effects? I was told to be aware of dizziness. I have a somewhat weak GI some meds hurt my stomach.
   
2. Idk, experience, anything I should know?? Thanks
   

Played the new season for maybe 12ish hours, but item rework is an improvement andwhere it should have been at launch. However, still has some glaring issues that need work. And some other things that would be great additions. Honestly feels like this last year was Blizzards way of beta testing the game prior to their new expansion.

• blue/white items have 0 value after WT2 and shouldn't ever drop. No reason. Instead, drop a pile of gold equivalent to what the average sell price is instead.
• Rare items are essentially useless past WT3. Would rather just see a large sum of gold and/or crystals drop instead. Just as if you were to salvage it
• everything is so damn expensive. Remember when game initially released, how everyone was up in arms because it cost so much to do just about anything? It's gone right back to it. Seems like the gring up to lvl 70 was so expensive because you swap gear so much. At level 79 and finding most of my end-game gear, the amount of gold dished out slowed and am finally seeing more than $2 million steady in account. Prob more noticeable now because less trash loot equals less income from selling. I always sell rares/blue/white, then salvage the legendaries, even in new season. Have plenty of crystals so salvaging rares isn't needed.
• is red the only color pallet you can choose from in helltide? EVERYTHING is a variant of red. When summoning the new boss, it can get extremely hard to see what's going on since it all blends in together.
• we need a "Quality of life" section in gameplay settings.
  • add/remove highlight from monsters and scenery.
  • option for map overlay
  • option for sharper contrast in skill effects, lingering effects, and overworld scenery.
  • option for auto pickup when walking over item. FOR ALL ITEMS, not just consumables. Then have a slider for pickup radius.
  • zoom distance slider. Have a further zoom distance and a slider to adjust distance.
  • loot filter. There may be less items, but still a lot of trash. I still go to town and sell 90% of the items I pickup.
• we should not have our ability to socket gear locked behind world bosses. If you are going to lock it behind world bosses, then have them spawn more frequently. Or have them align with helltide more often and award multiples. Some people rarely see a world boss because of real life events. Those individuals can no longer make use of crafted gems.
• can we add mechanics, health or something to make world bosses seems more impact full? Maybe start with 1 mechanic and have an additional mechanic each of the potion ticks. So after the third tick, theres 4 mechanics the boss has actively running. Or something similar, because as of now It's a loot piniata that takes less than 10 sec to kill. Would rather click a daily login button and claim the loot as a daily login bonus.
• I've been playing druid, so I don't know about other classes, but been having issues with casting skills and character orientation. Will cast pulverize to my left, but character will face the right. I've had an entire NM dungeon where my char faced right lol. Stuff casts where it should, just trippy when it happens. Running around a dungeon always oriented in one direction is highly entertaining.
• capstone bosses are a complete joke. 1 hit first boss at lvl 40 w/ pulverize druid and completed 2nd boss to go into WT4 at lvl 50 in less than 10 sec. WAAAY to easy lol.
• feel like this game in general is just easy. Devs said in the various streams that they want to keep it easy and not complicate things, but I wonder if they say that because they truly just want an easy experience or if Microsoft wants them to keep it easily playable to boost numbers and subscriptions through game pass?
• make glyph levels sync across all characters. This will make making alts WAY more fun!
• beam colors and effects. The greater affix indicator isn't enough to catch they eye of someone speedrunning, especially since some walls and environments are similar colors and may blend together. They didn't seem to interested in beam color changes during Streams, but what about effects? Keep the colors, but add a bright blue(or other color) shock pulse that surrounds the beam and let's you know that an item with greater affix dropped? I'm almost at the point, level 79, where I'm not picking up legendaried anymore. Have the gear with affixes, tempering that I need and are all 900+. So I'm just picking them up now to upgrade the codex. Anything thats is an upgrade, is minimal percentages at this point. Having something to let me know there's an upgraded item laying there would be huge. The lightning pulse surrounding beam and framing item in inventory would be much appreciated.
• I would like to see something to distinguish Ubers from Regular Unique items as well. Maybe Ubers should have the solid red beam and knarly effect, if it has greater affixes, to get you stoked about it dropping.
• Don't feel like glyphs get enough xp from NM dungeons. From lvl 63 to lvl 79 and 2 glyphs are at 15. I took all my powder off of bonus xp from kills and put it all on glyph xp, but doesnt seems like it's a noticeable increase. Would be nice to see a secondary way to earn glyph xp. Maybe ability to craft a potion that gives you an amount in glyph XP equal to number of cinders spent in helltide. Lasts like 30min or something. Only applicable to WT its crafted in and takes cinders just to make. For example, 200 cinders and X amount of herbs craft a potion that grants you 1 glyph xp for all future cinders spent in 30-60 minutes. With helltide buffed to a level where it doesn't feel like a chore to do anymore, why not have something else to make it even more rewarding.
• buff overworld events and side quests to keep them relevant. Helltide is fun, but need a break from it and NM dungeons periodically. If you buffed side quests and overworked events, would be a nice relief and change of pace.
• we should get a choice to keep the existing or take the new temper. Also xant stand spending 4 tempers and rolling the same stat all 4 times. Pretty depressing.

Game updates are overall good. Brought it back to where it should have been at launch. Will it keep me entertained the entire season? Not a chance. Im 2 days in and getting bored of the repetition. Helltides to WT4, then NM dungeon until glyphs at least lvl 15, then to the 100 stuff, if not there already. But ive also already made each character and leveled to 100 in previous seasons. So i guess the desire to make alts isnt there now, but may be for newer people playing. If you bought the game, then there's no reason why you shouldn't give it a run for a day or two, but I wouldn't buy the game just because of this patch.
Not a fan of making us pay 4 additional times just to fight the lords of hell though. What's a Diablo game without Diablo!!

I was just given 5mg buspirone for my anxiety. I was on effexor for 2 years (off it for 7 months now) and then zoloft a year before that. My blood pressure is normal, but the doctor recommended this for anxiety. I just took my first dose. 1. Does it need to build up in the body or is it like a wait 40 min thing?

1. Any side effects? I was told to be aware of dizziness. I have a somewhat weak GI some meds hurt my stomach.
   
2. Idk, experience, anything I should know?? Thanks
   

Hi all,
I'm looking at getting the APM Ultimate Hybrid, or a DIY variation thereon, and that's where my question comes in.
I'm 6ft 160 and my wife is 5'5 130, we're both combo back/side sleepers. I have back pain/issues, so I think the zoned coils will be great for that. I'm a little nervous though about the topper just being 3", as that seems a little thin. I'm concerned that while side sleeping it'll create too much shoulder pressure. So my thought was to do a DIY mod that puts 2" x 2 layers of latex (soft over medium?) on top of the coils rather than just 3" of either soft or medium.
Anyone have experience with this mattress, either as-sold with the 3" of latex, or using the 2x2" method above the coils? And/or recommendation for the firmness of the latex, given the info above?
Thanks!

You may recall my “the ending we all deserve post” (if you haven’t you should check it out)
But here’s my new DE: peak mangaka moment
Gonna keep this one short and sweet. I’m no fight choreographer so just imagine the fight between todo/yuji and sukuna is dope. And then Yuji delivers the final blow, effectively killing sukuna. He lays lifeless, and our kings smile as they’ve finally won.
Then sukuna’s lifeless body begins to twitch on the ground. He stands up, but when he speaks it’s not sukuna’s voice. It’s megumi, and he basically goes insane, and claims that his sister died for the merger, so he will make sure that she didn’t die for nothing and ensure the merger happens. We’re getting spicy
Now, it wouldn’t be a Gege story with an ass pull. So I’ve decided that to bring sukuna to his heian era form, megumi will literally pull the remainder of sukuna’s missing fingers out of his own ass.
He then jams a stake into the side of his head to off himself and give sukuna full control with far greater power once more. Before he died, he made a binding vow that he’d give his life, and so sukuna gets all of his power minus mahoraga (because i said so)
Now it’s time for Gojo to go full beast mental patient mode, and it’s the best fight we’ll ever see in manga history, making it so we will never succeed in chasing that high
Gojo wins, of course, as we all KNEW HE WOULD IN A FAIR FIGHT. Anyway the end

When I was first diagnosed with cancer (Stage 2 Grade 3 IDC +++) in February of this year, I immediately jumped into problem solver mode, as I have always done in the past. I am happy to say I am now half-way through chemo and handling it surprisingly well. Not to say it's a walk in the park, but it also has not been as awful as I truly thought it would be.
Unfortunately, everything else in my life has fallen apart.
In just the last few weeks:
-our car was stolen
-my fiance, who struggles with colitis, missed his meds because he was caring for me and ended up in the hospital because his appendicitis acted up. thankfully, he is now out of the hospital but his health has not fully recovered.
-my mother moved across the country with her husband to be closer to me and his children as we have determined they are not able to take care of themselves. But they are still 4 hours via train away from me. My mom has been recently diagnosed with a dementia-like condition called normal pressure hydrocephalus and her husband has parkinsons and dementia. They cannot care for themselves at all and my mom is rapidly deteriorating. She has always been a difficult person, but the dementia has made her even worse (paranoid, thinks we're all out to get her). She is also being scammed by a Nigerian she thinks is her boyfriend. There is no talking her out of this delusion. I am trying to manage her health care while out of state, and traveling to her on my "good" weeks.
-my Dad is being scammed by someone by the tune of tens of thousands of dollars and says he "can't remember anything." His girlfriend suspects he might be on drugs or is being blackmailed. He texted me 2 days ago asking for $850 which is extremely out of character for him. When I confronted him on why he broke down and admitted he felt bad for a woman whose car was re-posesed. I told him off and he was deeply hurt in a way I have never experienced. For further context, my Dad has handled my cancer diagnosis very poorly as I am basically his everything (we are extremely close) and his wife (my stepmom) died of cancer so he may be spiraling. My Dad also lives 3 hours from me in the opposite direction of my Mom.
-A brother of mine who lives on the other side of the country (where my Mom lived until 3 weeks ago) is a longtime drug addict and is homeless living in his car. He used to live off the "generosity" (taking advantage) of my mother, but now he's all alone and on the verge of losing his son. He texted me last night saying he wanted to kill himself.
Needless to say, I have developed an eye twitch.
Thankfully I do have another brother who has his shit together. He's trying his best to step in since he knows I can't. But he can only do so much as he's a father of three young kids. He's in the process of becoming the power of attorney of both our parents, just flew out to be with my Mom today, and says when he gets home, he's going to move my Dad in with him. He's honestly my saving fucking grace right now.
I am unable to do what I have always done, and throw myself at the problem. My "fix-everything" personality has been really struggling with this limitation and I feel powerless. I know I have to put the oxygen mask on my face first, but it certainly isn't easy. Everyone in my life keeps saying "when it rains, it pours" but this is more like a flood and I am drowning.
I don't even know why I'm posting this here. I just needed a place to put this all down because I can't believe this is my life.

28 MtF, 150 lbs. I take vitamin B and D supplements, zinc and copper, and use an albuterol inhaler as needed for asthma.
I used to take lamotrigine but decided to stop due to side-effects, which were mostly cognitive impairments (which have persisted even after I stopped, so I don't know if it was the cause after all).
In 2016 I was diagnosed by my old Neurologist with Functional Neurolgic Disorder, which I guess some doctors don't even agree is real, and the more I try to learn about it the less I know what to think about it. That will come back later.
In 2012 I got diagnosed with mono. I didn't really feel sick at first, but I suddenly lost a ton of weight and started getting episodes of severe lightheadedness, dizziness, and brain fog.
Over the next couple of years or so I had a ton of different tests done. MRI, CT, EEG, and more that I can't even remember. They couldn't find anything.
These episodes continued until 2016. I was hospitalized (for something unrelated), and they said during what I guess was routine bloodwork that my iron was low, so they gave me supplements and my symptoms improved. My blood pressure increased from being chronically low, and my symptoms became much less frequent and severe.
I thought that it was over with. I continued taking iron, and felt worse on the occasions that I missed a dose, so it seemed pretty much correlated.
That was until a few months ago, I started getting these episodes again. They have been increasing in severity and frequency rapidly. I'm also having increasing problems with my vision, which I thought was unrelated but now I don't know (I don't have a diagnosis but was told my issues are "probably neurological").
I was still taking iron, but a blood test I took about a month ago showed that I actually had way too much in my body so I was ordered to stop. But when I did, my symptoms got even worse than they were already getting. My PCP said he cannot explain why.
These symptoms sometimes get worse from standing or moving around a lot. They also seem to be alleviated somewhat by sodium. My PCP suggested that it was maybe POTS and referred me to a neurologist, who I just saw immediately before writing this post.
I had an awful experience. I couldn't even give a full history or description of my symptoms because she kept interrupting and changing the subject. She was quick to suggest a bunch of expensive tests though, even though they were ones I have already had done before. She did about maybe five minutes of routine reflex tests after cutting me off about 10 times and suggested it was "probably just related to your functional disorder" in a way that honestly sounded more sarcastic and dismissive than anything.
Like I said before, I did get diagnosed with FND in 2016, and my symptoms have gotten better and worse at different times. But the trajectory of my FND has been completely different from the trajectory of my other symptoms, but she didn't really seem to listen or care, or even get all the details. For the record, the symptoms I associate with my FND are problems with my gait, involuntary motions, and a stutter.
I've been dealing with these symptoms for so long and nobody can tell me what the issue is. Some people don't even think the FND is real, and I'm not a doctor so I don't even feel like I know for certain even when I do see physicians and researchers who support it.
My symptoms are becoming unmanageable. I had to call in from work earlier this week because I felt like I was going to pass out and could barely support the weight of my own body. I've fainted and fallen multiple times at home. I already get disability accommodations and don't even come close to working full time and I'm not able to handle it. I'm trying to go back to school but the brain fog I get is so severe that sometimes I can't even do basic math that I could've done as a little kid in my head (I used to be a chemistry major and have literally taken multiple semesters of calculus, I should be able to add and subtract two digit numbers in my head. Something is very wrong).
I'm scared that I'm going to be unemployed and that I'll never be able to go back to school. People treat me differently because of my brain fog. I can barely handle any physical activity some days. I feel like I have lost everything important to me and nobody can tell me half of what is wrong and sometimes I don't even know if what I'm going through is real even though it's destroyed my life. I literally don't know what to do anymore. I'm pretty much out of hope and have no idea what I'm going to do.
If anybody has ANY insight or advice, I would be really, really grateful... I am so tired and so scared... it feels like my life is just over.