How do you deal with people of your own race calling you a "fake *insert your race?" I got called it and it was very hurtful and alienating. I wanted to know more about holidays I already celebrated, and about other holidays I might not already know of and wanted to start celebrating. It made me feel shame even though having been taught a shallower version of cultural heritage is not a thing to be ashamed about.
Once someone corrected a person calling me a fake *insert my race, and said "No, not fake. American-born *insert my race."
I have some gender dysphoria, but I don't think hormonal treatments would help me. Perhaps I could dress more masculine more often. That could change how much I recognize myself and be more honest to myself about how I feel.
You don't have to answer this if you don't want to: Is the estrogen for being transgender? Or is it for something else? I've had multiple estrogen products in my life before and it wasn't for being trans. If yours sounds fitting, maybe I could ask my doctor about what you use. I'm tired of eating based on counting grams of protein vs eating based on how I feel and what I see. I don't really know how to eat satisfyingly otherwise.
The GLP products are something I don't relate to, but it sounds like some people are doing amazing from it.
So not only might I experience my heart racing without realizing I’m anxious, I might experience discomfort in my stomach without realizing I’m hungry or sick (I used to have a hard time telling the difference).
I might not have autism, but I do notice that I experience this at least a few times a day. We may have different sources of similar symptoms, but could I still ask, what helped you become more concious of the connection between physical sensation and concious assessments of your state? I had to deal with some neglect growing up so I had to ignore symptoms like pain and hunger. And of course if you ignore either, you'll increase amounts of injuries and be far more anxious and ravenous when you do finally eat.
I think ignoring these things counts as ignoring data on your own personhood. The human spirit experiences so much and I'm somewhat out of tune with lots of data from just those two things alone. Pain and hunger.
I'm not sure if I'm relieved for you because I don't know if that's better or worse. You may have a whole other set of problems, but I'm happy you don't need regular blood transfusions like that girl did. She was dizzy and tired from losing a lot of blood and still had to work. Now the words "uterine fibroids" scare me and make me fear for whoever has them. I dearly hope you're in a more ideal situation than what she was in.
Back when I had my issue, I'd be in pain from fullness and still eat.
I'm not familiar with that as a symptom of autism. Does it have anything to do with the common symptom of black and white thinking? I heard someone with autism explain how they heard a dietician say "If you don't want to eat the food in your diet, you're not actually hungry." So if they didnt want to eat within their meal plan, they'd eat nothing no matter how hungry they were.
I wouldn't be surprised if I've never met anyone who's fat just because laziness. I don't see laziness as it's own root cause. There are many causes behind people not moving around much.
I hope it's not too tough on you to maintain your food intake now. I'm actually fatter than ever due to newer meds, but I can be satisfied and stop eating. The fact that my body can have a cutoff point of food is so important. All I have to do is eat as much protein as I must to not be hungry, which, again, has an actual endpoint/quota. BTW, I find protein minimizes how much food I must eat to be satisfied. (Useful info if you find how much you eat to be kind of a slog to get through.)
Edit: Idk if you relate- I'm far happier with my body than I ever was when I was skinny. After everything, I look back at my older skinny self's goals of staying skinny, and I feel sad for my past self. I was always panicking about becoming a pound fatter. Now I'm fat and accepting my body more than ever. It might be nice if I was skinny again and not needing to buy and eat so many groceries, but being fat and satisfied is kind of ideal for me now. I'm mostly pleased about it.
I recently had to ask a gynecologist to wash their hands, AND put gloves and a mask on. I couldn't believe they didn't do that automatically.
Should I complain to the hospital? Would there be a point even if the person talking to me cares because in the end the doctor is the one who makes the choice to ignore things? There's so many treatment resistant strains infecting hospital surfaces due to the staffing crisis in healthcare. Maybe I'm too nervous, but I feel I'm at enough risk of sickness just by walking in to be treated.
I think he just got up and decided not to be a prick to his patients, which is rare.
Half of my doctor visits are ones where I'm treated completely kindly. It's not that rare for me. (Hmm, this makes me think there's people in similar conditions as me who are treated much better by their doctors.) If your primary doctor treats you poorly, maybe you could try switching to a new one. Y'know, since they're the ones who can take up a lot of your doctor visits.
Congrats on not having a worse diagnosis. Compared to some other things I love that you're much more okay! I really hope you can get rid of at least one or more chronic issues, and can make them all at least a little better.
In the meanwhile, please give yourself grace and decent rest. I have stress issues too and 10 seconds more of self-compassion each day is progress. I try to remember: Doing my best looks different each day.
Religion frustrates me because I mostly don't care about it, but I live in a mainly Christian country so I'm forced to run into things about Christianity.
I do think The Good Place is an amazing show, and was hoping Jewish people believe in some version of it. I could kinda support that.
Wait, I just read a little. Do Jewish people have a spiritual purgatory before being completely spiritually cleansed and free to go? I'm not looking to be religious, but if I had to choose, I definitely prefer that over Christian hell.
Edit: I don't actually know what i just read. I got so many Reddit sources popping up on my search results and I'm demotivated to find real research.
I think this girl I used to talk to had uterine fibroids. I'm NOT a doctor and I can't say what you need, but if you ever start having endless periods I think they took Lupron to shrink the fribroids so there'd be less bleeding during surgery. I think she was able to keep her uterus. Idk if they all eventually cause bleeding, but if so, you're very lucky to have found them before the any bleeding.
Talk to your doctor about if this sounds right: Might as well start shrinking them now if it helps future surgery results.
Again, not a doctor, so I may be misleading you a bit. Just giving you ideas of things to ask questions about.
dubai chocolate or labubu shit
Sometimes it's media with problematic premises...
I feel those with enough money to buy these things just want to enjoy their privilege without thinking about any negatives about it. I rarely have money for things like these, but when rich people share something of those sorts with me I also try not to think about the negatives of those luxuries. It's all about taking a bath in temporary comfort.
But these comforts are running out quick for the majority of people who are on the edge of not affording these things, and we certainly need to study why not all the masses, internationally, can afford them. I can feel the stress of having slipped into that level of money stress.
I usually willingly avoid being confronted by exploitive manufacturing processes because, to me, it's as hard to see as homeless people passed out on bare sidewalk with no blankets. I feel helpless looking at them, and i think, "What's the point of examining this further if I can't help? Just look away."
I'm also disabled and often don't have the spoons to do something even when I feel passionately about a situation. I have to sit on my ass and do nothing just to survive most of the time. Yet I still would like to hear my take on treats critiqued. I'm poor, so leftist critique about treats, even if they're mine, feels like someone cares about me.
How do you deal with people of your own race calling you a "fake *insert your race?" I got called it and it was very hurtful and alienating. I wanted to know more about holidays I already celebrated, and about other holidays I might not already know of and wanted to start celebrating. It made me feel shame even though having been taught a shallower version of cultural heritage is not a thing to be ashamed about.
Once someone corrected a person calling me a fake *insert my race, and said "No, not fake. American-born *insert my race."