I went through a period of time in grad school where this feeling was so strong that it was absolutely affecting my ability to sleep. My bed was in the middle of the room. The headboard was facing the wall. One side of the bed had a view of a window and the other side a view of the door. The bed didn’t really fit in a different orientation because the room was an incredibly strange shape.

No matter what, I could not figure out which side to face to stop the very strong sensation of something being there. I kept having to open my eyes to “check” that nothing was there. I would toss and turn and struggle to make the feeling of being watched go away. I would sometimes swear I heard something breathing. Sometimes I would sleep on the floor…dunno why that felt like it would sometimes do something. Maybe I was able to orient my back to a wall or something idk.

Glad that finally went away. I think I was under extreme stress or something. I also had relatively frequent bouts of sleep paralysis. But I cannot tell you how terrifyingly strong that feeling of demons coming to get me was, even though my rational mind knew there was nothing there.

I had a fear of the dark as a child though, even as an older child. Some nights I would go sleep on my younger brother’s floor because I would get scared. So I had always had some issues with this. But this was dialed up to like 11. One time I couldn’t sleep for multiple days during this grad school period.

Been fine since tho lol.

But it’s not though? Early generations, sure. But we’re at the point now where dropping a folded phone really does not have much of a difference in chance of breaking in than dropping a regular candybar phone.

You’re right in that technically it causes wear. In that regard, I suppose the fold mechanism would fail eventually. So it’s not going to be your daily driver for the next 10 years. But no phone is. Modern folding phones absolutely do well for the normal life of a phone (4-5 years maybe??).

Ime, battery has been the first thing to shit the bed of any given phone (folding or not). Yes, you can get them replaced, but that’s become either a complicated and/or expensive process nowadays. Your battery is going to become unusable before your screen breaks simply from wear alone.

Women’s pants generally aren’t deep enough. So the length of the phone absolutely makes a difference over the thickness in terms of that.

Source: My pants. It had been a frustrating saga over the ever increasing size of smartphones when women’s pants pockets weren’t expanding to match. Stumbled into the Z Flip line and was hooked. It finally did solve the problem for many of us

Women’s pants are practically non-existent. I was elated to finally find a phone that can fit in my damn pants. Been on the Z Flip line ever since and I’d be heartbroken to see it go.

Plus whipping it open and closed to answer and disconnect calls is fun AF.

It still does in my area. Not every grocery store, but the big grocery chain around here definitely does. Sometimes they even offer to take my groceries to the car for me which has surprised me.

My grandma is cool.

…Cool because she’s 6 feet under and the ground temperature is lower there. 😔

I read a fair amount of your comments, but did not see details about you moving away and the guardianship ending.

You keep responding messages like this to people. Put all of the relevant information in the OP. Excluding massive key details and expecting everyone to stalk your profile until they know every detail about you is not reasonable for conversation.

What is the difference, dude? If you are raising kids, just because they biologically didn’t come from your sperm doesn’t mean they aren’t effectively your children now. Or are you one of those step dads who doesn’t consider their children to be their real kids???

It sounds like you already are a father…

Aw that is incredibly lovely

Lmao I didn’t think of that. To be fair this is the longest I have gone without getting a new tattoo since starting to get some in October lol

What’s the story behind your ex gifting you a goodbye tattoo?

Hell yeah! Sounds epic AF

I got a musical rest symbol on my wrist to try to remind me to stop and take a breath too! Problem is I never really ended up mentally practicing with it lol. I like the idea tho.

Yes. Amazing.

Do you know the concept of kintsugi? It’s a Japanese concept where when a dish breaks, you don’t glue it back together with super glue. You glue it back together with gold. The dish is reformed, but its flaws are also on display as a thing of beauty.

Anyway, I know that gold is not necessarily something that would be conveyed well or stay that way in a tattoo.

But I am wanting a kintsugi pot with a bonsai tree growing out of it. The only color will be in the cracks or the pot. The rest I want in black and gray. I’m wanting it on my thigh.

Problem is I have been putting off getting more tattoos for the summer because you can’t swim for like 3 weeks ish after getting one. But I’m a very impatient person!!

Thank you for a sane take. So many people online seem to not understand the reality of things like drug addiction, alcoholism, homelessness, etc. None of these are quick fixes and all of these spiral into one another.

I like that you’re asking this question, but you really need to be a lot more specific.

Like negative self talk vs obsessively ruminating about something vs world pessimism vs constant anger at others vs. etc. are gonna have to be tackled in different ways. One of the reasons why therapists want you to name your feelings is because you’re going to have to do different sorts of things to help with different sorts of feelings and emotions.

Do you mind expanding a bit, OP?

If you are gaming with your friends online, does that really make you alone tho?

All I see online anymore seems to be bitter takes. Yours is a refreshing view and I’m finding myself wishing I could find a lot more of it.

Glad to hear your slower taper is helping out! Oh man…on one of my worst days of zaps and dizziness I decided to go for a walk jamming to music then play with my cat. HUGE MISTAKE lmao. Trying to dance around would have definitely put me further on my ass than that already made me, but I’m glad it helps you lol!!