I seem to do better with higher protein intake. I also try to eat a gummy multivitamin each day to help with any deficiencies that may come from a less than well balanced diet.

Eating the same food all the time is just one example of repetitive and restrictive behaviors. You don’t have to have that exact behavior, that trait could be manifesting in different ways. I’ll try new foods and I don’t like eating the same food day after day, but I do have a sort of weekly pattern. I like pizza on Fridays, etc. But overall my repetitive patterns manifest outside of eating, an example is that I listen to Seinfeld episodes as background noise on a daily basis. It’s also okay for those patterns to change over your lifetime.

My husband and I didn’t have financial stability in office jobs until we moved into middle management. It’s a very different type of job, even if you’re doing the same sort of work. I don’t have a degree, but I have several innate traits that make me excel at it. My husband doesn’t have those innate skills, but he followed an educational path that gave him the credentials he needed to receive those opportunities (bachelor’s degree, then a project management certification).

I don’t think you’ve got a good grasp on what narcissism is. There’s the official diagnosis and the layperson definition and both require externalization. You can’t just think you’re better, you’d feel in your soul that you were better and would use and abuse those around you. Thinking people are worthless is another indicator that you aren’t. If you were one, you’d see the value in those idiots because of how easy they are to exploit.

Yep, that’s a flower.

I have the QC 35 and QC 45. I prefer the 35 though they are likely harder to find. The 45s have different software and the headphones remind me to pair intermittently when I am not connected to a device, which is annoying because I usually don’t listen to anything, I just want the noise cancelling. The 45s also allow more of certain sounds in, like wind and other things that, in my opinion, should have been canceled out.

Sorry you’re feeling that. It is so frustrating to feel like the people who you need to help you aren’t listening.

For the last 7 years I’ve been going to doctors to figure out a handful of random symptoms; fatigue, headaches, dizziness, nausea, irritability. The symptoms would come and go but were very disruptive when I had them. In 7 years, I’ve spent thousands of dollars. I’ve seen doctors, naturopaths, therapists, psychiatrists, endocrinologists. No one has ever given me any insight into what is going on. I’ve gotten very good at explaining my symptoms concisely but that didn’t change the care I received. I’ve been extra irritable lately and I finally decided to get a full physiological evaluation and while I was awaiting my results I realized I have autism and ADHD and that I’ve been dealing with meltdowns and burnout. No wonder no one could diagnose me, burnout is not really a recognized medical condition. I feel like I lost a huge chunk of my life and that I only figured out how to improve my health because there are so many people telling their stories on social media.

Sorry to highjack your post, but I just had this huge breakthrough and I want to shout it from the rooftops but also don’t want to tell anyone I know IRL. 😬

Yes, I did a full assessment (not just autism) and I kind of gave up by the end. I panicked a bit but I’ve also had really bad brain fog lately. The room I was in had very bright lights, the HVAC was buzzing and humming and I was in a chair without a headrest…it felt like literal torture. I had to skip an entire visual processing section and passed on several of the intellectual questions because my brain simply could not work.

Be careful, I logged out for too long and forgot my password and they wanted a copy of my driver’s license before letting me have access to my account.

Difficult to execute advice doesn’t make it terrible.

Yeah, I wasn’t trying to give you a hard time, just sharing how drastically different housing markets can be. I could sell my house in California and buy a 400k house outright from the equity that has accumulated. Alot of middle class Californian are doing just that, selling their houses and buying in the south or midwest with cash. It’s part of what is inflating your housing costs because your market is more affordable than mine. For comparison, the median houshold income in my city is 89k but the median house list price is 1 million, making your market more affordable and attractive for those that need some relief from inflation.

Those numbers mean nothing without knowing the local wages. In my neighborhood the lowest priced 800 sqft homes are 950k and one bedroom rent is $2400. So your area sounds like a killer deal.

So many but Lamictal is my current favorite.

This is a discrimination case, which currently only applies to protected classes, such as race, religion, age, etc. But age discrimination can begin at 40 years old, so it’s a class that everyone eventually gets to be a part of…if they are lucky enough to live that long.

We bought in 2016 with 50k down at 3.5% and our payments were $2,800. We refinanced and now our payments are $2,400. Zillow says if we bought our same house today, at today’s rate with the same amount down the payments would be $7,700, an utterly unfathomable amount.

I think they are pointing their fingers at “Biden” on the flag.

So bad it’s good.

I really feel this lately. The news is shit. My anxiety has been high so I go straight to the NYT games app instead of scrolling through the front page.

Because this stupid shit is spreading like wildfire. My mom won’t stop sending me videos like this.

It’s been Core Keeper for me.