Turbulent, that's a good word to use. Like a can that might have been shaken and might explode, but you wouldn't know until you open it 🙂
aaah handsome baby! Using the single communal braincell to get into trouble is a great honor in their culture, I've heard.
Unironically better than most real podcasts nowadays
I feel like those roadmaps unnecessarily overcomplicate things. Just get the job and wing it.
Do you have a proper Jig like this (Aliexpress link)? I find that just having that makes injecting much less of an inconvenience for me
I mostly use Firefox when I use a browser (App-using zoomer) but I actually might swap to something Chromium based at some point? My only reason for it is the resentment I'm building up for Firefox while writing Playwright tests at work. It takes like twice as long as chrome and keeps flaking due to random timeouts ughh
Are launchers reasonably fast nowadays? I think the last time I put one on my phone was around 2014 and I removed it very quickly because the slight lags and delays at every corner really annoyed me. I've never used iOS, but I guess I could get used to it if it means not having excessive lag when using it haha
That's interesting, thank you for the input! The mention of bank apps is really helpful, I didn't realize before that not having my bank app would be a complete deal breaker for me.
Interesting, that's good to know! Is iodéOS significantly better than eOS or just a marginal improvement? Getting it pre-installed seems to be about 100€ more expensive, I'm not sure if that's worth it for me (and I'm unwilling to flash an OS myself)
Opinions on /e/OS
Hey people! I was wondering if anyone here has heard of/ used Morena's /e/OS and would be willing to share some opinions?
I was looking to get a FairPhone 5 sometime soon anyways and randomly came across the option to get it "without Google"
Which took me a bit off guard because I never really considered that something like that could be an option (without the hassle of rooting a phone and slapping a custom OS on it). So - is it any good? It says that you can still install most regular Android Apps. I don't think I would miss any specific Google features, and getting a fresh start with a phone does sound nice.
The raw milk Americans are drinking is a commercial product??? As in like, you buy it at a store?? That is absolutely insane, no way that anything unpasteurized would keep well enough to go through that supply chain.
To get raw milk here in Germany, you literally walk to a local farm and get some from the tanks they fill up and ship out daily for commercial use. It's never more than a day old, and you're supposed to use it all up within a day or so.
The crazy thing is, women's bathrooms are all stalls. It's not like the Terf lady would see anything unless she really tried
All my homies solved blue first
Connections
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Did it suddenly get a lot colder and drier in the room? My windowsill Pothos is struggling in the same way, while the Terrarium Pothos that has consistent temp & humidity is doing great.
huh, that does look kinda clean though
I don't think I argued with a single Tankie in my entire time here, and literally was on hexbear because they had the biggest fitness community at the time.
Seems like a you problem lol
An meiner Schule in Sauerland damals waren 1-2 Verkehrstote pro Jahrgangsstufe (also 5te-12te Klasse von je ±120 Leuten) die Norm. Meistens wegen betrunkenem Fahren auf Landstraßen. In meiner Jahrgangsstufe wars sogar ein Zugunfall, weil der Klassenkamerad betrunken an der Kante zu Zuggleisen eingeschlafen ist.
To what extent should therapy hurt?
Heyo! Stupid question, but I've been double-guessing myself on this and would love some external input on things.
I've been in group therapy since October (so like, 5 or 6 sessions so far). It's an open mixed group, so people of any type of mental illness are free to come and go. The general aim of the group is Behavioral Therapy and it's led by two psychologists. Sessions consist of a short powerpoint presentation followed by worksheets to be filled out in groups of 3-4 people. Generally I think the topics of the sessions, like time management, emotional regulation, stress management etc. are chosen well and do cover a broad spectrum of knowledge.
But, my issue is that I just get completely emotionally flooded and on edge whenever I go there. Which is normal for me, I start crying every time I get put on the spot about my feelings anyways (I've cried every single time I have ever had to talk to a doctor about anything regarding my mental health). But I kinda assumed it might get better? Like I can choke down the crying for the session at least (if I don't get asked about anything bad), but I always cry on the way back home and it's starting to be pretty distressing. Like I consistently lose the latter half of the day to headaches and recovering, and the amount of times I wake up due to nightmares definitely has gone up significantly since starting therapy.
Another thing is that a new person joined the group, and she has a particularly dramatic inflexion in her voice that sounds exactly like my mother whenever she's fishing for sympathy and being the victim. It's really not this person's fault that they talk like that (she's probably a perfectly fine person!) but I do struggle to not flinch whenever she speaks. Recently we also got put into the same group and I completely zoned out and went unresponsive when she tried talking to me 😅 I didn't mean to offend her really, and I'm not sure why I would react like that, but it just kind of happened..
I'm really trying to work on this kind of emotional reactivity, but the part I'm missing is that within therapy, they've explained the model of [situation -> thought -> action], so being aware of situations that bring you into a specific thought pattern and then re-examining that thought pattern can help shape different actions. I'm neither sure which situations upset me like this nor am I sure what sort of thought would contribute to it, as I don't really have any thoughts when I choke up like that. It just seems like a random bodily reaction that floods me with bad feelings (and I can't even elaborate beyond "bad", even if I know all the emotions I can't really name specifics that I experience).
I know it's dumb, but like, maybe there's a type of therapy that could work better than behavioral therapy? Or do I just need to stick it out and continue going? My insurance has approved weekly sessions until April. There's also the issue that I did get an Adhd diagnosis recently and am currently calling around to find a doctor who is willing to prescribe meds (it's complicated here in Germany). So my struggles might just be an adhd thing?
How have your experiences with therapy been? Are you supposed to feel better after every session? Is it supposed to be bad at first but get better with time?
WIP of a larger character redesign I'm doing rn
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/21680128
> I forgor that creating a community means that i should post in it, have a WIP
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> This is already going to be the third larger iteration on this character, I've been carrying it around for at least a decade now haha
WIP of a larger character redesign I'm doing rn
I forgor that creating a community means that i should post in it, have a WIP
This is already going to be the third larger iteration on this character, I've been carrying it around for at least a decade now haha
👋 Welcome to c/characterdesign
Heyo, I was missing a community dedicated to character design and OCs, so I made one 😎
The banner and logo are still to be decided, and I'm still working on the rules and stuff!
Diagnose steht - nächstes Level: Psychiater finden (Raum Aachen)
War jetzt am Samstag beim Dr. Klinga, und wie erwartet steht die ADS-Diagnose.
Heute hab ich mich mal direkt auf die Suche nach einem Psychiater gemacht der Medikamente verschreiben kann. Im folgenden mal eine Liste der Stellen an denen ichs schon probiert habe und die ich schon auf dem Schirm hab, könnte ne ganz praktische Info für andere Leute im Raum Aachen sein;
❌ PIA am Alexianer -> Wurde mir explizit vom Klinga empfohlen, telefonisch nicht erreichbar, persönlich war auch niemand anwesend als ich hingegangen bin, aber zumindest wurde auf meine E-Mail Anfrage geantwortet. Am PIA behandeln die kein ADHS sondern stellen nur Diagnosen.
❌ Gemeinschaftspraxis am Kapuzinerkarree -> Telefonisch nicht erreichbar, also ging ich hin. Das letzte Mal das ich da war war vor fast 3 Jahren. Der Arzt bei dem ich früher war arbeitet da nicht mehr, also bin ich kein Patient mehr. Und für Neupatienten gibt es keine Termine, weil die Praxis bald umzieht.
❌ Praxis Dr. Saltik (Alsdorf) -> Haben schnell auf meine Email geantwortet: Kompletter Aufnahmestopp für Neupatienten
❔❌ Dr. Vohn (Würselen) -> Noch keine Antwort auf meine Email. Hab den Namen auf Reddit gefunden, und erst nach dem schreiben der Email weitergelesen - anscheinend verschreibt er nicht gern Medis sondern setzt auf Neurofeedback als Therapie. Wird also wahrscheinlich nichts.
❌ Praxis Wiebusch/ Ludwig-Meier (Laurensberg) -> Keine Kapazitäten frei, wenn man im Januar nochmal anruft könnte man vielleicht einen Termin für Februar bekommen
❌ Praxis Theilig/Diederichs -> Keine Kapazitäten frei, frag nächstes Jahr erneut
❌ Anpra -> Sind Psychotherapeuten, nicht Psychiater
❔❌ Frau Dr. med. Beraat Mersuh-Böcker -> Beste Warteschleifenmusik die ich je gehört habe, aber niemand geht dran.
❌ Dipl.-Psych. Christoph Orthner -> "Nein, wir sind sowieso voll. Und dieses Ritalin darf auch nicht jeder verschreiben, da müssen Sie sich drüber informieren"
✅ Praxis Hanoldt/ Balzer (Stolberg) -> Termin Anfang Februar bekommen!!
❌ Praxis Volker Welge/ Dr. Hui Yan (Stolberg) -> keine Kapazitäten
❔ Hans Moll (Stolberg) -> wird morgen angerufen, könnte aber sein dass er schon seit 2 Jahren verstorben ist
❔Hans-Walter Drücke (Stolberg) -> wird morgen angerufen
❌ NPP-Wuerselen -> Absage wegen fehlender Kapazitäten, aber recht hilfreich Antwort-Mail die erklärt wie man über die 116117 und über den Hausarzt Dringlichkeitstermine bekommen kann
❔ Praxis Hegemann (Herzogenrath) -> warte auf email antwort
Ich update die Liste wenn ich mehr Praxen angeklingelt hab. Eine Addressliste hab ich bei Adxs.org auch schon angefordert, die ist aber noch auf dem Weg
Draw a Tourniquet from memory
If you don't know what that word means, draw what you think it might look like :D
when you
I should be long asleep but an artist I've been following for a while released some new songs and i had to doodle while listening to all of them 💓
How much money would someone have to pay you to sleep in a scratchy wool sweater for the rest of your life?
You can take the sweater off when you're not sleeping, but it has to be on at night no matter the temperature.
I think I would demand like 200k, just for the discomfort from the scratchiness. I already sleep with a winter blanket all year round so I wouldn't mind how warm it would get.
Got called out big time today
I'm getting tested in a bit over two weeks and today was the pre-exam via video call.
The assistant dude that did the interview asked how fiddly/hyperactive I see myself as, and I was like "eh, a bit but not that far above average" Apparently I had been rotating back and forth in my desk chair for the entirety of the preceding 10 mins, which he did point out :|
Apparently it's also not called "Girl math", but "Impulsive over-spending". SMH my head
On an upside though, he also owns reptiles and was happy to indulge an unreasonable amount of questions about his chameleon!!
Chunky crochet scarf that I made for my husband
He is really into Lego Rock Raiders so I wanted to make something that kinda references it, but is still subtle enough to wear to work :D
This was my first time steam blocking Acrylic Yarn, it makes such a difference!!! The finished scarf got super soft and flowy, none of that creaky stiff crochet feeling left haha
Someone's obsessed with the plant shelf
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/20242450
> It's been getting colder around here, so I'm not super comfortable with letting Revy roam around on the cold floor anymore. Instead, I let her hang out on my plant shelf yesterday while spot-cleaning. Because of the grow-lights, the floors of the shelves get up to 40°C in the center - which is very much on the upper end of acceptable basking surface temps, but I'm okay with allowing it for 10-20mins. > > And man does she seem into it! She curled up in a cozy spot after exploring the shelf, and when I put her on her perch to go back into her enclosure, she instead scooted right back to the plant shelf instead. I had to actually put her back straight into her enclosure after that, which I don't enjoy doing because it does take away agency, but I had places to be and couldn't leave her on the shelf unsupervised 🥲 > > > > In the evening, she was very adamant about being let out, and when I did she crawled right back to the plant shelf and from there to the floor. I kept putting her on her "go back home" perch and she kept insisting on going to the shelf instead, so again I had to put her back straight into the enclosure when I needed to head to sleep.. Revy spent the rest of the night sulking in front of the door lol > > ! > > ! > > !
