I struggled with night terrors from PTSD for a long time. Developed a binge drinking habit to try and cope, because I didn't want to sleep anymore and had to knock myself out.
Eventually I was able to get help. Two years with the right therapist (many more trying to find her) and I actually only get night terrors once a month or so now. That might sound like a lot, but weeks of refreshing sleep between episodes makes life so much easier to live. Things have taken a slight dive since the start of the year, but I know once politics and security are stable again I'll be okay. Being able to rephrase my brain from "torturing" me to "coping any way it can" has helped, but I think the journey to dealing with nightmares is different for everyone
As someone who moved from a deep blue state to a similar deep red state: it starts as a way to stand out as "one of the good ones". People pick up quickly that you aren't from around, and once they learn that you're from a "commie state" you're cooked. But also, some people move with an idealized view of conservative areas, and if they're still having problems it's only because conservatives haven't conserved enough.
I'm lucky I moved for school and could settle in with similar minded folks, otherwise I would have needed to move much sooner lol
For some reason Lady and the Tramp reminded my mother of The King and I. So I had to watch both in the same week for the first time, and it was a very weird experience lol
Edit: I just looked them up and they were made four years apart! I assumed the Disney movie was made in the 80s because I saw it in the 90s lol
Oh, definitely. It would probably be irresponsible to not monitor his media unofficially. It's the way he is acting like this is an official method of open communication to mediate between governments that's ridiculous to me. Maybe I've forgotten how things were before Twitter shut his account down, but I'm still amazed he doesn't have people who can get him to understand how bad this is
What other world leaders will even see his posts directly? I mean, I can't imagine any other country taking his Truth Social seriously enough to join it in an official capacity
It does feel like there's a new wave of change, I have no idea if it's due to new reddit refugees or general discontent. But yes, there does seem to be a lot more down voting, more quarrelsome comments, less cohesion within some communities.
There's also been a few posts sprinkled across instances discussing some accounts that do nothing but down vote. No comments, no posts, just down votes
To be fair, I am also a millennial, but most of my friends were surprised when I told them about that correction I received from the younger generation. I guess that says more about my friends than millennials overall lol
I've heard from Gen Z that ending a text response with a period is passive aggressive. So "cool" may have seemed glib on its own, but the punctuation might be giving an additional, if unintentional, tone
This is anecdotal, but 22 years ago I attended an event where the US Air Force proudly played a video of a Predator drone strike. I was a teenager who avidly gamed, and felt horror at what I was forced to witness because I knew these were real people who were dying agonizing deaths
To this day I still feel the same emotions when I think of it, and I can't listen to Drowning Pool's "Bodies" because that's the song they played to accompany the footage
I'm glad this was the ruling. But will it stand up to appeal? In the 80s federal funding for highways was withheld unless the state complied with the new minimum age for drinking alcohol.
That's why he's trying to criminalize any ideology besides whatever his is. RFK Jr also talked about "work camps" for people with mental health issues.
I struggled with night terrors from PTSD for a long time. Developed a binge drinking habit to try and cope, because I didn't want to sleep anymore and had to knock myself out.
Eventually I was able to get help. Two years with the right therapist (many more trying to find her) and I actually only get night terrors once a month or so now. That might sound like a lot, but weeks of refreshing sleep between episodes makes life so much easier to live. Things have taken a slight dive since the start of the year, but I know once politics and security are stable again I'll be okay. Being able to rephrase my brain from "torturing" me to "coping any way it can" has helped, but I think the journey to dealing with nightmares is different for everyone