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dingus

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  • Birb

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  • Well. So I took a lot of dance classes growing up. It was a very important part of my life. I wanted a tattoo for that, but I didn't want something obvious like a ballerina. Thought of a black swan. This doesn't really read like a black swan as much as I'd like (I think the legs are proportionally too large or something) and it's not exactly dark enough, but I thought the stencil looked sick so I went with it anyway. I think she did a great job! The only thing I might want to change about it in the future would maybe be getting it darkened. But yeah I know there is a balance between darkness and readability of details.

    I'm planning on getting a tree on my thigh soon (unrelated) and have been trying to figure out who and where to choose booking it. So far my tattoos are all from different people, but I really liked the vibe of the shop and artist for this particular one. I think I might ask her to do my tree also.

  • Innovation

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  • I do think it looks pretty cool...but what about washing your hands? That's the main issue with it I'd think.

  • Not a care in the world

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  • So how do people react when you walk into the vet office and tell them you have an appointment for Balzac lol

  • How do I drink more water?

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  • OP, are you sure you are actually dehydrated? Are you getting kidney stones?

    Most people don't need to actively concentrate on drinking liquids. Your body will tell you when you're thirsty. It's a weird internet fad where people try to drink like a gallon of water a day. It's not necessary. Your body tells you when it's hungry and it tells you when you need to drink liquids. You're not going to die from failure of the body signaling you to eat or drink.

    Now, if you've had kidney stones, your doctor may tell you that you need to be drinking more water.

    Beyond that, excessive water drinking is just the latest fad right now. It's not necessary.

  • Medieval cat

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  • I had to Google this to make sure you weren't fucking with us.

    Holy shit!! I cannot believe this is a real animal!! Why he look like that???

  • NSFW

    What makes a vagina better than the penis?

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  • Thank you. That's very kind of you, but I think if I wasn't going to figure out anything at this point in my life that it's just not going to happen. To describe things to people, I describe any sort of sensation that I feel in my crotch region as no different than if you were to touch your own elbow. You can touch or rub or lick or suck your elbow any which way you want, but it's not going to feel at all pleasurable (I'm sure there are some people but that's not really the point of my analogy).

    It won't necessarily feel uncomfortable, just won't have any pleasure associated with it. If it's so complicated that I can't even figure out where to begin with finding even mild pleasure, then I don't think there's hope. It's likely broken. Idk. I'm 32 btw.

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    What makes a vagina better than the penis?

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  • As someone with a clitoris, sadly a (likely rather small) population of us still will never know. Mine seems to have come out nonfunctional from the factory. Sometimes I wish I could feel sexual pleasure like how a majority of the planet seems to.

  • Scientists confirm precursor to commonest form of oesophageal cancer – offering opportunities to catch the disease early

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  • Huh? Hasn't this been known for years and years already? This isn't groundbreaking. I was taught this in school many years ago.

  • Me_irl

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  • Ok I'm stupid here but I have a hard time with psych meds because I literally do not ever notice effects beyond the initial tiredness of most meds. I think because they are so slow-acting that I can't tell if something may be doing anything.

    And then since you don't stop them abruptly either, I can't tell if they had any positive effect on me. I've had negative withdrawal effects like "brain zaps", but beyond "withdrawals" I'm at a loss.

    My providers always have a hard time with me because I can never tell them if I feel like something helps me or not. I always just lean towards the latter because if it's so minor that I don't notice then it seems like it's not really beneficial? Idk.

    Any guidance or advice?

  • I hate how every online comment on Lemmy is basically just like "the government is about to kill you anyways, please go be a martyr and do political violence"... 🧐

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  • Right??? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here that no one else is noticing the problem with that comment.

  • I hate how every online comment on Lemmy is basically just like "the government is about to kill you anyways, please go be a martyr and do political violence"... 🧐

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  • I'm not advocating on tolerating the intolerant. I'm simply not pro-eugenics...

  • I hate how every online comment on Lemmy is basically just like "the government is about to kill you anyways, please go be a martyr and do political violence"... 🧐

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  • It's just odd to me that you are advocating for genetic control over others who want to use genetic control over others...

  • How do you stay sane when you have to work all the time?

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  • CBT always felt invalidating to me. I felt DBT was a lot more palatable and non-judgmental/non-invalidating. I'm not sure if it works for rumination specifically though.

  • What's the most ridiculous thing you've been anxious about?

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  • I have always been a very socially anxious person. I can look incredibly confident in settings when I get comfortable. But then random things trip me up. I'll be having a conversation with my friend/coworker and then just randomly clam up at a random question like "what did you have for breakfast?" I'll like stammer and instinctively avoid the question because it catches me off guard and I have mega anxieties about feeling judged or rejected. But most of the time I'm fine lol. I even have talked about a lot of incredibly personal things with her! Yet I still do this on occasion with random basic things hahaha!

    There was this one time where I got to attend a conference for work in a nice hotel. The first night I got there, I was so hungry and I was freaking out because I didn't know how to find the hotel restaurant and it was the only thing open late. I asked the person at the check in desk where it was and they gave me general directions. I just for the life of me could not figure it out and could not bring myself to ask anyone else. I was straight up panicking. I went up to the hotel room and thought maybe I'll just order room service but I was continuing to panic from earlier and couldn't bring myself to call and try to figure out how to do that. I was so fucking starving but my terror of unknown social situations was preventing me from fucking eating of all things. I cried for like 20 minutes in the hotel room.

    Then I mustered up the courage to go back downstairs and look for the restaurant again. Turns out it was outside and that's why I couldn't figure it out earlier. Had dinner and felt totally fine and comfortable and relieved. I interacted very normally with the wait staff!

    It's just random things like that. A lot of things go along find but then random things will put me in a panic for dumb reasons lol.

  • Coffee is so good... I'm depressed but high as fuck on coffee... AAAAAHHHHH I CAN FIGHT A BEAR!

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  • It's weird because I feel like I have experienced that before. Before I was a daily coffee drinker, I would have a large one only very occasionally. Absolutely wrecked my stomach but sometimes I felt almost...euphoric? I always wondered if that was at all related to the coffee or was just random euphoria. Once I started drinking it more often, it never seemed to happen anymore.

    You'd think I could just one day drink an amount excess of what I normally do, but that doesn't seem to work either.

  • I hate how every online comment on Lemmy is basically just like "the government is about to kill you anyways, please go be a martyr and do political violence"... 🧐

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  • Is this ragebait?

  • Your experience is valid

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  • Thank you. I've been on a journey this past year. So far I have finally started to accept myself and feel like my struggles and experiences are still valid and important. Been doing ok with it lately. But my coworker's father has been in very ill health over many months and at this point he very well never make it back to being healthy. It's slow and horrific and I fear he will die.

    Obviously this is huge and traumatic and painful for her. I cannot imagine what she is going through.

    But that little voice in my head is creeping back in telling myself that I should feel bad for making a big deal out of things in my life when people are going through shit like my coworker. Idk man.

  • It does look cooler than a cross

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  • The image does not really follow the caption.

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  • change of plans

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  • If I disabled it, my typing would be infinitely worse lol

  • Mental Health @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    How the hell do you asses whether or not your psych meds are doing anything beneficial for you?

  • cats @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    Cat

  • Tattoos @lemmy.ml
    dingus @lemmy.world

    My third tattoo - was going for a phoenix vibe

  • Mental Health @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    Has anyone here ever done an intensive outpatient (IOP) program? Just wanted to share my experience for those who might try it.

  • cats @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    Update: Lester is a healthy boy :)

  • cats @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    FIV+ cat tips?

  • Mental Health @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    Today is always a new day. You survived the last one. You can survive another.

  • Mental Health @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    DBT therapy doesn't work (I read and practice skills for 30 mins a day M-F), meds don't work, consistent cardio doesn't work. Where do I even go from here? (long rant, sorry)

  • Mental Health @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    Am I a bad person? tw: sewer slide

  • Mental Health @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    Today is a new day. Time to try again.

  • cats @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    Do any of you actually call your cats by their names?

  • Mental Health @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    Please help me figure out how to actually DO therapy because I'm stupid (sorry, LONG)

  • cats @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    My cat has started swiping/clawing at me to wake me up or for attention. Is it ok to remove him from my bedroom when he does this?

  • Mental Health @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    Anyone ever taken lamotrigine for reasons NOT related to bipolar disorder or epilepsy? Did it ever make you more emotionally unstable???

  • Mental Health @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    How the fuck do I actually find a decent DBT therapist??

  • cats @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    I think I'm suddenly very allergic to my cat maybe? What gives????

  • Mental Health @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    Some of us are just sensitive...and I'm coming to think that it is not a pathology

  • Mental Health @lemmy.world
    dingus @lemmy.world

    Two parter...1. How do I know if I actually need medications? How can I tell if they have an effect on me???? (Sorry, long)

  • Tattoos @lemmy.ml
    dingus @lemmy.world

    I'm in my 30s and just got my first tattoo lol