FollyDolly

joined 1 year ago
[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Harambe would still be alive. We never should have built that collider.

[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I love strong black teas. English Bteakfast is my go to, but I love a good PG tips now and again.

[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Been in a drought here since June. Terrified my well is going to run dry, terrified that we are going to have a forest fire.

[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I've missed this!

[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 89 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Here is my advice. When someone tells you who they are believe them. Get out. DO NOT contact police or any kind of law enforcement until you are gone and safe. People like this will escalate if they feel threatened.

You can get new documents, clothes and items. Even if you only escape with the clothes on your back, wallet and phone. Make sure your family cannot track your phone. Make sure any communication you have with your helpers is locked down. Use an app your family doesn't use or understand, like Snapchat or Discord. Have your helpers or uber pick you up a few houses down in the middle of the night if you have to.

You would be surpised who still cares for you. Reach out to family, to old friends, to anyone you think could help, either by giving you a ride or taking you in for awhile. I haven't talked to my best friend from collage for over a decade, but if she called me needing help I would drop everything and head her way.

Also, I live east coast and hell, maybe I could give you a ride to somewhere depending on where you are going.

Lastly, please take this seriously. You are not overreacting. Your life may very well be in danger, and just like with any other abusive relationship, leaving is the most dangerous part. Nothing you own outside of your ID and medications are worth dying for.

[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Lots of good advice here, so I'll add a few easy things that helped me that don't take much energy. 1: get at least five minutes of direct sunlight a day, not through a window. 2: take an iron and vitamin D supplement, having more energy makes me less depressed. Try a multi vitamen if you don't know where to start. 3: making sure you have healthier snack foods, I swapped out candy for gummy fruit snacks, yogurt for ice cream. I know how hard it can be to eat real meals when you are struggling so make your snacks count positively.

So much good advice, I find being grateful for things really helps, and I would also recommend CBT. Good luck, and remember, one step at a time, one day at a time.

[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Me too. I just want it to be over at this piont, even though I am terrified of a Trump win. I'm going to vote early but this constant sense of creeping dread just won't go away.

[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Right? Why should I pay full price for a game and it's a buggy mess, sometimes even unplayable past a certain piont? All this has done has made me wait a year or two for games that I want, so I can get functional games, which is the opposite of how the studios want to make money.

[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

I still have dvds and a dvd player like an old person for just this reason.

[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is going to be a weird suggestion, but I used to do professional stage makeup including wigs and bald caps. Has your mom considered getting a partial wig? Maybe a Mohawk or side hawk? It would have to be glued by a professional hair stylist, but it would be an excellent way to have hair but without sweating under a wig. Best of luck to your mom! Losing hair sucks.

[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I watched this movie in collage! It is definitely creepy and unsettling the whole way through. I never had a desire to watch it again either.

[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Right! Oh no some rich poeple weren't doing proper storm saftey procedures on thier private expensive yacht. Fuck em.

 

I have what I call the Feeling Things Meter. Meaning that in a certain period of time, about one to three days, I have a set amount of feelings I am allowed to feel. If I exceed the number of feelings and fill up the meter I blank out and get to feel nothing at all. I can feel the Meter filling up, and I know when I am about to exceed it.

This also applies to feelings from movies, shows, games books and music. So I have to carefully plan out my entertainment around life events as best I can.

As you can imagine it becomes incredibly hard to navigate adult life with no feelings. And not just the big feelings but the little ones too. No drive to go out and do the shopping. No satisfaction of completeing a task. No disappointment if I screw something up. Nothing.

No one else in my life has this, or anything close to it. Most people look at me like I'm a crazy person when I try to explain it. I'm always making excuses for not wanting to watch movies or shows with friends, or bailing when a sad song comes on.

Please, I just want to know someone else has this problem. Anyone. How do you cope? Do you even listen to music? Do you have to leave movies halfway through becuase you couldn't take it?

I just want to know I'm not alone.

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