this week’s reading is The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family

  • @apis@beehaw.org
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    22 days ago

    Yay, boobies & locks!!

    Do you think the HRT could be making the feelings you describe in your first comment more intense? Female puberty is often a tumultuous time emotionally until the brain acclimatises, even as it brings great relief and many satisfying changes, and fluctuating levels at any time can have a similar effect.

    Be gentle to yourself, and try to do things you find comforting.

    • @LoamImprovement@beehaw.org
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      22 days ago

      The thought crossed my mind but I’ve had panic attacks like that before, some a lot more severe and in public, mostly about how “this is the best I can do and it sucks and it only gets worse from here.” Which, incidentally, ended up being mostly true due to external factors. Like I work a job I don’t hate and make decent money but it’s not enough because housing is unaffordable everywhere.

      I think I’d be doing a lot better if the entire United States weren’t staring down the barrel of yet another once-in-a-lifetime financial crisis. Like when are we ever not in crisis at this point?

      • Pete Hahnloser
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        52 days ago

        We’ve hit the point where the economy is nakedly “we’ll pay you way less than you’re worth so more than half your income goes to other people who are already rich.” It’s a fucking scam.