I remember seeing it as a teenager. Creepy as fuck.

That is so adorable, I want to hear him say “stahp eht” so badly, lol.

The pic is from Colorado - this is what our spring looks like!

Way to go! What you are describing could potentially be a result of serious trauma - no way to tell without a professional assessing you. You may want to look for someone who uses parts work therapy, like internal family systems or ego states therapy. And of course someone who specializes in DID. Please don’t ever write yourself off as “broken” or anything like that. You absolutely can get better!

This made me smile, thank you.

Exactly what I was thinking when I posted this!

A therapist skilled at working with DID is what you need. People with DID can live normal lives after proper treatment, although it does take a long time. It can be hard to find one though.

That was an interesting read, thanks!

This would have been a far better title for this meme, dammit 😭

I stopped drinking a while ago, so I can’t answer that accurately. but check out what I found:

An extensive body of data shows concordant J-shaped associations between alcohol intake and a variety of adverse health outcomes, including coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, congestive heart failure, stroke, dementia, Raynaud’s phenomenon, and all-cause mortality. Light to moderate alcohol consumption (up to 1 drink daily for women and 1 or 2 drinks daily for men) is associated with cardioprotective benefits, whereas increasingly excessive consumption results in proportional worsening of outcomes.

So it sounds like 1 daily drink for me might improve the condition but more alcohol will worsen it.

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It happens to both hands sometimes, sometimes to just one.

It does hurt, starts out as a numbness and then there is a some mild pain. And then pins and needles when the blood comes back. I can still use them but it doesn’t feel the best. The biggest risk I’m aware of is frostbite if I am out in the cold. I like to have gloves or mittens with me at all times when it’s cold out.

I don’t get any chest pain from it, just numbness in my fingers and then pins and needles when the blood comes back.

There’s dozens of us! Dozens!

Mine doesn’t snore, must be a defective unit. But I’ve grown quite attached and shall be keeping him.

ARTICLE:

Ever since the coronavirus pandemic, working from home has become normalized. But working from home can also lead to a very bad habit called bed rotting. This new trend encourages people to stay in bed for passive activities, but that can spill over into work.

“I’m not one to, like, get up and get ready every single day. But I need my screens. I need my monitors. I need my set up,” said Caroline Wharry, who works in marketing from home a few days a week.

Wharry said working from home is a new type of lifestyle, but bed rotting sounds somewhat lazy and uncomfortable.

“I take my meetings, and when I’m on meetings, I try to have my camera on. So, I do not understand how they’re doing all of that from their bed,” Wharry said.

Elise Vader, a physician’s assistant and sleep specialist with University Hospital, said people could also develop insomnia.

“For general health. We know that being active and moving is important for the body, for your mood, for your muscle health, for your heart health,” Vader said.

A Sleep Doctor survey found about six out of 10 remote and hybrid workers say they bed rot during work hours. Four out of every 10 men say they are more likely to bed rot compared to just two out of every 10 women. And four out of every 10 bed rotters say they were influenced to do it because they heard about it from others.

“The No. 1 thing is when it comes to what we call sleep hygiene, which is like the best way to get the most healthy sleep, you know, keeping your room cool, dark and quiet, staying away from screens. This kind of goes against that,” said Marten Carlson, a sleep science coach.

About 40% of bed rotters say they spend one to two hours working from their bed, and about half of those bed rotters say they spend at least half of their day in bed.

“When we think about sleep, especially when you’re doing activities in bed, you’re training your brain that the bed is for being awake and active,” said Dr. Kristi Pruiksma, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UT Health San Antonio.

She advised that the bed should be used for sleep and intimacy only.

Yes, first time I freaked out, called my doctor. I thought something very bad was happening!

This made me laugh, thank you.

They do get cold, but I don’t know if they ever lose circulation like that.

Feels a bit like that, yes.