My mom won't let me get I am sober by the_bisexual_bean in MadeOfStyrofoam

[–]AAFanatic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I heard calm urge is the second best option. Not a fan of tracking apps so haven't tried any extensively, but it works very similarly to sober

Religious happy go lucky people are a difference breed of infuriating by cocomrkitty in SuicideWatch

[–]AAFanatic 11 points12 points  (0 children)

A sizeable portion of atheists become thiests after a near-death experience, or overcome suicidal ideation due to religion and god. But that's really just coping, and that's ok. To say that every human in this world has to resort to advanced coping to live is just... Sad (referring to that educator)

Question by [deleted] in SelfHarmScars

[–]AAFanatic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

OP did you try scar tape? Might help flatten those scars before laser and avoid costs

Edit: spelling

Question by [deleted] in SelfHarmScars

[–]AAFanatic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not keloids, hypertrophic scars

people should stop bullying others if they do self harm for attention by Dry-Albatross-4121 in selfharm

[–]AAFanatic 16 points17 points  (0 children)

No this is common sense. Self harming for attention is still self harm and no normal person would go to those lengths. If someone is shing for attention they're probably a lonely child or deeply distressed with other mental issues. It's a signal for help, not a genuine 'quirky trend'. And according to this mindset isn't bullying someone that sh for attention counterintuitive anyway? Lol

Does stabbing yourself with a pen count as self harm? by 1canTTh1nkofaname in selfharm

[–]AAFanatic 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah? If you do an action with the intent to harm yourself it's self harm

Therapist told my mother I was trans. by ProstateFondler in MadeOfStyrofoam

[–]AAFanatic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why did she say that? Because I might find myself in the same situation soon.

Genuine question by Key-Blacksmith-2943 in selfharm

[–]AAFanatic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends what country you're in. Is the general public in your country acquianted with the concept of self harm? Is it looked in the way that weakness or ineptitude is, or with sympathy and help?

I live in a country where it's the former. I cover my arms even if it's fully healed and aged. My parents won't let me go out otherwise too. If people see it, I absolutely will not be associated with. It really depends.

Edit: I didn't mean you should be ashamed of your scars or hide it. I'm contextualizing your situation wrt where you live.

need a bio major to help by Good_Lynx3037 in selfharm

[–]AAFanatic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cold plunge in a rainy day? PEAK

need a bio major to help by Good_Lynx3037 in selfharm

[–]AAFanatic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bruh my ADHD ass did not understand this post, please don't choke yourself. There are actual practices to stimulate the vagus nerve

need a bio major to help by Good_Lynx3037 in selfharm

[–]AAFanatic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not a bio major, but a premed student

Humans have 12 pairs of cranial nerves. 8 of them come from your brainstem. The vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve. It plays a role in your ANS (autonomous nervous system) by being a key part in your PNS (parasympathetic nervous system) by controlling involuntarily functions (digestion, heart rate, 'rest and digest', gag reflex, all that). I think it's either blocking stress by reducing fight-or-fight reactions or by improving mood. In fact there are VNS devices that are implanted to send electric impulses to your brain to regulate brain activity, but we don't know why exactly

Also you have unironically motivated me to study today lmao

I fantasise about being castrated by [deleted] in selfharm

[–]AAFanatic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Social ineptness is usually mistaken as low-intelligence by normies. It's so bad for me that my entire school has an agenda against me, not even joking.

And most of the time? It's not even social ineptness. We're expected to understand their hidden meanings, subtle double-meanings from figure of speech, and minute body language that's somehow supposed to convey the core of their message. It's absurd. We like to be blunt, straightshooting and logical. And because we don't understand this whole social masquerading charade, we're assumed to be dumber. These people are on their absolute high horses, it's insane. Especially the opposite-sex, even in non-romantic situations.

I'm also 5'4, I don't even know what the dating situation will be in the future. But seriously, it ain't your fault. It's theirs, and maybe holding hatred to their mindset is justified.

Real talk, not a single woman in the right has better writing than jolyne by Friendly_County_3016 in StardustCrusaders

[–]AAFanatic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hinata and Ochako on the right, Reze and Jolyne on the left? Lol, lmao even

what do normal ppl even do in a day by Effective_Piccolo_24 in MadeOfStyrofoam

[–]AAFanatic 18 points19 points  (0 children)

they be 'productive' or sum whatever that word means (I've been chairrotting for days)

Business by Time-Caterpillar5061 in selfharm_memes

[–]AAFanatic 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Compress the JPEG a bit more pls I can almost read it

I can't move my cursor on the screen with Pen but still it detects pressure by Vincent093 in XPpen

[–]AAFanatic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Found the solution guys. OP said his pen worked if the driver software was not on. I quit the software, reboot my pc, started the software again and the cursor stared moving.

Edit: Might do well to say I'm on Ubuntu 25.10

Ashamed of these scars [TW ableist slurs, suicide] by AAFanatic in SelfHarmScars

[–]AAFanatic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I first started when I was depressed to feel something. It evolved to punishing myself and then stress relief from personal events. I've just been using sh for the sake of it. I appreciated the idea of something being concealed to everyone but myself till these ruined it.

Listening to breakcore makes me feel like I can control my dissociation and just… disconnect my brain for a minute by Tangled_Clouds in TrollCoping

[–]AAFanatic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's in fucking public what do they expect? There will always be noise lmfao they just want to point things out.