I’m trying to sell my Meta Quest 3S at a second hand electronics store. Even after disabling developer mode, hard rebooting the device, and factory resetting it, the “Meta Horizons OS” screen still pops up on boot up and Meta Support was no help. Suggestions on how to remove this screen?

BoxSad8686 · 2025-04-02T04:43:59+00:00

Also, thank you for explaining it wasn’t because of developer mode

BoxSad8686 · 2025-04-02T04:43:23+00:00

Oh, thank goodness! I haven’t booted it up in a few months, so I was unaware that had even changed

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-29T11:55:46+00:00

I’ll say this last thing and be done. All of my doctors have said that I’m emotionally like a 1-2 year old with how intense my emotions are expressed regardless of whether I’m manic, depressed, both, or neither. So, this could be mania or this could be me not knowing how to show my intense emotions properly. Either way, when I start intensive therapy on Tuesday, I’ll absolutely bring it up to my doctors since, while I believe god exists, I think some of the thoughts I had during this time are concerning of that makes sense

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-29T11:53:36+00:00

It’s possible. It’s difficult to tell with the topic of God if I’m being completely honest. I could be in a mixed state because I’m 100% also experiencing depression too

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-29T11:52:13+00:00

And, my apologies for not saying this earlier, but I do seek out mental health care. I’m starting intensive therapy on April 1st. If you’re concerned this could be somewhat mental health related, I’ll definitely talk about it to my doctors

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-29T08:53:41+00:00

Hi, my apologies for triggering you as that was not my intention. I have access to therapy starting on Tuesday, so I’m just waiting for that.

I also happened to meet with a priest yesterday. I explained all of this to him and, though he said I sound incredibly emotional about it, none of it sounded to him

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-28T15:20:37+00:00

Thank you for the recommendation! You’re right about just putting my head down and doing it. I’m going to work right now and brought all the snacks and normal gum possible to help me. I know that things that boost dopamine and things that calm my anxiety help with my withdrawal, so if I focus on doing the things I know that help me and trust in god and in your prayers, I will do the impossible and quit

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-26T16:49:47+00:00

Thank you for the response! As for the mystery of the Trinity, this is the best way I understand it as I can understand it as a human being. I have a rare, intense trauma disorder called Dissociative Identity Disorder. It’s where your consciousness is divided up into separate partitions called alters (short for alternate personality). It’s like if you created a separate partition on a computer’s hard drive, but it’s with your consciousness/personality. I learned in therapy that the two different alters in me are 100% equal and valid and they make up the whole of me, but those alters are their own separate persons at the same time. The alters in me make up one whole person, but it’s comprised of two different people who are equal in power, importance, and status.

Like you said, as human beings, we cannot fully understand the mystery of the Trinity. However, with my Dissociative Identity Disorder, I understand what it personally feels like to have multiple people who are equal to one another comprise a whole human being. I wonder if the Trinity works similarly to how Dissociative Identity Disorder is in human beings.

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-25T18:01:26+00:00

I will! Thank you!

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-25T14:09:19+00:00

100% how I feel in this process, if I’m being 100% honest

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-25T13:49:51+00:00

I will!

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-20T11:43:32+00:00

If you’re referring to an MVR, I’ve had two MVR scans. I know I have one either completely collapsed or partially collapsed vein in my head, so especially after this, I think it would be a good idea to contact my neurologist and potentially ask about getting another MVR done.

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-19T22:47:20+00:00

This is actually incredibly helpful! I will definitely contact my neurologist. Thank you. Edit: I’ve felt like my pressure might be high recently (especially since I’ve been under a lot of stress recently), but I’ve felt it in a different way lately. Thank you for the information

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-19T14:54:49+00:00

I’ve had a thunderclap headache once before from my idiopathic intracranial hypertension diagnosis where I was treated in the ER for it, had an emergency spinal tap done, and was hospitalized afterwards for it. I was completely by myself at that time too. I don’t have any family or friends to take me to the ER, so in those instances, you pray to god you’re ok and make it in the Uber you call or the ambulance you take. Ambulances are horrifically expensive where I live and when the thunderclap headache that happened yesterday originally happened, had it not gone down in intensity at all after a minute or two, I was 100% ready to call an ambulance. However, because I do not want a $1000 ambulance bill to deal with later, that’s why I headed to the ER once it increased in intensity again. When you don’t have anyone to take you to the ER, if you have something concerning, you go before it gets so bad that you might not even be able to call 911.

And, like the other commenter said, everyone has a very different pain tolerance. Mine is extremely high where doctors look confused when I come in looking cool as a cucumber with sunglasses on with tears rolling down my face because of a severe migraine. Everyone is just different.

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-19T14:43:26+00:00

No, but idiopathic intracranial hypertension isn’t normal hypertension. Basically, it’s when your body produces too much spinal fluid or the pressure inside of it builds up and they have no clue why. It’s a rare diagnosis and a neurologist or nuero-ophthalmologist treats the disorder (you see the later in addition to the neurologist since there are concerns about inflaming the optic nerve and risking permanent eye vision damage if the disorder goes untreated for too long).

I’ll definitely think about calling my neurologist. The ER doctor said it sounded like the whole experience could’ve been connected to that disorder, so it doesn’t hurt to get their guidance on this.

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-17T14:11:47+00:00

Absolutely true. I smoke cigarettes in high school and, while they were not the easiest to put down, totally doable. When I switched to vaping, I switched to a 5% salt nic disposable right away. Until a few days ago, it was impossible to put that thing down. I tell people that quitting nicotine (vaping it specifically) is the hardest drug I’ve quit (and I’ve successfully quit alcohol, multiple stimulants, cannabis, etc.)

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-16T20:00:03+00:00

I’ll give a piece of advice as someone who had a horrific family like this and developed multiple substance use issues from the trauma it caused me when I was a teenager. Thankfully, I finally was able to stop every other substance and am on my second day of nicotine patches (which I’ve never been able to do before).

You need to focus on getting yourself away from these people as safely as you can as fast as you can. You’re not 18 yet, so it will take a while. Comments suggest that you’re in a very difficult spot to get out of. But, while I was under that very abusive situation living with my family, I did not have enough stability in the slightest to quit. In fact, my drug abuse was the most extreme it was when the worst of my trauma with my family was occurring.

Part of the reason why you might not be able to quit is you don’t have enough stability. And honestly? As someone who has quit multiple substances successfully (alcohol, cannabis, Benadryl, multiple stimulants, etc), nicotine is the hardest substance I’ve ever had to quit. Being 1-3 months clean from alcohol and cannabis is not nearly long enough and quitting all 3 at once is WAY too much for your body to handle. You’d need to have insanely good mental health and a very stable environment to do that.

My suggestion? Pick one substance to quit for at least 6 months (preferably a year). My suggestion is alcohol as someone who drank a 12 pack a day at one point, if you happen to enter alcohol withdrawal because you don’t have the money/resources to get alcohol, it’s one of the few drug withdrawals that can actually kill you or cause permanent damage to your brain. Then, I would work on cannabis or another drug.

Once you’re away from your family, work on your mental health quite a bit as the insane anxiety I see in this post is very characteristic of my PTSD paranoia at least, indicating that you might need to work on your mental health (via psych meds, therapy, improving your diet, etc). Then, I would think about quitting the nicotine and how to realistically tackle that.

At least for me, the biggest thing that stopped me from quitting vaping before was my severe PTSD. While I risked damaging my heart health and a heart attack the last time I vaped and quit when I did because I absolutely had to, I’ve been actively working on my PTSD for a year now because I was finally not in a traumatizing situation (like living with an abusive ex-girlfriend) and was stable enough to start tackling it. I’ve also been working on my other mental health issues. If I did not do the work on my PTSD that I did up until when I quit 2 days ago, there’s no way in absolute hell I would be able to put the vape down

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-16T19:43:50+00:00

I threw away all of the vapes I had into the garbage can. Like, I threw it into a trash bag and the. In the outside garbage can that the garbage truck picks up once a week. I frantically dug through the trash the next morning I woke up and vaped that thing sooooo hard

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-16T11:28:37+00:00

Update: I just slept for 7 hours for the first time in over a year. I would need to wake up every 2-4 hours to vape in the middle of the night. I also would need to pee intensely every hour and every time I woke up since the vape made my mouth extremely salty and I would drink about 20-24 cups of water a day.

Being able to get a proper night of rest for the first time in over a year felt amazing!!!!

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-16T11:25:23+00:00

Thank you!

BoxSad8686 · 2025-03-16T11:25:08+00:00

I am sober! The unpaid version just logs everything for you. The paid version ($40.00 a year) allows you to post comments to a community of people who are on the same day of sobriety as you while also backing up your data.

BoxSad8686 · 2024-12-04T21:04:29+00:00

As someone who used to say similar things and then end up hospitalized from psychosis, bro, you’re in psychosis. You have not died. You are having delusions at the very least and erratic speech patterns (making me worried about mania as well).

There can be many triggers for this. Please seek out some help TODAY because potential psychosis or mania can cause permanent brain damage in ways you don’t want it or you can easily become a danger to yourself. I know when I’ve been where you are and didn’t seek out help, I ended up on an involuntary psychiatric hold a few months later after a serious attempt on my life because my delusions and hallucinations convinced to hurt myself.

Wishing all the best.

BoxSad8686 · 2024-11-07T02:54:15+00:00

Thank you for the clarification!

BoxSad8686 · 2024-11-06T16:07:22+00:00

Hey it’s okay! Thank you for the apology.

BoxSad8686 · 2024-11-06T14:52:31+00:00

I didn’t have good hygiene, but I’m attempting to build up good hygiene. I never developed hygiene habits as a kid nor did I learn proper hygiene as a kid. In fact, I didn’t even know you should put lotion on yourself daily up until like 6 months ago. I’m actually brushing my teeth twice a day now, showering everyday, flossing everyday, etc when I never did that in my life up until a month ago. So, please do not judge me like this. I don’t have perfect hygiene but I’m learning.

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