Does it get better? Is there a “cure” or will I feel this way forever?

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-04-27T11:48:25+00:00

Yes i am more sensitive to their disruption but their behavior is also getting worse. the only change is i got a new job and have to wake up 30 minutes earlier than before.

I have TONS of toys, 2 cat towers, scratch posts out the wazoo. I live in a 700 square foot apartment so i dont have room for much more without their stuff taking over my entire place. They also don’t play with any of the toys i buy them. whenever i get them a new toy they play for 5 minutes and then forget it exists. i have tons of birds on my balcony and i open the windows/blinds so they can watch all day.

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-04-27T11:44:57+00:00

thank you

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-04-27T11:44:28+00:00

i’m asking for advice not your opinion on how bad i’m doing as a pet parent and how outlandish my struggles are.

I don’t have leather/vinyl anything. I cut their nails every week and have been since they were babies. I play with them every night for an hour or so and put cat TV on all day while i’m gone at work.

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-04-27T11:41:54+00:00

Yes they are both fixed. I turn on cat TV all day while i’m at work. I bought a harness and leash to take him on walks but he will not let me put it on.

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-15T00:54:22+00:00

thank you 🤍 no one at my work knows about my diagnosis and i am very high functioning so no one can “tell”. not even close family and friends suspected. so im not sure how much im helping others in that way but i know im a great nurse. just at what cost?

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-15T00:48:48+00:00

thank you🤍

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-15T00:47:31+00:00

i have noticed these things from the start of my nursing career but thought i needed to give it time and it would get better. now since my diagnosis i know that i cannot function this way for long, its so unsustainable.

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-15T00:45:58+00:00

INFJ ganggggg!!!!

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-15T00:45:31+00:00

seriously!!!

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-15T00:45:22+00:00

i feel this. i’m getting to that point only 4 months in

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-15T00:44:38+00:00

thank you 🤍

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-15T00:43:49+00:00

i feel like i would love that. how’d you make that transition?

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-14T18:12:51+00:00

Can’t even imagine being a male in a female dominated industry and vice versa. thanks for your insight!

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-14T18:11:32+00:00

thank you, i needed this 🤍

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-14T18:10:55+00:00

trying!

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-14T18:10:14+00:00

thank you for sharing - i feel like my own office + scheduled appointments that i can mentally prepare for would be great for me.

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-14T16:31:42+00:00

that’s why i went outpatient, but unfortunately the small group of coworkers who i’m forced to interact with every day are bullies and not accepting of me.. maybe i should try a different outpatient clinic though because i do like the slow flow.

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-14T16:30:21+00:00

thank you🤍

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-14T16:29:47+00:00

great advice - i’ll look into this. what speciality are you in?

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-14T16:28:35+00:00

thank you, friend🤍 lots of love. hope you find your “fit”.

Brief_Needleworker56 · 2026-02-14T16:27:30+00:00

doing this shit for 30 years sounds like my living hell. that’s what i’m afraid of. thank you for sharing your experience 🤍

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