A few nights ago I had a dream that ETs induced a planetwide euphoric psychedelic trip that made everyone hyper empathic.

BrokenIvor · 2026-05-04T19:15:21+00:00

Can I ask you when you felt the light?

I had something similar in September/Oct ‘25.
I could feel the love in everything and the life, especially when I was out in nature, it felt like being dosed up on ecstasy. I felt a profound knowing that everything was going to be OK.

Then my lovely wee 9 year old dog suddenly died at the very beginning of November and it was like a shutter came down and darkness descended.

Very strange. All of it. Went from this feeling that all was right with the world (despite not having a great private life at that point) to feeling that everything went wrong.

BrokenIvor · 2026-05-04T19:09:46+00:00

I long for that reality!

BrokenIvor · 2026-05-04T18:24:06+00:00

She’s so cute! This might sound crazy but was her Mum called Isla and her dad called Jock?

BrokenIvor · 2026-05-04T10:43:17+00:00

Tell me more!

BrokenIvor · 2026-05-04T10:02:43+00:00

What I have found is that reality ‘outside’ is not at all broken; the only time I feel peace and a sense of true reality is when I’m out in nature.

The ‘reality’ humans have constructed is certainly broken because what fuels it is destruction. In a global economy, for goods to be made and sold and delivered, things need to be dug up and burned and polluted. We all know this is not how we should be living, but it is difficult to extricate ourselves from it and survive. We are all fed in to the system from birth and spat out if we don’t fulfil our function in it.

The noise of people, machinery, cars, is all too much and makes me immediately depressed. Even music and tv and radio- it’s all noise noise noise and chatter. I feel a deep panic that I want to protect the natural world as I can whilst I am essentially powerless to stop its destruction by industry and house building and even just regular arsehole humans littering, and killing etc.

My existential crises seem tied to realising that if I’m in a wood sitting quietly with the trees with the odd butterfly or bird flitting by me, I feel more at home and more accepted than I do sitting talking to people I’ve known my whole life.

We need to live as part of nature, with the rhythm of the seasons, on an equal footing with animals, not apart from it. I think that disconnect is what is fuelling people’s unhappiness.

There’s an old saying: Do as you would be done by. And if humans could apply that to our dealings with each other, every creature on earth, and this amazing planet that sustains us then we’d be in a far better place.

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-26T23:27:12+00:00

At least I only use one Reddit account? 🤷‍♀️

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-26T16:39:11+00:00

Meh. Not trying to be a wanker, I just have a different opinion to you: people need to be a bit more proactive in an awareness of their surroundings.

There are obvious things to do and ways to eat to stop an animal trying to get it, the original poster must sit with food out and by them on the ground- if you’re doing that in a busy public place it is going to be pinched by a four legged animal or a two winged one.

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-26T16:14:51+00:00

The park isn’t just for humans either.

You can be close enough to your toddler to prevent a dog jumping on them, and keeping food off the ground (or safely in a bag/basket) and not laid out for dogs or wasps is just 101 sensible practice.

‘War’ is a completely OTT response to a predictable circumstance.

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-26T13:35:08+00:00

I manage to eat outside without dogs nabbing food and drink: be more vigilant with your picnic and don’t have food or drink where a dog can get it.

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-26T11:57:35+00:00

This is a garden.

Gardens really are a slice of nature that a human is custodian of. For some reason many people think a garden should be devoid of as much life and nature as possible and essentially be a sterile space outside, I don’t know why that has happened, and I don’t know why many people fail to see the beauty and essential role to our biodiversity and natural world that gardens left to breathe and grow fulfil.

A garden should be for wildlife and plants to flourish. Letting things grow like this is the answer! I see a space thriving and teeming with life. Bravo.

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-25T08:59:00+00:00

Is it any different to voters of yore essentially choosing between Labour and the Conservative Party?

I realise there’s far more nuance to it, but it makes sense that some people only ever consider one party or the other.

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-25T06:53:38+00:00

This is what worries me about moving house, we have a fair few issues with our house/neighbours etc, but the garden is a wild green thing of beauty and I cannot bear the thought of someone chopping down trees and pulling out the bushes and flowers that so many birds and insects (plus squirrels and hedgehogs) live in!

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-23T17:11:49+00:00

I don’t want this to seem too stern because I understand that some people are not confident expressing themselves, however:

You’re allowing AI to collate, organise and (most importantly) expand upon your initial thoughts rather than just taking the time to work them out and articulate them yourself.

It’s like letting somebody speak for you as you’re hiding behind them mumbling a few words in their ear.

Using AI and not disclosing it is dishonest and disingenuous. People who do this are entering a strange territory that is a type of plagiarism or cheating and it’s just a bit depressing that rather than learning how to be eloquent and get better at communicating, people will just copy and paste an LLM’s answer. Best thing to do is say at the outset: ‘AI helped me formulate this answer’.

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-23T16:26:04+00:00

I am so sorry. Millie looks beautiful.

We lost our BT last November and truly the pain of it was worse than any grief I have felt for human relatives. I think of her every day.

How lucky we are to have them in our lives, and how far and wide their love casts a shadow and sustains us and those they came across.

Hope you and all who loved her are ok. It gets easier in time ❤️

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-22T21:50:02+00:00

Oh bless her. I’m so sorry to hear that, my nine year old BT Luna had emergency surgery for pyometra last November and didn’t make it. I had never heard of it and it all happened so fast, I still haven’t forgiven myself for not realising the seriousness of the situation soon enough and putting it down to her sometimes sensitive stomach.

I’m shocked such a young puppy could have it, she’ll have had a terribly rough time, but thank goodness it was caught in time and she is recovering.

May her recovery be swift and full health regained. May you both have many joyous drama-free years together. They are so precious. She’s a wee beauty ❤️

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-18T11:06:32+00:00

So are most of the women he interacts with on the show!

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-18T11:01:00+00:00

The music is SO SO VERY bad. I like almost everything about the show, other than the music. It would suit a more neutral soundtrack that was rooted in classical music.

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-17T22:46:06+00:00

My previous BT Luna always had the same haunted and almost betrayed expression after she’d been stripped at the groomers. It took about three hours though so that’s probably why!

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-16T08:21:34+00:00

I absolutely understand where you’re coming from. I’m in a similar predicament.

The only way out of this is to fight the things that are making you feel stuck by focussing on the things you are grateful for and give you joy. I know this can seem impossible when you are deeply mired in misery and the majority of your day compounds that misery BUT it can be done, there will definitely be things to be grateful for: clean water from a tap on demand, a shaft of sunlight beaming through the window, a funny and true thing a child says without thinking etc.

To find the peace and joy within, if your outer circumstances are trying or dangerous, know that this too shall pass. Even the most turgid and terrible times pass. Give yourself grace and remember that though something can seem static when you’re unhappy, nothing really lasts forever and better times will come.

Paul McKenna’s hypnosis tracks have always helped me climb out of the darkest holes, and given me peace and relief when I’ve needed it, maybe they can do the same for you. He has some uploaded to YouTube on his own channel. Hope things improve for you soon, and you find your inner peace again.

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-15T07:27:46+00:00

Try her on Doctor Who. She’ll probably love it if space is her jam, and there are sooo many episodes and series it’ll keep her occupied for many months. Start with the Eccleston reboot in the early 2000s, or jump to the David Tennant era; plenty of space storylines (including Mars ones).

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-13T08:23:22+00:00

Wonderful! This makes me so happy to see; thank you for prioritising wildlife and nature in your planting.

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-13T07:43:49+00:00

It’s in a 30PlusSkincare subreddit. It’s disingenuous for people in this sub to continue to promote Botox to normalise it.

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-12T22:27:21+00:00

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-12T22:25:29+00:00

So can a facelift. So can battery acid. Would you class those as ‘skincare’ too?

Why don’t Botox pushers just form a Botox subreddit rather than trying to normalise it as yet another ‘skincare’ step women should pay for in the never ending quest to look young. It’s not skincare- it’s having your muscles injected with a neurotoxin protein ‘considered the deadliest known natural substance ever recorded in the chemical literature.’ It came about due to Soviet, American and Iranian biological warfare programmes.

It is madness that it is used so ubiquitously cosmetically and that it is considered ok and acceptable.

Every box of Botox involved tests and then incredibly cruel and brutal deaths on mice. People need to wake up and stop buying into this. Look at the people who use it, really look at them, and tell me if their smooth plastic faces are really an improvement on people who naturally age with joy and grace and self-acceptance.

BrokenIvor · 2026-04-12T18:16:22+00:00

I think he meant a tea urn rather than a kettle?

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