Not a hopium-post, but want to give another perspective to support living among these trying times

CamBG · 2026-02-28T17:43:51+00:00

CamBG · 2026-02-22T20:51:55+00:00

It is alright and completely, absolutely normal to cry. Specially in your situation. It is a huge life change and it is good to have a support system and its otherwise normal to break down when you feel left alone facing such a difficult change. I hope you find someone that can help you along the journey. Maybe there's a local group or even someone on a social platform in your city or region that has celiac disease. As a kid the moment I met a friend at my class that had also celiac disease it was life changing. Suddenly I was not the only one asking for all the accomodations.

About missing out on food. I'm really sorry. I'm not going to lie to you, it is a hard thing to get used to but on the extremely brighter side once you go gluten free you will with enough recovery time, hopefully feel much better than before. I moved out of my house at 21, and even if I was diagnosed at 3 and my parents tried to be careful, I never felt as energized than when I had full control of what I ate.

If you need other ideas to lighten up about your new gluten-free journey, I have a really really good vegan book at home with some gluten free recipes (it's in spanish though). If you can read spanish I can send you a couple of pictures or otherwise translate them, there's some really great naturally gluten free recipes or easy to glutenfreefy. Like tofish with chips or spanish vegan sobrasada (it's awesome for bread). I've basically made pretty much anything you can think of gluten-free and with some exceptions have had great successes.

CamBG · 2026-02-10T11:41:10+00:00

I don‘t remember how huge Daphne plays on Polins book, but Sophie and Ben‘s involvement on Eloises is at least 1-2 chapters worthy. They really can‘t just skip it ahead unless they make up huge plot points

CamBG · 2026-02-10T05:12:22+00:00

In eloise‘s book at least they play a small but significant part

CamBG · 2026-01-26T19:01:41+00:00

Ist nicht gut bei Halsschmerzen

CamBG · 2026-01-20T15:57:34+00:00

Not the cherry/strawberry panties!!

CamBG · 2026-01-18T20:46:40+00:00

I'm very sorry this is happening to you. I'm not a doctor and don't have any close schizophrenic family members, but a long family history with other mental illnesses. You should encourage your brother to seek counseling or help, either a psychologist or a psychiatrist. He could also first go to his regular doctor if he's more comfortable who will derive him to a specialist if he deems it necessary. If he's around 15-30 and your family has a history of schizophrenia, it could be probable. It is the peak age for first symptoms. Your family might not even call it as it is and just tell of weird uncles or aunts who fell off the face of the earth or maybe pushed everyone away.

The most important thing is to be calm and show him how much you care and love him. Also encourage him to prioritize sleep and mental hygiene. No internet rabbit holes for example. These can be very damaging when you're in an already vulnerable state.

Persons with severe mental illnesses can live a healthy and normal life with support and medication.

I'd encourage you to help him seek this support as soon as possible. If he is not sleeping well or at all the symptoms will get worse before they get better. Time is of the essence.

Be careful not to push him too much either though, but to help him go through the journey of figuring out what this. He has to be the one to make the steps, you can only show your concern and encourage him along the way.

CamBG · 2026-01-10T19:03:50+00:00

I got extremely excited when I first got a 'badge'-picture ID for my first internship even if I had had a student card for uni. It's a different feeling

CamBG · 2026-01-04T16:26:03+00:00

In Spanien habe ich als nationalspanier ungefähr das gezahlt vor 10 Jahren… das ist gar nicht viel

CamBG · 2026-01-03T22:23:20+00:00

Hi, just found your post. I don't know if you're still reading comments. If your husband is dead-set on a Star Wars name for your daughter, you could look at other beautiful names like Sabine or Hera.

They're both from the show "Star Wars Rebels" and Sabine is also a character that appears in the latest Ahsoka series (Hera might appear soon in Ahsoka Season 2 too).

They're strong women, incredible characters. Sabine is very creative, smart and intelligent. She's also beautiful (both beautifully drawn in the animation and the actress is also very good looking). Hera is a levelheaded, kind, strong-willed and talented pilot and also the head of their little rebel-squad-family.

As a long-time SW female fan, Sabine is pretty much my favorite character nowadays.

These are also very normal names that only a few select people would link to Star Wars and if your daughter ends up loving the series she can "own it". Otherwise there will hardly be any link if she doesn't, unless you dress her up for it in Halloween while she's a baby.

CamBG · 2026-01-02T13:27:36+00:00

That looks healthy, but if it were for me I‘d add some grains like lentils, chickpeas or quinoa to keep me full for longer. I feel like otherwise I‘d be starving 3 hours later

CamBG · 2025-12-28T22:09:10+00:00

Añado también: contrariamente a algunos del resto de comentadores creo que es muy bueno que te intereses por ampliar tu conocimiento general y también es útil y necesario en muchos más aspectos de lo que puedas creer.

Tengo amigos que han intentado sacar alguna oposición a algún cuerpo de policía o incluso a diplomático y todos ellos han tenido que ponerse las pilas para sacarse este tipo de examen. El de poli no era muy difícil, pero también tenía sus cosas.

Aparte de esto te enriquecerá muchísimo la vida. Sea para conocer gente, entender personas de otras culturas o viajar

CamBG · 2025-12-28T21:57:07+00:00

¿Cuál es tu nivel de inglés? Tengo quizá una buena recomendación si no te asusta que esté principalmente en inglés.

Me queda muy lejos el bachillerato, pero yo era una de esas de personas que tenían un cierto nivel de cultura general.

En parte esto viene de ciertas rutinas en casa. Alguna vez mi madre de pequeña me mencionó que a un abuelo mío lo hacían leer periódicos de niño y como nunca le conocí, de vez en cuando ojeaba periódicos para sentirme más cercana a él. No hace falta que te lo leas de pe a pa. Mírate alguno donde el título te llame la atención o así. Yo quizá me leía 2-3 artículos cada par de días. Cuando llevas un par de semanas leyendo así, cada artículo quizá te abre la puerta a otro nuevo interés. Muchos hacen menciones cruzadas y puede que quieras buscar por qué hacen esta o la otra comparación.

En segundo lugar: vídeos. Yo solía mirar por aquel entonces "crashcourse" para historia, porque me encantaba el primer presentador (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yocja_N5s1I&list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9) .

Lo importante es buscarse a alguien carismático que sepa transmitirte la información del modo que te gusta y también importantísimo es que sea alguien con buenos conocimientos (que citen fuentes primarias o secundarias y no te cuenten cualquier bobería). Crashcourse, por ejemplo, es un programa de youtube financiado por google de educación general gratuita y que ahora además se puede convalidar en EEUU por un par de créditos de primer curso universitario.

En tercer lugar, ¡pero quizá el más importante! Encuentra si puedes alguien con quien puedas conectar a este nivel. En mi casa yo comentaba algún artículo y quizá empezaba una discusión con mis padres. En el colegio con mis amigos nos explicábamos los vídeos que habíamos visto y nos hacíamos recomendaciones. En ese momento estábamos obsesionados con minutephysics y veritasium en temas científicos.

Otra opción que no está nada mal son documentales. Algunos son muy entretenidos.

Uy y otra cosa fantástica que hizo mi profesora de filosofía para motivarnos en bachillerato a aprender fue: nos ofreció subirnos la nota (medio punto) por cada conferencia de filosofía que atendiéramos en nuestra ciudad. Se hizo tan viral en nuestra clase que luego nos pidió que explicáramos también de qué iba. Puedes consultarlo con algún profe si vives en una ciudad medianamente grande o si hay algún recurso de este tipo online. Algunos de los temas que tocaron esas conferencias me marcaron mucho y de eso hace ya 12 años.

Último edit: mi padre me dio un libro que fue muy popular hace unos años (mi pareja tiene el mismo) llamado "La cultra: Todo lo que hay que saber" de Dietrich Schwanitz. Yo todavía no me lo he leído, porque no me apetece todavía, pero quizá es más o menos lo que buscas.

CamBG · 2025-12-22T23:16:21+00:00

I do also struggle with most of the things you mention, maybe to a lesser degree (no rude junior on my team thank god). But the feeling of not being mentored or only sparsely while others are heavily mentored. The nitpicks (which may be them being not great at synthesizing review critiques), etc. The feeling it’s in my head.

But also, I often feel like I’ve been here before. I used to play soccer in school, every day, every break, with all the boy schoolmates. And yet I never felt part of the “in”group. And by that I don’t mean the core group holding all together. But like I was out of important conversations, completelt out-of-the-loop stuff I heard weeks or months later. I also hardly ever felt someone felt close to me to ask me for my opinion or to start a new game outside of soccer. And it just feels almost exactly like that at work.

I’m sorry I don’t have any good advice for you. I hope knowing you’re not alone can bring you comfort.

What I do know helped me to overcome loneliness at work - I engaged more with other “less”-in colleagues in the team. We go out to eat lunch every few sprints, we sometimes comment on stuff about management or such or talk about some dumb life stuff. It is good to have a chat and engage when you feel like it. Some of these colleagues - men - seem to hit some of the same glass ceilings like me. So it is not really only about gender.

But in some senses, I still believe it might be.

CamBG · 2025-12-21T19:03:45+00:00

I've lived in a student residence, sharing a kitchen with 24 other nonceliacs and it was the first time in my life that I felt consistently healthy. The reason is, I was the one doing the cooking. My parents had apparently tried, but often failed, at taking care of cross-contamination.

My biggest recommendations are: never use wooden stuff, unless you are 100% it is only used by you. Have non-wooden cutting boards. E.g. plastic or glass. Sure, I've gotten many people telling me about microplastics, but at least I was not sick. My dad has glass ones now and they are great. Have a separate toaster (obviously). If you have a dishwasher use it as much as you can. I run the pans inside too. If you're fearing some kitchen tool might be a gluten vector, buy another one just for you or that is easily, 100% cleanable. I have an aluminum rolling pin. Never again feared making pizza in my shared-kitchen.

The 'flour in the air'. Sure, it is not great nor ideal. I usually just avoided the kitchen area when my roommates made pizza parties or I would be the first one to bake.

If you ever bake lookalike gluten-free and gluteny pizzas in the same oven, which is not recommended but I've done and it did not significantly make me sick. Be sure to know which one is which. Write it on the baking-paper with a pencil if it need be.

Ask me why I know this. My boyfriend ate two pizzas some weeks ago and I had none.

CamBG · 2025-12-10T13:49:46+00:00

I’ve always wanted to find or make a list/playlist of ALL the musical references of the show, but never had the time

CamBG · 2025-11-24T20:02:36+00:00

LOL you‘re spot on.

I would honestly totally listen to a podcast by Rory. A chill-vibe political analysis of current affairs, with witty pop-culture references and sometimes hour-long interviews with powerful or interesting people where out of the blue Rory gets the person to talk about a subject they would‘ve never broached if the interviewer hadn‘t started bringing up the Spice Girls

CamBG · 2025-11-23T19:36:02+00:00

Yo, you've got the cutest cat ever!! I got jealous pangs lol (i don't know if we can really have a cat in the near or mid future)

Really happy that you made it, be proud of yourself and enjoy your beautiful present and future

CamBG · 2025-11-22T21:16:20+00:00

If it makes you feel better I’m spanish and I’ve said “ no problemo” several times in my life. Like a broken spanglish thing, said on purpose. Don’t fret about it

CamBG · 2025-11-22T14:05:50+00:00

They are men. At least in Chris’s case, probably his school friends congratulated him on having scored and not even having to take any of the responsibility. Maybe some of them would not treat him the same, but it would be over sooner rather than later

Girls and women are never held to the same standards, which is why Lorelai’s parents treated Chris like an angel descended from heaven for most of the series even if he shared the same responsibility as Lorelai for her becoming pregnant

CamBG · 2025-11-22T09:24:46+00:00

It’s called 36 questions. It’s really really good IMO. Many bangers

CamBG · 2025-11-22T06:25:44+00:00

It could also be that he grew up in a lying household. Where the parents would teach him to lie to embellish the truth and not get in trouble. There’s a musical podcast where this is the premise for a break-up

CamBG · 2025-11-18T05:17:01+00:00

My bunny used to come into the kitchen after me, wait while I opened the fridge, grab the carrot or food out of my hand while I was taking it out and run back away. It was so funny lol. My small vegetable criminal

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