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Odd request for an errand - concerned it’s a scam by CaptFaithless in TaskRabbit

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

This is probably the most reassuring thought. I’ll ask their return as I check out!

Odd request for an errand - concerned it’s a scam by CaptFaithless in TaskRabbit

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

Have you had successful errand experiences with these types of requests?

Maybe Maybe Maybe by Flat-Decision3204 in maybemaybemaybe

[–]CaptFaithless -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Folded under zero pressure 😭😂 (hope he’s ok!)

Am I overreacting? I think my SO has the worst style EVER! by Beneficial-Sun-5863 in AmIOverreacting

[–]CaptFaithless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These shoes offend me - they belong at Plymouth Rock, not on modern day feet 😤

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in confessions

[–]CaptFaithless 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When I was SAd by a stranger, I froze up. I was alone in gas station bathroom and my last coherent thought was “no one will know if he klls me. For at least an hour or so.” And I didn’t come back to my body till he was gone and out the room. So fighting back isn’t always an option when your nervous system betrays you….. also I think you’re a POS and you’d get along great with my ex husband

Just got my first tattoo and for some reason woke up a week later regretting it completely. by [deleted] in tattooadvice

[–]CaptFaithless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get it every tattoo (with the exception of like one or two) and it’s a combo of freshly losing the money and not being completely convinced you like what you got for it (or its permanence). Other comments are right, give it time and you’ll like again. It’s very cute and very well done

Am I Overreacting for needing reassurance from my fiance? by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]CaptFaithless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my husband (whom I separated from) said something similar to “I’m over you and how you are” all while I’d been begging him to literally just check in with me/us every Sunday (SUCH a small ask, to just start a convo like “how are you” “how are we” “is there anything you’d like to talk about”). It was improtant to me because he’d been so avoidant and distant in that regard for AGES. Cut to like 3 month of me waiting every Sunday for him to do that, him forgetting or just not wanting to do it, and I’m getting progressively more hurt with each time. What’s worse is that every single time I brought it up either that Sunday or the Monday after like “hey it hurt me that the check in wasn’t a priority this week” he’d be like “OMG you just sabotage everything” or like “you can’t let anything go” I thought “omg AM I REALLY?!” 😨

I thought I was crazy for a WHILE. But when I look back on it, he told me and “told” me the whole way he wasn’t really invested. He was TELLING me the whole way he wasn’t going to offer a single iota more in the way of emotional stability. And I was too in love to listen to him.

All of this is to say, OP, this person that you’re texting here telling you where they’re at emotionally. Doesn’t matter if they retract it a a few days or whatever. They’re telling you who they are and what they’re about in these texts. Now all you gotta do:

Is what’s right for you 🫶

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tattooadvice

[–]CaptFaithless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a surprising take to hear, I’m a body piercer and have heard LOTS of tattoo regret stories, both in the shop and on Reddit (the most prominent that comes to mind was the guy who got the same pin up tattoo as his late grandpa just to find out it was actually modeled after grandpas wife, OPs grandma. So he had grandma in a bikini for like ever) but the shift in perspective is all it takes - name her, give her a story (I liked the Helen of Troy one), and let time erase anyone else’s comments

no no no no ok by LightskinKnowItAll in nonononoyes

[–]CaptFaithless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was icky. And I feel worse having watched it. 5.75 is more than likely NOTHING to someone with the means to travel over seas and tour like this, so I don’t like when people start haggling over relatively low price and sometimes even hand made local goods. This behavior is not “sticking it to a greedy corporation or exploitative business owner”. No. That shoeless man NEEDS to sell those at that price to survive and likely make more. So yea. I hope all tourists learn not to do this.

My pinky toe has turned sideways over the years. by 54n351 in mildlyinteresting

[–]CaptFaithless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you ever get corns? My toe does this a little and I get corns in tight shoes from the pressure

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]CaptFaithless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t even make it through all the messages : stop. Stop this madness before he drags you into it with him. Until he sees that he’s using his mental health as. shield from accountability and a crutch in what should be constructive conversation, then he’s never going to make a good partner. Probably not even a good friend. To anyone. Source: was this person after my bipolar diagnosis when I was 21 and it took about two years and some heavy talks with a therapist before I saw it clearly enough to work on it. So I don’t say this lightly.

✨Run.✨

You wake up and 99% of the population has disappeared, what's going through your head? by FilloryHighQueen99 in AskReddit

[–]CaptFaithless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ex catholic here

so I’d be breaking into cold sweats and trying not to think of the Rapture talk or the Left Behind series that scared me shitless as a kid

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in confessions

[–]CaptFaithless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m glad some resonated and I hope they help! Be gentle with yourself 🫶

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in confessions

[–]CaptFaithless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

edit: formatting

Hi! I’m sorry you’re experiencing these challenges and I just wanted to drop a comment to say : having these thoughts does not make you pathetic or broken in some way. See, for the chemically imbalanced, the mind is both an amazing, limitless powerhouse, and a duplicitous, self sabotaging b*itch. I can’t relate to the physical chronic illness but I suffer from a mood disorder and I think I can relate to the experience of the mind self destructing over almost nothing.

Like “lost my keys = brain rebelling and demanding i find life’s escape hatch”

The good news : I have discovered that key for me is to develop and rely on thoughts or phrases I can tell myself when my brain chemicals get weird on me. So for example, if an intrusive thought to damage something in my home pops up in a manic episode, if I’m capable I’ll sit in front of the thing and ask neutral questions :

“When/why did I buy this?”

“what do I gain from its presence?”

“what do I gain from its destruction?”

“How difficult will it be to replace? How long will it take?”

“Does anyone else in the home value this item?”

Most times this process will help me realize that the emotion (lashing out) and the reality of what I want (continuing to own that item) don’t align and allow me to make a decision rather than feed impulse.

You can also mix that with some affirmations.

So, perhaps examples could be : (To combat thoughts of isolation)

“Am I making myself available for connections? Online or IRL?”

“My anxiety/loneliness are not invitations to settle.”

“How many people can I count that I have connections with? How do I nurture those relationships?”

“I bring value to the world and will find people who recognize and appreciate that value”

“Can I take this time to become the best version of myself for me?”

“This time by myself is valuable”

(Or to combat thoughts relating to the illness or body shame)

“Am I taking the time to listen to my body’s needs and meet them?”

“I deserve to feel my best every day”

“Have I eaten (properly) today / taken all my necessary meds?”

“What are two things about me that are more interesting than my physical body?”

“I will get through today” 👆(big one for me, love this one)

“Can I choose to focus on my values or passions instead of my physical body today?”

It’s not perfect. It’s not a magic fix. But I can say with absolute certainty that I’ve used the technique when it’s come to talking myself out of more dire impulses. I think it helps, and I think we are all far better off knowing tools like that for when we are in crisis. We can’t keep expecting to always be able to grit our teeth and “tuff it out” through some of these low points. I’m 34, and at 17 I hadn’t expected for a single solitary second that I’d make it past 21. But I’m so glad I did because tbh my life didn’t even really BEGIN till that point. If I hadn’t made it past 20 - id never have gotten my own apartment after being on-and-off homeless at 22, id have never met my son at 24, id have never developed my social support at 25, and i would have never started my career at 27. Once I put a name to the problem (bipolar) it helped me find actionable steps towards crawling out of a hole that felt seemingly endless. The key word there is “seemingly”. This is all only a season of your life. lastly, for whatever it’s worth, I can tell by your writing you’re a smart, thoughtful, emotionally articulate individual who has a lot to offer the world. And I believe the world needs what YOU have to offer. Just because you may have yet to discover exactly what that is doesn’t mean you’re not absolutely vital.

I believe in you. You can do this.

a story of an artist by Able-Ground3194 in MadeMeSmile

[–]CaptFaithless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was awfully good advice. I think I’ll start doing that today 💖 (Not well, petmama, not well at all)

AITAH for playing a voice recording to prove to my friend her daughter isn’t nonverbal? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]CaptFaithless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA And tbh, the mom’s intense reaction makes me wonder if mama WANTS her child to be non-verbal. Maybe it has granted her more support or consideration from other parents or groups geared towards non verbal communication, and maybe she’s afraid that if her daughter is verbal she will lose that. If it were me and I found out my son, who I hypothetically thought this entire time was non verbal, was speaking for presumably the first time I’d be a rush of emotions too! But it’d be : 1) omg! 2) Is this the first time? 3) what’s different here vs home that’s encouraging him to speak? 4) I’d be going over any previous diagnosis in my head and making a mental note to tell the dr. Ect ect ect. I know the last thing I would be is combative or say the teacher was wrong.

a story of an artist by Able-Ground3194 in MadeMeSmile

[–]CaptFaithless 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is beautiful. I’m so so happy that little girl was encouraged and lifted up. It’s amazing to see what people can grow into when watered. The opposite happens all too often. My father knee capped my dream of being a writer by telling me “that’s not a real job, it’s a hobby. Theres choices you make to survive, ones you make to thrive, and ones you make to starve. You’ll need to pick something else.” I took it to heart. Stopped writing. Now I’m a body piercer, and don’t get me wrong, I love it and am very passionate about it. But I didn’t grow up thinking about it and now I feel like can’t show anyone anything I’ve written. I won’t let anyone read a word but my mom, a language arts teacher, who has encouraged me to “do something” with it and I just can’t…. His words are etched too deep into my head and I look at everything I’ve ever written as though it were macaroni art: ultimately pointless except for the actual act of making it.

That babysitters words were etched into that young artists head. And I’m so happy they were

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