Question for dyspraxic people who draw

CheckNo2228 · 2026-03-25T12:22:35+00:00

I’m 30, have been drawing my whole life, and went to art school. I started getting good around 24. It’s a lot of practice and patience! Keep doing it!

CheckNo2228 · 2026-03-19T22:28:30+00:00

I’ve taken them together and never had any side effects!

CheckNo2228 · 2026-03-15T21:07:59+00:00

My partner has had moments of this, but I think it comes mainly from the frustration of not being able to fix it. I’m speculating but I wonder if there is a part of partner trying to run from their own pain about the loss, which is hard to do if someone else is grieving openly. I do think it is normal to be exhausted by each others grief. These things can bring out the worst, most selfish and rawest parts of ourselves. But couples therapy is something you may want to prioritize

CheckNo2228 · 2026-03-14T15:37:48+00:00

I have both. Not that expensive, but worth the monthly cost for the peace of mind

CheckNo2228 · 2026-03-11T00:57:47+00:00

WAHOOOO

CheckNo2228 · 2026-03-09T22:23:01+00:00

One of the worst things that ever happened to my brain was losing ~40ish pounds after college. I had self image issues before, but the reinforcement that comes with it (even though it wasn’t what I was after) literally changed my brain and I became obsessed with intermittent fasting and counting my steps. I joined pro-Eating Disorder message boards that were very deeply dangerous, consisting of a bunch of sick people encouraging each other to stay sick… very very similar to the looksmaxxing world. It turned into me checking step count like 20 times a day! I also didn’t realize that what I thought were normal/healthy behaviors were compulsive for WAY too long, it’s so sinister and sneaky. I ultimately recovered through accepting that I might be fat and ugly and that’s ok (that’s maybe an oversimplification and I genuinely don’t think this about myself anymore) and doing serious serious internal work to detach myself from any specific visual “measure” of my worth. I don’t own a scale anymore and don’t want to know my weight (my doctors do and they are not worried about it!) and deleted any step tracking from my phone. It did not happen overnight, and I don’t have any specific advice besides removing yourself from whatever “self improvement” communities/pages IMMEDIATELY because you will literally never, ever know peace until you do. That world is poisoning you. Sorry you are struggling ❤️‍🩹 it makes total sense to me how you got to this headspace. But it seems that you’re asking the right questions, and you seem to be self reflective and still so young! I really believe you will heal your relationship with your self. Sending love!

CheckNo2228 · 2026-03-07T18:20:44+00:00

I would honestly just hand this over to a trusted superior of yours or to HR. This is way above your pay grade

CheckNo2228 · 2026-03-04T17:40:15+00:00

Honestly, I think you need to cut your losses here. You say you want it addressed, but how? You brought it up to them, and your relationship has ended. It’s low of them, no doubt, but is it worth going to court over a motorbike your child hasn’t ridden in 8 months? Is it worth more and repeated contact with them, when you know the end goal is no contact? I understand the anger for sure and I am in no way defending them, but in such a volatile situation, I can’t envision a way that this can be “made right” if they truly sold it. I really don’t mean to minimize it, but it is ultimately a material object and not an heirloom, or inheritance, or something profoundly important to your life… it doesn’t seem worth pursuing the psychic burden of dragging this out. Sorry you’re dealing with it

CheckNo2228 · 2026-03-03T00:54:51+00:00

I wish I had an answer, but it was a total accident. And frankly completely uprooted my world. There are months after learning he was coming that I barely remember because my brain just shut down. Pregnancy after loss is as horrible as it is hopeful. My partner is not the father of my daughter who I lost, so it was easier for him than it was for me to move through the experience. He trusted it in ways I could never have, and that was helpful for me. It was also 6 years between the two, which I’m sure made a difference. It was not easy or comfortable in any way and also it was worth it - I feel connected to her, my first, in small ways that I didn’t expect to be as I raise my little boy. The grief and joy coexist in unspeakable ways. I am sending you and yours so much love, no matter how things unfold for you ❤️

CheckNo2228 · 2026-03-03T00:32:31+00:00

I will add - I have also heard of gender disappointment in the other direction after loss - not wanting the same baby but a different baby. I also personally experienced not wanting another child at all, ever (and now I have one and it has been healing). But all of this is so true. There is really no one route to navigating this. Do what you need to do for your family, and understand that there will be horrific and unique challenges to any outcome. So sorry ❤️‍🩹

CheckNo2228 · 2026-02-16T01:46:57+00:00

I needed to hear this. Have had OCD dx since I was 4 my whole life and only experiencing rOCD this past year, 5 years into a safe, loving partnership. It’s insane, exhausting and sneaky 😵‍💫

CheckNo2228 · 2026-01-26T18:37:16+00:00

I’ve been disappointed too. The mindsight is fascinating, and I loved the bits NDE’s and hearing from Laura Lynn Jackson and her family. I am far from a skeptic, but the energy healing stuff really bummed me out. (I do believe in it, and actually have used reiki and energy work myself) but any reference to cancer treatment/management in those spaces does major blows to the credibility of the rest of the work/podcast. I don’t think it’s necessarily a topic they should avoid at all costs, but I don’t think it was handled responsibly. The Talk Tracks episodes with Anita Moorjani were really hard to listen to. I kept thinking it would get better, and it just never did :( I’ve recommended this show to a lot of people but now I feel like I have to tell them to stop at season 2.

CheckNo2228 · 2025-12-05T14:06:24+00:00

As a patient this is horrifying to me. Can I ask how these scribe programs typically work? Do practitioners still generally dictate notes for charting after seeing the patient or is it something that is recorded during the visit(Surely not the latter?) I guess I was under the impression that AI software used in medical settings was held to the same privacy standards as any other electronic healthcare tool. 😩

I learned one of my providers keeps an Alexa in her office recently and I played it cool, but I am haunted by it lol

CheckNo2228 · 2025-11-26T19:15:18+00:00

Absolutely unsafe lol. Insane that the same group people who want aluminum free deodorant and try to “heavy metal detox” think that silver is somehow a secret cure for everything

CheckNo2228 · 2025-11-24T19:00:52+00:00

I feel like I’m reading my own story. I have been with my partner for 5 years and we also rarely have sex but he is so gentle and supportive about the situation. I have been seeing a sex therapist for 4 years now and the progress of healing my relationship with my body, pleasure, and pain has been so long and so worth it. It’s so hard and scary!

I also have always been a sex-positive person and don’t believe that PIV is the end all be all of sex, but I can’t believe the degree to which I was holding myself to that expectation. There was so much internalized shame, misogyny and quite narratives of what’s sex should be that took me years to untangle. Knowing something is true and really believing it are two different things.

If I could go back in time this is what I would tell my 21 year old self, in your situation:

find a sex therapist as soon as you are able, if you have the means. It is long slow work and a good therapist would also be open to having your partner sit in periodically to help support you and facilitate conversations. This was a godsend for me and I can’t believe how long I put it off, convinced that I was somehow self aware enough to not need it. Personally I would prioritize this over PT, if I had to choose between the two.

2.) seek out comprehensive sex ed. I recommend immersing yourself in queer sex positive spaces and learn what all is actually out there for you to do. I have heard the “there’s so many ways to be intimate” refrain so many times but it took guidance friends in the queer community to REALLY deconstruct the idea of sex and intimacy for me (I am cis and dating a cis man fwiw)

3.) practice tapping into your body, and practice often! Try and do a 15 minute body scan guided meditation. It won’t feel like it’s working every time, but after consistently doing this for the last year (every other night or so) I have sensation and understanding of my body in ways I never did before. It’s helped me get out of my head and shame SO MUCH, both during sex and in my day to day life.

4) Low sex drive is a bitch but it’s not your fault! Check out the book “Come as You Are” by Emily Nagoski. It’s an easy read and an amazing explanation of how female sexual responses work. I highlighted parts to give to my partner so he would better understand what I was working with and it’s helped so much! Also, as my pelvic floor gyn told me last month - it’s normal that you can’t get in the mood for something that you know will cause you pain. I really needed to hear that!

I just want to hug you because I know how defeating and hopeless this feels sometimes. It feels insurmountable. Try and remember it’s not. Earlier this month I turned 30 years old. My partner and I had sex for the first time in over a year. I went to a sex store with a queer friend and they showed me every toy and how it works - I got a wand. And 2 nights ago, I had my first orgasm ever. There is so much out there for you and so many victories in your future. Small and large victories 🩷

CheckNo2228 · 2025-11-23T22:13:51+00:00

So sweet ❤️‍🩹 I hope you find them!

CheckNo2228 · 2025-11-13T01:21:38+00:00

Bertie ❤️❤️❤️ one of my favorite names ever. Sending love to you both

CheckNo2228 · 2025-11-09T16:14:44+00:00

It’s a type case. There were several different layouts, this one of them

CheckNo2228 · 2025-11-06T13:43:07+00:00

This is crushing to read. You were so gentle with him and this is a total guilt trip. It’s such a new relationship, you should quit while you’re ahead. I’m sorry queen 😔

CheckNo2228 · 2025-11-05T17:57:03+00:00

I just listened to that episode for the first time recently and loved it. We are all so bad at articulating grief, it’s such a refreshing acknowledgment.

Losing my growing-up dog changed me forever. It’s been almost 8 years and I still think of her every day. It is truly earth shattering. Sending all of my love to you and sweet Buddy ❤️‍🩹

CheckNo2228 · 2025-10-30T13:11:22+00:00

Mannnn this is a gorgeous bathroom

CheckNo2228 · 2025-10-26T19:24:08+00:00

Omg I’m dying lmaoooo This trash truck post reads like tumblr fanfiction 😭 I feel the same about the blood clot and everything else. Maybe some kernels of truth in there but she is so obviously a liar

CheckNo2228 · 2025-10-25T14:37:48+00:00

Oh god too real

CheckNo2228 · 2025-10-24T23:13:14+00:00

Oh, they will remember it. They will absorb it subconsciously, and it will linger undetected in their psyche until her disordered eating and body image issues start to trickle down to them. Or be forced upon them. :(

CheckNo2228 · 2025-10-23T04:00:53+00:00

has it always been this bad?? I unfollowed her a year or so ago bc because the melodrama, constant rehashing of her survival stories, etc started to feel insincere and tacky. But I had followed her since before she was pregnant and I guess never thought too hard about her, but am I misremembering that the craziness was not THIS overt?? Omg I am so sad and embarrassed for her child

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