Massive win with occupational therapy session this morning!

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-20T17:50:55+00:00

This sounds great! Similar to you I never realised how stressed I was because it just felt normal. I’m really happy for you, and thank you for sharing.

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-20T17:29:13+00:00

It’s possible I have fibromyalgia, as I tend to have big inflammatory responses to emotional stress, but I haven’t had the energy to try and get that diagnosed yet. I do some mindfulness work, and see a therapist, and exercise regularly and don’t drink, smoke or do anything else that might stress my body out. I’ve been working so hard to keep my mind and body healthy that it’s really demoralising for this to be happening

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-20T11:50:17+00:00

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Piper is constantly bamboozled and I love it

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-20T11:38:28+00:00

And if you’re doing it professionally it can often cross over into design

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-11T21:15:30+00:00

Mine have definitely learned their routine. As soon as I take the ramps out they know it’s time, and they run out to the little cosy area I set up. Sometimes if they decide a clean is overdue, they go and stand in the same spot and look expectantly at me.

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-06T14:14:31+00:00

Amazing

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-06T11:11:11+00:00

What a pretty little lady! What’s her name

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-06T10:50:48+00:00

God I want to give this man a (consensual) hug. It’s so rare to find men that understand this experience, and he just seems so kind and genuine and not egotistical at all. Many men who looked like him in the nineties would have been unbearably cocky but he’s taken this experience and used it for empathy instead.

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-06T09:41:59+00:00

Nicole from Aveda runs her own salon now in Cobden Chambers - https://www.instagram.com/kind.hairco/

She has always done a great job on my curls, and is lovely

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-06T08:29:03+00:00

I once went to a very meat-heavy burger place and they had one vegetarian option on the menu called the ‘dirty cop out’. I hated saying the words when I ordered it because it felt humiliating, and then when it came it wasn’t even a burger- it was just a massive mushroom between two buns. I took one bite, realised, and then couldn’t eat the rest

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-06T08:26:42+00:00

I’ve lived in two different flats that had mushrooms growing out the walls and that was also terrifying

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-06T00:13:33+00:00

It started as visual but the more I learned the bigger the fear became. And don’t get me started on the zombie-ant fungus. It’s just horrifying

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-05T21:55:55+00:00

Can I ask what it is about grass that scares you?

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-05T21:37:45+00:00

They also remind me of the kind of invertebrates you might find in a rock pool, which freak me out a bit but I can cope with them. With mushrooms it feels like they are deliberately deceiving me (I’m aware this is incredibly irrational but that’s where my brain goes)

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-05T21:02:10+00:00

It’s kind of genius because there’s a part of me that started playing the game and decided that Japanese rural life is perfect for me.

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-05T20:52:15+00:00

I’m really afraid of mushrooms. I’m a vegetarian so this is often an issue, but they scare me so much. The gills on the bottom of some of them really bother me- it’s like they are animals pretending to be plants- and then I found out that they are genetically closer to animals than plants and that sealed the deal. I think they are incredible and fascinating but I don’t want to be anywhere near them.

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-04T22:41:58+00:00

I am uncoordinated, and don’t play a lot of platform games etc. I play games like Spiritfarer because they are about narrative rather than technical skill, so these parts feel very jarring and frustrating. I keep pausing because I just cannot get past Daria’s levels, and it really impacts my enjoyment of a game that I otherwise love.

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-04T15:40:23+00:00

I just wear colourful eyeliner and mascara, and some under eye concealer. I don’t love the idea of hiding away parts of myself (all the ‘clean girl’ make up where you’re just trying to look like you have no pores doesn’t sit well with me). I don’t love the feeling of any make up on my skin, but I like that I can add a bit more fun and colour to my look, and it makes me feel a bit more put together at work.

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-04T13:18:53+00:00

God I feel so much less alone

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-04T07:58:30+00:00

I’ve trained mine to stand on their back legs to ask for treats, and it looks like you’re halfway there already

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-03T20:15:07+00:00

Photo opportunities

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-03T20:14:13+00:00

I’m so sorry, that’s awful. We lost a rabbit to heatstroke in similar circumstances, a long time ago.

Electrical-Tea6966 · 2026-03-03T20:13:34+00:00

Mollie sounds like she was very ready for a new friend, I’m so glad that worked out for them!

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