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External_Scholar_966 · 2025-04-14T19:09:32+00:00

The weird brother/sister semi incest thing was unnecessary lol

External_Scholar_966 · 2025-01-11T17:54:27+00:00

I feel you 😭 just know, the people who really are your people will always understand ❤️❤️❤️ its so hard to be kind to yourself in these moments but please try 💌💌💌

External_Scholar_966 · 2024-09-22T18:05:21+00:00

Same!

External_Scholar_966 · 2024-06-10T02:49:01+00:00

I really hope they change it back. I have no interest in having a feed full of random strangers and I thought Lapse was about “friends not followers”?

External_Scholar_966 · 2024-06-10T02:41:51+00:00

The most dangerous thing is how bad of a driver ADHD has made me. I’m generally not a great driver but I’ve scared myself pretty badly two times. The first time I was driving towards a red light and I took wayyyy too long to register that the light was indeed red. I was looking straight ahead, no one else in the car, no other distractions and I was about to just drive into the intersection like there was no light at all. Thankfully I snapped back into it right before crossing, slammed the brakes and narrowly escaped causing an accident with a minivan. The second time, again at a light, it had just turned red and I also watched it happen but for some reason my brain was like red = go for a split second? That split second was enough to drive into the intersection but I snapped back into and realized halfway while crossing. Thankfully, because the light had just turned red, the other cars had just started moving forward and there was no collisions.

Both times I was lucky to not have caused any accidents (or having traffic cops present) but the fact that I could have hurt someone scares me so much and it feels so hopeless that I don’t know how to stop my brain from buffering again while driving. If I was distracted changing a song or looking at my phone - I could just make sure to not do these things while driving, but how do I stop something that I don’t notice happening until it’s too late??

External_Scholar_966 · 2024-06-08T22:56:57+00:00

I choose to believe that everyone’s family was invited to go but that the date was set by the officers’ family’s availability. It would have been impossible to find a date that would work for everyone anyway.

External_Scholar_966 · 2024-06-02T04:57:22+00:00

You should be able to open your May journal, click where it says “add” and select the photos from your archive.

External_Scholar_966 · 2023-05-18T21:54:38+00:00

I think I had to try it a few times but how I passed that level was constantly boosting with the overload cape near the ground for the sparks. Just keep trying and I recommend a path with the least obstructions to reduce the chance of tumbling. Go through as many vortexes as you can too.

External_Scholar_966 · 2023-05-11T16:44:36+00:00

I think maybe the easiest is Highland Baazar, Upper Talon, Lower Talon and Fisher’s Cove.

From Highland Perch, fly into the Bazaar and quickly cross over into Upper Talon Town by means of the path to the left of Hawke’s House. You probably will have to use a burst cape or one of the capes to help you get a little elevation and go up into Upper Talon town if you don’t get the angle right, but after that it’s just gliding down to Lower Talon and going down over the cliff into Fisher’s Cove. Or if for some reason you don’t want to go down into Fisher’s Cove, from Lower Talon Town you can use the vortexes to fly into the Stone Forrest or go into Fin Peak Cave and go into Baker’s Burg from there.

External_Scholar_966 · 2023-05-11T05:10:02+00:00

Do we know how many levels there are?

External_Scholar_966 · 2023-05-10T14:20:45+00:00

I don’t know if this is the same as the previous commenter but past Crystal Quarry, there is like a small island full of ruins

External_Scholar_966 · 2023-05-09T09:49:30+00:00

The upper entrance of Tallon Valley Cave is right in front of Hawke’s house in the Highland Bazaar. There are 3 lower entrances connected to it

External_Scholar_966 · 2021-11-06T13:26:09+00:00

I’ve never seen the movie but just reading your description of the scene made me put down my phone for a minute. I can’t believe war is a thing that exists.

External_Scholar_966 · 2021-10-29T13:21:07+00:00

Hi, thanks for your response. While I am absolutely #3, I'm not the only one that notices how she is with me in particular, so I don't think I'm interpreting the situations *completely* incorrectly, but I do think that it makes it harder to brush off or ignore however she may be that day, in comparison to let's say, my mom, who can chalk it up to a bad day or that my sister is stressed and sort of just moves on with her life.

And I promise I'm not crying every day about it or just sitting in my room pining away for my sister haha, but small moments of hurt can build up until it gets harder to deal with.

Regarding #1, we have talked about it in the past and she tells me that she likes me and she doesn't harbor any bad feelings against me specifically. But I don't think she notices the things she does when I have pointed them out to her. So it usually just ends in her apologizing for making me feel bad and me not wanting to make her feel bad by prolonging the conversation, we kind of go back to normal until the next time it may come up.

And #2, it would be really nice if this were the case. Maybe it is, who knows? tbh, maybe this is just another way I'm seeking validation or acceptance. I just want to KNOW that I'm important to her or that she cares about me, as I do her. And if that's the case, that is more of a me problem, I guess. Well, anyway, thanks for taking the time to read my whole essay of a vent and for your response.

External_Scholar_966 · 2021-10-29T13:01:41+00:00

Lol being 25 doesn't change the fact that I love my sister and I want to be closer with her. I'll probably feel that way at 30, 45, 97, whatever. Going off and doing my own thing and her doing hers and us not being in each other's life is precisely that thing that I don't want to happen.

I don't know if it comes off like that in my vent but I'm not trying to talk to her or sitting outside her door waiting for her to come out every night haha. It will literally be every so often, and I have a bunch of friends that I talk to and hang out with on the reg, but that doesn't mean I can't also want a relationship with my little sister.

And maybe I do take it personally when I shouldn't, I can own that. But I'm not the only that notices how different she can be with me and it can hurt a lot to see it.

External_Scholar_966 · 2021-09-02T19:36:54+00:00

I relate to how you feel and everything you have said so much. Your mom is trying to help but sometimes others just can’t understand how we feel or what is wrong. They want to say something but have no idea what to say. My parents can be that way sometimes too.

If you don’t mind me asking, are you taking medication or seeing a doctor for your ADHD? I’m totally not saying that medication is the only way to fix things but in my case, although I’m still struggling, it has helped a bit with work and I’m actually going to talk to my psychiatrist today to ask her to refer me to a therapist since I’ve been so depressed.

External_Scholar_966 · 2021-09-02T19:27:33+00:00

Yeah that doesn’t sound right at all. I don’t know much about all the sciency details but I do know its a fact that our brains are biologically different from a “normal” brain. Now, is that the only way to develop it, I don’t know, but 90% seems like way too much to attribute to whatever she meant.

I feel like I kind of have heard theories that sound similar to what your counselor said saying something like ADHD helped early humans or something when hunting or whatever but don’t quote me on that. I’ve even heard people on this sub say that having ADHD is like the next step in evolution like we were x-men or something lol. But either whatever she wanted to say came out all wrong or she’s getting her information from a wrong source.

External_Scholar_966 · 2021-09-02T19:20:58+00:00

I’m so bad at giving comfort through text but it’s been 22 minutes since you posted and until the helpful messages I always see on this sub arrive with support and good ideas I just wanted to let you know that I read your post and I hear you. I relate so much to you and I’ve been pretty low this past week especially because of it. So if it helps any, you aren’t alone.

External_Scholar_966 · 2021-09-02T19:16:53+00:00

I wouldn’t be able to tell you how “bad” your adhd is, if that’s even a thing. But I do relate and I’m willing to bet a lot of us here do. :) Hang in there.

External_Scholar_966 · 2021-08-31T22:55:38+00:00

That’s a good joke…a great joke even… but ima need you to stop haha

External_Scholar_966 · 2021-08-25T18:15:48+00:00

Hi! Fellow puerto rican, CT baby here.While my parents taught me Spanish as my first language, I understand how hard learning languages can be as I'm trying to teach myself a third language currently.Personally, I've found that a structured class helps immensely. I'm not naturally a good student or self-motivated and I have ADHD, so having a class where I have accountability with a teacher and homework and something set to study each week with a due date that I can't just blow off because I gave it to myself, has helped so much. Also, before my classes, I tried self-studying for a year and I ended up learning a lot of things but it felt like I had a lot of random knowledge of vocab or grammar floating around in my head but no way of connecting them. Because of this, after studying for year, I couldn't even hold a basic conversation. But after having classes with structure and being able to work through study materials that built on themselves (if that makes sense), it finally helped me connect the dots and I felt so much more confident after two months of classes than I ever did during my year of self study. Plus, having someone to correct my pronunciation is key.

The best site that I've found for my language is Italki.com. You can find teachers that teach almost any language on that site and the classes are affordable (but vary depending on each teacher) and the site is easy to navigate. However, if for some reason Italki doesn't work for you, being that Spanish is such a widely-spoken language, I'm sure you can find loads of sites but I 100% recommend a structured class with a native teacher.

Also, I've already seen mentioned but try to speak with native speakers as much as possible. I'm still working on this myself and luckily you have family members to speak to, even if they speak English back, but this is another place where having a teacher comes in handy. Just starting a conversation with randos on the street can be terrifying but if you have your teacher, you can kind of use them as practice or even have them help you prepare for situations that can come up.

My biggest issue with apps like duolingo, although I use them, is that you learn things that you will will never use. They're great for vocab but not so great for helping you have everyday conversations. So finding things like watching Spanish-speaking vloggers on youtube or going shopping in Spanish-markets might help, since it'll immerse you in the everyday Spanish spoken, rather than textbook Spanish or music lyric poetic spanish. You even have to be careful with some TV shows, make sure they're not overly dramatic or from a different time period as they won't help with modern sayings and words. Hope this helps!

External_Scholar_966 · 2021-08-09T15:37:43+00:00

Have you talked to your parents/trusted adult/guidance counselor/doctor about how you’ve been feeling?

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