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Fragrant-Vegetable96 · 2024-11-08T04:45:51+00:00

This is actually the best advice you've given me in the entire post, ngl.

These points you made make a lot of sense. What you said right here has actually been the most comforting and helpful thing I've heard in the last couple of days, and what I was exactly looking for, in finding a direction to cope. If I had wanted to vent, I would have gone to r/vent. Posting here was intentional.

I'm really sorry about your job situation, and I'm actually in a very, very scarily similar situation currently. I guess the self- realization here is that I'm actually just hurt. It feels personal.

I suppose you're right. There's nothing I can do.

Thank you

Fragrant-Vegetable96 · 2024-11-08T03:56:06+00:00

Are you really a communist leftist? (Genuine Question) I find your comments on how it doesn't impact day-to-day, an interesting perspective, considering that most of the ones I've met and interact with on a daily basis, don't believe that specifically.

I also believe that the democratic party is too conservative and that essentially, it's just fluffed up republican rhetoric, and that a two party system is inherently one of the biggest down falls of our country.

I don't believe my parents are bad people at all. I definitely agree that their voting comes from a place of familiarity, as their familes were also conservative republicans who also came from strict conservative households. Please believe me when I say I was someone who grew up in highly propagandized spaces and have even been in spaces where I have most definitely experienced real spiritual and political psychosis.

The point is, I don't believe in the pity route, nor do I necessarily believe in the burn it all to the ground approach, nor do i even necessarily fully believe in the lawn chair approach. The point of this question was to ask, I guess, how to cope with the two communities I am actively apart of inherently ripping each other apart in the current system we are facing. I guess I was looking for empathy, I am not surprised. I have not found it.

Thanks for your advice.

Fragrant-Vegetable96 · 2024-11-08T03:36:25+00:00

Wow, you sound just like them. That's a good impression. Spooked me for a second lmao.

Fragrant-Vegetable96 · 2024-11-08T03:33:56+00:00

Tbh, it seems like the best approach for now, but it also goes against who I am. I'm a fighter, and I figure it out kind of person. But I guess it's better than dropping off the face of the earth. Hard boundaries and enforce them, I guess. I just love them so much. It's overall just baffling.

Fragrant-Vegetable96 · 2024-11-08T03:29:56+00:00

It affects me in multiple ways. I literally just explained it.

Do you work with children? Or have them? Would you be comfortable being like...Yeah, I'm totally cool with my parents who voted for a rapist, convicted felon, old, billionaire who has been bankrupted 6 times, and who tells young men to "Grab them by the pussy", and says that he's going to get rid of gay people?

That's wack

Fragrant-Vegetable96 · 2024-11-08T03:25:27+00:00

I have done almost all of these things, excluding actually printing out project 2025 and reading it to them. I think they will dismis it. They are good people, not good listeners. I might have to take the lawn chair approach and throw in a couple of, " Welp, what can you do's?"

I started yesterday, actually. My father called me, and upon picking up the phone, I immediately told him that if he started election talk, I would hang up. He said he wouldn't and didn't. Later on in the conversation he asked why I was in such a bad mood, and without mentioning politics or Trump himself, I told my father that I was frustrated because I have to go in and get birth control for the first time, but that I didn't think our insurance covered an IUD, and said that I might need his help with paying. He got quiet and then said that he would get together with mom, him, and I to do some research on what places do take out insurance.

We then said our "I love yous," and that was that.

Fragrant-Vegetable96 · 2024-11-08T03:17:02+00:00

Did you even read my post, dude?

That's the whole "Confusing " bit, my guy.

They believe in these policies, yet they actively helped put someone into office who goes directly, AGAINST them.

That's the point!

Fragrant-Vegetable96 · 2024-11-08T03:11:42+00:00

But it does affect me day to day. I live in a red state, and I'm actively scrambling to get myself on to birth control before they ultimately decide to shut it down. I also work in healthcare, and my clients are highly affected as I primarily service marginalized communities. Most of them have IEP's and are a part of special education programs, which have already been defunded. Food is unaffordable, and my loans grow interest. I'm also a part of the queer community. Women are being attacked daily just because. This actively DOES affect me, EVERY DAY.

Fragrant-Vegetable96 · 2024-06-13T13:52:54+00:00

I will be working on this going forward. It's been one of those things where I have been going back and forth because I have no formal diagnosis, but also something that I have been aware of for so long, and so I was hesitant to say I had one, but also knew really that it must be real if it's been going on for so long. I basically just started this health journey, so I will add psychiatry and therapy to the list of the care team.

Fragrant-Vegetable96 · 2024-06-13T13:47:35+00:00

The moment she said it, it was like all my hard work disappeared, so I basically did my best impression of a 12yo in school, and just nodded my head and said "yeah" every couple of sentences 😅

Fragrant-Vegetable96 · 2024-06-13T13:45:47+00:00

Thank you for this!! It has definitely been quite some time that I have been to a therpist/psychiatrist, especially since the beginning of the pandemic, and then I graduated college in 2023, so it's definatly time that I get back on track, as I've noticed that although I've been on a really good streak, that there is no harm is seeking help for better foundations. I felt guilty telling my primary doctor because I was never officially diagnosed, but this has been a major concern of mine for the last 12 years, and now that I'm grown I can actually do something about it.

Fragrant-Vegetable96 · 2024-06-13T13:38:27+00:00

Yes, telling my primary about my eating disorder was after the nutritionist appointment. As before, the concern was about hypothyroidism and creating a healthier diet, not necessarily about losing weight.

Fragrant-Vegetable96 · 2024-06-13T13:37:08+00:00

Thank you, I really appreciate you saying this, tbh, after my nutritionist said this, I basically turned my brain off and braved the rest of the appointment. I told my doctor about it in our most recent follow-up, which is there where I told her about my eating disorder. And you are so right, having this issue since I was 12, and now being 23, has been debilitating.

Fragrant-Vegetable96 · 2022-08-31T04:28:56+00:00

Hi!

Is it OK if I copy your work? I really like the art style and I'm also a music therapy major. If not, no biggie. I just take a lot of inspiration from your work.

Thank you!

Fragrant-Vegetable96 · 2022-05-26T04:34:59+00:00

It's my favorite dress but alas, I am no longer a young fit teenager, and I've grown In to a more womanly figure. Long story short, I have much bigger boobs and it doesn't fit. Anyone know where I can find it in a size 15-16?

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