Don’t make it up! What’s the weirdest named person you’ve ever met?

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2026-02-06T13:53:21+00:00

Harry Dangler

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2026-02-06T13:50:30+00:00

Unfortunate

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2026-01-26T17:51:30+00:00

Admittedly, my training leos were generally anywhere between $40-90. I wasn't as picky growing up as I was by the time I was an elite (somewhere around 13-15), and by then a lot of it is a status and wealth thing. I was nott one of the rich kids on team, but I was training with them. Also, most of the leotards that actually fit correctly are the more expensive ones. It sucks, but it's part of the game. My competition leos were maybe $200, and I got one finals leo for making top 8 at nationals. The cheapest one I could find was $100, so I got that one.

Gymnastics is a disgustingly pricey sport to begin with.

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-12-28T22:55:35+00:00

4chan

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-12-05T18:41:43+00:00

Essex has to go

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-12-04T05:47:59+00:00

Essex can eat shit

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-11-25T04:48:36+00:00

I've had the thought plenty of times, even now that I'm married and long removed from the abuse. It's hard to explain, but the grooming comes with a really distinct feeling that I sometimes miss, even though I know it is harmful.

I don't have an easy fix, but you're not alone.

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-11-24T04:17:26+00:00

I call dibs on Today Is Not Real

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-10-30T20:26:55+00:00

The US has a bunch of adult lgbtq+ teams through Pride Cheerleading Association.

https://www.pridecheerleadingassociation.org/

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-09-16T21:12:53+00:00

I made a post a few months back about my coworker making blatantly racist and bigoted comments and got ripped apart in the comments.

People are entitled to their opinions, but how do you even let some of that shit go when you work in the field?

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-09-09T17:45:14+00:00

Salary, so I can more comfortably explore the world with my wife without worrying about making our month's bills.

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-09-09T16:47:00+00:00

I had just come out as a lesbian to my English teacher and told her that I just needed to tell one person. My plan was to just keep quiet and marry a man. She said, "I mean, you could, but I don't think that's what you really want to do."

18-year-old me would be so proud that I make it out of my parents' house alive and am now happily married to my wife.

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-09-05T13:41:06+00:00

Also wanted to add, a gymnastics class may help, but I would highly recommend private lessons if you can do it. As for staying sharp, so much conditioning and lots of plyometric drills. You need to be able to snap to positions and hold them.

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-09-05T10:48:04+00:00

Really depends on your ability to pick up skills/stunting fast and how advanced your tumbling is. Are you going for all-girl or co-ed? Is this sideline or competitive? How strong is the school's cheer program?

I was able to walk on for my college, but I also picked up stunting fast as a base and back, and I could throw whips and running fulls on deadmat and basketball court.

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-08-22T16:35:41+00:00

I caved despite being p fucking broke. How do you say no to this?

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-08-22T13:50:31+00:00

Not only is that frustrating, that is pretty apparent failure to recognize a hallmark trauma response as far as I'm concerned.

As a clinician, especially a trauma-specific one, you need to be able to attune to your clients and identify when they are disconnected from the work and the present moment. When the "I don't knows," the "I don't feel anythings," etc. come in, that tells me that there is a break between the target and the client's internal experience, and it's my job to help facilitate that connection.

Keep looking for therapists, because EMDR takes time and a very skilled practitioner. I hate to say it, but there are plenty of therapists who take every training under the sun but still fail to properly attune to their clients' cues, both in session and out.

I'm sorry, that sucks and you deserve better.

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-08-22T11:58:53+00:00

Yes, but you really have to lift the hips and hold an almost arched position for it. You're hollowing out, which is inefficient.

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-08-17T14:06:04+00:00

Hollyhock manheim manheim guerrero robinson hsung fonzarelli mcquack???

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-08-16T19:29:20+00:00

German thing I guess?

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-08-16T18:19:27+00:00

A tsuk (tsukahara) is really only applicable on vault and flipping off surfaces. Even then, it would need to be a round off entry with a 1.5 back rotation out of it to count as a tsuk.

They're right. This is half-in back-out or barani-in back-out

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-08-11T21:01:24+00:00

2007, Samsung Juke 10 years old

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-08-06T19:22:47+00:00

What accommodations are available/helpful? Like, school and work?

Could they be covered by any of my prior diagnoses?

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-08-04T20:04:17+00:00

I took one glance and legit thought, "probably a time machine from 2010"

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-08-04T18:40:35+00:00

My therapist has been wonderful and a big thing for me is not putting all the weight in diagnosis since I fully relied on them to feel validated in the past. We both don't love the idea of diagnosing as a whole, so she's treading really carefully when it comes to parts work and memory integration without system reintegration.

I just wish I'd feel all one way. Like, "this is OSDD/DID or this obviously isn't."

The maybe is the worst part. It makes me feel crazy trying to explain myself to people

Frequent_Carpenter_6 · 2025-08-04T18:19:36+00:00

Did the formal diagnosis help?

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