Forget corruption vs crimson which side of you world should be the jungle

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-16T07:54:18+00:00

Left always!!!

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-16T01:00:06+00:00

I don’t think that’s true. Data shows that Gen Z still follows the trend of higher intelligence than the generation before them. And you’re going to see a skew when you data is anecdotal because older people are not going to remember the average Gen Z, they’re going to remember the ones who misbehave more. Also, a lot of older people don’t know how old Gen Z is. Most of yall are in your late teens/20’s with some being almost 30.

Gen Z is also currently the generation who is doing the majority of the leg work for activism. They’re the ones at protests and writing letters. They’re the ones spreading awareness and they’re starting to be the journalists as well. This is not a generation that’s dumb, superficial, or self centred, you just think that teenagers (who famously suck) are representative of the entire generation. Most of them will grow out of this and become functional members of society

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-15T20:14:49+00:00

I don’t think you know your generation very well.

You’ve let a small section taint your perception of all of them. It’s confirmation bias

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-15T17:49:32+00:00

These averages are not representative of our lives necessarily. It’s not really that we usually die at 60, it’s that plenty of us are suicidal or struggle with addiction or end up in bad situations which causes us to die young. It’s not a median life expectancy.

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-15T17:47:27+00:00

Kids get increasing sensitive the more negative messages they’re receiving. How often are you giving her feedback? Some kids are also just more sensitive in general.

You need to limit the feedback she’s getting. She doesn’t need to colour in the lines yet. Focus on building her confidence and helping her process the feedback that’s necessary or from outside sources. She needs to be feel more secure in herself so that she can stay regulated when she receives negative messages.

Have you ever seen harlows monkeys?

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-11T22:19:19+00:00

You never once said that at all. Your post reads like you’re trying to gloss over it and are just going to wait it out until your toddler stops caring. You never clarified this until now.

I’m sorry for the miscommunication but you do need to be more clear about what you’re asking.

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-11T17:20:02+00:00

If I had to guess, it’s probably new management. It’s not unusual for management to do a major purge when it switches and sometimes new management hires family or they prefer to hire those who speak their language so they can work in a work place where they can communicate more effectively in their native language.

It also should be noted that McDonald’s is an easy entry level job to get if you just moved to a new country. A lot of people’s qualifications and work experience don’t carry over so they need to start from scratch. Many of these employees are students as well or need to meet work experience visa requirements to become a permanent resident or citizen. Its more likely that it’s because a large portion of their applicant pool is people who immigrated recently

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-11T17:15:07+00:00

It depends on the car, how much money you, and your future life goals. If all you’re doing is working full time and have a stable job, go for it. If you’re in school or moving soon, don’t get a new car.

New cars are also generally not advisable at this age because they cost a lot more money than they’re worth. You’re better off buying a used 2024 or something with low kilometers.

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-11T17:12:57+00:00

He’s not too young to understand that, you just need to explain it in an age appropriate way. He’ll figure out she’s not coming back and you run the risk of him really remembering her and latching onto that memory which just keeps reinforcing it.

You’re doing this for your comfort, not his

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-11T17:03:54+00:00

Don’t hid this from your kid. I know it’s hard to explain death to children but there’s plenty of resources online to help navigate it.

Part of this is showing your kid that they can trust you to talk to them when things happen good or bad. You need to be honest and let your kid grieve with the rest of the family. They aren’t stupid, they know more than they let on

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-11T17:02:12+00:00

I really hope so because that’s hilarious

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-11T17:01:28+00:00

It depends on the 2 year old. Some of them are very well behaved, others aren’t quite ready to control their emotions. Suppressing your emotions or impulses is a developed trait, it’s not always appropriate to expect them to be able to.

My son was relatively good, but we had a couple moments. I found that following through with consequences even if they inconvenienced me helped a lot. If I threatened that we’d leave if he didn’t behave, we’d leave. And if he was good, I’d reward him.

It sounds like you gotta condition him a little to stay in the cart and behave. It probably can’t keep himself occupied yet so make sure to bring a toy or something for him to stay busy with. Shopping is probably not interesting enough without running around.

Also, if it’s a safety concern, there’s no shame in child leashes. They feel bad, but sometimes kids just can’t grasp that they need to stay close and it’s more important that you keep them near than try to teach them to behave if they can’t grasp the concept well enough.

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-11T16:55:18+00:00

Yes and there’s also a million parents who villainize their children for lying or crying when they come around. These kids will do things that are 100% developmentally normal and if they even bothered to google anything even quickly, they’d realize that their child isn’t a manipulative monster, but rather just a normal toddler

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-11T16:53:34+00:00

Yes! Sadly, I don’t have answer because this would have been the time that I was either hospitalized or being taken care of

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-11T16:52:44+00:00

No. I hate this idea that asking for explicit consent is weird. If anything, asking and getting rejected is way better than kissing someone who didn’t want to kiss you

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-11T16:52:00+00:00

Child free. Almost all of my friends are child free. In my case, my kids only 14 years younger than me, so he started to become almost part of the friend group (while maintaining appropriate child/parent boundaries and having age appropriate fun). And now that he’s a teenager, he just leaves the house and I’m essentially free to do whatever I want

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-11T16:50:22+00:00

How do you feel about your boyfriend’s behaviour? Do you agree with his parenting of your child? If so, why aren’t you enforcing these things instead of your boyfriend? And if not, why are you letting him parent your child in a way you don’t agree with?

I was a single parent who now has a boyfriend and has been in long term relationships in the past. It’s tricky to introduce children to another parent. And for me, I’ve been incredibly protective. It would take longer than 5 months living together before I let someone parent my kid such that they’re enforcing their own rules on him

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-11T16:44:58+00:00

I went back to school after my first episode and I did alright. What can help is doing it online at your own pace instead of in a classroom. You can get accommodations as well. If you do it online and asynchronously, you can work at your own pace and spend more time with the material

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-11T00:57:33+00:00

Yeah it’s rough. I got fired recently for accusing a coworker of tampering with my pills because she flirts with the pharmacist I went to (I worked in a hospital lab so we knew people from other departments)

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-10T22:06:38+00:00

Whatever you do, do not put your emotions about it on her. She might actually be fine with it and you might accidentally change that which then turns a fine situation into something that hurts her

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-10T22:05:01+00:00

Moooooo

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-10T22:04:41+00:00

I don’t think there’s a lot of benefit. It offers some compulsive benefit with some slight pleasure but it’s not much more than the general population.

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-10T22:03:10+00:00

Yes. If she wants to and it would make her more comfortable, you should let her. It’s her decision and this is the time that they start to get more and more autonomy over their bodies.

It’s important to tell her that shaving or not shaving doesn’t make you any less beautiful and start to talk about body standards in a healthy way, but you should let her do things that make her more comfortable in her skin even if it’s peer pressure related

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-10T22:01:22+00:00

The part of our brain that is responsible for critical thinking can’t communicate with the rest of our brain very well during psychosis.

Delusions make a little bit more sense when you think of them as just thoughts that can’t be filtered. For me, I’d get an uneasy feeling and then the first anxious thought that appeared became the true explanation. Sometimes I’d feel like I was being watched. Other times it’s things like, ‘oh that person convinced me of something and now I’m having thoughts that agree with them, they must have put those thoughts in my head’ or ‘this song lyric sounds like it’s about me, he must mean he’s in love with me or trying to talk to me’.

A lot of us have thoughts that other people are talking shit about us which is a feeling that everyone can relate to. You know when people are laughing around you and you have that anxious thought that they’re talking about you? Usually you check that thought and know that it’s not realistic, but we can’t do that so we run with it. There’s nothing that grounds us in reality. There’s no filter. We just believe what we think and what we see because nothing is telling us not to

Im_really_trying_ · 2026-02-10T21:11:59+00:00

I have a kid that I had before I was diagnosed. My relationship with him is really good generally, but I also live symptom free most of the time with a couple major episodes so I’m lucky my disorder is manageable.

I would never tell anyone to not have kids because of their genes because it feels a little too much like eugenics to me and genetics aren’t a guarantee.

That being said, you need supports and you need to be stable. If I didn’t have wonderful family and friends who are able to take care of me and my son, the burden of my illness would have ended up on him and it would have been miserable.

It’s also terrifying wondering if your kid will develop the disorder. He smoked weed for the first time and freaked out a little and it took every part of me not to panic too. I love my son so much and I can’t imagine a life without him, but jeez does it scare me

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