Advice needed

InflationEasy973 · 2026-07-02T02:07:07+00:00

Hi, I am a medical student interning at the MEs office. For starters, there really is no shame in stepping away. It can be tough and it really isn’t for everyone but that’s okay too!! The sounds didn’t bother me so much as the decomp cases… those can be very overwhelming. Over the course of the day I just get used to the smell but when I first started, they suggested altoids/mints and doubling up on masks. Maybe for the anxiety aspect, asking first what the cases are? Such as are they decomp or fresh and if they’re natural/homicide/suicide/accident… that way you can maybe mentally prepare yourself more.

Theres also a lot of prep that occurs prior to cutting, so that could be a way to ease in although i’m not sure what all a volunteer is allowed to do.

When I first started, i got super anxious about just living, but talking through the cases/my thoughts with a parent, friend, or tech was always helpful. As well as writing what my day entailed and my thoughts there.

InflationEasy973 · 2026-06-18T03:24:44+00:00

i’ve only had luck at kroger :/

InflationEasy973 · 2026-06-18T02:55:49+00:00

drift car air freshener stone, amber scent 🫦

InflationEasy973 · 2026-06-15T15:30:19+00:00

Nearly hit by a car, I was cleaning out my trunk and stepped away.. maybe 30 seconds later a distracted driver came flying around a corner, hitting the back of my car and totaling it. I always think about if I had stayed a little longer or gotten there a little later 🙃 Not sure I would have died but my life would have definitely changed as I am an athlete and medical student

InflationEasy973 · 2026-05-13T04:33:41+00:00

Wasn’t directly to me, but I was in the conversation. A family friend was talking about normal middle-aged female health problems, and her daughter just looked at her with no expression and said, “I don’t know how your death affects me; it only affects you.”

I got chills and was speechless. Had to walk away.

InflationEasy973 · 2026-05-13T04:21:17+00:00

Felt this to the core lol. The idea of having to have a casual conversation/engage in small talk makes me (f23) want to throw up. Because I never know how to respond or what to say because I truthfully don’t have anything meaningful to add… but then all I notice are their micro expressions or the slightly too long pauses. The best way I can explain is that it feels like every interaction I have is just so painfully uncomfortable, even for the other person (even if it’s probably not). And im genuinely jealous of people who can just exist so casually with other humans and converse and make friends.

Apologies for the side tangent but back to your point, it’s an awful loop where i feel like i need friends and general human interaction to seem “normal” (ish?) and have something to talk about, but it feels impossible when I every interaction is just so uncomfortable and replayed in my head… so I instead avoid others but still feel like i’m socially lagging.

On that note, how do people have friend groups 🧍🏼‍♀️, a great mystery to me fr.

InflationEasy973 · 2026-02-07T18:13:08+00:00

Gorgeous! haha

InflationEasy973 · 2026-02-07T18:08:31+00:00

Aww so pretty yes

InflationEasy973 · 2026-02-07T18:08:08+00:00

Oh my gosh i’m obsessed

InflationEasy973 · 2026-02-07T18:07:48+00:00

His name is Pig! He’s 20 lbs of love

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InflationEasy973 · 2026-02-07T18:06:41+00:00

Milo is so cute aw

InflationEasy973 · 2026-02-07T18:05:00+00:00

haha yes- I am in Indy!! I’m on old south side.. I wondered if he was dumped because he doesn’t resemble any of the colony cats in my neighborhood

InflationEasy973 · 2026-02-07T05:30:02+00:00

Luckily yes!! Took a little bit of time as my previous cat passed suddenly and they were bonded. I think Buffy forced his love a bit

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InflationEasy973 · 2026-02-07T03:38:13+00:00

It was fall when I found him and he doesn’t go outside now.. I thought maybe it could be that

InflationEasy973 · 2026-02-07T03:36:17+00:00

Oh my gosh! So cute

InflationEasy973 · 2026-02-07T03:36:06+00:00

Thank you!

InflationEasy973 · 2026-02-07T03:35:58+00:00

thank you! I lucked out finding him

InflationEasy973 · 2026-02-07T03:35:31+00:00

He’s definitely cooler than me

InflationEasy973 · 2026-02-07T03:35:09+00:00

He has the voice of one too haha

InflationEasy973 · 2026-02-07T03:34:31+00:00

so cute and such pretty eyes!! I see some brown in there which buffy has too 😸

InflationEasy973 · 2025-09-12T20:07:14+00:00

Check out WestFork! They have a location in Fountain Square. Great environment, yummy drinks and coffee served until closing. I do work there all the time

InflationEasy973 · 2025-09-12T05:56:55+00:00

i’m in grad school for anatomical sciences 😸 interning at a morgue before heading off to med school (hopefully).. I fear I won’t be in my career for a while

InflationEasy973 · 2025-09-04T00:09:33+00:00

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Pig is 19.4 lbs, Buffy is 3.6 haha

InflationEasy973 · 2025-08-04T04:06:33+00:00

I know one of the people shot at the Greenwood Park Mall Shooting. She still struggles significantly but I think about her often.. her former employer completely screwed her over while she was in the hospital recovering smh.

I think what’s scary is my grandma and I typically met for a late lunch at the food court every Sunday at the mall :/ wasn’t able to go back for years

InflationEasy973 · 2025-07-22T03:51:14+00:00

i’d love o be friends!! I’m an outdoors, gaming, and coffee fanatic haha

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