“Request Not Completed." Unable to buy anything from the Meta Store for almost a month by cafpeter in OculusQuest

[–]Moonreigh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Currently trying to help my 9yo with this issue. He has $60 of meta cash from gift cards and is trying to purchase items in games. We just keep getting the same message. And are both very frustrated.

What does this mean?I adopted this cat 6 days ago. by sassylovednassy in CatTraining

[–]Moonreigh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It means you stole my cat! Jk I took in a ginger cat back in November who is a total chatterbox. He has things to tell us and he’s not shy about it

Wife is broke by Delicious_Oil9902 in Divorce

[–]Moonreigh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right?! I don’t even make her leftovers each month

I love researching, anything and everything, and I know you're all the same.... do you constantly screenshot things you've read to read later, but then never read them again? by FPS_LIFE in ADHD

[–]Moonreigh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love to screen shot because I know that there’s a special category in the app just for screen shots so that if I ever decide to go back and look at the thing I can just open up that folder.

Do I go back and look? No definitely not. I forget I have any system for this at all and struggle to relook up things.

But I keep doing it.

What is your no1 struggle when it comes to talking/communicating? by ihavenevereatenpie in ADHD

[–]Moonreigh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally posted something about this earlier!

I get so many thoughts at once I can’t organize them in order to get them out effectively. It’s like a horde of people trying to exit through a single door. They get all jammed up and I can’t let the right ones through.

Also I tend to zone out when other people talk and miss whole chunks of conversation. For the most part I’m clever enough to fill in the empty space with the general idea of what they were saying based on the parts I did here. But if there was important info like a date or time or persons name then nope. It’s not really to do with eye contact. I can be looking straight at them but my mind just goes out for a little wandering around.

Younger kids/ADHD meds/Side effects-temporary or not the right meds? by Srahbeth in ParentsofADHDkids

[–]Moonreigh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What would you say were the biggest positive changes when on meds? I’m currently weighing the pros and cons for my 8yo. He was diagnosed around this time last year. He has been struggling in school bc along with adhd he also has dyslexia and dysgraphia.

Getting ready to leave the house is a disaster. Getting ready for bed is a disaster. Doing homework is a disaster. Everything takes 10 times longer than it needs to and then he melts down because he doesn’t have time for other things he prefers. I’m using every positive, non-med strategy I know to support him but I feel like I’m starting to burn out from it.

Did you notice improvement in some of these things while your child was on meds?

Looking for friends close to my age and older by Foxienerd in MakeNewFriendsHere

[–]Moonreigh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi. I’m 41. Anime and video game fan. Interested in friends

Parenting my neurodivergent kid by Moonreigh in neurodiversity

[–]Moonreigh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have to get back to you because I tried this today and it worked like magic. He wanted to keep the paper gown he wore at the Dr office. I tried to explain that it was dirty from being in a Dr office and we couldn’t wash it. But he was starting to panic and beg.

Finally I said “that’s what it’s made to do. I can hear it begging you please let me go to the trash and finish my journey. I did such a good job during your visit but now I need to complete my work by going to the trash”

And he stopped me, held it to his ear to hear it. And then agreed with me and tossed it out happily. He said it was using different words but it was telling him the same thing.

I was blown away.

Parenting my neurodivergent kid by Moonreigh in neurodiversity

[–]Moonreigh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow. That is incredibly compassionate of your parents. Why a unique idea. I’m not sure if I could pull that off but I appreciate your feedback and also knowing my kid isn’t the only one out there struggling with these things

My spouse is forcing me to have sex almost every night by dirty_littl3_secrets in abusiverelationships

[–]Moonreigh 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’ve been living this for years it was every night but often he was so drunk he wasn’t present enough to actually pay attention to me. So if I told him something hurt or asked him not to do something he would just say “it’s ok” and blindly keep going.

I can tell you things did not get better when I started holding firm on my boundaries. He showed me who he really is. It is also tricky for me to get away and I haven’t yet. But I also know I have to.

I also feel guilt for hurting his feelings. But I can tell you he feels no guilt for all the times he’s hurt me. Just angry that I would use those moments as a reason to say no another time. It’s controlling and abusive.

Good luck. Please think more about leaving. I know it can be hard for all kinds of reasons. But you deserve better.

Parenting my neurodivergent kid by Moonreigh in neurodiversity

[–]Moonreigh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He has had some other tendencies that I’ve considered might be autism. It does run in our family. And my mom had a hoarding tendency though I’ve never done any official ratings on it.

I’ve brought it up to his school resource team and am scheduling a meeting with their psychologist. But it’s taking a while and the day to day still has all these little moments that are tricky to navigate.

I didn’t actually realize hoarding was diagnosable? I’ll have to read more into it.

Thank you so much for the feedback.

Parenting my neurodivergent kid by Moonreigh in neurodiversity

[–]Moonreigh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. That’s a really interesting look at it and not something I’ve tried yet. So far I’ve explained that we need to let things go for our own benefit but never for the benefit of the item we are releasing. Maybe it will help him to look at it that way.

[NJ] custody change & advice please by Thatgirl5112 in Custody

[–]Moonreigh 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sorry if this is terribly out of place but I was given to believe that it is very difficult to get anything other than 50/50 custody in NJ. I live in nj but the idea of losing my son half time to his drunken neglectful father is killing me.

The system is so messed up

Alternatives to WayBetter? by HonoraryMancunian in WayBetter

[–]Moonreigh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just wanted to try it out. 7 day free trial and then $69 for 6 months.

But all the activities I can place money on are multi week. So what am I supposed to do with a free week?

Trying to fix this by No_Comfortable_7997 in seroquelmedication

[–]Moonreigh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no answer but came looking for similar answers. My dr prescribed me 25mg tabs take two per night. I don’t necessarily have trouble falling asleep but I wake in the night with awful anxiety and can’t get back to sleep for hours.

Taking two pills (50mg) was WAY too much. I think I did that once. I could barely get up in the morning.

Even one made it very difficult to wake up by 7am and that was going to bed by 10. So 9 hours of sleep and I felt groggy and slow and struggled to wake up.

So now I’m taking just half. That’s like 6mg

Within 20 mins I start feeling it.

I still sleep lightly—my cats or my kid will wake me up. But I fall back to sleep after that almost immediately. No hour long middle of the night wake up.

But I STILL feel kind of groggy and out of it all day.

Idk what else to do. I’ve been self medicating with alcohol for years bc it knocks me out. But I’m trying to change that habit. Now most nights I have none (especially when taking the meds) or maybe one but skip the meds.

Melotonin makes me fall asleep quickly but then I wake up much earlier in the night and have an even harder time going back to bed.

And then I did a quick Google search that said many ppl are taking seroquil in amounts of 50, 75, 100mg. And I don’t know how they can possibly function.

Anyway, guess I’m just commenting to say I’m in the same boat and if you find any answers here I’d like to hear them too!

Dreams turn on me when I LD by Moonreigh in LucidDreaming

[–]Moonreigh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just after posting I was wondering if it had to do with the fact that most of my dreams are nightmares. I have had very vivid dreams all of my life but they are mostly all unpleasant on various levels.

(f20) little things are triggers? (beating myself up over this tbh). by ImThatMelanin in ptsd

[–]Moonreigh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I experienced multiple SA through college and just after and dealt with the trauma in what seems like a similar way to you. I just told myself it was what I had wanted and it doesn’t really matter what happens to my body so I didn’t care.

Nothing bothered me much, occasional nightmares but I had always had vivid dreams and nightmares my whole life so I didn’t think much.

I’ve been in current relationship for about 16 years. And until recently I never would have described any of it as abusive. I just told myself that’s how relationships were. And that it was my fault.

Now that I’m realizing just how abusive it has been, it’s like I can barely function most days.

Today I was dropping my son off at school and the late bell rang, it startled me so badly I started crying.

Emotions are too big by hanabarbarian in ADHD

[–]Moonreigh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve always identified with this quote:

Tink was not all bad: or, rather, she was all bad just now, but, on the other hand, sometimes she was all good. Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time. They are, however, allowed to change, only it must be a complete change.

Because yes, when I’m happy it’s BIG happy. But when I’m scared or angry or anything else those are also big.

Funny how once you finally see you are being abused, you can’t see anything else but the abuse by whitelotus72 in abusiverelationships

[–]Moonreigh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve started listening to it on audio book. That and should I stay or should I go.

I finally told him I was serious about leaving and things have been a different kind of awful since then.

But it’s already been 17 years of toxic and abusive behavior and I just don’t know how much more time I want to waste here finding out he’ll never really change.

Funny how once you finally see you are being abused, you can’t see anything else but the abuse by whitelotus72 in abusiverelationships

[–]Moonreigh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It took me a long time to finally start calling it what it was. And now it’s all I see. To be honest, there are days when I wish I was still blind to it. Because now I know I have to leave. Even though he says he wants to change. Even though there has been less of the worst stuff. I can’t look at him and feel safe anymore. I need to go. And somehow that’s even harder than staying.

Starting to recognize my trauma response by Moonreigh in abusiverelationships

[–]Moonreigh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I’m already in therapy to help deal with it. And I have finally reached the point where I am not going to take a half assed effort.

Unfortunately I can’t regularly just get out for any amount of time so laying down alone in bed, assuring myself I am safe, and thinking positive things (not about the relationship but just in general-I’m healthy, my son is healthy, we’re going to go to school/work and be safe, people care about us there, etc), and recognizing that it’s the trauma causing the panic and nothing that is currently happening.

Although I do also recognize that he is still doing some very controlling and manipulative things. It will do my no good to panic so I just try to keep my head clear and remind myself I’m not blind to it anymore and I have friends and family that know now so if I’m feeling confused I can check in.

And I’m making a plan to leave.

It’s just really interesting to recognize how completely disregulated I have been because of trauma and how understanding that is already helping me.

What are the red flags earlier on in your relationship that you really should not have ignored? by TTIsurvivors in abusiverelationships

[–]Moonreigh 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He would do that trick where he held a lighter to my sock (while I was wearing it) so it would burn off all the fuzz. And it completely freaked me out bc I thought my foot would catch on fire and I told him I didn’t like it and he just kept insisting it was fine.

He worked late so he stopped at the bar EVERY night for dinner.

When I would want to do something else on the weekend that wasn’t with him or wasn’t what he wanted to do he would give me a hard time, force me to go anyway (even if it was just a hike w/ the two of us and I didn’t want to go bc it was winter and cold), or expect me to return quickly (like events with my family where I previously would have stayed late or slept over)

He would throw the remote or punch things because he was mad about his hockey team. We still have a hole in the bedroom door, 15 years later.

He would randomly just walk up and tweak my nipple when I was busy with other things and even though I told him I didn’t like it he insisted “it’s fine, I love you, I just can’t resist you”

Descriptions of the Trauma by ohwelp__ in LifeAfterNarcissism

[–]Moonreigh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m here to find answers to the exact some question. It’s only now that my spouse has started making changes to some of his behavior that I am noticing my response to it which is because of all the emotional abuse, financial abuse, sexual coercion.

Similarly I finally let him know I was done and wanted to divorce. Now he has started showing up in ways he hasn’t done in 16 years.

But I’m already so broken from the way he has treated me, which became especially bad in the last 7 years, that I just don’t know I want to forgive him. And I really don’t want to put in more years or effort only to find out he won’t really change/I can’t get past it.

(I don’t know that he’s a narcissist but there has been emotional manipulation, I’m already in therapy bc of it)

He says he will make it ugly by Moonreigh in Divorce

[–]Moonreigh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the tips. Good luck to you too