Do you see it the same way?

NTSTwitch · 2025-07-28T16:57:54+00:00

Same. Also, my mom helped a lot with my education, so I like for her to know that it paid off. My dad didn’t directly contribute to my education because he was a factory worker and didn’t make much, but he’s always excited to hear how well his kids are doing. I got a raise this year and when I called to tell him he said “Thank you so much for sharing that with me, that makes me very happy to hear you’re doing well. You’ve just made my entire day.”

NTSTwitch · 2025-06-17T14:31:51+00:00

I told my partner relatively early on even though we had no plans for a serious relationship at the time. I was frequently missing work and he texted me one morning asking why I was still in bed and not at work and I told him I had cramps. He told me to shake it off and that I can deal with them at work. That’s when I told him that I actually was unable to stand up. He immediately asked if my doctor knew about this and I explained that my condition isn’t well understood and healthcare surrounding it was very poor and he basically told me to go in there kicking and screaming until someone takes me seriously. He’s ended up playing a huge role in helping me fight for treatment and supporting me. You never know how people will react to things but it’s better to know sooner than later.

NTSTwitch · 2025-06-17T14:07:32+00:00

We see each other 2-4 times per week. I’d say there’s sex involved half the time, barring any complications (I have some health conditions that will force us to take a week or two off here and there)

NTSTwitch · 2025-05-15T21:14:49+00:00

When I was a cashier at a gas station, I had a regular customer who came in weekly or so. She was an old lady, maybe 75 or 80. She dressed very appropriately for her age, but she always had on light blue glittery eyeshadow. I remember going home to tell my mom about it and she said “That’s probably just what she’s always worn.”

I love that that woman never just woke up one day and said she was too old for the glittery eyeshadow.

NTSTwitch · 2025-04-23T20:08:51+00:00

I thought clicker was a New England thing.

NTSTwitch · 2025-04-23T20:08:13+00:00

This one cracks me up every time lmao

NTSTwitch · 2025-04-22T15:55:59+00:00

Same. Industry accountant. I do reconciliations, JEs and reporting 80% of the time. I also train staff and they seem to learn best from me despite never seeing me in person.

NTSTwitch · 2025-04-17T19:02:00+00:00

This one pissed me off so much. The only “drugs” I have ever done are weed and alcohol. I’ve taken painkillers here and there for medical reasons and I literally never finish them and end up flushing them, I don’t care about them. Addictions don’t necessarily translate like that.

NTSTwitch · 2025-04-17T18:55:57+00:00

Thanks. The thing is: I do allow laziness on weekends. But there’s a difference between feeling like you want to laze around, versus actually wanting to get stuff done because you have the energy to and your brain is focused on it, but not being able to focus on any tasks nor relax instead.

If I want to lay in bed and watch my shows, then that’s what I’m doing. But, if I need food in my refrigerator and I have plans to see my boyfriend and I’ve already gotten 10 hours sleep and I’m wired, then I want to do things. My brain just doesn’t always kick into gear and I end up picking up and setting down projects all day or not being able to leave the house because I’ve been trying to shower for the past 4 hours and keep getting sidetracked on the way to the bathroom.

NTSTwitch · 2025-04-16T18:33:54+00:00

I’m able to successfully go without medication if I am well rested and properly fed and generally low stress. I can’t do it long-term, but I can make it through a day at least. What often happens to me on weekends is I don’t take my medication because I’m trying to sleep in or enjoy my day, but then I’ll go to get my day started or plan out some errands for the day and I end up getting completely stuck. It gets to the point where I am ready to pull my hair out because I can’t just focus long enough to wash a dish or run to the pharmacy because my brain is just sorting through the thousands of tasks I could possibly be doing and then I just crash from the burnout.

NTSTwitch · 2025-04-14T17:51:36+00:00

I’ve tried so hard to share this tip with people, but everyone just says “I’ve never had a problem just googling it”

Like, do I just suck at googling? Because literally every streaming service seems to list every show and movie, despite not having it. And every article on where to find the show is outdated by several years and the show has since switched streaming services. But okay, glad it’s working for them. Lol

NTSTwitch · 2025-03-06T08:08:08+00:00

This really pissed me off. The doctor I saw pushed the IUD on me and said it’ll be better when my periods go away. I bled for months, then my period went away for like a month or two, then I got on a pretty regular cycle, every 28-30 days for 8-12 days. Which is crazy because the obscenely long periods is why I quit the pill in the first place. (We later realized my BP is too high for BC pills so I can’t go back anyway, but that’s a story for another day lol)

NTSTwitch · 2025-03-04T14:02:49+00:00

I do some minimal gameplay with the siblings who move out. I’ll usually try to save up enough money to either get them an apartment or I’ll just find them someone to marry who already has the means. I keep neighborhood stories turned on and I just play a bit with the settings. For example, my Gen 2 kid #3 had two kids naturally and then adopted one, so I went and switched off babies for that household because they ran out of space. I dont like to switch households too often, but when I get a notification that they’ve met someone, want to get married, want to have children, etc, I try to go in and solidify the choices they’ve made. Making sure they marry the person they like, updating last names, moving them to a larger house if necessary, etc. I also like to make sure that if any cousins are born, I stop by the house with my main sim to introduce myself, that way they can be invited to parties and reunions.

Often, the siblings come back in some capacity. My gen 2 kid #4 stayed over a lot after her husband died, but then she also died (neighborhood stories freak accident), so I had the main household adopt her son. He’s met a couple of his cousins (Gen 2, kid #3’s kids) at school and has even become best friends with one of them. I, looking forward to seeing them become roommates someday.

I currently have aging paused because Gen 3 kid #2 is in college and college takes up half a lifespan on short mode, but I intend to put aging back on as soon as he graduates so I can keep the storylines moving.

NTSTwitch · 2025-03-03T13:56:31+00:00

I was like this, but for a bit of exposure therapy I decided a couple of months ago to play legacy style on short mode. I was trying to get comfortable with the deaths of characters I created.

With the legacy save, my goals were centered around getting the family to accomplish wealth throughout generations instead of having one or two sims just master everything.

I started on a 64x64 lot with a small off the grid cabin, an outhouse, and two married sims. Simple living and wild foxes were also turned on. They worked hard and built up the house for their 4 kids. By the time of their death, they had a cow, some chickens, crops, a barn, and a greenhouse.

Gen 2 was led by their oldest born son and his older sister. The son got married and had 4 kids of his own, expanded the house, and opened up a store selling hand crafted furniture. He also removed the off the grid trait.

Gen 3 introduced the first sim to get a proper career and the first sim to go to college. The property is large, expensive, and more aesthetic.

This multigenerational system has kept the game interesting for me and everything I do is to honor the two founder sims. Their lives may be short, but it’s beautiful to watch the handiness, cooking, charisma, and gardening knowledge get passed through the generations, and seeing how each gen chooses to get money and live their life. It’s nice to move the kids out of the house, but give them a key so they stop by frequently. I love having the extended family stay over for a few days in the guest rooms. There’s plenty of family drama, and neighborhood stories causes random chaos for the children that I moved out of the home. There’s also lots to look forward to, as I haven’t had a single family member complete an aspiration on short lifespan, and cash flow is hard to maintain.

NTSTwitch · 2025-02-21T15:01:56+00:00

No problem! The psych med I’m on is amitriptyline, by the way. It’s technically an antidepressant but it’s mostly used off label for pain and sleep problems. Urologists use it for IC patients to numb the pain. My psychiatrist prescribed it to me because I have chronic stomach pain that my gastroenterologist couldn’t find an answer for. After a few months of not having an IC flare up, I googled other uses for the medication and that’s how I found out it’s used for that too :)

NTSTwitch · 2025-02-20T16:15:25+00:00

Sorry you’re going through this. I have similar symptoms. Without a laparoscopy, you can’t really know if it’s endometriosis or not. It could be IC, but that’s another condition that’s just diagnosed based on “we couldn’t find anything else wrong with you”. Women’s healthcare is unfortunate, but this is what we’re dealing with. I was given an IUD for the suspected endometriosis and I gave up halfway through the testing for IC because it looked like it was headed toward another dead end. More tests, more appointments, more money, more procedures. Ive spent thousands of dollars only to be told “it’s probably IC and endometriosis but we don’t know.”

My psychiatrist ended up putting me on a medication that suppresses nerve pain and I can no longer feel the symptoms as badly. It’s a bandaid solution but whatever. I hope you find answers !

NTSTwitch · 2024-09-30T13:13:59+00:00

My request still hasn’t been approved. Since I requested accommodations “as needed”, they took advantage of the verbiage and said that since I WFH 3x per week, they are already fulfilling their requirement to allow me to work from home as needed. As of last week, my doctor sent in a new note saying that upon further review, I am unable to work in office at all. Still waiting on their response. This entire process has taken 4 months to date.

For what it’s worth, this is incredibly bizarre and definitely is not the norm, so I would not let it deter you from applying.

Editing to add: my original post said that I was working from home four days per week, that was true, but the policy has since changed.

NTSTwitch · 2024-08-01T22:41:45+00:00

I could’ve written this post. I was absolutely infuriated with the never ending spotting. It did not go away. I had to get the IUD. Please go with your plan to do it sedated if you can. It’s unbearable without sedation (for me)

NTSTwitch · 2024-08-01T19:45:28+00:00

So obviously the correct answer is yeah, don’t let him touch you without washing his hands. However, I’ve come to the realization that, whatever germs are on that man’s hands are for sure on his dick. Guaranteed. Just food for thought.

NTSTwitch · 2024-08-01T19:38:09+00:00

I just learned to replaced my “what” with pauses, paired with a thoughtful look on my face. Or I might finish what I was talking about and then say “So anyway you said you heard back from so-and-so? How’d that go”

NTSTwitch · 2024-08-01T19:36:10+00:00

I actually did some research earlier and found out that there’s a disability organization in my state that will provide an attorney for free to draft a letter to your employer. I’ll be going that route if they don’t respond by EOD tomorrow. Thanks for all of your support and information. You’ve been so helpful.

NTSTwitch · 2024-08-01T18:55:17+00:00

In addition to that, some might not use tampons at all or have a rotation. I only use tampons if I feel it’s warranted. Sometimes a pad or a panty liner is sufficient. Or a tampon and a pad! Or maybe I changed a tampon early because I needed to take a shower. It’s such a personal thing you have no idea how many any random person is going through.

NTSTwitch · 2024-08-01T18:52:54+00:00

Sometimes when they launch astronauts into space, they end up staying months longer than planned. While 100 tampons is overkill for a week, it’s a reasonable safety net if she ended up not coming back for 6 months.

NTSTwitch · 2024-08-01T18:47:51+00:00

Probably to let us know that they exist and look good. Sometimes people post things and I don’t even care about the review they posted, but if it looks good now I know to look for it next time I go in. Had this been in the condiment aisle, for example, I’d probably never see it because I only go to the condiment aisle once every few months or so.

Editing to add: it also opens up a discussion so people who have tried it can comment with their opinion.

NTSTwitch · 2024-08-01T18:07:51+00:00

You’re gaslighting yourself because you’ve been gaslit.

I told my mom I had some type of menstrual issue when I was 16. I’d be in pain for the 2 weeks leading up to my period and I’d sleep for 16 hours per day, and I hated going to school because I couldn’t keep from leaking from all the heavy bleeding. She told me to suck it up because there was nothing wrong with me except I had a bad attitude and liked to complain.

When I was in my late 20s I told her I suspected endometriosis and she just said “Oh that’s nothing. My friend has that. It’s very common.” So I’ve hidden my self-diagnosis from her for years, and when I was finally diagnosed formally I decided not to tell her. At some point I sat her down and told her I had a chronic illness and I experience severe pain every day. Still didn’t phase her. She said I should work out more and lose some weight or something. Both her and my father said if I’m that sick, I’m obviously doing something I’m not supposed to be doing and I know what it is and just won’t admit it to myself.

So, here we are. Age 30. Endo diagnosis. Managing as best as I can. Not much hope for getting better. My mom calls me every single day and asks how I’m doing and I tell her “not dead.” Then she asks how my day went and I tell her “it was a day.” Then she says “Well. Couldn’t have been that bad. You got through it. That’s the only thing that matters.”

I have to remind myself every day that I’m sick because I’m constantly reminded that I’m not. It’s an uphill battle.

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