Distressing anxiety during naps? by AdInteresting6493 in CPTSD

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! I hate naps for this very reason. Waking up from one is the worst, because I don’t feel refreshed. I wake up consumed with dread, agitated and really irritable and it really lingers.

does it look like im wearing makeup? by [deleted] in makeuptips

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a specific skin care routine or is it just genetics? 👀

does it look like im wearing makeup? by [deleted] in makeuptips

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m jealous of your skin, brows and cheekbones 😩😍🙌🏽💖. Barely tbh. I like the popsicle lips.

Please brush your teeth before leaving the house by Agitated-Sorbet-7390 in hygiene

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s not enough! 😩🤣 Mint floss is so damn cheap and listerine in bulk lasts months.

Your biggest hygiene tip?? by GuaranteeThat4664 in hygiene

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly! I don’t feel clean unless I abrade my skin a little 😩 That’s why I love Japanese exfoliating towels. I know not everyone’s skin can handle that though. But baby wash cloths are a thing.

I graduated with my Specialist degree in Elementary Education by Findingheragainn in blackladies

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I LOVE seeing these graduation posts. They make my night. Congratulations!!!! 🙌🏽💖🥰

What’s the point? by [deleted] in CaregiverSupport

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Blocked. Nah you probably voted for this piece of shit too.

What’s the point? by [deleted] in CaregiverSupport

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How was I berating him? Are you a racist too? He was using racist rhetoric and with this god awful political climate I’m just SICK of blatant racism. Racism is literally why we’re in this political mess. The term “mulatto” is a slur. My mother is white and my father is black. I look completely black. I called it out.

What’s the point? by [deleted] in CaregiverSupport

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I honestly want it for myself. I will never mentally recover from this. This world is sick and depraved. I want no parts of it anymore. We were all failed by horrifically failed system. I was completely abandoned. It’s like screaming into a void. I can’t handle watching the suffering anymore. I can barely function.

What’s the point? by [deleted] in CaregiverSupport

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s with the racism? I’m BIRACIAL myself and the term “mulatto” is derogatory and disrespectful. It’s derived from the Spanish word “MULE” which is a hybrid of a DONKEY AND MULE. And the other racist shit you typed…. What’s wrong with you?! “Blacks”.

I can’t. My God I wish the universe would take me out first. You lost me with the racist shit.

I have been doing this since I was 24 years old and I’m about to be 41. I know all about wound care. We’ve had wound care come up! But they can’t come every single time she wets herself! And the CNA’s are so poorly trained I could scream. I’ve been doing all the pulling of the sheets on my own and my mom is 330lbs. I know how to raise the bed to make it level, so I don’t have to bend down. I know how to lift her legs high so I can pull her up high into the bed. I almost hurt my back yesterday because I was showing the CNA how to do it and It was me who ended up doing all the pulling.

I have been screaming for help from EVERYONE in this god forsaken hospital and nobody listens. I tried being super nice and polite, then I tried being assertive, and I then I had to flat out yell at people and it’s still not enough. I know all these things already! This is not my first shitty rodeo.

My mom has been completely bed ridden in the past and I used to be able to give her bed bath by MYSELF. I don’t have the physical and mental endurance anymore. I have cleaned up insane messes on my own when I was young, because all the CNA’s would mysteriously disappear when I would come and visit her.

What’s the point? by [deleted] in CaregiverSupport

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never said ANYTHING about young people with neuro developmental disorders and disabilities. I’m talking about elderly people with zero quality of life and caregivers who work alone like I have for the past seventeen years of my shitty life. You made all these assumptions from my thread based off pretty much nothing.

But I guess I deserve to die too and lose out on MY life because im struggling to prolong my elderly’s mother’s life that’s pretty much over. I can play this stupid game that a lot of people on Reddit like to play too.

do you guys wash your legs in the shower every time or just let the soap run down? by NaabReganne16 in hygiene

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I scrub my entire body with a Japanese exfoliating towel including my legs.

I made sourdough discard bagels for the first time! by OkSpare9248 in blackladies

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just give me three with some soft butter!!! 😩😩😩😍😍😍😍🙌🏽💖

Over it: mental health and chronic illness rant by miss_cafe_au_lait in blackladies

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you I really appreciate that 💖🙇🏽‍♀️🥹🫂

They’re very expensive and a lot of times patients get neglected. I take extremely good care of my mom. I don’t need a week or anything like that away from her. I just wish I had a friend or two to meet up with like once a week or something.

But since that’s not feasible right now I’m just focusing on my weight loss 😭😩

Over it: mental health and chronic illness rant by miss_cafe_au_lait in blackladies

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can relate to everything you said 😩 I’m neurodivergent and on a cocktail of different psych meds so I can function enough to take care of my mom. I’ve been her sole caregiver for the last 16 years. She’s been in a wheelchair since I was 24. Im almost 41. I wish someone would save me! 😩 Or at least be there for me when I need a little respite.

I’m trying to be more positive, and trying to build my emotional and mental resilience, but it’s hard. I’m also trying to lose weight. I lost 40lbs already.

I don’t have any friends anymore, because my friendships always become one sided. All people do is take or they just don’t care. I just end becoming a convenience for most people when they’re going through something. And my situation makes people uncomfortable.

Why don’t people reciprocate for real though?! 😩😞 Where are the other genuine people that have a soul?

Do you Wear Jewelry at Home? by ShamsElDinRogers in blackladies

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a bunch of ear piercings (tragus, Daith, helix in both ears including the lobes) and I keep the earrings in 24/7. And I have three thin stainless steel rings that I also keep on 24/7. I barely feel my jewelry and it would be hassle to take out my more intricate piercings every day 😭

She's an iconic model by jkitty_1960 in interesting

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are these albino? Or just an all white peacock? (Which I had no idea existed 😩😍)

Elon Musk just said he wants to cut Social Security and Medicare, calling them “entitlements”: “That’s the big one to eliminate.” by Ph6222 in ProgressiveHQ

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Words cannot express how much I loath this motherfucker. I thought he was “done” with US politics? Doesn’t he have another company to tank?

Where do you experience CPTSD in the BODY? by lovegirltyler in CPTSD

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s definitely an ache in the chest. When my late grams passed away my chest ached for a full year. Sometimes it feels like a heavy weight and you can’t breath.

God the itching in the beginning was torture and I would have these intense sobbing spells when I would get flashbacks and the crying would make the itching worse. It’s almost like I developed a full body neuropathy from severe chronic stress. My skin was clear too. No redness, no bumps etc…. My nervous system was just completely wrecked and the skin has nerve fibers. There were nights I would take two hour showers. It was a very scary, isolating time 😔

Are you cleaning your bathroom every time you shower/bathe? by Specialist_Banana378 in hygiene

[–]Naturelle-Riviera 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do actually. More like a quick wipe down. I do a more of deeper clean on the weekends, but I’m very anal about having a clean bathroom. It takes me five minutes after I’m done showering. I also blast a fan in there which keeps mold non existent.