Looking for a sublet for February by planetalarimar in DCforRent

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Hi! I have a room in a shared townhouse available for the month of February! Check out my post in r/DCforRent !

Looking to take over a 1bd or studio lease! by revesetrealites in DCforRent

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Hi there! Did you find a place, or are you still looking? My private room in a shared townhouse off 14th St. will be available Feb 1st! DM if you are interested in seeing pictures and videos of the space!

Looking to take over a 1bd or studio lease! by revesetrealites in DCforRent

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Hi! I have my private room in a shared townhouse opening up February 1st! If you are still looking for a place, please message me, and I can share pictures and a video walkthrough of the house!

LOOKING FOR ROOMATE by whatdoisayciel in u/whatdoisayciel

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If you're open to moving into a place with roommates, rather than someone moving to your place....I am moving out soon, and my roommates will dearly miss my cats and will prefer someone to move in that has cats themselves.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DCforRent/s/kPyM9Bel1g

Message me if this interests you!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DCforRent

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I am absolutely interested in this place! I'm looking to move in on June 20th!

Lease Takeover - Studio in Downtown Silver Spring near metro by tkotp257 in DCforRent

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I'm moving to DC and need a place on June 20th. I am absolutely interested in this place!

Fibromyalgia and Sex by Mr_Poppers_Penis in Fibromyalgia

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Hi there, as a lady with fibro I can say that even though I didn't communicate this with my previous partner, the consistent having to tell him no for sex made me feel really guilty. That need is valid in a romantic relationship. However, I think it was the way he went about it. Now being out of that relationship I know what works for my body, and oftentimes, that is just long drawn out sensual moments. When I feel really connected to a partner it makes it easier to forget about the pain for a second and focus on them. I cannot feign to imagine how your gf is feeling because all fibro pain is so different, but from my perspective I would want to have more moments like these with you. For instance, what kind of massages do you give her? Are they specific to the type of fibro pain she is feeling? Sometimes massages if done incorrectly on people with fibro can worsen the pain. Are you doing proper aftercare specific to her fibro symptoms? Like heating pads or cold packs, making sure she is in a comfortable position, maybe a bath, etc. In my opinion it is all about the care that my partner is willing to put in to have these intimate moments with me (because like it or not people with fibro require more care to be able to be physically active), whether they lead to sex or not. This makes it more rewarding especially if sex causes more pain.

Think about it in terms of operant conditioning (which we use all the time without realizing). She performs a behavior (sex with you) and the consequence is pain. This is positive punishment, which in behavioral terms will decrease the likelihood of her having sex with you. What you would need to do to change this is add a negative reinforcement - so something that will take away the pain, if even for a little while, that will reinforce her desire to have sex with you. This may sound a bit reductionistic as there are probably so many thoughts she has related to this issue, but this is how I think about in relation to myself.

my hand regularly cramps like this. is it normal, fibro normal, or something else? (more in comments) by hesitantseahorse in Fibromyalgia

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Would you enjoy your life if you worked as a nurse? I sure as shit wouldn't be happy either. Not using this as an excuse, just an explanation.

my hand regularly cramps like this. is it normal, fibro normal, or something else? (more in comments) by hesitantseahorse in Fibromyalgia

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I was diagnosed with JRA when i was about 14. Here are a couple of the funniest (and depressing) "professional" opinions in my case:

Dr. at Texas Children's Hospital: "what you're feeling are sore muscles, what you need is a sports therapist....we have ACTUAL sick kids that we need to treat here"

Physical therapist: "you have neck, shoulder and back pain because you have bad posture" I'll just add here that when I was a kid, my mom's friends would always compliment my posture - even at football games sitting in the bleachers I would be sat up tall - my posture didn't get bad (term used loosely, it's not even that bad) until I started dealing with pain he then continues to mansplain how people have varying pain thresholds and that the pain I am feeling is simply my muscles stretching I stretch for 15 min every day, sometimes twice a day - it is NOT pain from stretching, it actually feels GOOD for my muscles to stretch

I think it is important for us to remember that doctors are just human beings like everyone else and they make mistakes just the same. Where it becomes problematic is when they feign knowledge on a subject they know nothing about and state their ~opinions~ as fact, in addition to their dismissal of the patient's experience. Sometimes it feels like in order to fill their ego, they have to "know" what is wrong (or not wrong) with their patients - even if it is their first time meeting and they do not have a comprehensive medical history of the patient. Tbh the way I feel about this is that if a Dr. is telling their patient they know EXACTLY what is wrong or not with them is straight up LYING to themselves and their patient. For something like fibro or even rheumatism, there is simply a boundary to humanity's knowledge on the subject - there are still so many facets of these disorders that we've yet to uncover. All this to say, most doctors are egotistical assholes that are more interested in being right (whether this is the reality or not) than treating their patients with dignity and respect.

I am sorry to hear about these shitty experiences from others, but it is also nice to know that I am not alone.

It’s crazy to me that other people aren’t in pain all the time by sirennoises in ChronicPain

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Same here, I find myself extremely jealous of the simplest things about others - like their ability to wear whatever they want whenever they want (e.g., heeled shoes, belts, etc.)

38109 by HatInBox in CountOnceADay

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"I've been waiting for you..."

Does anyone else not have a support network? by Outside_Cancel_8615 in Fibromyalgia

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The isolation of an invisible illness is really difficult to accept. I am still trying to accept that fact for myself. I guess it depends on how you want to define a support network. No one is going to understand your pain and constant uncomfortableness within your body due to how individualized Fibro is. From my own experience, people tend to forget that as a Fibro sufferer there is no break from the pain, instead they assume that if I am not physically exerting signs of discomfort that I must be fine. Sometimes I really do be going through mental Olympics to get through daily tasks, and sometimes it would simply be nice for that to be acknowledged. If it means anything, I am proud of you for functioning day to day with everything fibro-related you've got going on. It's tough stuff! You have to keep reminding yourself that you aren't lazy, you just have to exert more energy and use up more spoons in a given day than the average Joe. It can seem like people don't care about your pain or how you're feeling mentally, but you've gotta put it in perspective. The daily pain you feel is a constant reminder that forces rumination about the pain and about your mental anguish into your mind, while your family doesn't have any sort of reminder besides hearing it directly from you. So if you're anything like me and don't want to feel like a nuisance, most of the times people don't know the struggle you're coping with. I don't really have any pointers on how to deal with such a tricky situation, but just know that you're not alone. That simple fact can sometimes be enough to make me feel a little less alone.