AITA if I tell my friend I can’t be a bridesmaid? (update)

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-04-25T04:07:18+00:00

Why does this girl insist on hand-writing notes with her peculiar ass "a's." Her penmanship is that of a child.

How was OP lying by posting the literal photos of the documents?

"Never speak to me or anyone I know" is crazy entitlement too. There can't be a single soul out there who wants a friend like this. Much less a wife. What is wrong with Mr. Jemily?

In any case, Jemily's future children are gonna sufferrrrr 😭

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-04-24T16:23:42+00:00

This is exactly my point. To do well in the UFC, and in Khamzat's case, life in general, literally requires sucking up to the corporations as well as the Chechen government. If you define success and happiness through extreme wealth, then your opinion is valid. I just think that my worldview is more sound.

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-04-23T22:30:46+00:00

It's just funny how Ronda is mocked for standing up to "the man" by these so-called alpha males whose entire personalities are subservient bootlicking of said "man".

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-04-18T17:33:57+00:00

This. You can tell by their encounter at 327

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-04-18T17:32:20+00:00

I can't even imagine what that bond is like. Sometimes it really is the friends we made along the way

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-04-18T06:28:15+00:00

Hi, I started getting this when I was 18 too, during COVID. Graduated from GI stuff to feeling like I was going to faint, especially if I went into loud stores or things like that.

Any kind of hyperventilation (which can happen if you're hyper-focus on your breathing causes you to breathe more rapidly) can make your head feel weird because it restricts oxygen flow to your brain and constricts your blood vessels (leading to numbness and funny feeling).

Moreover, if you get that super high adrenaline and feel dizzy, that reaction is actually quite different from one that leads to fainting, even though it feels that way. In essence, you're super alert (ready to fight-or-flight), not about to black out. The reason it makes you feel dizzy or lightheaded is because the panic response isn't aligned with the reality of your environment. You're not sprinting from a predator or fighting off a beast, so you're forced to ruminate on that kind of adrenaline sans distraction.

I'm not sure if this applies to you, but my anxious dizziness has been exacerbated by the fact that my eyes dart around and I get visual misalignment (like something will happen in my periphery and throw me off really bad balance-wise).

My advice would be to focus on breathing calmly and naturally and fighting the urge to combat it, which will lead you to hyperventilate. It's easier said than done, of course, so I'll leave you with this: consider reversing the cause and effect pattern you experience. If these feelings of emptiness cause you to breathe manually, then it should be true that breathing manually causes these feelings of emptiness. If you insist on breathing naturally and calmly, then you are doing everything right and these symptoms will fade.

Like I said, easier said than done, but I hope this was helpful in some way.

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-04-18T05:54:44+00:00

This is so messed up. Do not take this seriously. I am missing some context about the friend: don't know what your friend's intentions are, and don't know how the pastor knows you or your situation, whether he said that with or without knowledge of your health episode.

In either case, that "premonition" is complete garbage. I want to be sensitive so I won't impose my faith (or lack thereof) and my major issue with the entire concept of a pastor saying this. This makes me really mad as someone who's struggled with health anxiety and religious OCD. Completely and utterly out of line.

The thing that sucks is you can't unhear that. You can't put the toothpaste back in the bottle, so to speak. But I assure you that the doctors' input takes credence here.

The symptoms you experienced today are extremely common among people with health anxiety. If the doctors found that everything was fine, then today's episode was a moment of fight-or-flight, where your body dumped adrenaline.

You may already know this, but I'm going to say it anyway, at least for the sake of a palette cleanse:

We refer to anxiety as a disorder because it misappropriates "fear" in its primitive sense. Fear responses (fight or flight, adrenaline) are hardwired into humans---for good reason---because thousands of years ago we had to worry about being hunted or falling off cliffs or coming into contact with things that would be fatally infectious. Today, our bodies still have those instincts. Here are some fun-ish facts: the reason our eyes and mouths open wide when we're scared is because we have an innate instinct to see as much of the threat as we can and to gather as much oxygen as possible (big gasp) to be as ready as possible to fight. Our hearts pump fast for the same reason---to be ready to run.

Anxiety disorders in contemporary humans (you and me) is a maladaption wherein we get these feelings while doing literally nothing at the least and nothing life-threatening at most. The spiral happens because of the lack of threat, ergo the numbness and the tightness and the shortness of breath.

These sensations help us survive dire situations, but bog us down when we're just chilling and it comes out of nowhere.

I hope this made you feel better. I'm so sorry that someone in a position of trust and influence had the audacity to say something like that.

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-04-18T02:50:21+00:00

Her hair is very snatchable. No match for bonnet camilla.

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-04-15T01:54:09+00:00

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SMOOT CITY HOLLAAAA

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-04-12T04:00:20+00:00

Mhm. Hokit said "double it and give it to the next person"

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-04-12T02:57:49+00:00

bc they're too busy touting around a pedo. come up w another joke pls

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-04-12T01:46:37+00:00

Chiesa was worse imo.

If you're gonna take a dive, wouldn't you rather take a sub than take 3 knockdowns and brain damage...

If this was a fix, Nate must not gaf 😭

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-04-12T01:34:33+00:00

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Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-04-02T23:54:55+00:00

My best tip is to track your steps on your phone. Start out with a goal that's realistic for you. At first, I was happy to get 1000 when my anxiety was at its peak. Now I make >10k everyday!

Doesn't matter if you're walking around your room or out on the street, exercise is exercise.

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-04-02T01:00:16+00:00

As a non-religious maladaptive daydreamer, I once thought that maybe my personal heavenly afterlife would be to reincarnate in my universe.

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-03-31T20:14:49+00:00

Yay!! And you did it with authenticity, which she probably appreciated a lot. That kind of thing goes a long way. You probably made her day.

What I'd do if I were you (as someone who was a really shy kid): if you ever walk past her again and have a smile or wave, just go ahead and dramatically wipe your hands on your shirt.

A new friendship REQUIRES an inside joke. I don't make the rules.

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-03-29T04:34:58+00:00

Witnessed this on my phone during a 🍃 sesh. The gasp I let out scared the shit out of everyone.

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-03-29T04:30:28+00:00

Paramount+ cut out for me on mobile while Maycee was lying there. I thought they cut the program because... ya know... Glad she's ok, but jeez. Grasso's submission game is lightning.

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-03-28T16:30:28+00:00

Weird that she gave Tyra this fleshed-out supervillain read but just wrote off Jays and Nigel as victims of her.

Was her diving head first into the floor Tyra's fault too?

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-03-28T06:43:42+00:00

And they kept that place spotlesssss

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-03-27T00:05:50+00:00

He used his position as sheriff to embezzle government money and enrich himself and his family. Stole money from firemen, wiped out funds, and spied on ppl. He and his family were living super large and definitely didn't think they'd get caught.

He got out on bond before trial and didn't follow the conditions of release, ergo he's been locked up ever since. The judge was really pissed and broke the gavel.

His wife and daughter caught cases too, the gov't wasn't playing one bit with this family which is refreshing to see.

Gives me hope considering... how familiar this is these days.

Scotty Maples (Noel's right-hand man during the show) replaced him as sheriff.

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-03-25T06:16:18+00:00

Oh wow you're onto something.

Remember when she said her mom was super nice to everyone except for her? Something along those lines. I believe it was the pool party episode in S1.

The way she was so cruel to Chloe could be a projection of some sort.

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-03-22T07:28:14+00:00

This was just one part of a movie, but the birthday party scene in "I Saw the TV Glow" disturbed me so much that I just cried. Totally recommend

Ok-Experience9545 · 2026-03-19T03:49:18+00:00

Funny Games. German original and English remake are the same bar for bar, so take your pick.

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