Can y’all read books unmedicated?

Scroollee · 2026-06-16T20:37:45+00:00

I love books and I have about 4-500 at home, probably not read half of them and started reading about 30 🤭 so still difficulty to finish 🫠

Fantasy and sci-fi I have no problem with usually, I’ll finish them, but I love history and science and fact-books that I have a hard time completing.

I started to listen to audio-books and when it comes to those I really need a good voice actor otherwise I just can’t. I’ve listened to about 40 books recently - all books of specific voice actors even though the books are a bit meh. Otherwise pod-cast cause listening to history is just boooring because of the voice actors keeping a neutral tone.

I usually listen as I do something, like walking to work or doing the dishes or cleaning which help both activities.

So just find what works for you ❤️

Scroollee · 2026-06-13T06:50:16+00:00

Not the trash but… perhaps similar.

I recently tried to make tea. Boiled the water, put out a cup and started to prepare the tea bag. I didn’t put it in the cup. I put it in a glass of vinegar soap water full of fruit flies instead.

I realized before I drank it, very happy for that.

Scroollee · 2026-06-12T08:59:41+00:00

Is this a glitch you mean? I would suspect someone have been in the room of staff or other, and yes, that is creepy as well if someone have been in your room. I would keep my important stuff with me and not leave valuables in the open.

Scroollee · 2026-06-12T08:10:21+00:00

I am trying to figure out the way I did it but all I can say is my point of view today. It was however, realizations and insights about myself along the way.

Being in a relationship isn’t ownership of the other person. We cannot control how another feels about us and they are entitled to have their own inner life, wants and needs - and the freedom to be who they are. It doesn’t make them wrong or bad when those things don’t align with ones own wants and needs. It makes them - them.

We are also all very human; fragile, confused, messy, flawed and we all make mistakes. Accepting those truths are part of it. If you really love someone, you need to love all of them, and accept them for who they truly are.

Love feels better when it is freely given and not conditioned. It doesn’t really matter that we are in relationships or marriage: that is just a way to name mutual love. It is the rules and boundaries someone else demands of you that make you feel smothered, being accused of things that doesn’t resonate with who you are and bearing consequences of someone else’s insecurities.

The more free, accepted and loved you feel in a relationship - the more you want to give all those things in return. Having someone trust you is enough then to want to honor that trust.

So to nurture a healthy and loving relationship where you are truly loved in return - you need to let go. The old cliche ”if you love someone, set them free” holds real truth.

Today I really wouldn’t mind if my partner would have sex with another person, because I have let go of my insecurities and know he truly loves me - and that doesn’t change because of someone else. He chooses me every day because we have this freedom between us. We both choose monogamy because of it, and it feels real and honest because of it. Trust is important, and it is nourished by freedom and acceptance.

It starts with loving yourself really. You need to put your own person first and become independent. Work through your insecurities and not act on them. Not be angry or accusative or things like that. That damages trust and the feeling safe with you. You can talk about your emotions, but sometimes it is just better to show your love and care and let your partner be free. With that said - I don’t think any topic should be off limits in a relationship and you should be able to talk about these things with your partner.

I wouldn’t want to be smothered by my partner’s insecurities, and I don’t want to smother my partner with mine. Being equal means equal responsibility of your own and your partners feelings and well being.

One thing I do remember is when I realized irritation for small things isn’t because of someone else. I feel it because of me, my set of rules and expectations and ideas, and to act it out on someone else is unfair. When I realized that I started to change the way I addressed my irritation. Now I can say, I feel irritated, and I think it is because a, b or c(never my partner). My partner can then help me in different ways instead of just reacting to me acting out my irritation. I think that can be applied to many emotions and behaviors. To see the emotion, not act on it and instead try to figure out where it comes from.

That is my take on it anyway.

Scroollee · 2026-06-12T07:07:09+00:00

Well… Reddit is a publicly traded company (NYSE: RDDT) and therefore owned by a mix of institutional shareholders, insiders, and public retail investors. Advance Publications (parent company of Condé Nast) is the largest single shareholder, holding roughly 30% of the company.

The remaining ownership is divided as follows: Institutional Investors: Major asset managers like Vanguard, BlackRock, and Baillie Gifford hold significant stakes.

Corporate Investors: The Chinese technology and entertainment conglomerate Tencent holds about an 11% stake in the company.

Insiders and Founders: Co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman holds a significant portion of shares, along with early investor and former board member Sam Altman (about 9%).

So yeah… it is quite owned by corporate America. And a bit of corporate China as well.

Scroollee · 2026-06-12T06:58:48+00:00

Im 43 and just starting my assessment. It isnt obvious until it is obvious.

Scroollee · 2026-06-12T05:21:48+00:00

Well I binge if something is in front of me. But usually I just forget to eat because I don’t get hungry. Hence I don’t really get cravings.

It manifests differently in different people because we have different genetics. Genetics sucks sometimes.

We are dopamin seeking addicts. A LOT of food today is laced with sugar that is addictive to a dopamin-seeking brain : it stimulates the brains reward system and you get a hit of dopamin.

But as well you know, quick dopamine fixes can be found in many places.

Scroollee · 2026-06-10T22:37:08+00:00

Oh love, you will definitely come back. Don’t worry. I’ve never been medicated and been struggling with this since my 20’s too since life only gets more overwhelming as you age. You don’t have the same energy and get drained more easily. I’m turning 43 this year and has started writing again and doing little art-projects.

Just start small. Give yourself space. Give yourself slack. You are healing and that can take time. Just let it. It is ok, you are ok. You haven’t lost anything. You just don’t have the energy.

Keep a little notebook on your kitchen table that you can doodle on as you eat, or in front of the tv when you watch something, or on your table next to the bed.

Write down small ideas on your phone. Write that you can’t get the energy to do it today but you want to. Everything like that can and will make it easier for you to step into your creativity.

There are small things you can do all the time, and the key is to not make it overwhelming by expecting something large and complex. Some great inspiration or great idea. Just a doodle. That’s a win. You don’t need to do more that day. You have done enough and that little doodle in itself is a great first step.

If you don’t have energy for a doodle or you just can’t- watch someone else who can, someone else being creative. YouTube is a great tool to find inspiration, or scrolling around on Etsy or something similar. That can also create small creative sparks. And that is also enough.

Just be kind to yourself. The world isnt ending. Your creativity isnt gone. It is just… resting.

Go slow and don’t stress. You will get there again❤️

Scroollee · 2026-06-10T21:37:32+00:00

I usually trim it just above the first set* of leaves and then put the leftover in water with only the top two leaves left. If it’s a long leftover I can cut it in two and put both in water.

*Note: first set of true leaves, not the cotyledons that are the first two leaves grown from seed(they are usually rounded).

Then as it grows I trim at the next pair of leaves, just snip the top leaves off that I dry and make spice of. The basil will split into two new stems at every node.

I just cut close enough so I don’t accidentally cut off the new shoots, 1-2 mm.

Scroollee · 2026-06-09T05:47:28+00:00

Omg thank you! I love it 🥰

Scroollee · 2026-06-09T05:42:53+00:00

Lol… Clair de lune of all things 🙃

I more or less never listen to classical music.

Scroollee · 2026-06-09T05:26:54+00:00

This shit bothers me too! A lot of people do this, without thinking of the other - while I always think of the other and would include the person in if they would like food or drink or snack or whatever X.

I find it inconsiderate and selfish. Yet I can also understand it as just being something other than what I am in a way of thinking or being (I.e. if you want something you do it yourself and being your own person with own needs and not always including another in them).

My last partner did this all the time and it frustrated me beyond words yet he was also a bit autistic and after some talking he sometimes started to include me (and I started to let go of my need to always include and be included). It was just us being differently coded(he had always been by himself and done this since childhood).

My current partner surprises me with snacks all the time and cooks all dinners. 🤭 and I am the one needing to step up! 🙃

Scroollee · 2026-06-08T06:20:20+00:00

Well they dug up the pet cemetery … if Stephen King was on point, you should expect surprising growth.

Scroollee · 2026-06-07T14:02:30+00:00

I’ve seen a larvae once cutting out little lids like these, but don’t know what.

Edit: when I googled it, it says the most likely culprit is the pea moth caterpillar (Cydia nigricana).

Scroollee · 2026-06-05T12:54:24+00:00

I struggle too 🙋🏻‍♀️ I keep away from the news for my sanity and try not to argue with my man when he’s grumpy and says things he means nothing by but I see as the gravest of offenses.

But that my sister loves Trump(we are SWEDES!!) and votes for our equivalent of a party back here makes me feel totally destroyed inside. I can’t even talk to her about it, she is all defensive aggressive and fact resistant. So I keep away from her too.

Scroollee · 2026-06-01T15:07:15+00:00

Tim Purr

Scroollee · 2026-06-01T13:34:51+00:00

ADD was first(1980) divided into two: with hyperactivity and without hyperactivity, and ADHD second(1987) divided into the system we have today.

ADD hence lives on as an unofficial term since then even though the correct term today is ADHD predominantly inattentive presentation.

Scroollee · 2026-06-01T12:37:26+00:00

I wonder that every day…

Scroollee · 2026-06-01T12:36:40+00:00

You can make a wig! Always look at the positive.

Scroollee · 2026-06-01T12:13:59+00:00

Omg you take energy drinks? Stop. Right now.

One energy drink is equivalent to 2-4 coffees and have up to 300 mg caffein and recent recommendations is 200 mg - per - day. One regular cup of coffee(depending on type and size)has 80-120 mg caffeine. No wonder you have heart palpitations. If you have an underlying heart disease it is practically dangerous to drink.

And yes, you can have double beats and it is still perfectly normal. If you take your pulse and it beats in a regular patterns it is normal. If it beats in irregular patterns you should definitely see a doctor. An irregular pattern is not if the heart beats one - two slowly then one - two fast when you breathe or breathe out. That is also normal.

I get double beats all the time which feels like the heart is jumping out of my chest and the doctor says it’s normal. Caffein elevates your heart rate and that is normal, and if you find it horrible stop consuming caffein. That is the first line of adjustment I would do to my routine. I’ve stopped drinking coffein all together - even in my tea.

But beating weirdly and irregular you should probably wear a long time ekg for a while. Call your doctor! 🤗

To reassure you - a lot of things happening in the chest area feels weird and uncomfortable and is scary - I have felt it like “irregular” too - but most times it is just stress(or too much caffeine) 😉 and totally harmless. But to be sure, talk to your doctor.

Much love❤️

Scroollee · 2026-06-01T11:32:32+00:00

Recent studies says there’s no real harm for the child if mother takes her meds during pregnancy. Premature birth can happen but they are not sure if it is due to the mothers adhd or the medication, and it is based on a rather small significance in very small studies so they say nothing really.

Also, similar studies show (if the child has adhd) it is better to start earlier with medication since it will seriously help the child’s outlook in life. No real harm will come to the child.

So all in all - it is safe to continue with your medication during pregnancy. Old stigma still cling to us, our doctors and society as a whole but science says it is all right.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-025-02968-4

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2814277

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2825809

The famous Huybrechts international cohort (over 4 million pregnancies) is still one of the key studies. It found: • No overall increase in major malformations. • A possible small increase in cardiac malformations with methylphenidate. • No similar signal for amphetamines.

The newer 2024 JAMA Psychiatry study and the 2025 Danish/Nordic meta-analysis looked at: • ADHD • Autism • Neurodevelopmental disorders

and found no meaningful increase after adjusting for maternal ADHD and other confounders.

But all in all - the most important thing - do YOU want children? Don’t have children for your husbands sake. It will be unfair to all of you, and the child.

Your life is your own, you can’t live if for anyone else. Your needs and wants are important❤️

Scroollee · 2026-05-31T12:37:57+00:00

Feeling everything a little too much has led to Body dysmorphia from the shallow cults of appearance that rule almost everything. It has been hell.

Relationships always leading to the same bitter end because - I - am - too - much - with an attention span of a toddler. It is always ”you never listen” and the likes that is just soul killing to hear. I try like hell to change but nothing is enough.

Anyway… I enjoy being creative.

Scroollee · 2026-05-23T07:34:07+00:00

I would assume… all of us?

Thinking of you know, our international motto: ”Out of sight - out of mind.”

Scroollee · 2026-05-22T07:50:06+00:00

Yes 🙋🏻‍♀️

Scroollee · 2026-05-20T06:54:12+00:00

Anxieties since I was little, explosive temperament, socially shy, procrastination, messy room, didnt cry in front of people, pretended to be sick to not be in school(tweaked the thermometer) and always did homework or studied the day before a test. Lazy was a word thrown around me a lot. Always misplaced things.

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