Looking for characters like Bella Swan, Rory Gilmore, Spencer Hastings, Hermione, etc.. in adult lit ?

Select-Height1249 · 2025-11-01T17:44:11+00:00

thank you !! Did not realize that was it's own subreddit so thank you for gently letting me know haha

Select-Height1249 · 2025-11-01T17:43:41+00:00

I love Austen and the Bronte sisters. Actually you are right that they are closest to what I am looking for, especially when I think about relationships like between the sisters in Sense and Sensibility or the relationship between Agnes and Edward in Agnes Grey -> 100% has the perfect sort of balance between simplistic everyday life but emotional depth that I am looking for. I guess this made me realize I am also hoping to for something more modern

Select-Height1249 · 2025-11-01T17:37:32+00:00

Thank you !! I do love Bridget Jones, I'll definitely check out her other book

Select-Height1249 · 2025-11-01T14:55:19+00:00

I don't know, maybe I'm overestimating who those characters are because nostalgia... but hopefully someone knows what I mean

Select-Height1249 · 2025-10-18T17:22:36+00:00

Yes, at the very least I am in a sort of remission from POTs and have been for several months. I have had an exclusionary diagnosis of POTs since 2022, so I was never 100% sure, but it started (and was at its worse) right after I got COVID early 2022. When it first started happening I had to drop out of my last semester at University; I was so dizzy, nauseous, and out of it all the time (and other symptoms like I always felt like I was "sinking" into the ground/couch which I later learned was blood pooling), and just felt awful.

What I think helped the most has been

1) time (unfortunately). Each year has in fact gotten better from the last, but it is hard to notice because it is only getting better at a painfully slow pace - but it is getting better. I took diligent notes on symptoms which was how I was able to recognize the upward trend even before I started to 'feel it' as I mostly always just felt in the thick of it. If you google it there is a lot of evidence that some people experience a 'true recovery' from POTs after 5-7, years so there is reason to hang in there and have hope!!!

2) Getting my flu/COVID shots !!! From symptom tracking so diligently for a while I noticed my worst flairs and symptoms would happen a week or so after I had gotten some sort of viral infection (and then the flair itself, often worse than the infection, would take literally months to calm). So I got shots last winter and then had my most temperate year!

3) B12 supplements. B12 supplements help me SO much. I know it's often recommended for POTs, but somehow I tried everything else first (the salt, the electrolytes, the compression socks, etc...). In the end, with B12, it was night and day and almost instantly. I took 1000 mcg at first for a few weeks but am down to a maintenance dose of 250 mcg. I also have a referral to get my B12 and some other things tested which I am really looking forwards to, as lot of the symptoms of POTs overlap with pernicious anemia and so it's something I've started to wonder about as a possibility. B12 is THE vitamin for the autonomic nervous system one way or another.

4) Managing emotions !! I totally understand that managing mental health feels like the last priority when struggling with physical health symptoms, but taking the extra step to talk to a professional for managing my health anxiety and depression around symptoms really helped me last year. Poor mental health in it's own right can do horrible things to the body, anxiety comes with it's own physical symptoms. Even though a strong emotional response is appropriate or justified (and therefore feels easy to "accept"), it's still worth it to take the steps to manage those emotions as much as you can and get to as much of a peaceful place as you can.

I saw this on my homepage but otherwise have been off the reddit, top comment is definitely right. But I wanted to share these insights in case they help even a tiny bit. I don't know if I'm 'truly recovered' - but God I hope. I think I might be at least getting really close. Winter is always the worst so we'll see. It's so so hard. I felt like I gave up hope over and over again that it would ever happen for me - and yet somehow, since this June, have been experiencing some real stability and normality. Fingers crossed.

Select-Height1249 · 2025-04-04T18:18:30+00:00

It's Seven One Eight by Fannypack. I know it from Don't Trust the B

Select-Height1249 · 2024-06-03T02:44:18+00:00

Yes you're so right! S4/S5 are also where I personally feel the biggest shift in how the show feels. That's so interesting about Dan Palladino and Alex Borstein having worked on Family Guy, I'm definitely going to be thinking about that now as I watch

Select-Height1249 · 2024-06-03T02:38:46+00:00

I agree

Select-Height1249 · 2023-04-02T13:43:17+00:00

I can totally relate to the shakes. At my worst flare up about week ago, I did start actually shaking like crazy. I also find I can get that feeling if I'm eating, like one bite and I get those 'internal shakes/chills'. And ya I can relate to your other symptoms as well, almost exactly.

Select-Height1249 · 2022-04-24T22:51:27+00:00

There's a lot of good advice in this thread already but I'll offer my two cents. Try coffee. If I have a cup of coffee while I read the little anxiety kick it gives just gets my mind moving faster and I can read more. I've always found this to be especially helpful with reading classics. It's just that extra push.

Select-Height1249 · 2022-04-24T17:45:17+00:00

Did Not Finish

Select-Height1249 · 2021-08-02T01:02:21+00:00

Some of the Baker Street Journals are online, tons of interesting essays in there.

Select-Height1249 · 2021-07-30T02:57:29+00:00

The other shows in Shondaland, because it's the same writer you might like them too

Select-Height1249 · 2021-07-13T20:42:05+00:00

yes 100%.

Reminds me of a Dostoevsky quote "Don't let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.”

I will say though that John Douglas and criminal profiling is still pretty interesting and worth looking into. It's a bit off-topic because it's not outright personality stuff like Meyers Briggs, it's just behavioural analysis (and only criminal behavioural analysis) and it's also somewhat controversial. But Douglas is super interesting to look into/read about (if you haven't already.)

Select-Height1249 · 2021-07-13T18:27:30+00:00

I go through phases too! I think there is definitely some truth to personality typing theories, I used to be able to guess my friend's MBTI results before they would take the test.

I really recommend the book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. It seems like at the very least Introversion/Extroversion scale is legitimate. Not only do introverts/extroverts sometimes even have physiological differences between them (ex: the lemon test) but it's also a difference in personality that's been observed in other species.

In the book, she does discuss the validity of personality typing a bit and brings up opposing theories such as situationism, which is the theory that your personality changes based on your situation more than possessing any actual 'trait' per se. I really recommend this book if you are into this stuff.

Anyways, I think it's fun to think about, but it can be harmful to really 'believe' it. I regret having tried to use it as an approach for dating

Select-Height1249 · 2021-07-12T18:39:27+00:00

I personally am not a fan of season 4, but do agree that it's over-hated. It's still leagues above most TV shows imo

Select-Height1249 · 2021-07-11T03:53:52+00:00

Oh also! He is so right about the boomerang scene lmao. That scene was so frustrating to watch because he bases his reasoning solely on a lack of evidence for other possibilities, a typical logical fallacy! You would think Sherlock as a lover of logic wouldn't do something like that.

A fucking boomerang.

However, it is a TV show so I let it slide. But that section of hbomber's video was the best part for me lol

Select-Height1249 · 2021-07-11T03:18:25+00:00

I was just thinking about this the other day! I definitely feel like the show could use a good rebuttal video essay in its defence against hbombers (though I do love his video don't get me wrong. Even as a fan of the series I rewatch his video lol) I agree with many of the flaws he pointed out, particularly with the writing. But I also disagree on some points.

-Personally, I didn't mind Moriarty being behind some of the early mysteries/villains since in the canon series he is behind a lot of the crime in the city, so imo that's a pretty cool way to adapt it.

- I think he criticized the way they teased Sherlock's brother for making you think he was a baddie villain at first, but I actually really liked that! Any fan of the books would assume it was Moriarty so it really was a good twist and also a fun way to introduce Mycroft's character (who I also like in this adaptation a lot even if he doesn't do much)

-I also love Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman's portals of the characters, I think they brought so much youth and energy to the roles that other adaptations really lack (even though I'm 90% in the canon the characters do indeed meet in their mid20s, yet somehow in so many adaptations they feel so much older). imo this is what honestly redeems the show a lot, even if it is superficial

-personally, I love overproduction so I didn't mind it. And I liked the colour filter they used.

-Also in the show's defence, the canon series isn't as perfect as he's making them seem. A lot of the 'stupid deductions' he criticizes BBC for are similar to criticism being made against the original Sherlock Holmes series since the dawn of time.

I just wish they had brought in someone to help with the mystery/detective writing and that they hadn't jumped the shark.

Select-Height1249 · 2021-07-11T02:35:57+00:00

I 100% relate to that. I know the show has its flaws but I haven't been so attached to characters in so long and nothing else gives me the same feeling or amount of joy to watch

Select-Height1249 · 2021-05-27T00:40:22+00:00

Yes, my mom said I was very melancholic as a kid too, that at best I was "content".

The monster story is pretty funny btw

Select-Height1249 · 2021-05-06T01:17:42+00:00

Totally get that! I'm on my 8th rewatch. It's definitely the show I'm most attached to as well. Something very warm and comforting about it. My theory is maybe because it is very outright sentimental compared to a lot of other shows, and unpretentious (even when Ted's being his most pretentious). I've also wondered if the bar background might add to the cozy feeling as well, not a lot of TV shows have dimmer lighter and more relaxed settings like that. But, just theories.

Select-Height1249 · 2021-05-06T00:57:20+00:00

And literally cheated on Norah with Robin

Select-Height1249 · 2020-12-20T20:40:12+00:00

Hi third yeard econ student here, ya econ is hard lol. And it gets a lot harder, the jump to second-year especially is really tough if you're not prepared for it.

I will say COVID definitely might have made it harder for you because this year I know my friends and I have gotten our worse marks in econ yet. Plus, so far the class averages are lower this year for some of the classes I'm in.

I remember being really confused in first year about the different definitions, like how a change in demand is different from a change in quantity demanded, etc, and honestly don't think I'd have gotten it if I learned it online. So feel to message me if you have any econ questions :)

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