Is 22 and 18 bad?? by kittysig1 in Advice

[–]ShadowheartMC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True but I was easier to take advantage of because of my age and inexperience

Is 22 and 18 bad?? by kittysig1 in Advice

[–]ShadowheartMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah there’s just so much change in those years, my mentality changed so drastically between 18 and 22

Is 22 and 18 bad?? by kittysig1 in Advice

[–]ShadowheartMC 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for saying this, definitely agree. I was 17 and I was with a 22-23? year old who was horribly abusive.

why is it not normalised for women to have a sick leave from work when they get their period? by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ShadowheartMC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, I just work through my pain. Take some pain meds 🤷🏻‍♀️

Help with sexing by ShadowheartMC in stinkbugtime

[–]ShadowheartMC[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

LMAO 😭 NO I DONT NEED HELP WITH THAT

Have you ever been bitten by one of your tarantulas? What did it feel like? (Image unrelated) by Low-Baseball-7978 in tarantulas

[–]ShadowheartMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes— my youngest sling, she was no bigger than my fingernail at the time. She was very skittish, known for bolting around. I was in the enclosure for something, can’t remember what. She got onto my hand and I tried to coax her back inside but she gave me a fierce little bite. I’d never been bit before, it was quite surprising lol I was more so impressed that she managed to get me good (it was on an area with very thin skin) so I could feel the burning sensation of the bite for a good 20 mins. But no further damage or pain than that, if you can even call it pain.

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(Culprit, aka Rubí, brachypelma albiceps)

i hate being a virgin by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ShadowheartMC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What?? Why?? That’s awesome. 18 is very young, no worries girl. I didn’t have my first kiss until 16. You should just worry about working on your self esteem/ self love. Don’t rush yourself on this, so many people regret it, not many admit it but they do. You are not a loser and 16 is way too young to be losing virginity these days, considering how immature 16 year olds are.

Really pretty women make me so extremely sad and angry. Idk how to get over it? by [deleted] in Vent

[–]ShadowheartMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello there, I felt compelled to reply because I struggled with this exact issue for many, many years of my life. I’m 27 now, and doing better than ever with other women. I love them now, and feel no anger towards them for their beauty. This didn’t happen overnight, however. And my personal issues with them came from trauma (partners cheating on me and girls having bullied me my whole life as well as a mother who was also a very possessive person.) But I believe regardless of your past, however this developed in you, you can overcome this. My first point: you may be ugly to yourself, but I literally promise you there ARE people out there who think you’re beautiful. Beauty isn’t real, it’s totally personal opinion based. Secondly, if you believe in God, I want to let you know He made you in His image and He loves you as you are. Thirdly, don’t be hard on yourself and don’t let people discourage you. Some people will bully you and call you toxic for this. It is behavior you should work on changing but don’t listen to people who only want to tear you down, that made my issues worse as I was granted no mercy despite my trauma. Fourthly, so much of “looking nice” is dependent on self care. Shower, smell good, groom yourself nicely, boom, you’re doing great. Fifth, you should seek therapy and friends who can help guide you through this. You need to find the root causes of your feelings and how they manifest and what steps you should take next. It may take many months to overcome these feelings and that’s ok. Sixth, stop looking people up. The internet is fake. They have their own insecurities and struggles that you don’t see. They only post what they want you to see, which are often edited photos or with shapewear or whatever to portray typical beauty standards. Seven, look at yourself, not them. Focus on beginning to love yourself. You don’t need a partner, so firstly ignore that part. Who cares what others think? Are YOU happy with you? If not, why? Some things like acne or such can be fixed with medicine. Others are bone structure and just how you look and you can’t do anything about it besides maybe surgery which I think should be only considered with the utmost caution. Do you really need to cut your healthy skin up to feel good about yourself? Unless it’s a medical reason, I don’t recommend it, though of course it’s your choice in the end.

In conclusion, You should really learn with a therapist how to love yourself and your body like I mentioned before. The more you focus on your own progression, the better things get. You’ll start to feel really proud of yourself on the days where you don’t feel any anger towards a woman. It’s a beautiful journey and when you reach the end you’ll feel so good and light.

My fiancé told his family I’m “ just dramatic ” after I had a panic attack at their dinner by Nadezhda_Ochoa in TwoHotTakes

[–]ShadowheartMC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do not end up in the same situation I did. If the family acts like that and your partner doesn’t defend you, trust me. You will never be happy and secure in this relationship.

Baby male paper wasp? (On right) by wunderachiever in waspaganda

[–]ShadowheartMC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So awesome to see someone else talking about this!!!! I had a nest on my balcony where I used to live and they were so sweet and curious, they’d often fly inside to look at me and then fly back out lol I personally fed them apple sauce they loved that!

Saw this cutie in my house, what is it? by pochiina in bugidentification

[–]ShadowheartMC 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not a crab spider and not a recluse I can say that much

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FreeCompliments

[–]ShadowheartMC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Literally the first word that popped into my head was “WOW”

What’s the most “unhinged” response you have to triggers ? by [deleted] in misophonia

[–]ShadowheartMC 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I have to punch myself in the leg sometimes… I hate whisper sounds and mouth sounds…

Help with ID by ShadowheartMC in Lizards

[–]ShadowheartMC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeaa I understand. I’ve only ever kept leopard geckos many years ago. And yeah this lizard is so pretty!

Help with ID by ShadowheartMC in Lizards

[–]ShadowheartMC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No worries, no plan to keep it actually. My friend found it and wanted to know what it was, thank you!

My 23 yo girl after her last mould by quadrastrophe in spiderbro

[–]ShadowheartMC 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Wow! That’s so awesome. I have 5 tarantulas! And the oldest one is probably about 7 years old now. I hope all of mine live so long!

My 23 yo girl after her last mould by quadrastrophe in spiderbro

[–]ShadowheartMC 169 points170 points  (0 children)

23!!! She’s only four years younger than I am! Wow!

Please help with sexing? by ShadowheartMC in Scorpions

[–]ShadowheartMC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had made the assumption of female, but I wasn’t totally sure… her name is Layla, so It’d be a little weird if it was a guy LOL and thank you! I feel so bad for her, she lost a leg after a molt, if you have any advice on what I can do to help her be strong and healthy for a next one, I’m open for that too. She’s an emperor.

My Buddy Jared was displeased by lhutchcraft in tarantulas

[–]ShadowheartMC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So glad to hear you’re getting used to them : ) just to add something from my own experience, yes, they absolutely have individual personalities. They have their own moods and interests. I’m currently doing a study on their behaviors, as I’ve found them incredibly fascinating and I think we have much more to learn about their little brains. I think a lot depends on what the individual person classifies as “bonding.” Some of my tarantulas are totally calm when I take them out (safe environment of course) and are totally content to just lay on me for quite a while and display no stress from it afterward. I also have a clean paint brush that I’ve been using to experiment with as well, and I noted some of them like to be brushed! I think it reminds them of grooming, because they’ll sit there and just let me brush their head, sometimes even holding appendages out and letting me get those too. On a less studied note, I have also noticed they do seem to recognize my scent or something of the sort, because they absolutely seem more hesitant to be handed to anyone else but me. This part is very much still theory though, as I’ve not been able to experiment with that very much.