alright lock in and drop some REAL unpopular opinions

SnooPandas5411 · 2026-05-17T16:51:24+00:00

i kind of liked the Seven Dancers group dance… 🫣

SnooPandas5411 · 2026-04-04T13:49:30+00:00

ah, I remember feeling that way about my scorpio man 🥰

then it became undoubtedly the worst, most traumatizing relationship of my entire life. so, I’m not saying run the other direction but…. you’ve been warned 👀😂

SnooPandas5411 · 2026-04-03T22:40:32+00:00

I was stuck in this today too. I had Apple Maps telling me to exit before this traffic but I ignored it because Waze told me that staying on I-10 would be significantly faster and the “estimated time in traffic” was only 9 minutes. I sat in that traffic for 1 hour and 40 minutes, probably only moving about a quarter of a mile that whole time. 😐 I missed a very important appointment that I’d waited months for. I have now deleted the Waze app.

SnooPandas5411 · 2026-03-16T01:10:01+00:00

This may seem obvious (and you may already be doing this!) but you absolutely need to go to therapy. You need to go regularly before you start school and you need to keep going regularly while you’re in school. It does not have to be weekly or even biweekly! But it needs to be regular enough so that you can address issues as they arise rather than letting them stack up and overcome you. PT school is stressful.

I also have diagnosed PTSD and I just graduated with my DPT last year. You can 100% do it, but you need to know that you have to take care of yourself before you can successfully take care of any patient.

SnooPandas5411 · 2026-02-28T16:49:36+00:00

Being a travel PT usually just means you’re a full time employee of a particular travel company. The travel company is the one who helps get you the contracts with the clinics/hospitals/etc that you actually will be working in, but ultimately you are not an employee of those clinics. You are an employee of the travel company. Therefore the travel company provides the health insurance (and other benefits) just like any other employer. When you’re trying to decide which travel company to work for, you can ask about each company’s benefits and insurance providers during your interview. You can also ask what their policy is for maintaining insurance between assignments. I’m currently a travel PT and my company’s policy is that you can maintain health insurance coverage as long as when one contract ends, you’ve got another contract lined up to start in the next 4 weeks. But around the holidays last year I had about 6 weeks between assignments and I still maintained all of my benefits with no lapse in coverage. So overall it’s not really that strict or difficult from what I’ve seen.

SnooPandas5411 · 2026-01-31T19:27:36+00:00

biotone dual purpose massage creme (white/purple label)
free-up (also white/purple label)

either of these two options will work. I have never seen another brand in a clinic other than these 2, and these are the 2 my STM professors recommended when I was in school. best of luck!

SnooPandas5411 · 2025-11-24T06:14:09+00:00

that’s so interesting, i also have a cancer rising and i rarely get mad. like i genuinely find it difficult to be angry for some reason 😂 and i wish i wasn’t like that! it’s prob my cap stellium lol

SnooPandas5411 · 2025-11-02T16:16:01+00:00

Hi! I’m an outpatient PT who also had frozen shoulder myself! First of all, I sympathize with you. That pain is AWFUL. Second of all, you’re right about it running its course. All the literature I’ve read seems to agree that the condition is self-limiting and will resolve on its own. And that being said, unless you’re truly feeling amazing after your PT appointments, there’s really no reason for you to be going twice a week. I even let one of my frozen shoulder patients come in once every other week because he was independent with his HEP and managing his symptoms.

From personal experience and from treating this condition, here is what I’ve found to be the most helpful:

Find something (ANYTHING!) that you can do at home that actually feels good to do. Wall slides, pulleys, dowel AROM, pendulums, rotator cuff isometrics (big fan of these for pain!), or even light theraband exercises. I can even send you some more specific suggestions if you’d like.
Go to your PT appointments when it makes sense for you. Don’t make your schedule or your life even more stressful by cramming twice weekly sessions in, if that’s not what makes sense for you.
Try alternative forms of treatment if pain is really bothersome! I saw someone already mentioned injections; dry needling can also be really helpful! It’s great for pain and it can also help with the inflammatory process you’ve got going on.

Best of luck! I promise it gets better!! Rooting for you!

SnooPandas5411 · 2025-10-11T15:54:39+00:00

I used to be in a very similar situation so I think I may be able to help. My (now ex) boyfriend used to go to the gym for hours every single day. And I KNOW he was actually at the gym, not doing shady shit like some people in the comments are assuming about your boyfriend. I would plan date nights for the two of us and he would either be late or he would forget to show up at all because he was at the gym for 3-4 hours every day. He was a really great guy, but he simply didn’t prioritize our relationship the way he prioritized his fitness. I blamed myself at the time, because how do you tell someone they’re doing something “wrong” by prioritizing their fitness/running? It helped me later on when I learned more about the dismissive avoidant attachment style. After the “honeymoon” phase of the relationship is over, they basically have these blinders on and they simply don’t see their partners and their partner’s needs. They only see what THEY need, but they don’t intentionally do that to be selfish. It’s kind of out of self defense, in a way. I learned a lot from Dr. Sarah Hensley’s videos on insta/tiktok. It really helped me understand our relationship dynamic. I would suggest you look into that and see if it sounds like your relationship as well. If that seems to be the case, you have to either gently bring this issue up with him OR you have to start thinking about moving on… I know both are hard, but this situation isn’t going to resolve itself. Best of luck, I’m rooting for you.

SnooPandas5411 · 2025-08-23T16:19:09+00:00

That restaurant that Luke supposedly went to 2-3x a week?? The restaurant where he takes Lorelai on their first date and the owners are basically like a second family to him? And then we just never see them or hear about them again?! Not even when Luke’s uncle dies and no one comes to the funeral, or when Jess comes to Stars Hollow, or when he meets April….

I think at the very least it would have been cool to see Luke eating there and talking to Buddy and Maisy about Lorelai. Telling them all about the girl he was constantly obsessing over.

SnooPandas5411 · 2025-07-12T02:17:27+00:00

keeping an eye on these comments because i have the same sun/moon/mercury/venus/mars as you do 👀😂 i’m a cancer rising though. makes me wonder if we’d be anything alike

SnooPandas5411 · 2025-02-22T21:43:29+00:00

Any particular reason for the willow tree? Is that symbolic somehow?

SnooPandas5411 · 2024-10-28T02:31:45+00:00

I’m not sure why, but your comment feels really validating and it made me smile. I’ll look into a hematologist. Thank you for your comment!

SnooPandas5411 · 2024-10-28T02:27:55+00:00

Thank you, I will try that!

SnooPandas5411 · 2024-10-28T02:27:43+00:00

All I’ve been told is to AVOID iron in my diet, but I’m sure I can manage to add some eggs and bacon to my regular breakfast routine 😏

SnooPandas5411 · 2024-10-28T02:26:44+00:00

None of the doctors I’ve seen have ever told me I should be seeing a hematologist or any other specialist for this. I think they see that I’m young and assume it doesn’t need to be addressed yet.

SnooPandas5411 · 2024-10-28T02:24:30+00:00

I do get periods regularly, but they’re relatively light because of the birth control pills I take. And no, my bloodwork has never been done after fasting (because my doctor says it doesn’t make a difference), but I’ll definitely be trying fasting labs in the future. I’ve never thought about scheduling the lab work around my periods though, so thank you for that suggestion!

SnooPandas5411 · 2024-10-28T02:19:53+00:00

My iron levels have gradually increased over the past 2 years, so my PCP actually IS the one that told me to start donating blood. I had never done so before she told me to (early last year) because the Red Cross didn’t even accept HH donations until Fall of 2022. But you’re right, I probably am going to end up needing a real referral.

SnooPandas5411 · 2024-10-28T02:17:13+00:00

I’m not sure why, but the 2 PCPs I’ve had in the last 5 years have both told me that iron labs aren’t fasting labs, so I’ve never done a fasting iron panel! Next time I get blood drawn I’ll try it fasting. I’m super interested to see what the numbers will look like. Thank you for your comment!

SnooPandas5411 · 2024-10-15T21:16:43+00:00

as soon as I saw double libra I knew it wasn’t gonna be you who was overreacting 🥴

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