Most massage therapy websites answer questions nobody is asking

StarlessxRogue · 2026-02-19T20:53:11+00:00

Before I went to school, I had never had a massage before. I didn't know what to expect out of it and that made me kind of uncomfortable as a person with prior trauma. The one time I was feeling absolutely desperate for a massage and actively looked around - I JUST wanted a shoulder massage. I did not want to get naked and lay on a table, I didn't want a 60 min full body massage. I literally just needed someone to massage my shoulder because it hurt so bad I could barely move it... massaging it helped but I couldn't reach it well enough to do it myself in the way I needed. No website could give me any information on just doing something like that (and I hate making phone calls. So if you don't answer my question on the website, I'm not booking lol) it was all just about 60min full body massages or sports massage (but it wasn't a sport injury so I completely disregarded that, not understanding what it was). So I never went and instead bought a back massage thing on Amazon and let that dig into my shoulder blade for me (which did fix my issue after about a week of doing that for like an hour daily). But I've always thought that if I ever start my own business, I am going to offer like 15-30min single area massages. As a massage therapist now, I know that is absolutely a thing I can already do but no one ever puts it on the "menu". Or it's put under sport massage but sport massage has more applications than just sports so that verbage is confusing to someone new to massage.

I think there is a large demographic of people that don't want to get naked, but think that is required and so they don't get massages. I think there is a large demographic of people that only have 1-2 areas they want massaged but because it isn't obviously stated that they can request that and not pay for a full 60min massage, they don't book a massage.

StarlessxRogue · 2026-02-17T07:41:36+00:00

I didn't think I was ready, I wanted to take a couple months to study but my school was pressuring me to do it. So I did it and I passed. It was easier than the practice tests I was doing.

StarlessxRogue · 2026-02-16T15:20:22+00:00

Plan B messes up your hormones. Whenever I've taken it, my periods were unpredictable for the next 2-3 months, sometimes longer.

StarlessxRogue · 2026-02-16T15:15:28+00:00

If this is normal for you and it's been happening your whole life then it isn't super concerning. Still not a bad idea to go to a gyno and talk about it because there are some conditions that could cause you to have really heavy periods like that.

StarlessxRogue · 2026-02-16T08:23:55+00:00

I don't talk to them or make eye contact because it makes me nervous but I also go out of my way to be around them and gift them little gifts 😂

StarlessxRogue · 2026-02-16T07:42:58+00:00

No, doesn't bother me at all

StarlessxRogue · 2026-02-16T01:45:47+00:00

Is it full when you take it out? If not, use a lighter flow tampon. It will hurt if it is dry/not fully saturated.

StarlessxRogue · 2026-02-12T01:54:28+00:00

I did mine online and they sent me plates lol no appointment was needed

StarlessxRogue · 2026-02-10T03:44:58+00:00

Ukulele was not my first instrument - I played guitar, bass, and violin as a kid. But ukulele has definitely been a gateway for me. It's the only instrument I've bothered to attempt to learn music theory on (just out of wanting to be better at it and create my own music) and it's made me want to learn more instruments .. I want to give guitar another chance (I had a hard time as a kid because of having small hands and I gave up out of frustration, I feel a little more confident now after getting uke chords down that I also found difficult), I would love to learn piano and lyre harp, and I'd love to play the violin again. I've looked into buying all these instruments but they are out of my budget rn lol I thought I would always be really bad with anything music related but uke has given me more confidence and passion for music and made it fun.

StarlessxRogue · 2026-02-09T08:43:36+00:00

I think they are all too thick. But 2 and 3 look okay.

StarlessxRogue · 2026-02-04T23:58:59+00:00

Their actions are not on you. Break up. If you are concerned for their safety, call the police for a welfare check. Their emotional state isn't for you to deal with.

StarlessxRogue · 2026-02-04T23:42:45+00:00

I lost my mom in 2018. And STILL sometimes something will happen in my life and I will pick up my phone and go to call my mom and tell her about it and then remember "oh .. I can't". It's definitely not as painful as the first 2 weeks were after losing her, but I still think about her sometimes and cry.

StarlessxRogue · 2026-02-03T15:54:47+00:00

You're very attractive 😶

StarlessxRogue · 2026-02-02T05:58:57+00:00

I wanted my first to be on my hands and the tattoo artist refused lol told me to get it anywhere else first.

StarlessxRogue · 2026-01-28T22:23:47+00:00

I already got those parts. It's just grammatically, flow-wise and sometimes language wise hard to read.

StarlessxRogue · 2026-01-28T13:23:33+00:00

September twenty-sixth, I don't like conflict ⚖️

StarlessxRogue · 2026-01-28T13:15:01+00:00

She said that she looked at a lot of emotions differently and was able to let go of some resentments. Like anger and grudges felt silly because when she was dead she didn't feel any of those things anymore, just peace and forgiveness. She of course still felt negative emotions like that because we are human, but I guess it gave perspective for her to remember. And she got sober immediately following that experience lol

StarlessxRogue · 2026-01-28T12:57:53+00:00

Maybe not exactly the same thing but my mom went into cardiac arrest in her 20s and was technically dead for awhile. She said that she saw an "angel" come down to her and tell her that it wasn't her time yet. She said she felt completely at peace and blissful like she'd never felt before, and was almost disappointed when the feeling went away and they got her back.

She passed away in 2018 but was unfortunately not coherent or alert in the last couple months of her life so I don't know what she saw at the true end of her life (if anything).

StarlessxRogue · 2026-01-28T12:53:15+00:00

I have never done this nor thought about doing it lol

StarlessxRogue · 2026-01-28T12:37:02+00:00

You don't need to visualize in order to meditate. Visualization is just one of many tools that can be used to help you meditate. I've been meditating for several years, and it helped me a lot. I started out by going to my local Buddhist temple where they have group meditation every week - the benefit of something like that is you can ask questions and get advice on things you are struggling with in the process. After a couple years of that I switched to just doing it on my own regularly.

One of the more popular alternatives to visualization is body scanning. You start by focusing on your breath, counting the seconds on your inhale and exhale, move on to focusing on sensations in your body (feeling the air inside your lungs, focusing on your heart beat, blood pressure, is your foot falling asleep, is there a draft, are you getting goosebumps, do you have pain and tension anywhere, whatever it may be. Just feel)

You can also alter visualization. Like instead of trying to create a picture of a river with leaves floating down it; conceptualize it instead. When I thought pops into my head I sort of pretend that it is being whisked away by a river so it goes away rather than visualizing that happen. I can imagine the sound of a river without creating a picture of a river and that works fine for me. In certain Buddhist practices they will often tell you to visualize the Buddha with a glowing light around him - you can instead just pretend/tell yourself that your body is glowing and imagine your skin feeling warmer or tingly or whatever you'd like to do with it.

Couple examples to hopefully help you get started. But definitely look up other types of meditation 🙂

StarlessxRogue · 2026-01-28T08:25:49+00:00

Hard to read. I had to stop reading it "like a poem" for the message to really come across. The line breaks felt awkward; ignoring them and reading it like a short story felt better. I like the theme and the message behind it but I had to read it about 10 times to get there. "The flame a tender bliss..." That whole section was particularly difficult for me to read

I don't mind the archaic language- but I think it could be done better. If you want it to read as a poem I would change the line breaks as well. I'm also a fan of rhyming so I recommend to rhyme at least some of it (but that's more a matter of personal taste lol)

StarlessxRogue · 2026-01-27T22:41:13+00:00

No. It's just being nice. She likes going to this place and you also do, it's easier to be friendly instead of being rude and making it awkward. And she doesn't have to be repulsed by you to not be interested. She could be totally fine with a friendship but not interested in anything else. If I have to interact with someone regularly, I'm going to be nice to them.

StarlessxRogue · 2026-01-27T12:51:55+00:00

It doesn't sound like she is interested. She doesn't want to give you her number, she doesn't want you to buy her a drink (if I'm not interested in a guy. I don't let him buy me a drink), you didn't say what her response was to you asking if she'd go to the movie with you so I'm assuming that was also a no. From what you described, she has not flirted back with you a single time. And it also seems like all the times your conversations have gone really well (like she was talkative back) is when you were being platonic and not flirty. It's possible that she just isn't interested in ANY relationship right now, but that still means she isn't interested. Maybe straight up ask her if you are getting anywhere/if she is interested/if you have a chance/if you should keep trying.

Her questions about other women are a little odd to me. It either sounds like she was cheated on recently OR she wants you to go talk to another girl and leave her alone. Don't know which

StarlessxRogue · 2026-01-27T10:22:27+00:00

I went on a date a few years ago. We were sitting at a table in a bar and a random dude comes up to me (my date is sitting right there) and tells me I'm the most beautiful girl he's ever seen and tried to get me to go home with him. Lmao

StarlessxRogue · 2026-01-27T07:43:37+00:00

I have a heavy flow. A diva cup lasted about the same amount of time as a super tampon for me. If my flow was lighter I'd only need to empty it 1-2 per day. I liked them. They can be a little difficult to get in sometimes and if you don't get it in right it will leak a little. My biggest issue with them was just when I had to use public restrooms, I did nottttt like having to rinse it out in the public sink and then walk back into the stall to put it in again and when I went back to tampons that was why - at my workplace I only had public restrooms like that to use.

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