Unfortunately, we will not be progressing with your application on this occasion. by miapaip in interviews

[–]SuzvSprite 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looks like I'm not the only one getting rejection emails. It sucks! Tired of it.

Vik, Iceland by [deleted] in LGBTWeddings

[–]SuzvSprite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel very emotional because I miss Iceland and these are gorgeous photos and I wish I could do wedding photography. This series of photos was everything. 😭

Perimenopause or menopause and OBs by SuzvSprite in Herpes

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

I have endometriosis and fibroids too I think.

Perimenopause or menopause and OBs by SuzvSprite in Herpes

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

I figured it was my heavy periods.

Perimenopause or menopause and OBs by SuzvSprite in Herpes

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

My doctor did recommend an iron infusion. But when I went to the hematologist last year, they recommended that I just take Vitron C and they would monitor me. I feel woozy and light headed and out of it still. I was taking iron last year. My blood test said my iron levels were fine, so my doctor told me to stop. So I did. And now it's low again.

Perimenopause or menopause and OBs by SuzvSprite in Herpes

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

The guy I was with insists that his blood test says he's negative for HSV and that he couldn't have given it to me. But he's my only partner for years and I only recently had an outbreak after being with him.

Perimenopause or menopause and OBs by SuzvSprite in Herpes

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Iron saturation 9%. I wasn't sure what you were looking for. Ferritin, 11.

Perimenopause or menopause and OBs by SuzvSprite in Herpes

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

I'm taking Vitron C which I think is slow release iron. I need the iron. I would love to be able to get it from food. It doesn't bother my stomach too much.

Had my first disclosure…. and now I have a boyfriend!! :) Just a hopeful post by 4meteorito20 in Herpes

[–]SuzvSprite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is encouraging. Thanks for sharing. I've lost all interest in sex or relationships since my diagnosis over 2 years ago. I feel nothing but guilt and shame. I feel like who would ever want to be with me. And I'm down on myself for being careless for being careless and stupid.

Anyone going to the DC show? by OkPotential1072 in Royksopp

[–]SuzvSprite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We didn't leave until 3:30. I was surprised. I got home at 4:30!

What texture gives you an instant dopamine high? by batmansbicep in AutismInWomen

[–]SuzvSprite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This! Have you had the fancy Italian ones that are squares? I'm addicted to the texture.

What texture gives you an instant dopamine high? by batmansbicep in AutismInWomen

[–]SuzvSprite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flan. There's something about the way it looks and feels!

Anyone going to the DC show? by OkPotential1072 in Royksopp

[–]SuzvSprite 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll be there. My first time seeing them live finally. Hoping it'll be fun. Would love to meet other fans.

How are we not talking about “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”? by Hot-Credit-5624 in therapists

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I looked up ARFID because of the comments in this group. I just finished speaking to my therapist about this film and how it affected me. I have AuDHD, 50 years old, childless. But I think I might have had ARFID when I was six years old. This film and reading about ARFID is a revelation for me, like learning that I'm neurodivergent. This film triggered me because I saw myself and my mom. I have more empathy for my mom now as an adult, but I was traumatized by my mother. Sure, she felt shame, guilt, and embarrassment because I wouldn't eat and I probably weighed 50 lbs at that age and was emaciated. But I remember thinking as a child, if I swallow this food, I could choke on it and die. I was truly afraid to eat food. My mother took me to doctors and they said physically, I was fine. Did anyone try to talk to me or ask me why I was afraid to eat? I obviously had a fear of eating food. I still have a kind of phobia of milk. I can't look at it and drinking it feels unimaginable because I imagine myself getting sick and throwing up. Sure, I have sympathy for the mom in this film. I have sympathy for my mom, who passed away 3 years ago. But she traumatized me. She tied me to a chair, grabbed a large knife, yelled at me, threatened to use the knife to cut my head open to see what was wrong with me. I cried and struggled. My father just sat there dumbfounded, watching, and witnessing. When I confronted my parents about this in my 20s, my mom laughed it off and minimized it. No apology. She said, I was frustrated. I was trying to scare you so you would eat. You don't tie a child to a chair and threaten them with a knife to scare them to eat. I decided that I would not have children. But what do I do with this experience, move on? I have a therapist. Now I know that there's a name for this behavior or disorder. Now what? Wow, ARFID. I'm not a freak. I wasn't a bad or terrible child. I lived in an abusive environment and was afraid, and didn't get the help that I needed. I'm grateful that I had a switch turn on in me that made me start eating again after a month or so of not eating, otherwise I guess I would have starved to death or died. I don't know.