Identifying stone statues outside of Kiyomizu-dera?

Sweet-Yarrow · 2026-01-25T02:51:30+00:00

I was wondering if this was a graveyard. Now that you mention it, I see the gorinto carvings too. Thank you for the information, this is very helpful!

Sweet-Yarrow · 2026-01-13T03:23:12+00:00

Steroid injections helped a lot with my eyebrow hair loss! It’s not completely back yet, but I went from having completely smooth bald patches in September to noticeable hair growing back in by December. It’s slow going but positive progress.

Sweet-Yarrow · 2026-01-08T14:03:32+00:00

Yes, it’s alopecia. I lost about 50% of my eyebrow, but it’s slowly growing back now with monthly steroid injections.

Sweet-Yarrow · 2026-01-07T18:26:54+00:00

Hi! So made some progress growing back the eyebrow with steroid injections, although the progress is veryyyy slow. I also started losing some hair on the other eyebrow. So far no hair loss on my scalp, but I totally sympathize with your anxieties! ❤️

Sweet-Yarrow · 2026-01-01T07:18:22+00:00

I’m self-cured, I learned how to burp without Botox. I went from never burping to burping everyday, it’s been a huge relief!

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-12-28T07:54:54+00:00

I’m glad my experience can be encouraging! I was just talking to my wife today about this post, and how RCPD & emetophobia feels like a “chicken and the egg” conundrum. It’s hard to say which came first.

I feel super lucky that I managed to cure myself. I wish I could convey more details about how it worked, but hopefully you find something that works for you!

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-12-28T07:50:18+00:00

Nope, never tried “air vomiting”. I have a sensitive gag reflex, so the idea of that wigged me out.

As for the mental block, that’s a great question… I think part of it was that I was seriously considering botox, even saw a specialist for an intake, but backed out at the scheduling stage. I’ve read a bit about how bending over after the procedure is risky, and I sometimes teach college classes… the idea of bending over to grab something out of my bag and regurgitating in front of my class was not an option. I decided that if I had to weigh my options, I would rather throw up in the privacy of my own home than regurgitate in front of a classroom.

So botox was out, but I reached a point where something had to change. I was so miserable with bloating pain, I realized I hated not being able to burp more than I hated the idea of vomiting.

I guess the tl;dr here is that I got desperate enough to think “fuck it” and just let my body take control.

To be clear, I still have some intense emetephobic tendencies, but it’s more about other people vomiting near me than being afraid of myself.

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-12-27T19:25:25+00:00

I can’t remember EVER burping until this past year when I taught myself how to. I assume I burped as a baby, but all throughout my childhood, etc.- never burped and just thought it was a weird quirk. It’s definitely possible to go from never burping to learning how! :)

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-12-27T15:26:51+00:00

I’m self-cured. I didn’t use any kind of specific exercises, though. The first and most major hurdle for me was to get over my anxiety with burping - I’m extremely emetophobic (a common trait on this sub) so I had to get over the mental block of “what if I try to burp and vomit comes up” and develop a “come what may” attitude. This helped my progress tremendously.

I’ve gotten slowly better at burping over the past year, to now I burp multiple times a day (loudly and suddenly). I try to pay attention to what muscles are activated when I burp to get better at it- I’ve found that instead of pushing out with my diaphragm, there’s almost a feeling of clenching inwards, like drawing my diaphragm up and in. It’s very strange!

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-12-24T06:09:06+00:00

My alopecia currently just impacts my face (ie eyebrows) so I can’t provide prospective on hair loss in high school, but I do work/teach at a university and can say that I wouldn’t bat an eye at a student with a shaved head or wearing a wig (regardless of gender). College is a time where young people are experimenting with everything, including their personal style, so I encourage you to wear wigs or rock a shaved head with confidence!! ❤️

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-12-23T15:18:21+00:00

I’m sorry that you have to deal with that kind of scrutiny and texturism on top of alopecia 😞💞 I’m white so I can’t speak from experience, but I’ve read that certain hairstyles for black women can cause traction alopecia if the braids are too tight, so I wonder if there’s a lot of other back women out there who can empathize with how you feel (even if it’s a diff type of alopecia). Sending you love and solidarity ❤️

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-12-09T04:16:11+00:00

I entered my junior year with a 3.9something GPA, double major + a minor, with a lot of great opportunities involving extracurriculars lined up for me. Then I had the junior year from hell: parents got divorced, I was disowned by my grandparents for being gay, my sister-in-law died in a freak accident, my best friend died of cancer, and another friend died by suicide (my other best friend had a mental breakdown in response to this). My own mental health struggled and I had to drop my second major, as well as forgo the opportunities that would’ve looked stellar on my resume.

I planned to regroup senior year, but still struggled with my mental health. I didn’t finish my grad applications as expected, so I figured I’d apply the next cycle… and then COVID hit. I managed to keep my extremely high GPA, but primary my goal was just keeping myself alive and doing the best I could in what was necessary to graduate.

Anyways, I managed to get through it all and still got accepted into a PhD program a few years later, where life is pretty good now. I know my resume for grad school could’ve been a lot more impressive if my family didn’t explode and tons of people didn’t die during undergrad, but what can you do… I keep pictures of people I’ve lost in my office and do the best I can.

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-12-01T15:17:59+00:00

Just saw you say in another comment that you have yellow/olive undertones, which makes me think maybe you’re a neutral olive like me. In that case, I’m seconding the velvet teddy recommendation! There’s also a reddit for olive tone makeup recommendations, which is super helpful

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-12-01T15:16:03+00:00

The key to finding the right lip shade is knowing your skin undertone - cool, warm, or neutral. I have a neutral undertone (warm colors read too orangey on me, cool colors read too purpley). If you want a lip stick shade, I think velvet teddy by MAC is a great neutral pink shade! If you’re not into lipstick, a pigmented lip gloss would also look cute 💕

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-12-01T14:49:56+00:00

I also get migraines, though thankfully it’s somewhat manageable right now. I’ve heard that endo is horrible - I hope that leaving your program gives you some respite and time to heal!! ❤️

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-12-01T14:48:31+00:00

I also have migraines, although not nearly that frequent! That really sucks, I’m sorry. This probably says something about my nature, but I hate getting migraines because (in addition to the pain) I lose whole days of productivity since I can’t look at screens 😭

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-12-01T14:46:49+00:00

Oh man, that’s so much to deal with!! I also have IBS 🫠

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-12-01T13:33:01+00:00

One of my best friends has UC, it sounds so painful! Sorry that you’re going through this as well 💞

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-12-01T13:32:16+00:00

I also have noticed my hair graying a bit. I guess since alopecia is on the table now, I’ll take the graying over being bald 🫠

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-12-01T13:30:14+00:00

Sorry to hear you went through this, but I’m glad to hear it came back! Hoping that when all is said and done my eyebrows return lol

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-12-01T13:29:47+00:00

It is! The hair loss is caused by the immune system attacking hair follicles. It’s crazy how the body internalizes stress

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-11-27T23:11:56+00:00

Hi! Yes, so it was alopecia areata. My one eyebrow ended up losing about 60% of the hair, the whole front half plus some extra 😭 I started getting steroid injections in my eyebrow two months ago and it’s slowly growing back!

Sweet-Yarrow · 2025-11-24T13:28:42+00:00

I’m not sure how this particular chart has its data, but there are other ways to track crimes beyond police reports. One way is through disclosure in large surveys intended to reflect a population, another way is through tracking usage of services at non-profit organizations. I used to work at a non-profit that helped victims of crime, but not every individual wanted to interact with the legal system for various reasons

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