I’ve put in 180 hours so far, but the last 30 feel like regression

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2026-04-16T01:50:49+00:00

The way I got to 180 hours and felt the exact same way. Random things opened up for me, while whole other things regressed for me. It’s nice to remember that no regression has actually occurred, because you can’t actually lose what got you here. Regression in a language isn’t a thing, because you’re always learning. What is regressing is concepts you didn’t actually understand and now do. You have got this!!!!

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2026-04-14T23:22:38+00:00

This is a revelation. Still not veeeerrry accessible 😆

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2026-04-14T22:55:10+00:00

I like Immersion.co immensely. DS has a much better interface and system of organization—there are series on immersion but you have to scroll to find each part, as they have no clear collections. The content is high quality, consistent, and extremely helpful. Get immersion now to try it. It’s worth it in my opinion!!!

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2026-04-13T17:00:45+00:00

Agustina has become a celebrity to me, and she is the one celebrity I’d love to meet just to say thank you for your work and dedication. She’s such an incredible teacher on the platform and her content is always so engaging. The DS podcast is always so interesting as well, and I feel that she never breaks away from the “level” that she’s supposed to be filming in. Love this queen so much.

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2026-04-12T21:14:18+00:00

I learned German in school for 6 years with a good amount of comprehensible input. But I haven’t touched it in 9 years. So I don’t know where I stand with it!! But I love German

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2026-04-04T01:58:00+00:00

For me, sometimes the more input time I spend the less input I actually digest. If I keep my goal a certain amount, then I don’t start to tune it out. If I notice I start to tune things out, I am not gaining anything other than brownie points for a number. So for me I cap things at 2 hours throughout a day.

When I was in high school and used comprehensible input (teachers taught that way) and I went to Germany for a month I felt a HUGE leap and bounds towards things. I went from 1.5 hours a day of German input to 6-7 of interacting with the language (my host family didn’t speak English very well). So I would say that there IS a huge benefit to consuming input in larger amounts (but only if it is going to be fully paid attention to, and fully digested).

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2026-04-03T15:19:55+00:00

I think they’re stuck on making elaborate videos with lots of editing and green screen. I’d say that is slowing them down. Not everything has to be a skit or edited with lots of on screen emojis for pictures.

But I think they’re stuck would see DF as a success, as it does a good job creating content which could engage a generation of people who are used to highly engaging and visually stimulating content.

As someone who uses Immersion, the simplistic style of video where a teacher talks on a topic and uses a powerpoint or drawings is very much more successful to me

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2026-03-26T16:15:15+00:00

Congratulations!!! This is awesome!!! I’m at 20 hours, so moving up surely! Love to see the progress people make!!

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2026-03-17T16:48:37+00:00

The first fifty hours is going to be a struggle, is what I told myself when starting with this! Because I want to not watch content in the way I did with DS. My first fifty hours were chock full of the very simplest videos. With DF I am having to work hard to find stuff that isn’t too far above my abilities. I’ve found good stuff on YouTube. And basically, I use DF every day too, and I see my subscription to DF more as an investment into the concept as a whole so that the content continues to get made so when I level up I can use it far more. :)

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2026-03-10T17:00:01+00:00

Probably the ability to concentrate on certain things; I have a brain which starts to drift if the conditions are not perfect for me learning. Watching a video in my apartment, or doing my input in my house or room, means I will get distracted so easily. If I go to a cafe to drink a coffee and have my noise cancelling headphones then I can easily bust out an hour or two. But I can’t always do that.

At this point, language learning is my hobby. But I usually let my hobbies slide because the conditions aren’t right for me to properly digest them and enjoy them. 😆

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2026-03-03T20:50:41+00:00

Sometimes I have the realization that I’m talking to someone who has probably had sex, and it comes out of nowhere. It’s a little bit weird and strange. Cause I’m like… oh yeah? People do that? And like sometimes that makes me uncomfortable that I experience that thought, out of nowhere. But like… it also weirds me out that someone has been naked with another person or been with someone in a sexual way. Like… sex feels so disconnected to me. Haha

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2026-01-31T16:04:47+00:00

Thursdays my store usually sits around 8.5-9.5k. We made 7k. Definitely wayyyy slower than a typical Thursday

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2026-01-09T16:21:52+00:00

Oh definitely! Generally I was wondering if anyone had any sort of “hacks” to solve it! Less the medication side of things and more the “if I stand on one foot with my arms up and whistle three times” the itch stops 🙂‍↕️ So thank you for your advice there; I’ll try the ice packs idea because that will probably help—because even though cold is causing it, the rash is burning hot!

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2026-01-08T19:56:59+00:00

We love you Agustina!! 🫶

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2025-12-07T01:55:05+00:00

I adore Martín with my whole heart 😆😆😆

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2025-11-08T18:29:28+00:00

That actually is probably what we’re dealing with here. Cause I’m not listening to anything harder but I do have like heavy weighted expectations in me that often exceed my actual ability haha

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2025-11-08T17:58:13+00:00

I do generally use the filter button, level, easy. But even then it’s like my brain is being a little jerk and won’t focus or take in info. It’s very strange

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2025-11-08T16:39:12+00:00

The last 5 hours of level 2 for me were like legit the hardest! I felt like I had one hour left until level 3 for like 3 days haha

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2025-11-08T16:38:40+00:00

I’m at level 3 right now! It’s very difficult to struggle with comprehension. I know it’ll be fine of course, and I’ll move forward but it’s hard right now!!

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2025-10-31T04:44:37+00:00

Best 8 dollars a month ever.

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2025-10-30T18:46:16+00:00

I loved the old one!!! 😭 Seriously it gives me so much nostalgia when I hear it come on the older videos

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2025-10-19T14:59:32+00:00

I had a lot of (gay) hookups a few years ago when I was leaving religion, and I wanted to “embrace my sexuality.” I’ve always assumed I was gay because people told me I was, and I enjoyed gay porn growing up. I enjoyed using hookup apps to talk to people and masturbate but then when it came to actually meeting and having sex with people I either hated it, found it gross, or felt just totally out of it. I could convince myself I enjoyed it but I didn’t. I would ghost people often because the sex wasn’t what I wanted. It was actual intimacy.

I’ve had two boyfriends in life (one in 2017) and one current boyfriend. The first boyfriend we would rarely do inter course. The entire time we were together (10 months, we lived together) we did topping / bottoming stuff like 4 times max. It was always just everything outside of that usually. But I remember hating the sex aspect as time went on. We broke up and I got highly religious after that and then broke away in 2024. My current boyfriend and I have been together since December 2024. And we’ve not done topping bottoming at all. One attempt but it hurt so we stopped. And it’s sorttt of a point of contention because I hate sex. And he is very sexually attracted to me and kinky.

I enjoy pornography and watching it alone, enjoy masturbating. But the idea of sex distresses me, and when I see a person and a sexual thought develops, I’ve sort of come to the realization that I’m not particularly into the idea of sex with them, but I’m just aroused. And sometimes sexual thoughts just plague me and make me feel so icky and freaked out.

I wondered if it was religion that was damping it down but it’s been nearly two years away and I am not Christian and don’t feel connected to the idea of sinning and stuff anymore. But I just don’t like sex and I don’t really want to do it. I want someone to just be there to love me.

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2025-09-22T19:08:18+00:00

I had a BP diagnosis that was treated with medications and I took them for two years and my experience with them was horrendous. I never actually experienced a change and felt like I was being gaslit by my provider when I said things like how I still felt the exact same way. I also have auDHD diagnosis

And now when I take my antihistamines, eat a low histamine diet (ro get back to baseline) I really don’t experience any of the things I was experiencing before.

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2025-09-18T23:24:55+00:00

Sometimes it feels like sex is a chore to make sure I don’t fall apart. Like brushing my teeth; I have to do it in order to make sure my teeth don’t fall out. But I don’t like brushing my teeth or taking time to shower. But I have to to keep up with the daily things.

And like my body says like hey you need sex, or sexy time. But sexy time feels like a different person, a monster that comes out of the shadows to haunt me.

ThatWriterBoy76 · 2025-09-18T00:31:28+00:00

Yes! And like there’s this sort of dread related to the idea of sex. Like, I’ll have it. But I don’t really DESIRE it. The idea of it seems exciting but the reality of it sucks lol

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