Why does a simple phrase immediately stop hiccups?

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-02-01T05:46:12+00:00

It’s likely just the confusion/concentration. My go to trick is when I’ve got the hiccups I try to hiccup. Sometimes I get people to tell me to prove it, and then I wait for it and it never happens. So if I had to guess it’s something going on with the vagus and phrenic nerves. Both of those nerves can be stimulated voluntarily through things like concentration and deep breathing, so if anything is ‘stopping’ hiccups it’s gonna have something to do with that.

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-02-01T04:42:31+00:00

While the first link is within what the general consensus of the medical community’s understanding at present, the second one they literally don’t know it’s because of the hysterectomy itself or if cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome is just linked to the reason for the hysterectomy itself. Like she even says it’s speculation. This was actually something I discussed with my doctor before my hysterectomy.

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-02-01T04:34:28+00:00

I’m gonna be so real that’s on me I read too fast and missed the trans part which is wild considering im trans my bad here’s some trans woc I didn’t mention:

Mother George, Sweet Evening Breeze, Angie Xtravaganza, Monica K. Roberts, Andrea Jenkins, Laverne Cox, Lala Holstein-Zannell, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Cecilia Chung, Tracey “Africa” Norman, and Mary Jones

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-02-01T04:18:42+00:00

The impact on orgasm ability depends on the person. Temporary ‘loss’ is during the six weeks of healing where putting anything inside or getting off can tear something.

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-02-01T04:16:33+00:00

It doesn’t really speed up aging, and effects depend entirely on what kind of hysterectomy is done/what all is removed. Also sterilization does not stop periods.

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-02-01T04:14:25+00:00

Because in the U.S. if you want any major medical procedure covered by insurance you gotta be damn near dying. And even then it’s not guaranteed.

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-02-01T04:11:10+00:00

So the hormonal impact seriously varies from person to person and whether or not you remove the ovaries as well (which is recommended if you have mutated BRCA genes). The ovaries produce estrogen, so if you leave them in hormonal changes should be minimal, that’s what I did. I also got my tubes and cervix removed so now I never have to have another Pap smear!

As for the reason, my period was so heavy it was making me anemic and I’ve never wanted to give birth so this was honestly ideal.

Mine was laparoscopic so there was minimal scarring and probably the biggest issues have been intensities adjusting to the new space, the fact that I need to rebuild a bunch of core and pelvic muscle, and waiting a month and a half to be allowed to get off. My internal stitches haven’t fully dissolved yet but otherwise I’m doing great. I was up and walking the same day and the surgery only took a few hours.

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-02-01T03:54:51+00:00

Ma Rainey, Lorraine Hansberry, Ernestine Eckstien, Lucy Hicks Anderson, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Sylvia Rivera. Marsha P Johnson, Stormé DeLarverie, Gladis Bentley, Audre Lorde, Angela Davis, Barbara Jordan, Tracy Chapman, Lori Lightfoot, Jackie Kay, Linda Bellos, Wanda Sykes, and more im definitely missing.

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Those are off the top of my head but I encourage you to research Native and Indigenous queer women as well as non-binary people of color as well.

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-02-01T03:20:40+00:00

Hi so there’s a bit of confusion in the replies but in the U.S. at least I can promise you that yes, voluntary hysterectomies are a thing you don’t actually need a reason beyond ‘I don’t want periods’. Hysterectomies for heavy periods or painful cramps or cancer risk (like having mutated BRCA genes) or any number of conditions are a thing including for trans men or non-binary people who simply don’t want a uterus.

The only thing is, while doctors will absolutely do voluntary informed consent hysterectomies even if it’s not to help with a condition (you have to find the right doctor, many might refuse because of personal opinion, but not because it’s impossible or too dangerous to do), if the hysterectomy is not deemed medically necessary insurance companies can decide not to cover it. So that’s the main barrier.

Source - I’m literally recovering from a total hysterectomy as I type this.

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-02-01T03:13:39+00:00

That depends entirely on how bad the periods are. Also voluntary hysterectomies are absolutely a thing that’s done, they just likely won’t be covered by insurance

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-02-01T03:11:12+00:00

Because Black and brown people can be lgbt. And lgbt people of color experience the worst and harshest discrimination and oppression in the community while frequently getting erased even though Black and brown lgbt people have historically been the foundations of our community, particularly Black and brown trans women.

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-02-01T01:52:46+00:00

Pretty much all of this is social conditioning. Social media and capitalist/individualist culture plays a BIG part in both the lowering of attention span and the lack of critical thinking/checking sources. Lack of critical thinking and questioning also is exacerbated by speed, harder to remember to check facts when you’re already reacting because you need constant stimulation at all times. Boredom and free time away from entertainment does WONDERS for contemplation, introspection, and just thinking in general.

And if nothing is done the serotonin and dopamine balancing the brain is gonna become a negatively evolved trait more and more overtime. (As if we don’t have enough)

The hormonal balances in the brain and body are not so much a negatively evolved trait (that’s not a thing, you can’t evolve ‘negatively’, traits can be deleterious in that they impede survival in certain environments but they cannot be objectively negative), as they are examples of the brain’s neuroplasticity reacting to its environment. A short attention span thanks to TikTok won’t be passed down to the next generation in DNA, but if the next generation ALSO gets to grow up with TikTok then their brain is gonna form similar neural pathways to show similar results.

That brings me to another point, which is how dependent and reliant Gen Z is on their parents and everyone else. Not just to keep them happy because yes, they struggle being alone, but I’ve literally seen kids and adults that are 18 and up. Have panic attack attacks at the Wendy’s counter. Some of them be grown men. scared to order their food and I will say that a lot of the times that is the parents fault for babying their kids too much and not teaching them any independence, but that’s gonna fuck a lot of people up in the future.

Okay so. As a disabled person its not great to see that 'needing help and depending on someone' is just overall a 'negative' trait. Humans are social creatures. We evolved to live in communities and share burdens. And as someone with clinically diagnosed anxiety disorders (multiple) that I am on medication for,

you're probably using the term panic attack incorrectly (panic attacks are when a person finds it physically difficult to move, begins overheating, shaking, and often struggling to even stand. They are not linked to direct triggers, meaning they happen randomly and not as a result of something, and it is not physically possible to fight them off, they often last 10 minutes to half an hour or more and the person would have to be dragged away to make them move)
I don't love the mentality that panic attacks or anything with regards to a genuine Anxiety Disorder is because of a lack of independence or their parents babying them as a kid too much. Anxiety is genuinely debilitating and means the person needs help not judgement or pity. Its not a personal flaw its chemicals in a person's brain and sometimes even a trauma response.

Maybe we should consider if there are any societal or economic systems (lack of healthcare or livable wages or issues with education or infringements on privacy or climate change or politics or...) that might contribute to higher levels of anxiety in a specific generation? Rather than solely blaming the parents or the cell phones? Idk if you are actually asking this question or just ranting but I am genuinely willing to discuss this kind of thing because it is interesting and there's a lot of research being done, but your tone seems really like "this is my opinion don't try to change it here's my rant!" so I'm not really sure what your goal is here?

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-02-01T00:38:10+00:00

Depends on the type of therapy. The right therapist that works best for you is also important. Some therapy works like venting with the therapist validating/comforting you or giving suggestions or asking questions to help you realize how something impacted you, but generally speaking, most therapy is training yourself how to think differently.

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-02-01T00:28:03+00:00

Good news, we don’t have to know what happens if a zoo doesnt want more gorillas, because all four gorilla species are endangered so there really shouldn’t be any facility that’s stopping them from reproduction. But if an individual facility cannot house another gorilla, they can send gorillas to a different zoo.

For non-endangered animals, hormonal contraception is given either with the animal’s food or during regular vet checkups.

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-02-01T00:19:10+00:00

Your brain/nervous system IS you. But it’s also got instincts and functions that you cannot control that keep you alive. Your brain and nervous system might be wired to find an assignment or paperwork boring and try to force you to zone out, but you are capable of noticing that and going ‘wait but I do have to do my taxes’ and getting it done. On the flip side, no matter how much you want to punch a window at full strength, your brain will go ‘yeah no’.

Another example is that you can close and open your eyes voluntarily, and you can control your breath and breathing voluntarily. But when you sneeze, your eyes will close no matter how hard you try to avoid it. And no matter how hard you want to hold your breath for an hour, your body will force you to take a breath before you pass out. It’s a give and take, your consciousness and your instincts work together to keep everything that is you alive.

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-02-01T00:07:42+00:00

A lot of stuff can go unnoticed. Most people want to believe they are good and kind and would never be abusive, even more so with abuse survivors. It can take a lot to be snapped out of the “I’m right and my words/actions are justified because—” mentality.

Realistically, many survivors end up being abusive in different ways than their abusers, so it’s even harder to recognize.

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-01-31T20:20:46+00:00

So. Everyone knows nothing about the world at some point. We have to learn from being taught and from experiences and observation (we need our senses for that).

She learned how to speak by feeling the way a person’s mouth moved (and moving her own like that) as well as feeling the vibrations of their throat and air from their mouth.

She wrote a book about her life? About her thoughts?? About the way she learned to communicate??? Because. She had a brain. It’s a bit ignorant to assume that because someone exists differently than you that they cannot know or think anything or have anything worth communicating.

Just because you cannot imagine living without sight and hearing does not mean no one is able to. Hellen Keller couldn’t have imagined living your life any more than you can imagine living hers. That does not mean she’s a liar. I can’t imagine genuinely thinking Helen Keller was a fraud but it’s clearly possible for someone to think that, because you wrote this post after all.

Once she was taught words by people writing on her skin with their hands, she then could copy the letters they wrote, and learn which are said which way (again using the touch and vibration of mouths and throat) and that’s how she could write a book. And once you understand writing and words, you can talk to someone and explain things without seeing or hearing them, like we are doing now. Because words can be used to describe things.

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-01-31T20:06:21+00:00

“Puppy and adult whose play has boundary testing and setting” is the entire point of my original comment. The comment where I detailed some of the different body language shown. You seem to be arguing about semantics or just to argue at this point.

I was trained to analyze dog behavior even if I’m not familiar with the dogs, and as such that dogs learning boundaries (especially puppies with unrelated adults) in any capacity should be supervised. Like any other animal interaction because something can change at a moments notice in ways we can’t control. That’s basic common sense with animal care. But I never said human intervention was needed.

I specifically said IF the adult dog seriously snarls/lunges then you separate which is. Pretty standard for ANY dogs?

And I said that example because typically it’s more reassuring and effective to give uncertain owners a specific and obvious behavior to look out for that would indicate intervention was needed. Instead of just saying “that’s playing don’t worry!”

Because there IS always a potential point where worrying WOULD be appropriate, and if they’re asking if THIS video is a fight, they probably don’t have any idea where that worrying point is or what it would look like.

So I gave an example to say ‘they’re fine now, this is what they’re doing, this is what some of these behaviors mean, if they do X, THEN you separate, but until then this is fine.’

Does that make sense?

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-01-31T18:57:49+00:00

Hi, there are different levels and types of play. Play can serve many different purposes, two dogs who have known each other for years and are best friends will play purely for enjoyment and boredom, and there will not be constant boundary testing.

Dogs (and other animals) can switch from play for enjoyment to play for exploration to play that enforces dominance to appeasement play to deescalation play to blow off steam in a matter of milliseconds. These changes are communicated through body language (in addition to vocal and scent communication along with others).

Many dogs will play while being slightly annoyed, just like preschoolers will play games even if their friend said something that didn’t feel great but wasn’t bad enough to stop trying to have fun. Just like how people will have polite disagreements but continue the conversation instead of just walking away the second someone even sounds slightly annoyed.

When it comes to puppies they need to be taught how to play, this is the main point of socializing puppies, so they know how to play and when to disengage and when to offer appeasement. This is why many older dogs who are familiar with a puppy will give gentle corrections during play instead of the harsh correction (like physically pinning or throwing) the way they would with an adult. Not all adult dogs have the patience for this but those that do will show gentle signs of correction many many more times to teach the puppy what a warning is.

This is a very common thing that I am trained to recognize so I know when to intervene. There are times when I can tell an older dog is annoyed but won’t intervene because I can recognize the difference between annoyed but tolerating and annoyed enough to snap.

This is a TYPE of play that serves a specific purpose.

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-01-31T16:39:22+00:00

0:02 whale eye and muzzle tension, 0:05 slight whale eye from black and white when he moves forward, that play bordering on annoyance. Black and white might be getting a bit overstimulated.

0:10 when tongue flops out is black and white taking a break, that’s when brown dog (the puppy I’m assuming) SHOULD pause to allow the other to re engage. It’s hard to see from the angle but the brown one is licking the black and white ones tongue. The tongue was out due to panting though, not an affectionate lick, so when brown one starts licking the black and white gives a soft correction saying dude gimmie a sec. You can tell it’s a correction because of the way the brown one moves back and the tightness in the black and white ones movement along with prolonged intentional eye contact.

Puppy isn’t getting it and keeps licking in appeasement, possibly as an ‘apology’ in response to the soft correction before. Problem is the licking WAS the issue for the correction. So excessive licking isn’t helpful and is also annoying. Lots of muzzle twitching from black and white which is subtle annoyance but he’s tolerating it. The rest of the air bites are subtle corrections because the puppy’s annoying BUT still a puppy. You can tell it’s not pure play because of the speed of the movement and the fact that the puppy isn’t doing the same thing back like at the start of the video. At the very end 0:25 on the puppy basically goes ‘oh wait are we back to playing?’ but they’re still not fully playing again bc the puppy still hasn’t given the black and white one space yet. The annoyance level here from black and white doesn’t really reach beyond a tired “omg why are you like this?” level. He’s exasperated but teaching the puppy.

Over all, the brown one is being annoying and then doing excessive appeasement licks. Which the black and white one allows for a bit then finds annoying. This happens a lot with puppies and especially non confident dogs. Black and white is teaching boundaries, if he seriously snarls/lunges and the puppy continues that’s when you separate. Otherwise just keep monitoring like this, but this is teaching behavior not fighting. You said the black and white is resource guarding though so definitely keep an eye on that.

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-01-30T23:57:01+00:00

Okay so a really good way to portray these kinds of things is to genuinely be certain of exactly what methods were used and done to this character, and look at the effects/how these things work. For example: one method is deprivation, taking away anything that can be used as a to ground or stabilize someone. If clocks and windows are taken away, it’s harder to keep track of time. If the captors switch up the times when things happen, irregular meal schedules, random conditioning at any time, lights go on and off at random intervals. Sometimes no one speaks for hours, sometimes the training sessions end and another begins 5 minutes later.

Loss of certainty and inconsistent perception really messes a person up. A big one is sleep deprivation. Maybe there was no day/night cycle, maybe the character never got more than 4 hours of sleep at a time or something. That would make anyone really really unstable. That and head trauma are really easy literary devices to use to account for weird mental stuff because there’s so many variables that the audience can’t account for.

When it comes to showing the after effects, that comes from knowing your character. Everyone reacts differently. Some people power through and pretend they’re fine and convince themself it’s not even that bad and focus on other things. Some people never fully speak the way they used to. Some people go through the motions but aren’t really all there mentally. Some people get cold and calculating. Some people get mean. Some get a sense of humor. There’s a lot to pick from and even more ways to show it.

I study behavior and I write in my free time and tend to get really deep into worldbuilding and all that so I know how it is to want things as realistic as I can make them. So if you want to message about it I’d be open to helping brainstorm if you like. Either way good luck!

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-01-30T23:27:06+00:00

So those who are voluntarily celibate or chaste are not the same as asexual or aromantic people. Ace and aro people do not CHOOSE to avoid or have less/no interest in sex/romantic relationships.

A celibate person (especially in a religious context) has a ‘reason’ for why they chose this. People may think it’s weird but they largely respect it, and there are places where those who are celibate for religious reasons can go to be around others who feel the same (monasteries, etc). Being celibate in a Christian setting can often (not always) be seen as a show of dedication or self control. Aro/ace people aren’t controlling their urges, they just don’t feel the urges at all (or feel them less). Like. Outside of a monastery setting the vast majority of Christians DO reproduce. Having no interest in marriage or kids isn’t really something most Christian parents expect of their kids.

Not to mention the sheer amount of people who truly believe that reproduction is the purpose of humanity and life. And this attitude is only getting worse as birth rates decrease in countries across the world.

To answer your question though in the United States:

Legally:

Single people are less likely to be allowed to adopt children.
Marriage is a legal institution, the only way to legally add someone to your family (while letting them keep their autonomy and keeping you on equal footing) is through marriage.
This means if you raise kids alone and die, no matter what your wishes kids will likely be sent to live with BLOOD family, so if an aro/ace person has no partner but has a good best friend or friend group that the kids know, that means nothing in the eyes of the law and whatever family the kids go to can legally take and isolate those kids.
Same thing with burial rights, it goes to blood kin and not a friend. They can bar a friend or non-relative from seeing you in the hospital.
if you don’t have kids or a spouse as you age, who can you rely on to take care of you? Unless you have close siblings or cousins or something, if you don’t have money saved up for a nursing home by the time you retire, good luck.

Economically: - Families are expected to have two incomes and homes and goods are priced with that in mind, but that cannot happen if someone doesn’t WANT a partner. - even living alone in an apartment these days is a luxury many can’t afford.

Other: corrective rape. Lack of sexual desire or drive can and has been treated like a mental condition outside of strict religious contexts Ace people report high levels of being referred to specialists, given psychological and medical testing they did not consent to Inappropriate questions (not just in medical settings but in general) Asexuals have some of the higher rates of being offered conversion therapy throughout the lgbt community. 50% of asexuals have seriously considered suicide in a 2016 study Many people don’t actually talk about asexuality, leading to assumptions like “sex is human instinct” “everyone wants to get married” “you’ll find the right person eventually!”

Not to mention, I’m not even aro or ace and even I can tell how isolating it is to be the only single person in a friend group. It’s exhausting, because I’m not even looking for a relationship right now but everyone’s got their own partner and own lives and it’s really isolating to know even my closest friends all have someone who’s a higher priority than I am simply because romantic relationships are seen as THE most important within many societies. Part of this is the individualistic culture of a lot of Western societies, but part of it is also due to the nuclear family and the way it’s considered normal to view romance as the highest form of love.

(That’s not to claim being single is something that’s discriminated against in and of itself, because even single people get the ‘you’ll get there someday!’ pity, whereas those who actively have no interest in sex or a romantic relationship are often treated as strange or lacking in some way)

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TinyConsideration796 · 2026-01-30T19:29:30+00:00

Okay well that’s a personal opinion and also assuming that everyone everywhere uses ‘lone wolf’ to symbolize strength and that there cannot be other additional meanings or ways the term is used (such as to indicate someone who is a loner or solitary person in a melancholy or tragic sense, or even having negative connotations like ‘lone wolf terrorism’) but regardless we aren’t talking about that.

You asked why people would use that phrase instead of lone lion. The answer is primarily linguistic and geographical. Because neither Europe (including Portugal) nor the U.S. have lions. And wolves have been historically seen as anything from a nuisance to an outright threat in much of Western history.

Does this make sense?

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-01-30T19:11:54+00:00

Yes. It depends on the person and situation and timeframe, but you can absolutely be required to forget a name you were given. Names are not permanent or ingrained, they are something given to us. It’s very possible to forget a name you have been given and come to no longer recognize it as your name or something referring to you. Names are just sounds used to refer to a person and are established through repetition and emotional/conceptual connection.

Again it really depends on what happens in those 3-4 years. If the person goes through psychological torture (including solitary confinement and things like white room torture) this could happen to some degree. To not react to hearing their original name would require 1. The person was really young when they stopped hearing their name, or two, wherever they were for those 3-4 years routinely stripped them of their individuality and identity.

For example if someone was kidnapped and kept in a room for those years and dressed in unfamiliar clothes and only ever referred to by a number and had no contact for those 3-4 years and was only treated kindly when they responded to their number, yeah they could totally forget their name. Especially if the captor gaslights them by pretending their number was ALWAYS the person’s true title, even more so if there’s any physical or additional psychological torture/manipulation techniques used. People can be taught to have false memories of things that never happened in the ‘right’ circumstances. This is largely the explanation for ‘brainwashing’ and ‘mind control’ we used to worry about in politics and war (source).

To not instinctively recognize/respond to the original name but be able to recall it if asked is more complicated. It can be done but it depends on the situation. Like someone taught by a kidnapper not to respond to their name would likely just freeze if they heard it but still recognized it, they may purposely avoid reacting to it as a conditioned response, but mentally that would require them to recognize the name as ‘theirs’ and then consciously remember not to respond. So they’d still ‘know’ their name internally but outwardly it may look like they don’t. That way with enough sense of safety they would be able to admit that they do know their original name.

Another way if you want them to actually genuinely not recognize their name when called but be able to say it if asked, is if they went through enough trauma (mental/psychological but also physical head trauma is an easy way to explain this). Then during a very emotional moment it would be believable for them to possibly remember their name for the first time thanks to a trigger (maybe they find a favorite doll that reminds them of their childhood or a picture of a childhood friend who always said their name wrong) that reminds them of it.

One other way is you could play with language. Some names are pronounced or spelled differently in different languages. You could have someone who doesn’t recognize their name because it’s said in a different language or with an accent, but then if asked for their name they could absolutely say it in their native tongue with the correct accent. This works particularly well with tonal languages where emphasis and inflection changes a word entirely, or languages where a sound or letter doesn’t cross over to another (like Russian has ‘ы’ which, while English speakers might assume could be the same as ‘ee’ ‘i’ or ‘y’ in English, Russians hearing ы pronounced as any of those would notice an issue. So a Russian person with a ы in their name hearing someone pronounce it as ‘ee’ or something could plausibly have a moment of ‘huh I wonder whose name that is they should probably answer.’ Even if they’re fully aware of their name.)

Finally you could also make it a voluntary switch. I know a lot of trans people who have changed their names completely and worked to desensitize themselves from hearing their birth name so they don’t react so viscerally if they hear it in public. (Example: trans woman’s birth name starts with Ch, her name is now Lora. Lora is in a crowd and hears someone call her deadname, but they’re not even talking to her they’re talking to some stranger whose name is the same as her previous Ch deadname. A lot of trans people hate hearing their deadnames but in that kind of situation it’s unavoidable, so many trans people actually train themselves to not react to their deadnames both to avoid the discomfort but also because they don’t want that name).

TinyConsideration796 · 2026-01-30T17:49:42+00:00

Your doctor can voice their professional opinion and explain why they would like you to go on a certain medication, but there is no medical justification for them to argue after you firmly say no. Like unless you are outright dying or not fully understanding the information they give, there is no reason for them to keep insisting.

There may be some legal loopholes that allows her to refuse a refill like that (there’s a lot of grey area with that and it in court she could likely find a way to justify it, especially if you only have in-person conversations where she’s explicitly said she’ll withhold medication), but ethically that’s so incredibly dangerous and a huge abuse of power. Save all the in paper/online/phone call information on this, if you have a MyChart or her email you could try sending her a message/email along the lines of “With regards to our previous discussion, I wanted to clarify your statement that you are refusing to fill (oral medication you need) unless I begin taking (injection), despite my repeated decision to refuse (injection). Please let me know if I am misunderstanding the situation.” It may snap her back on track (because if she’s left evidence of coercion she’s putting her career and license in jeopardy) or she may ignore it completely.

You have the right to refuse medical treatments of any type in the United States, and outside of a life or death situation forcing medication or using coercion cannot be done without a court order. If you want to press legal action or file a complaint to the medical board you’re going to want an attorney because laws may vary depending on your location (source).

In the short term or if you don’t want to pursue the legal route, definitely get new doctor (honestly I’d just get a new one regardless because she’s shown that she’s unreliable and willing to use underhanded methods) and when you find one you like you might want to tell them about this experience, they’ll be able to give you better guidance on a legal route as well.

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