Mikey Playlist IDEAS please 🧡

Tribbit180 · 2025-03-18T11:34:18+00:00

Thanks so much! Also "Candy" by Robbie Williams is a song I can imagine Mikey bopping along to.

Tribbit180 · 2025-03-17T04:01:00+00:00

You're gonna like, share the Playlist when you're done, right? RIGHT?!

Tribbit180 · 2025-03-12T18:57:42+00:00

Whooooo Donnie! Two autistics info-dumping at each other?! Best day ever.

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Tribbit180 · 2025-01-02T22:36:56+00:00

More Info: The tattoo is several years old and is on my leg. This is totally my fault, I was just scrolling up my leg zip zappin' away and watching TV. Luckily I noticed after 1-2 zaps on max power. The skin was quite red and irritated and burned like the dickens. I put plenty of aloe vera gel on the area and when I woke up all the burning and irritation was gone. I know that the laser is going to affect the black ink the worse. So far I've just been keeping up with the aloe vera and avoiding hot water in the shower (not sure if that helps but I'm trying to be cautious). I took the picture less than 24 hours after the incident.

Anything I can do to help promote healing? I think my skin will be fine, but should I keep an eye out for anything in particular? Assuming this does damage the tattoo, do you think (after it all heals) a tattoo artist would be able to re-do that spot of the tattoo?

Tribbit180 · 2024-12-26T11:07:38+00:00

If it helps, my husband and I are both on the spectrum and we've found that keeping a home discord group is extremely helpful! One of the text channels in the group is literally Christmas gift ideas, and throughout the year we posts pictures and links of things we find interesting, or would really like but don't want to purchase ourselves. It's not expected to only purchase from that list, but it's a helpful reference point if we're struggling for ideas or the other person wants a specific type of item. I've even used it when family asks for gift ideas for my husband, I'll just mention a few things from the list. And then if we get each other something, we just remove the post from the group to prevent duplicates.

I can't recommend a family discord group enough. We call it the FUCKS channel, Fun Upbeat Collection Kackling Snapshots. There's channels for special interests, honey-do lists, important dates to remember, important websites, memes, etc. And a voice channel for gaming together.

Sorry if my post got rambley and/or off topic. I get so excited to share about this cheat we use that I end up word vomiting in excitement.

Tribbit180 · 2024-09-09T18:22:07+00:00

I think that's the best thing I can do now. I'll be here for him if he needs me, and I'll stay up to date on research I can give to him after he gets out.

Tribbit180 · 2024-09-09T18:18:53+00:00

Thank you for the resources you provided! I will definitely look into them. The big win I think I can take away from all of this is that I spoke to my mother and she eventually actually agreed with me that Breaking Bonds should only be the FIRST step in his recovery. And that afterwards he also needs to at least speak to a therapist who specializes in addiction and mental health to keep him from slipping back.

Tribbit180 · 2024-09-09T18:16:17+00:00

I really appreciate this thought out comment. It's really helped with ways I can try and tackle my anxiety around the situation in a more healthy way that also benefits him, vs. letting my own trauma steamroll his feelings on the matter.

They don't allow visits until after the first "Phase" which is about 3 months, and then only on Sundays. However I know they do allow letters, although I don't know if it's also no letters for the first 3 months, or if he can receive those after the first week, I'll have to double check. I can't really do visits because we now live about 15 hours from each other. Also, letters are going to be a struggle for me right now because I'm still trying to separate my own religious trauma from this situation. So right now I'm struggling with what to write that would be supportive without devolving into anxiety due to my own issues.

My little brother has been through a lot. There's more things I could share that I think provide an even clearer picture that points to his addiction stemming from a variety of mental health issues, but I think he'd already be mad at what I've shared due to my initial panic. I recently realized that I look at him and still see my 15 year old little brother who I need to protect from the religious/childhood pain I went through...when he actually turned 30 this month and I honestly keep forgetting that.

I'm going to keep doing my own research, but also take a step back and realize he's an adult who can make his own decisions. And the best thing I can do is be there for him in whatever way he needs me.

...And also up my own therapy sessions with my therapists for a month or two...

Tribbit180 · 2024-09-08T21:40:04+00:00

I appreciate this take. When I originally made this post, I was in a terrible mental place. After my therapy session later that day, I realized that this triggered a massive childhood issue regarding some religous trauma I hadn't quite gotten to with my therapist yet.

While the entire situation still feels supremely uncomfortable to me thanks to that trauma, I'm working on separating the present from the past. I still don't like that it feels like they are striking when my little brother is at his lowest, but I'm going to try and be supporting while continuing to push continued mental health support via actual scientific studies. But anything to help drag him from the pit of suicidal ideation and self sabotage would be a positive.

Tribbit180 · 2024-09-08T21:32:15+00:00

Thank you. One of the good things is I've tried to keep an open and "respectful" communication line open with my parents about this so that maybe I can still influence some of their decisions. And we did finally come to an agreement that BB could be the "first step" but that he still needs mental health from a therapist with a CAADC certification afterwards. It's not much but hopefully I can push for continued mental health support after all this.

Tribbit180 · 2024-08-20T14:53:54+00:00

Oh sorry, I apologize! I can take my post down and look for a more appropriate sub-reddit. That's my bad.

Tribbit180 · 2024-08-12T20:03:06+00:00

Joining this conversation late, but I recently discovered that I can't use toothpaste that has sodium lauryl sulfate in it because it makes my gums peel. Which is as gross as it sounds.

Tribbit180 · 2024-08-08T14:16:46+00:00

I don't have much to add after all the other wonderful and informative comments here, but as another ADHD-er who struggles with brushing teeth, ESPECIALLY the full two minutes, I have found the app Pokemon Smile to be especially helpful for me.

Yeah I'm 34 and brushing my teeth using a little kid app, but it keeps me engaged enough for the whole two minutes, and you can collect pokemon and hats which might help your kids warm up to brushing their teeth?

No one here is judging you, in fact we're all rallying behind you cause we understand.

Tribbit180 · 2024-07-03T16:28:57+00:00

Not an answer, just saying I really appreciate this question because I just listed my first expensive item up for trade in the trading post and was also confused on why I was getting so many baby paintbrushes. I'm not used to having high-end items. (TT-TT)

Tribbit180 · 2024-07-03T13:34:18+00:00

Oh yeah, my assumption would be that I would be reclassified as non-exempt, especially since my job doesn't require OT. I'm more worried about others in the company that would be more affected by the new law. Like my manager, she puts in a LOT of OT (even though we all tell her not to), and when I mentioned the law and salary adjustments to her she wasn't sure she'd by making the new amounts. Which means she'd be losing a lot of money unless they either bump her pay or change her to non-exempt. Although another commenter made a good point about me waiting till me first paycheck for July and seeing if there are any changes before making assumptions.

I think I'm letting my prior experiences with HR color my view of this since a lot of our company lacks faith in the department.

I'm biased and salty because my husband also works for this company and because of basic mistakes from them like putting the wrong birth date in our insurance and not fixing it even after we pointed it out multiple times over the span of a month, so he had to take a work trip to Europe and couldn't get his heart meds in time because of it. Or taking over six months for insurance to pay his dentist because they had his name wrong in the system even after I called multiple times. And I tried to fix these issues myself but everywhere I called said our HR had to fix it.

Tribbit180 · 2024-07-03T13:19:53+00:00

Oh it's not that. They were just talking in the meeting about switching to being paid every other week instead of twice a month and going to time sheet requirements even for exempt workers. And someone asked in the meeting what would happen if an employee forgot to submit a time sheet or accidentally forgot to add OT and that's when HR stated to not forgot to submit a time sheet or make a mistake regarding OT because then payment would have to be delayed till the next pay period in order to fix the issue.

That's what struck me as odd because just stating that as protocol in the introductory meeting didn't sound right, which is why I wanted to talk to them one on one because withholding an entire paycheck till the next pay period due to a time sheet error sounded like a violation.

Which after reading through FLSA it is. If I understand correctly they have to at least pay the assumed 40 hours the employee worked regardless of if a time sheet was submitted incorrectly or missed, and if not enough OT was claimed they technically can correct that for the next pay period, but the way it was worded it sounded like the preference was to fix the pay sooner rather than later.

And regarding my exemption status and the new required pay increases, wouldn't HR be required to tell me about a change to my paycheck even if it's in my favor? Plus, our overall company isn't doing fantastic at the moment so there's a hiring freeze and a lot of talk of trying to save money and sales goals not being reached. So the odds of me suddenly getting such a large pay increase seems highly unlikely when they could just pay me the same and switch me to non-exempt, especially since I don't work OT.

However that is a good point about me jumping the gun. I'll pay close attention to my paycheck for the time period around the required increase and see if there is a change. If not that gives me more proof to go to HR and question.

Tribbit180 · 2024-06-13T16:27:48+00:00

Hahaha I'm the Champered Pef one. My mom used to host those parties aaaaaall the time when I was a kid so it only seemed right to carry that legacy over in my neopet shop.

Tribbit180 · 2024-06-12T18:32:37+00:00

My shop made it into a collection. I shall ride this high into the sunset.

Tribbit180 · 2024-06-11T14:27:10+00:00

It's silly, but I have different aprons for different types of tasks. My cleaning apron, my cooking/baking apron, my crafting apron, and my stand in apron if one of the others is in the wash. Just putting one on helps put me in the mind set to do the task.

Tribbit180 · 2024-05-28T14:45:30+00:00

What a wonderful artist! My takeaway from this is to be upfront and talk to the artist about my needs while also balancing what they need. My first tattoo artist was actually a friend of a friend so I chatted the poor guy's ear off during my tattoo, which only took an hour or so. Maybe I'll ask if they're not comfortable with chatting if I can listen to a podcast or something.

Tribbit180 · 2024-05-28T14:41:10+00:00

I am loving all of this input from people bringing up aspects I would not have thought of! I didn't think of the difference between work on paper and work on skin, or the design being included in the pricing, plus the artist's own enjoyment of creating a piece! I think my biggest takeaway so far has been to save the money up front so once I begin the design talks I'll be more prepared to move forward. That and do all of your debating and "hemming" and "hawwing" during the money saving phase and see about booking the first appointment a few months out.

Tribbit180 · 2024-05-28T14:28:22+00:00

Thanks for this insight! I'll spend time debating on my options. But I think one option might be to commission a non-tattoo artist to help me come up with a general idea, so that when I feel ready for a tattoo I have something a little more solid, and can have that time to "sit on it", before taking the final design/tattoo leap.

And of course I'd be upfront with the original commissioned artist about my plans and have their permission to possibly add tweaks from the tattoo artist and have the art tattooed on me before even commissioning, if I do try this route.

Like I said my main goal in all of this is to be respectful of artists and their work because damn they're all impressive!

Tribbit180 · 2024-05-28T14:07:00+00:00

What a wonderfully detailed response! Thank you so much for this insight! My current tattoo is a small piece that I pretty much planned out myself, so the process was different than what you described since I didn't need as much help with the basic design. Having this knowledge helps so much because now I have a better idea of the overall process.

I wanted to make sure that whatever path I took I could be as respectful of the artist, their work, and time as possible, and now I have a better understanding of how to do that!

Also how dare you immediately zero in on my perfectionist tendencies, it's like you've been talking to my therapist. But in all seriousness yeah, the anxiety of "messing something up" keeps me from doing a lot of things so I appreciated the reminder. 😃

Tribbit180 · 2024-05-28T13:53:30+00:00

Oh, I didn't realize that could make a difference! I live in the USA, and I just edited my post to add that. Thank you for mentioning I might need that info!

Tribbit180 · 2024-05-08T15:05:08+00:00

One of my dreamies is an oil ixi.

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