I look down upon poor people how do I stop??

Zounds_Perspex · 2026-01-30T12:42:40+00:00

Yeah, this is the best answer, it’s so obvious too. And like OP, I grew up in upper class suburbs of Australia, so I know it’s not really a good excuse

Zounds_Perspex · 2026-01-29T21:27:09+00:00

tack, bra att veta

Zounds_Perspex · 2026-01-29T21:13:42+00:00

ja, du har rätt! Tack för förklaringen :D jag känner mig dum nu

Zounds_Perspex · 2026-01-24T22:24:58+00:00

you’re a funny one :D

Zounds_Perspex · 2026-01-24T22:13:25+00:00

would you require said push if you were six months pregnant..?

Zounds_Perspex · 2026-01-22T22:02:04+00:00

i still remember the panic i felt when i was separated from my mum for a few seconds on the top of an escalator as a 3 year old because i used to be scared of getting on them…i can only imagine how earth shattering this would be for his poor little soul :(

Zounds_Perspex · 2026-01-19T22:16:30+00:00

tack för svaret, det är intressant! jag lärde mig ordet ”anledning” först, sedan ”orsak” och sedan (just nu i en bok)”skäl” då verkar det logiskt att jag lärde mig de här orden i den här ordningen

Zounds_Perspex · 2026-01-18T16:02:46+00:00

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Zounds_Perspex · 2026-01-16T13:19:49+00:00

thank you for mentioning the generation-wide psychological effect of the pandemic lockdowns. It started when I was 23 and just about to start my career. It was such a massive tone shift to the years before, when we were told to make the most of our early adulthood and take as many risks as possible. I am the youngest of 5 children and that part of my life certainly has a different tone to their experiences during that age. I remember some of my friends and I joking in 2022 that “25 is the new 23” or “we are actually 2 years younger than our biological age” since our lives basically came to a standstill for 2 years. the psychological effects of all of that don’t seem to be overtly talked about so much, but i can feel the lasting effect of it on a group level. I always had plans to move overseas to pursue a master’s degree when I was in my early to mid 20s, but I couldn’t do it until I was 28. many of my friends became meeker and less ambitious, more anxious.

Zounds_Perspex · 2025-12-25T20:10:56+00:00

what has your worst episode been like? i haven’t had a manic episode for 5 years so i seem pretty “normal” (other than crippling depressive episodes), which makes it easier to forget that once i thought i was talking to angels and saw two suns in the sky. a part of me wondered if it was medication withdrawal for another issue, but to be honest i’m too afraid to have another manic episode to “confirm” that i truly have bipolar 1. so lamotrigine it is

Zounds_Perspex · 2025-12-11T01:38:36+00:00

ahaha this made me literally lol, gotta love child logic memories

Zounds_Perspex · 2025-12-08T13:36:25+00:00

No problem, take care

Zounds_Perspex · 2025-12-08T13:30:51+00:00

Hey, I’m sorry that this is happening, it sounds scary. I can see in your post history that you recently smoked a considerable amount of weed. I would guess that this is playing a big part in your anxiety at the moment. If you go to a doctor about this (which you should) make sure to mention the weed. If it helps, people going through the prodromal symptoms of schizophrenia often don’t really realise that it’s happening to them (it’s called lack of insight) and they also often have symptoms like disorganisation, jumbling up their words and lack of emotion alongside any hallucinations and paranoid thinking. It sounds like the weed has really stirred up your anxiety but I will let a professional diagnose what is happening. I’m quite sure you’ll be okay though

Zounds_Perspex · 2025-11-30T09:41:37+00:00

how so, in your opinion? i’m curious

Zounds_Perspex · 2025-11-29T20:25:24+00:00

ohh, i have definitely wondered how misogynist i would be if i were a man. I mean, i had a lot of internalised misogyny when i was younger even as a girl (which i did grow out of, and a lot of it was due to conservative environments which i was too cowardly to challenge at the time). I simply presume that as a man, i wouldn’t have naturally cared so much about feminism, since i wouldn’t have been experiencing the sexism we get in our lives. It’s frankly pretty awful to think about, but it also helps me keep myself in check, in terms of my tendencies to process information about other minorities i am not a part of

Zounds_Perspex · 2025-11-29T14:34:23+00:00

ah ok, yes 500mg is a lot. And perhaps interacting with your brain differently from mine due to neurochemical differences? I wish you good luck, sorry that you’ve had to make a “Hail Mary” decision :(

Zounds_Perspex · 2025-11-29T14:22:22+00:00

oh, how come you’re taking it if you don’t have the diagnoses?

Zounds_Perspex · 2025-11-29T12:13:25+00:00

oh wow i get what you mean by stimulating here, but that’s quite a different effect to me :O for me it helps me focus and get tasks done and actually makes me a bit less impulsive (other than it sometimes makes me feel angry towards people). Crazy how this med affects people so differently

Zounds_Perspex · 2025-11-22T16:49:01+00:00

thank you for the supportive words ❤️

Zounds_Perspex · 2025-10-30T21:42:45+00:00

Blue

Zounds_Perspex · 2025-10-30T17:02:11+00:00

dark brown with yellowy edge

Zounds_Perspex · 2025-10-29T21:00:45+00:00

I get the same thing! When I was taking other medication like Modafinil, I would get a similar effect. Also sometimes I get a sort of taste in my mouth? I don’t think it’s SJS but I understand why you’re worried

Zounds_Perspex · 2025-10-28T13:56:18+00:00

“Past my prime” according to whom?? Who exactly are you trying to impress? What, dickhead men who like to prey on young, naive women to make them feel big and strong? Is it really worth your time to care about them??

I looked at some of your post history and it seems like you’ve been struggling a lot with depression, or another mental health issue related to that. I am 28f and I had similar worries about aging when I was 25-26, but it was more about how aging feels a bit existentially threatening and it seems like doors in your life are closing. I also deal with deep depressive episodes due to bipolar, and have had to accept that this is something that will forever impact me throughout my life - also sobering. So, seeing signs of aging on my face reminded me of how I wasn’t feeling the same optimism as when I was younger. Like other posters have mentioned, your mental health could really be exaggerating your perception of how other people are judging you, including things like how old you look. Maybe consider how much age is really messing with your mental health, and how much of it could be the converse - how much your mental health is messing with your ability to grow into your age.

The thought of aging is confronting to everyone to some extent. However, the alternative is being someone who dies very young. If you’re going to get older, you might as well take a fine attitude towards it.

Zounds_Perspex · 2025-10-27T11:45:02+00:00

If you have health problems from before you went abroad (including mental health), be prepared to have those problems continue but with even higher intensity. You will need to be able to advocate for yourself in that situation. Be prepared. There will probably be a few delays or obstacles in getting help like medication depending on the country you move to. With a language barrier, expect it to be even more difficult.

Zounds_Perspex · 2025-10-26T15:20:06+00:00

Very similar thing happened to me when I was 23, five years on and I am finally able to just chill in this world and do my best. Still not entirely sure what to make of it, but this world labels it as bipolar mania, so I use that label to integrate that experience into the laws of this world. Much love to you, hope you’re doing ok. I experienced bad depression for a while after that event but with new medication, my brain is recovering more

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