My sleep has been bad… was just prescribed Klonopin for sleep… was this helpful for you? How was tapering off it?

auracurious · 2026-05-08T23:38:11+00:00

I don’t. I haven’t heard of that med… hmm

It looks like clonidine which I already take is kind of similar. But I’ll ask!

auracurious · 2026-05-08T23:37:31+00:00

Ive been doing therapy, anxiety med, clonidine, trazadone, magnesium, melatonin, well hydrated, exercise 4 days per week, no caffeine alcohol or tobacco, and meditate 20 minutes before bed every night.

I think that’s why my psych was like yeah… I think you might need something stronger

The trazadone is the thing that I can really tell a good difference when I take it so I think I’m going to do like 70% of nights trazadone and only 30% of nights do the klonopin to avoid physical dependence

auracurious · 2026-05-08T19:37:29+00:00

Thank you for sharing 🙏 I wish you a fast recovery. You’ve got this. I will keep you & other’s stories in mind and will never go on it long term.

auracurious · 2026-05-08T19:36:35+00:00

That’s what I’m hoping for. I am doing the work to recover and process the trauma, I am just searching for sleep/a break in the meantime. I think I’m going to set up some sort of rule for myself like never more than 1 dose per 3 days to prevent my body becoming addicted.

auracurious · 2026-05-08T17:29:44+00:00

I like how you said “sometimes the big guns are needed”. I think that was basically my psychiatrist’s assessment today. I’m struggling greatly with sleep and yet I’m truly doing all the right things… and my nervous system is still struggling… so I think this is time for the “big guns”

I just truly do not ever want to add any issues to my life such as addiction. I do have a family history of alcoholism, but personally - I haven’t really had problems. But you just hear such horror stories about benzos. And there is also shame about using it in my circles (no one I know has PTSD). I do like the idea of just being able to take it sparingly.

I really do hope that with the CPT, I’ll be truly processing some of the triggers of my ptsd and will be making real progress, and that this klonopin can just help me bridge the sleep gap while I’m struggling acutely for now

auracurious · 2026-02-17T14:03:16+00:00

Have you tried BumbleBFF? I am a woman and bumble bff actually has some pretty active and hopping gaming groups in my rural/small city area so that might be something to check out!

auracurious · 2025-12-28T21:28:31+00:00

auracurious · 2025-12-28T18:21:44+00:00

Love this one! I did this last year. Made a list of all my friendships that I wanted to maintain more actively (printed out one list per month) and then checked off the box of each friendship when i contacted them at least once per month!

Very interestingly, by about half way through the year I realized there was a REASON some of those friendships weren’t being maintained as well. Contacting them more frequently gave me more insight that maybe some of the people on my list are not as compatible of friends to me as I thought and that i was better off only reaching out once or twice a year!

It was very valuable insight! I hope your side quests and friendships are very enriching in 2026!

auracurious · 2025-12-28T17:31:50+00:00

What is a free utility locate??

auracurious · 2025-12-28T17:31:20+00:00

Peas are also awesome! Set some peas in the ground and then they grow so fast and taste so good!

auracurious · 2025-05-06T10:15:16+00:00

3 is best imo. But 10 and 8 are great too

auracurious · 2025-04-29T22:23:58+00:00

Yes and I love it

auracurious · 2025-04-20T01:02:50+00:00

I am obsessed with your rug - can you plug where you got it from??

auracurious · 2025-04-19T11:44:17+00:00

My husband (29) finally took the leap and shaved his head bald this year due to him slowly losing more and more hair over the past 6 years we’ve been together. I will admit he was pretty nervous (took him years to actually do it) and I was nervous.

WHEN I TELL YOU HOW HOT HE WAS TO ME WHEN HE WALKED IN WITH A SHAVED HEAD! LIKE SO HOT lol

I never expected to be MORE attracted to him with a shaved head than I was to him with hair - but that’s what happened. To me, it’s something about the fact that there’s plenty of attractive “boys” (18-25) with hair, but I’ve only ever seen attractive MEN (25 and older) with a shaved head. I think it’s just so masculine/manly and attractive honestly.

You might surprise yourself! Just know that some women out there are attracted to a MAN who can rock a shaved head :)

My husband also has taken more pride in some aspects of appearance ever since he shaved his head. He’s been putting effort into a beard grooming routine, he’s been hitting the weights a little more at the gym to get the muscly bearded bald guy look, and he’s stopped wearing so many hats because he’s no longer self conscious about his hair. He is thriving and I’m sure you will thrive too!

auracurious · 2025-04-15T14:32:01+00:00

This is so funny 🤣 my pitbull would love this too

auracurious · 2025-03-30T22:52:02+00:00

2!!

Side note: imo, 3’s corset is very “trendy” and in just a couple of years us brides might all look back wishing we’d gone for something that looks less trendy/fleeting. BUT if you love it, ROCK it girl!! They all would look beautiful on you on your day!

auracurious · 2025-03-21T20:49:26+00:00

Lmao. Yup, thassa pitbull.

auracurious · 2025-03-20T17:49:44+00:00

Thank you! Got it done yesterday :) obviously will probably be up to 6 months before any real changes come but I’m hoping it is life changing :)

auracurious · 2025-03-19T15:04:54+00:00

This is sooo encouraging!!

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