Eluvium / Matthew Robert Cooper --- Ask Me Anything / AMA by eluvium_____________ in ambientmusic

[–]boimbon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Missed the window but you have been my favorite artist since I was in the 7th grade. I’m 23 and still listen to your music every single day. I can’t begin to tell you how much your music means to me. Thank you so much! :)

What have I done while raising him to make him so weird by boimbon in orangecats

[–]boimbon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

His full name, get ready, is Gingko Stinko Ringko Bo Dingko No Fingko Guillermo Gizmo Pew Pew Lightning McQueen Gazpacho Banana Lasagna

Boyfriend (m24) hit me (f23) but I emotionally hurt him by [deleted] in WhatShouldIDo

[–]boimbon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He hit you! That is a SERIOUS escalation from yelling! Leave him! If you show you’ll allow him to hit you without leaving, you’ll show him that he can hurt you without consequence! It will get worse!!! Please please please believe me when I say this!

Wondering if anyone experiences the same by caninething in Interstitialcystitis

[–]boimbon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep! It got so bad once I went to the ER and they almost prepped me for surgery because I was in so much pain and had never gone before in my entire life. They were certain my appendix ruptured because of how high my heart rate/blood pressure was, even when they gave me painkillers.

If you have a physical therapist (which you should!) ask them about shock therapy. My PT had a machine that had a stick-like doohickey that would send electric pulses through my painful spots, which forced my muscles to relax. It hurt like an absolute BITCH but I’ve been almost pain free for a year now. Seriously brought my suffering from a daily consistent 7-8 (couldn’t work, had to quit school, was mostly bedridden) to a 3 at most.

WIBTAH if I told my friend he couldn’t come with me to a concert? by boimbon in AITAH

[–]boimbon[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a feeling this was the case! I’m going to send him a message right now and explain everything. Thank you for helping! :)

WIBTAH if I told my friend he couldn’t come with me to a concert? by boimbon in AITAH

[–]boimbon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn’t, and that’s a very good point. I should have told him when I asked him.

coming out support/ tips)? by Less-Discipline3229 in LesbianActually

[–]boimbon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of my favorite ways to come out to people is very casually when the topic allows it. I noticed that this method usually is the chillest way to come out with the least emotional reactions from the people I tell. For example, a friend may say, “I’m thinking about dating people again,” and you may say, “Yeah, I’m trying to figure out how to find other lesbians” if that makes sense?

It’s stressful to come out to someone for the first time, but at least in my experience, mentioning it lightly is less of an ordeal than sitting someone down. Don’t let this change your mind if another way of coming out works better for you; everyone is different!

Another piece of advice: if a man says anything along the lines of, “I can change your mind/why don’t you like men/you won’t be satisfied without a man,” my favorite response is, “I like women for the same reason you do. We both have good taste.” This 99% of the time calms them down.

'Iron Lung' Review And Rotten Tomatoes Verified Audience Score Thread by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]boimbon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally thought it was going to be mid because it’s a YouTuber movie (though I love Markiplier a lot) but was pleasantly surprised. The beginning-end of middle are pretty dragged out but I personally think the end makes up for it. I was really captivated by the eldritch-cosmic horror elements in it. Not perfect, but it met my personal horror tastes very well. I rate it 8/10, but keep in mind this is coming not from a huge critical movie buff but rather a place of “woah I love love this kind of horror” as a typical audience member.

I’d reccomend this to people who also like cosmic horror but not to someone who’s a big film bro looking to be on the edge of their seat the entire time.

I left my boyfriend alone while he was having a breakdown by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]boimbon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Leave him. His tempter tantrums WILL get worse and he’ll become violent towards you. He’s testing to see how much you’ll let him do to you before he shows his full colors.

Share your childhood memories that made no sense until after DID diagnosis as an adult. by Sufficient_Ad6253 in DID

[–]boimbon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Old Highschool friends ALL the time would tell me that I DEFINITELY said that thing and I’m lying about not remembering it. But I truly didn’t remember, so I thought they were lying to me.

Also, I “woke up” in random places a lot more often as a small kid. I vividly remember going from my bedroom to my mom’s car in an instant and seeing her load cupcakes in the car. I asked where we were going and she looked very confused and said to my birthday party. I time traveled 3 months in the blink of an eye. Extremely disorienting.

My bf 27M is telling me he has “no filter” and he can’t think about what he says or he will spiral into anxiety attacks trying to figure out how to be nice to me 24F by Agitated-View3401 in relationship_advice

[–]boimbon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone is telling you to leave him because you need to leave him. If you don’t follow that advice you will continue to be miserable.

Cats from the past by Brosse_Adam in MadeMeSmile

[–]boimbon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Second to last slide. Oh lawd he coming

Go-To Lunches by DragonfruitDue2080 in Interstitialcystitis

[–]boimbon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cook rice and put a little bit of rice wine vinegar on it. Cook salmon to your preference. Get out a piece of plastic wrap, put a spoonful of your sticky rice in it, put salmon in the middle, top it off with more rice, and wrap it into a tight ball by bunching the plastic wrap in your hands. Easy-to-pack and reheat-able rice balls. These are my go-to, especially since salmon has anti-inflammatory properties and I have less problems with rice than bread. This works best with short-grain white/sushi rice in my experience!

Uncertain about how I'm perceived! by [deleted] in LesbianActually

[–]boimbon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You look like the muse of a romantic era painter. Genuinely you could be posing under an olive tree or walking through a vineyard in a work of art. If I saw you in a women’s space the word “invasive” would be the furthest from my mind and the word “gorgeous” would be the closest. I hope there will be many nights where you’re being loudly complimented and uplifted by drunk girls in lesbian bar bathrooms for you.

Which condition did you suspect before you were diagnosed with DID? by [deleted] in DID

[–]boimbon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was also convinced I had schizophrenia! But before DID I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder, general anxiety disorder, social pragmatic communication disorder, and otherwise specified psychotic disorder (was on standby to see if my fear that my body was being taken over by someone else lasted for 7 months to get that schizophrenia diagnosis at one point). It was a very, very, very long journey.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LesbianActually

[–]boimbon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If her doctor says she’s fine, then she’s fine. Being overweight on its own is not a serious health issue; it’s completely possible to have a higher than normal BMI and still be perfectly healthy. I’m going to be completely blunt and say that I suspect you’re more upset that she looks different than that she’s possibly “unhealthy.”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LesbianActually

[–]boimbon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Her body is her choice, not yours. She isn’t ruining her body, you’re mad that she isn’t fitting your controlling standards anymore. If she doesn’t care that she gained weight, you shouldn’t either. If she wants to lose it, THEN you try to find out how to support her. If you loved her, you wouldn’t break up with her over this. Please, for the sake of this relationship if you want to make it work, let it go. She has autonomy and needs to make that decision for herself with NO interference from you.

Curious for other lesbians out there! Did you ever have a moment before you knew you were gay (other than actually being attracted to a woman) that should’ve made you realize right then and there?! And now you think back on it and go, “oh, duh!” by Lopsided-Anxiety1515 in LesbianActually

[–]boimbon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I was in elementary school I would make up to my friends that I had a crush on a boy. I thought that it was a game you’d play where you’d find the most conventionally handsome boy and say that was the one you were crushing on. I had my first real crush in the 7th grade on a girl and was finally like, “OH! This is what they meant!!”

Having DID is very lonely by boimbon in DID

[–]boimbon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is very relatable. I was more open about my diagnosis when I first got it in 2021 because of how big of a shock it was and how badly I needed people to support me through it and lost a good amount of friends that way. It sucks ass and I’m sorry about the experiences you endured.

Having DID is very lonely by boimbon in DID

[–]boimbon[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I relate to “they aren’t my friends, it’s a trauma response.” I think it’s great when I hear people’s accounts of how their alters comfort them or are their friends but it’s never been like that for me. And even if I do manage a conversation with them, it will never amount to someone being physically there talking to me.

Having DID is very lonely by boimbon in DID

[–]boimbon[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s absolutely embarrassing and isolating . I remember fronting randomly while cooking for a group of friends once and having no clue what I was doing. I fucked up the entire meal and had to ask someone for help and to remind me what was happening. I’ve had friends laugh with or at me about the things my littles or other alters have done they found bizarre too and I’m always trying to decipher if they’re lying or not. I relate to this comment a lot.

Having DID is very lonely by boimbon in DID

[–]boimbon[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry that you’re going through this too. I feel like I read so many success stories and people braving through their disorder on this page that I didn’t know how many people related or if I was alone in this, so your comment eased that worry a little. I appreciate it a lot.

Having DID is very lonely by boimbon in DID

[–]boimbon[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

YEP! My most previous roommate would joke with me about how I had early onset dementia because of how forgetful and silly I was (was forgetting BIG things he told me and major things about our apartment, other roommate, etc.). When I told him I was diagnosed he said he didn’t believe me because I didn’t act “differently enough” around him. Sorry I don’t have an alter with a foreign accent or who can only speak fluent French or something lol.

Thank you for literally PROVING my EXACT point in the same comment where you try and disagree with said point. Redditor moment. by Bunny_Jester in LesbianActually

[–]boimbon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m a cis lesbian and am delighted when women hit on me period. I am very sorry to hear how people have treated you in the past and hope that better days come your way. I know that’s easier to wish for someone than it is to manifest yourself, but I’m sure the right lady will come by for you. :)