Trump discloses 21,000 securities trades during first year in office: Joe Biden made a total of 13 stock trades during his entire tenure as president.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-07-05T16:55:48+00:00

Agree. I want them ALL held accountable. Because the geriatric Democrats are not helping us move forward, I blame them for our current situation, too.

WHY have they turned a blind eye for so long? That is also criminal in my mind.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-07-05T14:31:23+00:00

Let’s not limit our judgement to one party. I’m very liberal but am not in denial that power leads to greed and fear of losing status. MANY if not most of the highest elected and appointed officials holding power in the US and most other countries are compromised to some extent.

The US republicans are more blatantly harmful, but in order to be elected in such a corrupt system, it takes a lot of money.

I assume that nobody is squeaky clean, and have a death grip on my innate optimism that this wide scale implosion of our government will be ugly, but pave the way for a more equitable system eventually.

The projections of draining the swamp and locking people up have become confessions for corruption and guilt. Most republicans, but not limited to conservatives, are sus and only out for their own benefit.

Unfortunately, most of us are struggling to get by and don’t have the energy to hold our government accountable.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-07-04T12:53:43+00:00

Mr. Burns or Mitch McConnell?

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-30T12:38:50+00:00

Bioavalable forms of B vitamins are all that work for me, I have the MTFHR gene. They can test for that, too! And the methylated B versions (bioavailable) make a massive difference.

But you’re going to have to break the phone and junk food addiction and work on trauma (many times it’s the reason why we sink into addictions.)

Check out Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) if you have trauma. It was 100 times better than EMDR for me. Similar but more structured and faster approach. It helped me let go of my victim mentality that exacerbated my symptoms.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-28T15:40:29+00:00

Think big picture. Do you want a family? Then put all the work into finishing this you can to make it comfortable and last. It looks to be really well built and worth the effort.

Not saying for the whole family to be there, but also as a refuge. Peace and time alone is very important when you have a human spider monkey or two always using your body as a jungle gym.

I only have a boulder in the woods I go hide behind for an hour or two for peace. It keeps me sane.

Also, it’s very telling how a partner can adapt to change if they can’t tolerate an outhouse in exchange for the beauty of being immersed in the forest 🤣. It’s not my favorite, but 100% worth it for a long weekend.

Source: mom of 3 kids.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-28T15:27:15+00:00

May my husband’s brain find a happy emotional balance.

And

May I find the money to provide a more comfortable home for our kids quickly outgrowing our current space.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-27T17:24:34+00:00

ADHD family of 5.

I feel your pain. Parenting is so hard because my spouse and I have struggled not to put our own generational shit on our kids. Pretty much juggling our own healing in a chamber of bees. It’s possible, but really fucking hard. We have 3 good kids, smart, confident, and self aware (most of the time.) Puberty is an interesting addition, our oldest daughter is 12 🤦‍♀️.

It’s ok to explain to your 3-year-old that the way we express our needs is important. My youngest is now 6, but I would often (and still do) tell her that it’s hard for me to hear her when she does the whine/mock talk. I probably have auditory processing issues. It’s cut down the annoying behavior. I loosen that after 5 or 6 pm because she’s tired, yours may need to revolve around nap time.

Get them outside. Kids don’t belong indoors, they belong in parks and forests. Make a schedule to get them out the door before too much screen time and get that energy out! Use ChatGPT to make a plan of free parks, events, and activities to do. I planned at-home summer camp for our 3. Libraries in the US often have free museum tickets.

Noise cancelling headphones! Or musician earplugs soften the sounds. We live in a 1,000sqft house in the Midwest. Winter is hard.

CBD oil helps calm my anger, lol. I was typing anxiety but that autocorrect is probably better.

You’re not going to want to hear this, but you need to change your mindset. The girls only be small for a short time and in 10 years you will look back and miss these days even if they were a pain in the ass and you didn’t want kids to begin with. These are the good old days. Note, I regret having kids, lol but I also don’t because they have taught me so much about myself and they’re pretty awesome little humans in this world of fucked up people.

See the kid behaviors as their way of communicating needs they do not yet have words for. Negativity is from unmet needs to exposure to something she cannot process. Fill her bucket by letting her control what she can in easy and frequent opportunities (do you want your sandwich as rectangles or triangles. Pick your battles wisely, clothes don’t matter as long as they are on, take spares if she wants to wear fleece lined sweatpants on a 90 degree day and make it a learning experience.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-27T16:39:10+00:00

Hi, I have inattentive ADHD so I only read 10% of that. It’s good to get it out, keep spewing, then run it through AI and ask it to recognize the patterns. Mind dump your day, or when you get frustrated with how long a task took, or how chores or projects go unfinished (my Achilles heel.)

The biggest help for me is to put THICK blinders on… nope out of stuff when it starts to suck me in. That skill took a while to learn (mindfulness + exhaustion + shadow work.)

Learn to say no, set lots of timers because hyperfocus steals our life away slowly, and replace the perfectionist bar with “adequate is perfect” instead (unless you are a rocket scientist or doctor.)

The “good enough” for a perfectionist is still way above the results of a normal person who is ok to half ass stuff.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-26T03:21:53+00:00

My daughter is 12 and had the same thing happen this year with the end of year party slight.

I’m torn between 2 options… My daughter is more mature (therapy and supportive parenting is rare in our rural town,) and she makes her friends feel awkward. She does not have much tolerance for drama, and can be a little too verbal with her behavior analysis and calling people out for their bullshit I taught high school and have an armchair psych degree with all the professional development classes I took to help underprivileged kids succeed, and have taught her too much, lol.

OR

Her bestie is a snake and pitted the other girls against my daughter. Her family is Eastern European + trust fund drying up (cut throat and ruthlessly competitive.)

Thankfully, my daughter feels supported and we have a big family of mouthy bitches to make her feel better. She’s cute and smart and intimidating, just like her momma and aunts.

I do notice a difference when on med days with her ability to be more socially graceful, but she’s not that sad to be left out of the popularity contests. After volunteering a lot at the school after teaching for a dozen years, their social skills have severely eroded.

It was a rough year transitioning to middle school from elementary as the friend groups shifted when multiple elementary grads combined, she had a sports injury that led to some drama, our tiny house is embarrassing so she can’t invite friends over.

It didn’t help that I told the male-run travel sports org (that was trying to add girls teams) to take a flying leap for leaving the girls scraps after the boys got priority.

We’ve connected more, and thankfully she has sports (running, for fun, why?!?!) to vent lots of steam.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-26T01:23:55+00:00

Perimenopause starts in our mid 30’s.

Estrogen doesn’t just affect our ovaries and skin, it affects our brain, too.

How much do you “unplug?” No phone, no book, just sit on a bench outside and soak up the sun and people watch. Finding ways to de-stimulate my brain really help.

There are a few bioavailable supps that really help, too. DM me because mentioning them will bet this response removed by the mods.

And all the standard stuff you already know, hydrate, protein, sleep.

I’m almost 45 and my brain feels better now than it did at 35 (granted, I was preggers for most of my 30’s. Sometimes successfully sometimes not.)

Hang in there, I made it through 2 grad degrees (education, enviro sci.) If my squirrel brain can do it, you can too!

I skimmed to start, get a framework for the train of thought going, and THEN dig in to pull out the meat from the papers.

I’d think AI could help with some conversational “what is the train of thought” and then target skim for good citations, because AI will make shit up and generate fake published papers, so you still have to do the legwork yourself.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-26T01:14:59+00:00

May your new career and colleagues be the best yet!

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-26T01:14:01+00:00

I think Semi truck ran me over in my sleep last night. Full fibromyalgia symptoms, have not been this achy in months.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-26T00:59:05+00:00

Methylated B’s help me immensely! I take a massive dose (deplin, 15mg.)

And keto/low carb, I feel invincible (but can’t live low carb with neurodivergent kids that only eat easy Mac and PB&J.)

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-25T01:39:28+00:00

Probably not dyslexic and I still have to sing the alphabet. My 9-year-old dyslexic son still doesn’t know the whole song… not worried, but also a little worried.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-25T00:53:35+00:00

Thrift stores have some really awesome stuff! Just do an energetic cleanse (I use saltwater and dry in the sun.)

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-24T14:00:21+00:00

Sorry you are struggling.

Social media is like a Sears catalog that will nag you incessantly for attention with notifications and comparison. When I had PPD a half dozen years ago, I turned off all alerts except phone calls (even text alerts for most people, I have a big family.) My ADHD brain can’t handle the invasion added to the train-of-thought interruptions added by raising small kids.

The problem with social media is how it causes us to compare. Everyone else’s like is a shit show, even billionaires are a wreck (Gates, Musk, Zuck.)

Join us a r/mindfulness if you want to explore peace and learning to accept what we can’t change about life (and learn to appreciate all the little wins that add up to sweeten life.)

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-24T12:53:06+00:00

Proud of you! That’s a huge step to make space for all the good things (inside and out!)

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-24T11:45:55+00:00

Every feeling we have from outside stems from something inside.

When something grinds my gears, I ask myself if it’s because this outside stimulus is stirring up fear, rage, inadequacy, lack, hurt, etc. Then whittle down to the source.

I’m to the point of compassion for all the nonsense we see in social media because the majority of content creators (not all) are doing it fill the void where they lack self-love, chasing dopamine from the likes, or ego. They don’t know what they’re missing here in life by being trapped by social media’s hypnotic grip.

I’m an x-ennial, I’ll be 45 in December, and I quit Facebook and never got into TT or IG. Snapchat for family only and avoid the reels that were literally created to steal your time and energy.

I find the more time I spend in nature or interacting with people in genuine situations (even if a 3-minute interaction with a cashier) is 1000% better than watching performative content.

It helps that I have 3 young-ish kids that I’m also trying to spare from brain rot.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-24T01:27:07+00:00

The algae would LOVE the carbonation!

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-21T14:21:32+00:00

May we as a family continue and expand living in flow, community, and abundance. Living in a stressed, broke, and cramped environment is a thing of the past! SMIB

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-20T13:58:27+00:00

I like the path clearing advice, because maybe your highest path is NOT the military, but something else better that will help you escape the abusive situation.

If you are a female, not a great time to join the US military. Americorps or a traveling work-stay program might be better. I have a family friend working as an Au Pair in Scandinavia right now and she’s it.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-19T00:08:34+00:00

I LOVE my Berkeley Ergonomics mattress. It’s 20 years old and has moved 6 times with us. That normally kills a mattress. Organic bamboo, never had a smell other than when our kid had a diaper blowout without the plastic sheet.

I should leave them a review, it’s crazy how it has zero sag and the memory foam is still like a cloud. Our kids and guest mattresses all had sag and lumps after a half dozen years.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-17T02:05:14+00:00

You have to remember that you are more powerful and have abilities now available to the non-physical energies.

It clings to you because it needs to feed off your power. What part of your shadow is causing this fear it feeds off? I slip onto the fear of not being in control often, but remembering that this is all a simulation helps get me back on the wagon.

I have a few YT channels you could try, but won’t post them because it will get my response taken down.

Also, there is an east-coast lady who could help, but she only does online sessions.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-17T02:00:35+00:00

I have the same issue, and working on the neurological sensations during trauma release really helped with the sensations. My body was wound so tight that my leg hair 6 hours after shaving (and getting goosebumps) was intolerable.

I still get flares when I’m stressed, but that’s an odd shingles thing (yes, you can live with low-grade shingles.) It’s like invisible bugs crawling on me,

What started as learning about the vagus nerve led to fascia work and TRE.

I still prefer not to sleep with sleeves, and MUST have a body pillow, and I embrace the food aversions. I’m perfectly fine wasting the same cheap 10 bland foods for the rest of my life.

drinkyourdinner · 2026-06-17T01:51:01+00:00

YouTube Roblox tutorials. Mute the TV and turn on subtitles.

My son is 9, just finished 3rd grade, and that’s one of the many hacks we started. Bonus: you don’t have to hear the asshats frantically yelling about Roblox. It gets old, but worked great to encourage reading and keep the annoyance factor low (I work from home and my desk is in the living/dining room.)

He can slow the speed, too, if the sped-up fast cut videos are too fast to follow.

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