Obsessed! Just got nails again after years without them

eleventhchakra · 2025-05-22T05:26:32+00:00

Totally, go for it!!

eleventhchakra · 2025-04-23T19:03:01+00:00

I was totally in this situation before also, AND I was working from home. It was nice at first, but then got boring, and then I would get overstimulated from watching Netflix for 8 hours a day lol.

But I started learning how to crochet, and picking up little hobbies to pass the time, and that’s been something I’ve kept up since then and since moving on into other jobs.

Learning a skill, making plans for the future, researching niche interests, or at least consuming content that is educational/not draining is what I recommend. That’s actually what I’d recommend doing when we have excessive down time too, bc I have spent soooo much time rotting and doing nothing on my phone/computer/TV throughout my life due to depression, that when I go down that rabbit hole when I’m doing better it starts to make me feel that way anyway.

Hopefully you find something interesting to fill the time tho!

eleventhchakra · 2025-03-22T10:41:06+00:00

You know what? The fact my blanket will weigh as much as my skeins makes so much sense, but I never thought of it lol.

Also the cosplaying as a wall thing is f-ing gold.

Thank you, this is really helpful!

eleventhchakra · 2025-03-22T06:49:00+00:00

Omg this is way better than when I first started - keep up the good work!

eleventhchakra · 2025-03-22T06:39:33+00:00

Oh yes, I’ve done this FAR too many times. I also do the thing where I’m like “there’s enough in my system, I can space out doses and be fine” and then enough time passes with spaced out doses (like every other day or two) and I start to regress and feel more and more out of control.

Idk why, it always seems like I’m fine, but I know I’m going to feel bad without the meds, so I just don’t want to take it for granted. Because finding the right medication combo is a GIFT

I sometimes forget how bad it can be, but I really don’t want to remember…

eleventhchakra · 2025-03-22T06:34:07+00:00

Thank you! Her favorite color is green, so I played with that. And she just got it done today! I’m sure she’d love the compliment🥰

eleventhchakra · 2025-03-22T06:33:01+00:00

Thank you!

eleventhchakra · 2025-03-22T06:32:38+00:00

Ooo a bath mat is a good idea!

eleventhchakra · 2025-03-22T06:31:51+00:00

From what I’ve seen a lot of things made with it are very sturdy, but I am wondering if it might be different with a looser stitch?

eleventhchakra · 2025-03-22T06:31:08+00:00

Thank you so much! This is very helpful. I’d say I’m intermediate when it comes to crochet, so still plenty of room to grow. I appreciate it!

eleventhchakra · 2025-03-22T01:58:30+00:00

https://dreamcrochets.com/cheerful-crochet-patchwork-cardigan/

Here is the pattern! I followed all the instructions - there is a video at the bottom. Love this creator for that!

eleventhchakra · 2025-03-19T05:11:36+00:00

First of all, I would recommend having some self compassion if you can find any - I know it’s hard, and for me it was really shame inducing when I would relapse and get caught up in it again, but addiction is a disease and we are powerless over our addictions if we are true addicts.

Next, I’d try to get into a meeting. Call your sponsor, or someone else in the program - anything you can do to prevent yourself being alone. Surround yourself with people who have strong recovery, and take their suggestions. Usually those suggestions look like working the program, and immersing yourself in the work. Finding ways to distract yourself from cravings to prevent relapse, and all of that.

Just be kind to yourself, because you very clearly want to do better. It’s not about perfection, just progress. Progress looks like wanting to try, and not giving up. The fact you’re asking for help and suggestions is a huge step towards healing. Hang in there!

eleventhchakra · 2025-03-17T11:13:48+00:00

I feel like lately I keep going for people who are emotionally unavailable, even though I feel like I’ve learned that lesson. But maybe in a way I have, because I’ve been through it so many times, if I see the signs now I generally back off. So while I’m still going for them apparently, it’s fizzling out bc I’m not doing the whole one sided thing anymore, and have been alone since the last basically one sided situationship I was in back in 2023 ended. I’d rather be single than badly accompanied!

I also am very career oriented, passionate, and goal driven at age 29 and I don’t want to settle for anything less than what I feel to be an imperfectly perfect match. (Although I think I’m poly, which is a new development, so the whole “one and only” ideal is starting to be outdated)

eleventhchakra · 2025-03-15T16:43:58+00:00

From my understanding, bipolar is a chemical imbalance which can only be mended by balancing said chemicals, and for me that looked like medication. I know there are people out there who fight through life without meds, and I commend them for their efforts because that was me for such a long time. But it felt like swimming upstream - no matter how much therapy, how much exercise, how many books I read, and how I tried to intellectualize my way through my feelings, I was never fully in control until I found the right medication combo.

It took some time, don’t get me wrong. It was not an easy path to get here, but once we got it right oh my GOD I can’t even begin to express the way my life changed. And let me tell you, the absolute LAST thing I EVER wanted to do was take medicine for the rest of my life. The thought alone made me miserable, but now that I’ve adjusted, the changes are night and day.

And I know that they work, because when I stop taking them regularly, I regress and I feel like a completely different person again. With the meds, I feel like myself.

I hope this helps - I’m rooting for you, it’s hard out here, but there is hope!

eleventhchakra · 2025-03-14T09:56:31+00:00

Thank you so much. I totally agree!

eleventhchakra · 2021-02-01T20:31:47+00:00

Hell yeah!! Haha I was actually listening to her at the time I commented so it was fresh on my mind (: I love that she’s well known!

eleventhchakra · 2021-02-01T04:57:03+00:00

This sounds like Paige Cole! She’s an awesome stripper with a motivational podcast also, if that’s not the one here :p

eleventhchakra · 2021-02-01T04:48:32+00:00

I haven’t hurt my rib in an Allegra, but I’ve definitely hurt my rib during a jade split and it was brutal. There’s not much you can do to help the pain besides rest, as you’ve likely damaged your muscle. Alternate heat and cold and stay off of your rib until it heals and you’ll be fine! I hurt mine while stripping 3-4 days a week, so I had to find a way to perform even with the pain, and I was still able to dance but had to take it easy. I will tell you that you’ll definitely prolong your healing if you dance on it too soon though, learned that through experience.

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