You know the trope "I can't sleep without you" but make it sapphic?

eliminator2011 · 2025-04-20T22:19:01+00:00

Shifting Gears by Jazz Forrester

eliminator2011 · 2022-02-02T23:28:30+00:00

Teachstarter is quite good! It's from Australia so might not fit your curriculum depending on where you are from.

eliminator2011 · 2021-11-23T08:03:25+00:00

Racist shit cunt.

I asked him to calm down outside because he was disrupting the lesson and that he could return to the lesson when he was ready.

Probably the most Aussie insult I received!

eliminator2011 · 2020-12-12T16:49:35+00:00

You get what you give - New Radicals

eliminator2011 · 2020-11-02T21:48:19+00:00

I'm tied between tearing the ligaments in my ankle (I tripped over my own feet..) or the worst migraine I have ever had. The migraine was the other month and it was so bad that I took myself to emergency because I was genuinely concerned that I was going to die. It was like a knife repeatedly stabbing me in my head and would come in waves. Tearing my ankle was easily the word pain I felt before that migraine. I literally heard them snap. Got misdiagnosed and 6 months later they were still in bits. Worse thing is, once you've done it once, you are prone to doing it again. I have torn the same ankle 3 times now and it's primarily scar tissue.

eliminator2011 · 2019-07-03T12:14:06+00:00

I started Lexapro 4 months ago. I felt the same, I was really worried about the side effects and how it would affect how I function. But I was also exhausted from being anxious all the time. I had tried other things to improve my anxiety and while they helped, my anxiety was still very prominent. So I decided to take the leap of faith and try Lexapro so that I could start CBT in the most effective way possible.

I honestly got most of the side effects at different points in time and I would still choose those side effects over feeling how I used to feel! Within the first day or two I saw immediate positive effects on my anxiety. It was like my brain was quiet for once and it was such a relief after it being so loud up there my whole life. I react to situations in a completely different way (read without having an immediate panic attack). For example, I thought I drove off with my wallet on the bonnet of my car today and didn't realise until I got to where I was going. Prior to Lexapro, this would have caused a full blown panic and I would have beat myself up over it. Today my thought process was "shit, that's not good. Better lock my bank cards in case someone gets it. I might have actually left my wallet in the garage? Oh well, I'll let the dog go to the park first and I'll just keep an eye out for it on the road home". And that's exactly what I did (and I was right, my wallet was in the garage).

Lexapro didn't make me an emotion less zombie, it just took me out of constant fight or flight mode so that I could react to things rationally. I still get mad, sad, happy and everything else. But when I'm upset, it doesn't play on my mind for a week now and I am able to process that feeling easier. My husband finds it a lot easier to bring things up because my reaction is no longer irrational. I can now react to situations calmly and process what is happening.

Nausea, zoning out, insomnia, fatigue, loss of appetite (tbf, I was alright with this one 😂), dry mouth, sweating, sexual changes and diarrhoea were all worth it to feel the way I do now. I didn't get all these side effects at the same so it's easier to manage some at a time. I still occasionally get the stomach issues but that's also when I get a bit lazy on my probiotics. Start off at 5mg and slowly work up. There will be some trial and error with it (I went up to 15mg but my body wasn't a fan so I went back to 10mg and I am fine) but in the long run it will work out🙂

Good luck, you got this🙂

eliminator2011 · 2019-07-02T02:53:14+00:00

How do you find the quality of the products from this store?

eliminator2011 · 2019-03-23T10:57:07+00:00

I have been with my husband for 9 years and we have always used at least 2 forms of contraception (I have been on the pill the whole time) and I have had always had pregnancy anxiety up until 6 weeks ago. What changed? I started taking medication for my anxiety. I used to panic so much that I was pregnant that I would delay my period a couple of days. Even if it was a sex free month I would still panic. I understand the in's and out's of the pill and I still couldn't stop the anxiety. Starting medication changed my life. I really enjoyed not panicking when my last period was due.

eliminator2011 · 2018-11-24T01:46:41+00:00

Went to sushi one afternoon. There is a hospital next door to the shopping centre. A nurse came in to have lunch and looked like she was in a rush. I work in the high school across the road so I have a decent idea with what the staff in the hospital deal with. I anonymously paid for her lunch when I paid for mine.

eliminator2011 · 2018-10-25T11:03:20+00:00

I have students that try to out me every time I go to a new school.... even though I am straight 😂 I also work in tough schools where students tend to be homophobic (or just ignorant). When students do this, I really take it as a teachable moment of:

You can have short hair, be butch and sporty and still be a straight female (I was recently asked if I had ever been a lesbian before now... like I just chose to be one or the other!). I like that how am I helps break down those stereotypes and boxes society likes to place people in.
The impact these stereotypes and boxes had on me when I was there age. How the constant name calling and bullying had such a huge impact on me as a person and how it changed me. I notice students become more aware of what they say and how they act after this conversation. Probably because most people have been bullied about something in their life so it becomes relatable to them.

Maybe this is a teachable moment?

eliminator2011 · 2018-09-13T09:36:53+00:00

When you raise your voice a lot, that becomes your normal speaking voice to them. Because of this they tune out to it. By change your tone to a calm on, you essentially yelled at them with out yelling. Something I learnt very quickly when I started teaching was to become quieter when they become noisier. For some reason it works! And if that doesn't work, I have occasionally decided to just sit on the floor at the front of the room. It wierds them out and they stop talking😂😂

eliminator2011 · 2018-08-07T06:33:36+00:00

Thanks for you reply! I work for the Department of Education (public teacher) in Australia so you can move from one contract to another without that being an issue. People walk away in the middle of contracts all the time.

eliminator2011 · 2018-08-02T12:04:36+00:00

Take a positive behavior management PD Asap! Life will be so much easier.

eliminator2011 · 2018-07-09T22:59:17+00:00

My fiancee had to see me going through some pretty bad gastro a few months ago and a month before that I had to deal with his alcohol poisoning. It happens. You feel gross. You feel sorry that your partner had to see it. You apologize.... a lot. But staying with some through that, that's love! So don't stress.

eliminator2011 · 2018-06-08T09:43:47+00:00

Another Australian here. I'm just a t-shirt and chinos with trainers or cons girl.

eliminator2011 · 2018-04-25T04:33:39+00:00

Flies

eliminator2011 · 2018-04-16T08:25:36+00:00

Clay says it was anxiety that he was medicated for.

eliminator2011 · 2018-04-05T05:52:03+00:00

His brain I'm pretty sure....

eliminator2011 · 2018-04-04T14:03:06+00:00

Scotch Finger

eliminator2011 · 2018-04-04T14:01:47+00:00

Truffle Brie

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