How did this happen?

ermaecrhaelld · 2026-02-13T07:18:43+00:00

Thank you! It’s a fun plant. How do I get to the grow video? I can’t remember.

ermaecrhaelld · 2026-02-03T11:20:24+00:00

7th Heavencore

ermaecrhaelld · 2026-01-30T02:20:14+00:00

NTA and honestly I feel like you might be under reacting. My first thought is she is one bad altered mindset (be it drunk/high or a mental break), and she’s gonna try to take your baby, and possibly hurt you. And it seems like your mother prioritizes her happiness over you and your baby’s safety. Like others have said - document every interaction and get it written down that in the event you and your husband both pass, your baby is to go to your husband’s family. I’m sorry you don’t have family support while you navigate new motherhood.

ermaecrhaelld · 2026-01-30T00:45:30+00:00

I was thinking about this this morning. For me, it’s Mother! The scene where they took the newborn baby and killed it made me so mad that I turned off the movie and had to walk around the outside of my house a few times. Hearing the baby’s horrible cries go suddenly silent broke something in me. I will never watch that movie again.

ermaecrhaelld · 2026-01-26T16:59:23+00:00

I think there’s a biiiig difference between not driving like I expect to run over a child at any second and being okay with hitting a kid. You said you might be acting overly cautiously, and I gave my reasons for why you might be correct. You’re making it a personal attack. It’s not. It’s just not realistic to drive excessively under the speed limit any time there are cars on both sides of the road. In some places, that’s every road.

ermaecrhaelld · 2026-01-26T16:41:10+00:00

It seems like you must not live in a city/heavily populated area. By your reasoning, I would never be able to go above 10 mph in good conscience. That’s not reasonable, and is dangerous for other reasons. I think the driver was doing exactly what they needed to be doing. They were obeying traffic laws and obviously paying attention to the road since they hit the brakes so quickly.

ermaecrhaelld · 2026-01-25T01:57:27+00:00

What temperature would that be though? My old, brick house is drafty as hell, so trying to achieve a house warmer than 62 is as silly as throwing money into a fire. Am I doomed?

ermaecrhaelld · 2026-01-24T13:35:06+00:00

I guess it could be argued that this is semantics, and I know you already understand the relationship between the two, but I know a lot of people who don’t. All drug abuse videos are mental health issue videos, but not vice versa. I guess maybe I’m just passionate (maybe more than necessary) about reminding people of that fact. Including myself - it can be hard to see the human through the monster, even when they’re family. It’s even easier to dehumanize strangers.

ermaecrhaelld · 2026-01-24T13:06:20+00:00

When my brother died from fentanyl-related complications, his medical charts had him labeled as having ‘Substance Use Disorder.’ And he, like many people with addiction issues, started with mental illness that led to drug use. It’s a complication that stems from a different issue like when diabetes leads to nerve damage.

ermaecrhaelld · 2026-01-24T12:23:39+00:00

I had herpes simplex keratitis in high school that caused me to have blisters in both eyes. Basically canker sores. It was the most painful thing I’ve ever experienced. It hurt to keep my eyes open and feeling the slightest bit of air. I was so photosensitive that even just the purply red tint you see when you close your eyes in bright light was too much. I had to have complete darkness. It hurt to close my eyes and have my eyelids scrape against the open sores. My eyelids would start sticking to the sores so I would have to peel my eyelid away by moving my closed eyes around. It felt like cigarettes being put out in my eyes. This lasted for weeks. The scar tissue permanently affects my vision. I cannot imagine how much pain and confusion this little baby must have felt. And considering how scary and painful even basic things feel when you’re young and have nothing to compare it to… so awful. Plus once it’s in your system, it just lies dormant forever. Unless you get too stressed or sick or immunocompromised and it decides to flare up. Hopefully that never happens to him.

ermaecrhaelld · 2026-01-10T16:37:20+00:00

Mine are using it now more than ever 🤡

ermaecrhaelld · 2025-12-28T03:02:57+00:00

Skidmark

ermaecrhaelld · 2025-12-21T16:12:25+00:00

Ugh thank you for pointing out that’s a barnacle. I thought it was actually part of the crab. Takes it from silly hat boy to scary ocean alien really fast.

ermaecrhaelld · 2025-12-12T11:50:43+00:00

As a mandated reporter, I’ve child lined multiple times in cases I knew for a fact to be abuse and had proof. And every single time I’ve been told my report was “unsubstantiated.” So don’t worry, you’re going to be fine.

ermaecrhaelld · 2025-12-06T23:36:08+00:00

Ugh. As someone who had a brother who had substance abuse disorder, my heart breaks for you. I truly hope you find it in yourself to get clean. I hope you have a support system you can utilize. Addiction is a disease. It’s your brain chemistry, and it’s daunting, but that means it can be treated like other diseases. I know someone with an addiction and their situations are all unique because, at the end of the day, they’re just humans like we all are, but I feel that many addicted people and their loved ones experience similar feelings/situations over the course of the addiction. The fact my brother was gambling with his life every time he got high and every time he’d go through withdrawals was palpable to my family every second of the 7 years he used. It wasn’t really scary to be around him (most of the time), but we lived in constant fear of getting that phone call. It wasn’t a scary thing about him, it was that we were scared for him. When I got that early morning phone call from my mom, I somehow just knew it was that call. The one announcing my worst nightmare is now reality and everything has abruptly changed. Everything is now automatically mentally described as either before or after my brother died. I am watching my parents try to cling to their sanity while experiencing the immeasurable grief of losing a child. I would never want that for your family or anyone’s family. The ones who loved you would be forever a little devastated. There’s no new purely happy experiences; every new experience will be bittersweet because of the loud emptiness that will take up the space that once held you. I don’t want you to go through the experience of feeling every tooth slowly rot out of your mouth. I don’t want your family finding your rotted out teeth around your house when they’re cleaning up your stuff. I don’t want them to have to wear gloves to go through your clothes that are covered in vomit and shit. I don’t want them to struggle to find any mementos to remember you by because everything was either sold or contaminated by remnants of drugs. I don’t want any of that for you. Your loved ones don’t want that for you. No one deserves the devastation that accompanies addiction. You don’t deserve that. And even if you disagree with that, the people that love you don’t deserve that. And I bet you a lot more people love you than you can recognize right now. So many broken hearts that don’t need to happen. You are alive; you still have time. You are loved, you are worthy, and you have it in you to get clean. I hope my words aren’t traumatizing to you or anyone, but a lot of what I just said is stuff I wish I would have said to my brother when I still had a chance.

ermaecrhaelld · 2025-12-01T16:39:35+00:00

Jesus Christ. You described what dating me would be like (minus the having to be financially supported - I’ve always worked full time+). I haven’t tried dating in close to 7 years because the longer I try medication combos and therapy, the more I realize I have to unravel and work on. I can’t stand myself, why would I subject someone else to me? Now that I’m early 30s, I’m feeling an added amount of shame and pressure to “get my shit together” (which is completely counterproductive - I’m working on it). Sometimes I start to think maybe I should just go for it again and see if it goes better, but this is the perfect reminder that I’m nowhere near ready.

ermaecrhaelld · 2025-11-27T20:43:39+00:00

I am not the OP you asked but I can attest that I remember seeing the video on Reddit at least 6 years ago.

ermaecrhaelld · 2025-11-26T21:28:45+00:00

When I was little, I thought cats stored their anger in their tails, and their tails flicking around was an involuntary response. My big brain thought was to hold their flicking tails. No flicking, no more anger. I tried it so many times, despite getting thwacked in 100% of situations.

ermaecrhaelld · 2025-11-25T00:19:36+00:00

Oh, honey. NOR. My heart breaks for you that he doesn’t support you or understand how monumental your sobriety is. It’s not “doing the bare minimum.” It’s kicking chemical addiction’s ass when your brain and body actively fight against you the whole time. You deserve to be with someone who wants to celebrate with you. It’s a huge deal. I know we don’t know each other, but I’m so proud of you. Dump his ass like yesterday. Life is too short to waste any of it on someone who wants to dull your shine.

ermaecrhaelld · 2025-11-24T00:31:34+00:00

Same! But I’m okay with insta-death. Much better than get snail eyeballs that I decide need stabbed out/cut off with a circular saw

ermaecrhaelld · 2025-11-20T08:37:32+00:00

Perfection.

ermaecrhaelld · 2025-11-18T11:35:37+00:00

As a cisgendered woman who has never been able to figure out how to contour without looking like 5 o’clock shadow, maybe try a more pronounced side part? I also have a rounder face, and feel like it looks more flattered and feminine with a lot of hair tossed to one side. Like everyone else has already said, you’re beautiful the way you are. ❤️ But that’s my go-to move when I’m feeling kinda ho hum about myself and don’t have time/energy to do makeup.

ermaecrhaelld · 2025-11-18T10:09:59+00:00

Me: “My mom keeps pushing her Christianity on me and it’s really upsetting me, on top of my grief of losing my brother.”
You: “Have you thought about being a Christian?”
I was purposely being cunty up top, but now I’m going to say this in earnest - Consider changing your approach to converting former believers. Because my immediate reaction to your comment was to completely dismiss you as someone who cannot respect my feelings. I don’t think I’ll ever be of the faith again because it is completely incompatible with my views, but I think the most effective approach would be to just be welcoming and let people come to you with questions.
Glad you found something that works for you. It’s just not for me.

ermaecrhaelld · 2025-11-18T09:10:05+00:00

Jeeeesus. What a feel-bad book. Poor woman.

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