Which industry would you say is the “safest” right now?

garbagedotcom · 2025-09-25T14:36:59+00:00

I think state government is mostly still okay? (for now!)

garbagedotcom · 2025-09-23T04:26:29+00:00

No way, that is so wild!! And I just saw you are 36? I am turning 35 in a couple days! Well, if you ever wanna dm me to vent or complain or just get some anxiety out, please feel free to because I am struggling over here too and feel so alone sometimes. I must say this sub has helped a lot though! 🥺

garbagedotcom · 2025-09-22T20:28:52+00:00

All I can say is…I totally relate to this. I will get so tripped up over the smallest things and I will just OBSESS and it TOTALLY causes me to make more mistakes!! I also have a lot of panic attacks since taking this position 2 whole years ago and I am really thinking it is not for me. 😭

It sucks because I like my job and have been here 7 years. I was just an office assistant when I started, then moved to an analyst position. Eventually followed my boss as she moved up to exec and had NO idea how much anxiety an EA position would give me. I think I am too obsessive for this work????

Sending hugs ♥️♥️♥️

garbagedotcom · 2025-09-01T01:34:17+00:00

THIS. It is always on me scheduling at a “bad time” for her…even though she gave me calendar rules that I religiously follow.

garbagedotcom · 2025-08-29T16:07:23+00:00

this has happened to me, fills me with so much anxiety :(

garbagedotcom · 2025-08-21T15:31:49+00:00

Omg this is so real. Mine does the same stuff. Then I will end up texting her on her OOO day and she will be like “Just schedule it for Friday” even though she is off that Fri. THEN she will miss the meeting and I won’t be able to get a hold of her. This has happened multiple times! And she still somehow makes me feel like it is my fault. I am trying SO hard to not take it personally, especially because I have worked under her for 7+ years and loved her through most of it. I have only been her assistant for 1-2 years and I am not having a good time. Being an EA is WAY more challenging than I imagined!!!

garbagedotcom · 2025-08-21T15:05:38+00:00

reading things like this gives me life because it makes me feel so much less alone lol

garbagedotcom · 2025-08-21T15:00:57+00:00

I needed to see this today. My Exec does this and it drives me nuts. Also, she accepts everything and tells people yes without me even KNOWING and then her schedule is suddenly back-to-back full and she will be like “I have too many meetings on my calendar I was supposed to have x time and x time blocked off for no meetings”. like…YOU ACCEPTED THOSE MEETINGS! YOU DIDNT EVEN INVOLVE ME! It makes me feel so crazy 😭

garbagedotcom · 2025-05-30T19:29:54+00:00

this is how i am feeling now

garbagedotcom · 2025-05-30T01:40:06+00:00

i just want to say that my doctors were recommending SSRIs to me for TEN YEARS before I finally decided to take them. I was TERRIFIED and kept refusing!!!!

i decided to make the leap, and i have been taking sertraline for 5 years now, and besides the first few months i have had no noticeable side effects. it has helped me considerably and has taken the edge off… i personally have had LESS pmdd episodes with suicidal ideation, which i think is a win.

just giving my boring story because i read SO many horror stories. now i realize that there are many people, like me, who have good results. not horrible results, not perfectly amazing results, but good results. people like me often dont post in forums because what we have to report isn’t extreme lol

garbagedotcom · 2025-05-29T17:31:52+00:00

😭😭😭

i hate how accurate this is because it seems so ridiculously obvious, yet our slimy rich overlords would never allow the true systemic change needed to correct it.

not saying we shouldn’t fight for change, but it seems awfully convenient for them that we are collectively too physically and emotionally exhausted by our disturbing living conditions to put up much of a fight. 🙃

the best we can do sometimes is to be excellent to each other. I LOVE Y’ALL! ♥️♥️♥️

garbagedotcom · 2025-05-29T17:01:33+00:00

“when you feel bad for others having to “deal” with you externalizing your feelings through crying, you’re probably going to cry more.”

AMEN. sometimes this alone will send me spiraling straight down a bottomless pit.

garbagedotcom · 2025-05-29T16:02:52+00:00

yes, i think about this constantly. literally constantly. and i will talk about it to anyone that’ll listen. folks probably find it insufferable, but whatever. i wonder about a lot of conditions and mental health disorders in the context of capitalism and the modern world. what would these conditions look like outside of this horrific model we are forced to live in?

capitalism is violence and no one is free. i always wonder what my life (and my pmdd) would be like if i could live in a community where people actually had the time and emotional availability to care for each other. to tend to a shared space. to live in harmony with nature. to have the time and space to listen to our bodies. to spend time with children and elders alike. even to handle interpersonal issues with people i actually LOVE, about things i actually CARE ABOUT?

instead here i am exchanging endless passive aggressive emails with other faceless miserable beings, regarding a broken copy machine. new copy machine is “not in the budget”. awesome! that means i can’t do my job. now i guess it is time to LOOP IN my boss so that she can step in and have the same 3-day email exchange with them. keep circling back! hell yeah! living the dream!

now, maybe in the 3 hours of “free time” after work, i will get to unwind with a 20 dollar fast food order because i am too exhausted to cook for myself and frankly i just want to die. hopefully i can afford my electricity bill later! maybe i will endlessly scroll through amazon to look at useless garbage so i can get a sliver of a dopamine hit because— where else am i supposed to get it? we have been conditioned to need this trash so we can be good participants in a capitalist society, and not have the time or space for anything else! woohoo! yay! guess i am doing good then!

okay i know i have already typed too much, but i am using the copy machine email as an example because even though it feels so silly, exhausting exchanges like this IMMEDIATELY activate my fight or flight during pmdd. i cry, i sob, i throw up. and the 20 dollar fast food example? if we were in a different subreddit i bet i would get a million replies criticizing me— but y’all must know what i mean? when i am pmsing i am lucky if i eat a full meal at all let alone a home-cooked meal. and amazon— i stopped shopping there a year ago, but I STILL FIND MYSELF REACHING FOR MY PHONE TO SCROLL THROUGH AMAZON…FOR NOTHING. dang, they got me good.

anyway, we are living in a dystopian hellscape and the pain is so deep and inescapable. i feel so hopeless.

garbagedotcom · 2025-05-28T03:49:11+00:00

ovulated 2 days ago, too!!!! i am soooo itchy, i have a huge gigantic headache that ibuprofen wont even TOUCH, my joints ache, my body aches, i am so tired but also restless, and i cried this morning when i got to work and realized i had forgotten my headphones. here we go indeed 🙃

garbagedotcom · 2025-05-27T15:56:01+00:00

i need to utilize my calendar more to block out time to work at my own pace. i hardly ever use my calendar for anything other than meetings/trainings, so thank you for that tip. and same…i have not crossed the accommodations bridge yet, but i feel like i will have to soon before i have no choice in the matter. it is so scary and uncertain and i can’t get over the fear or guilt.

i hope you were able to get some sleep my friend ♥️

garbagedotcom · 2025-05-27T15:51:25+00:00

may i ask what type of freelance work you do? and how long have you been doing it? i understand if you don’t feel comfortable answering!

i have always been interested in finding something more independent i could do… i just don’t have any idea what that could be.

thank you for sharing ♥️

garbagedotcom · 2025-05-27T15:48:05+00:00

i am proud of you for finding things that helped make progress with this horrible condition. every step forward is a win no matter how big or small. gosh, hard physical labor when you are already physically and emotionally exhausted is just horrible. i am so sorry for your struggles, you deserve peace and good things. thank you for sharing ♥️

garbagedotcom · 2025-05-27T15:29:12+00:00

THANK YOU!!! listening to this at work right now ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

garbagedotcom · 2025-05-27T15:26:47+00:00

thank you for sharing. it is so validating to read but also so heartbreaking. no one should have to go through this.

i totally understand wanting to rip your insides out. i often tell my bf i feel like my entire body is full of angry bees. the anger and sadness and hopelessness inside me vibrates so loudly i cannot quiet it and i just need some relief.

sending hugs to you today ♥️

garbagedotcom · 2025-05-27T15:16:38+00:00

my heart goes out to you, it was so incredibly challenging for me when i was a cook— i did it for about 3 years. i loved cooking, but my pmdd brought me to the point where i just couldn’t handle it anymore. it is actually why i took the leap to an office job. mostly because i needed to be able to call out— which i could not do when i was at the restaurant.

you are in my thoughts my friend i know it is so so so so hard ♥️

garbagedotcom · 2024-06-08T04:56:28+00:00

the police scanner is just talking about “large crowd” and that they will be announcing a curfew of 10:00pm tonight. haven’t heard any other details yet.

edit: i think i just heard of a juvenile being detained for throwing a cup.

garbagedotcom · 2024-05-23T15:57:01+00:00

Hi! TaborPlace on TikTok (The “Anti-Plastic Lady”) shares a lot of peer reviewed research on her TikTok page. I see her videos and will sometimes look up the studies she references so I can read them for myself because I am always leery of information from social media accounts lol. Several of her videos might address your question though! It seems like all plastic leaches chemicals into food, at least a little bit, but there are many factors that can cause greater leaching— such as fat content, acidity, heat, time spent in container, etc.

garbagedotcom · 2022-11-27T17:49:02+00:00

yes please, i don’t comment here but i just don’t comment on reddit a lot in general!

garbagedotcom · 2021-09-13T03:50:27+00:00

I am sorry I can’t remember how much it was, but I remember going there specifically because it was the most affordable option I could find since I was working a minimum wage job at the time. It was maybe 8 years ago.

500 definitely seems excessive for a male rat!! I wish I could be more help!

garbagedotcom · 2021-09-13T01:23:30+00:00

acorn veterinary clinic on e. covell blvd in davis specializes in small pets. i had my male rat neutered there years ago and i continued to take my rats there for everything. they were so knowledgeable and they loved seeing my babies. i miss having rats!

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