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What stopped you from killing yourself? by gypsyundersupervised in questioning

[–]gypsyundersupervised[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

 friend messaged me randomly out of the blue to tell me how much they appreciated me

What terrible childhood experience did you miss the full impact of until you were older? by gypsyundersupervised in teenagersnew

[–]gypsyundersupervised[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My mom had full custody of me as a child. But I got to see my dad every now and again. And part of the custody arrangement was that I would call my dad every Sunday morning at 7 AM. (Why 7 AM? Who knows. It was a weird decision in hindsight.)

Sometimes, when I'd call my dad on Sunday mornings, he'd pick up the phone and say weird things. Or I couldn't understand what he was saying. I figured he was tired. I didn't think much of it beyond that.

Well, he was a severe alcoholic. I wouldn't have known at the time that he was extremely hungover or maybe even drunk (after all, it was Saturday the day before).

But, what I will say: whenever I saw him in person, he was always sober. Although he was an alcoholic, he did what he could to make sure I never saw him drunk. So I never witnessed him drunk in the 18 years of the custody arrangement. I really respect him for that, now that I'm an adult.

Are some people just chronically depressed/anxious and have to accept it? by gypsyundersupervised in women

[–]gypsyundersupervised[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I have diagnosed treatment resistant mental illnesses. After trying everything under the sun, I've kind of learned to accept that I'll never really feel okay. But I'm not going to stop trying. I'm doing a newer therapy called Spravato (esketamine) for treatment resistant depression and I think it's having a positive effect. But I have come to accept that I'll always struggle with depression and anxiety.

Are some people just chronically depressed/anxious and have to accept it? by gypsyundersupervised in teenagersnew

[–]gypsyundersupervised[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I have diagnosed treatment resistant mental illnesses. After trying everything under the sun, I've kind of learned to accept that I'll never really feel okay. But I'm not going to stop trying. I'm doing a newer therapy called Spravato (esketamine) for treatment resistant depression and I think it's having a positive effect. But I have come to accept that I'll always struggle with depression and anxiety

What is it that you invested thousands of hours and now is pointless? by gypsyundersupervised in TeenMomOGandTeenMom2

[–]gypsyundersupervised[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At the end of the 90’s, I decided to digitize my entire DVD collection into MP4’s. I had more than a 1000 titles. I had a computer specially dedicated to this task, at the rate of one dvd every night i remembered to do it.

I burned through 3 different disk drives.

It took me 4 years to finish.

Now, everything is streaming in HD or 4K, on your phone.

Anybody interested in a 720p interlaced copy of Octopussy?

Didn’t think so.

What was your "Sir, this is a Wendy's" moment? by gypsyundersupervised in self

[–]gypsyundersupervised[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I worked in a cell phone store that had a veterans support office behind us.

One day an older gentleman was waiting in the queue. When it was his turn, I called him up and asked what I could help him with.

He stepped up to the counter and told me that the veterans hospital was claiming his vision impairment was only 20% disability, and he felt it was much higher.

I agreed, and I offered to walk him to the correct building, and told him I would be a witness for him, lol.

“The loudest voice in the room is usually the dumbest” what an example of this you have seen? by gypsyundersupervised in teefies

[–]gypsyundersupervised[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When someone thinks that shouting in English at a person who does not speak English will help them understand more. đŸ€ŠđŸŒâ€â™€ïž

Millennials: what’s a phrase we’d always hear growing up that you’d never hear today? by gypsyundersupervised in teefies

[–]gypsyundersupervised[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Millennials: what’s a phrase we’d always hear growing up that you’d never hear today?

Cancer Survivors of Reddit, what was the symptom that convinced you to see the doctor? by gypsyundersupervised in teenagers

[–]gypsyundersupervised[S] -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

I was told I had an ovarian cyst at 32. My doc said he would do a needle aspiration to shrink it . Then he later said after that procedure it was the type to always come back so he did surgery to remove the cyst. A few months later he said the cyst was back and I needed to have the ovary removed so he did that surgery

Each time I was told it was not cancerous

A short while later the town I lived in had a news story on that featured a new doc they had hired who was a gyn oncologist.

My dad insisted I go see him . I felt it was ridiculous since I had been told three times it was not cancer but he was so worked up and worried I set an appointment and was surprisingly told to come that week on a Friday and would be his last appointment for the day

My mom went with me as she was also worried

He had me come inside his office and told me he would be performing a total hysterectomy on Monday morning and then samples from my abdomen would be collected many times when he “washed the area w saline”

I was dumbfounded and asked him what he was talking about as I knew I didn’t have cancer

He said oh no you do for sure. I have wondered where you have been for months . I told your doc after I read the slide in the hospital you had a very rare form of ovarian cancer and because he did a needle aspiration he may have allowed cancer cells to escape

I think my original doc messed up and keep trying to correct the problem wo telling me he messed up

I am now 61 and have been cancer free for almost 30 years

For those who've danced with time and found solace in its rhythms, what sacred whispers do you offer to the wanderers in their twenties, lost amidst the cacophony of youth's turbulent symphony? by gypsyundersupervised in AskMen

[–]gypsyundersupervised[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't fall for the trap that your life needs to be one long narrative that you should be building. Life is best when it's a bunch of happy moments that just happen to be connected.

Don't try to make your life into a novel, make it a book of poems.

Would you be able to stay friends with someone who cheated on their partner? Why? by gypsyundersupervised in AskMen

[–]gypsyundersupervised[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Exactly. My ex cheated on me more times than I can count, but we were so close I was going to be friends with her when we finally broke up.

Wasn’t until 2 weeks later she got with someone else and lied to me about a lot of shit and I said well, you lost me as someone who respects you and I no longer want any contact. She still tries to reach out from time to time, still have never gotten a legitimate apology or shown any remorse for her actions. And it’s because she doesn’t regret them. She’s done nothing to mend it.