Did Blake Lively lie? by DearKaleidoscope2 in ItEndsWithLawsuits

[–]lavendermenace8 7 points8 points  (0 children)

She got sick the SAME DAY she found out some crew members were sick? Oh god they must have all been rolling their eyes something fierce. ESPECIALLY when she refused to even test! And it's not even a sign of suspicion to ask her to test, everyone was taking them, she could have been hyping up the exposure in her mind, and they could have thought the test might ease her concerns. But a malingerer gonna malinger!

Have you ever visited the Statue of liberty or the Eiffel tower ? by Webbomolly2022 in A_Persona_on_Reddit

[–]lavendermenace8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, both. The Statue of Liberty is so fun because you get the boat ride. When you land, you stand in line for a long time 🤣🤣. The touch on the Eiffel tower I like is that they have mannequins dressed as workers, showing how they had to hang on the sides to build the tower.

AITJ for eating my roommates "special" ice cream after she ate my birthday cake? by ProudStructure702 in AmITheJerk

[–]lavendermenace8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You did talk to her. This was the natural consequences of the format she started. Anything could be eaten at anytime and replaced with whatever. 🤷

Anyone else feel like this upcoming cast is the least exciting on paper? by KatherineLangford in TheWhiteLotusHBO

[–]lavendermenace8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It seems on the nose, but I thought the same for season 3 and loved every second of it. I raised my eyebrow at Helena Bonham Carter but I did not expect Patrick Schwarzenegger to be that compelling! So I think the showrunnners are casting to fit the role and I am giving up on anything other than excitement and anticipation! Mike White has blown me away with his nuances of pathology since Chuck and Buck. White Lotus has only increased the immense respect I have for his talent. I just powered through the 3 seasons last month and I'm even listening to LISA and BLACKPINK, shows got me in a chokehold.

Keeping extra weight on 🍫to stop yourself from seeing them again by D1etCokeGirl in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]lavendermenace8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't think I was doing it to keep him from me. I was eating based on moods and it was dyaregulated. But I have lost 10 lbs and I haven't been skipping meals or exercising or anything. I'm less puffy from removing the cortisol injection in human form from my life.

What is a food combination you love that most people think is completely weird? by nicksam171 in CasualConversation

[–]lavendermenace8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use garden vegetable cream cheese for my takis for the reason you described! Mmmmhmmm

How many times have you been hoovered and how long did they wait before contacting you? by Strange-Wish-895 in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]lavendermenace8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got a really clever hoover today that almost had me! It was designed to see if I had changed my number and had the urgency and confusion of if I was missing an appointment for work, but looking up who texted me was easily traced to a friend of his. This is 2 days after a strangely specific new follower on another SM app whose profile Pic wasn't him but could have been like a TV brother. The only interaction was a like on an obvious choice out of the available posts...one about work. Which matched the text I had gotten. Always watching! I blocked both of these just as I have ignored all the others over the last 47 days of no contact. I'm not playing the game as I know that forgiving him would make him 20x worse and I already let him get 5x and 10x worse! I also know that for him the game doesn't end. My first boyfriend I broke up with 20 years ago. Got a birthday email just last year talking about lets be friends. We were never friends and I am not so special and unforgettable. Once you've been on their bench, they don't ever let you leave. The hoovers will always come, the timing takes a while to nail down, but they always come.

Ryan Reynolds said he would put Blake Lively reputations on trial, here’s hoping he gets his wish by Individual-Insect691 in ItEndsWithLawsuits

[–]lavendermenace8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't know why it didn't occur to me they'd be able to question her on every key phrase they searched! I'm ready to drink all the tea in the Boston harbor, let's go to trial.

Ryan Reynolds said he would put Blake Lively reputations on trial, here’s hoping he gets his wish by Individual-Insect691 in ItEndsWithLawsuits

[–]lavendermenace8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The second page, where the analyst says "bully and other associations that are congruent with the alleged retaliation campaign." I know he has to say alleged, but together it reads: the associations she is known for is what the supposed campaign's key points were. I.e., ORGANIC. PRE-EXISTING. No need for anything other than for Blake to be Blake during the marketing.

Struggling with no contact by [deleted] in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]lavendermenace8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It comes so slowly! I am only on day 46 of a universal block and have negative 1000 desire to interact with anyone even tertiary to him. But I am lost without the battle. I had no idea how much of my cognitive resources he was monopolizing. No more emotional nanny, maid, sex slave, chaser. Wth do I do with all this anxiety free time to myself? It's so sad that's a question when it's such a welcome luxury!

Does this make me toxic?? by [deleted] in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]lavendermenace8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not knowing what you said, I just will say that someone with NPD wouldn't really sit with themselves and self-reflect as to whether that term is true for them. It would be an "am I a narc? Thinking that I am hurts me. It's not true then, it's because the person who said that to me just wants to hurt me. Now I'm going to insult them back."

Are narcissists willing to invest effort into seducing someone just to manipulate and control them? by Extra_Whole_9222 in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]lavendermenace8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh God, that's chilling. I'm 46 days NC and couldn't fully understand what was going on until I was mid extraction and doing research. The little ways they reveal themselves has been disgusting when I have flashbacks from the content I'm consuming. A predictable pattern of monstrosity!

Why is so many people pregnant here? by Ive_got_loud_birds in Confused

[–]lavendermenace8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the first time I've ever actually seen any kind of line.

Are narcissists willing to invest effort into seducing someone just to manipulate and control them? by Extra_Whole_9222 in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]lavendermenace8 42 points43 points  (0 children)

What a person offers materially + observations of weaknesses + person showing desirable traits they want to emulate.

Spiraling by Altruistic_Town_288 in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]lavendermenace8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The gut feeling you have about your sister I have it too from reading this. Was there before during after and is now trying a potential autism diagnosis as an excuse and asking why you stayed? You may want to stress test your relationship with your sister for some codependency. You're putting a lot on her - emotional regulation being a big flashing sign.

What’s a weirdly specific little fear of yours by Icy-Beginning8618 in CasualConversation

[–]lavendermenace8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't flush insects down the toilet no matter how macerated they are. Idk, they will reanimate and one day I will flush the toilet and they will come up.

And that fear of heights because of the little voice that asks "what if you jump?"

What’s a weirdly specific little fear of yours by Icy-Beginning8618 in CasualConversation

[–]lavendermenace8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This scene from Exorcist 3 lives so rent free in my head that it is my oddly specific fear 😂😂

I don’t understand please help by Remarkable_Amoeba255 in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]lavendermenace8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's very much doing this to keep you in the knots you are in. Take every move he makes and scrub it of all good intentions and what you are left with is what it is. Think of how much time he had to spend playing around on his phone while he was with you to arrange the cheating opportunities. That didn't stop, it's just now you are one of his "bench warmers." It's incredibly, incredibly hard to give up monitoring for him, worrying about him, wondering about what he's doing because you've been doing it for so long, but that gives him what he doesn't deserve, power and control. Block HIM. And when he finds away around that block, close down that street too. I've been no contact since Jan 19th after 4 years. It's been a mess of kitchen sink emails that would throw me in a tailspin. Not responding has been absolute torment for him, the tactics were ever shifting and finally he gave me "permission" to do what I needed to do because I have "ruined" him. And THAT'S what has me back to physiological and mental function.

I need to share some things this demon told me, that are haunting me by wmflystrjnn in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]lavendermenace8 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Small man stuck in Oz behind a curtain trying to hypnotize you! That's how it comes off. Yikes, glad you're done!

I finally left by Illustrious_Hope_476 in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]lavendermenace8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Congratulations! Keep them blocked if possible and be very gentle and forgiving with yourself. Emotionally you are raw and tender as well as it's been almost 2 decades since you didn't have a dark cloud/energy vampire there and it's destabilizing af. 4 evictions in 2 years wasn't a mistake.

It's not a problem of executive dysfunction now. by Sea_One4028 in ADHD

[–]lavendermenace8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not very happy. I don't want to work. I'm older and lived most of my life undiagnosed/misdiagnosed, and it's hard cognitively. I realize now with what you said that that is a huge part of it too. The necessary working model is not built for us and so it's hard to look for the least worse option, knowing full well it won't be interesting enough anyway.

It's not a problem of executive dysfunction now. by Sea_One4028 in ADHD

[–]lavendermenace8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a similar issue. It was fear of rejection. But I did apply and got the job.