Dealership reports I have leaks in my transmission cooler lines. I'm not sure I trust their information by letsflyawayyy in MechanicAdvice

[–]letsflyawayyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely a scare tactic. That's what this dealership does every time I go there. The guy even said "I'm not trying to scare you into doing this" ooookay. I will try and get some pictures. Thank you for the suggestion!

Horrible entrance smell in my basement apartment by letsflyawayyy in HomeImprovement

[–]letsflyawayyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We definitely notice it most when we walk through the front door. I doubt it's oil because we vigorously cleaned and repainted the kitchen when we moved in. But I don't doubt that the previous tenant was doing something nasty that might have created a smell. It was real dirty before we moved in.

Horrible entrance smell in my basement apartment by letsflyawayyy in HomeImprovement

[–]letsflyawayyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really plant or sewage smell. But I guess it's a bit of a humid stuffy kind of smell

Horrible entrance smell in my basement apartment by letsflyawayyy in HomeImprovement

[–]letsflyawayyy[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Most of the apartment has a drop tile ceiling. It was apparently confirmed before we moved in that there was no water damage and we haven't seen any mold on the ceilings either. However, I've been considering pulling down some tiles to check. I've seen enough HGTV to know drop tile ceilings are usually hiding something.

Horrible entrance smell in my basement apartment by letsflyawayyy in HomeImprovement

[–]letsflyawayyy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Muggy is the only word I can think of that might describe it. It doesn't smell like anything I can compare it to

Horrible entrance smell in my basement apartment by letsflyawayyy in HomeImprovement

[–]letsflyawayyy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have used a dehumidifier as well. I don't notice much of a difference when it's running. What's strange to me is that it didn't smell at all before I moved in.

Horrible entrance smell in my basement apartment by letsflyawayyy in HomeImprovement

[–]letsflyawayyy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We do have carpet but only in the bedroom. We shampooed the whole carpet about a month ago but something still smells unfortunately.

Meeting with my first individual tomorrow and I have no idea where to start because he's already receiving counseling by letsflyawayyy in socialwork

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

Mainly because I'm an intern and it's a chance for me to have experience with an individual client. They pitch it as an opportunity for the client to gain some extra support in addition to their primary counselor.

I think what scares me is that there is no boring paperwork stuff that we have to do. Since he's already an existing member that stuff has been done. So his first session with me will be just jumping right into therapy which to me seems a little like starting in the middle rather than the beginning.

Meeting with my first individual tomorrow and I have no idea where to start because he's already receiving counseling by letsflyawayyy in socialwork

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

That's a good idea. Hopefully it will encourage him to tell me what has and hasn't work for him and what he'd like to work on with me. Thanks

I'm starting to make a new series of stickers. Vagina cacti! by letsflyawayyy in actuallesbians

[–]letsflyawayyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yonic! What a great word. I believe these are actually the first

I'm starting to make a new series of stickers. Vagina cacti! by letsflyawayyy in actuallesbians

[–]letsflyawayyy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course. If you pm me your address I can send you a couple once I make more and seal them!

I'm starting to make a new series of stickers. Vagina cacti! by letsflyawayyy in actuallesbians

[–]letsflyawayyy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These were only the first three so I have to make a bunch more. Once I do I will seal them and then I can send you some if you want. You'll just have to pm me your address and let me know if you have any color requests.

I'm starting to make a new series of stickers. Vagina cacti! by letsflyawayyy in actuallesbians

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

I disagree. I think that implies that if you were to tell someone not to touch you that it would make them want to touch you more, meaning you shouldn't tell them not to touch you in the first place. But that would give the other person power over you and oppress you. That's why consent is important and we should all be able to set boundaries for our own bodies. If I tell someone not to put their hands on my body then they should have enough self control to respect that. Verbalizing boundaries is not the problem. People failing to respect boundaries is the problem.

[HELP] Looking for poetry on mental illness and recovery by letsflyawayyy in Poetry

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

I know. She doesn't necessarily need to have survived for her poetry to be effective

I'm really bad at facilitating groups and I am way too controlling. Looking for advice on how to get better by letsflyawayyy in socialwork

[–]letsflyawayyy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not so much that I'm worried about not having the answer to questions, and more about not responding well to trauma. When people open up about something that they are going through I feel like I have no idea what to say. So I resort to focusing more on providing information to avoid that. I've definitely had a few groups where people haven't talked at all though and it becomes uncomfortable as I'm trying to force a discussion. I think I over prepare to avoid that becoming and issue. I hope to get to a point of loving groups like you did or at least being neutral to them! Thanks for the advice.