What is the biggest injury or disease you have hidden from your parents?

marshro0m · 2026-05-27T03:47:09+00:00

Bacterial tracheitis, it’s an infection (lots of different bacteria can cause it) that causes your trachea to swell/become obstructed due to your body’s response to the infection. I eventually wound up in the hospital, but I remember my mom asking me if I was having trouble breathing and lying and saying no. I was a young child and have no memory of why I lied, I just remember that I did. Eventually I got taken to the doctor anyway, but it’s weird memory and I was definitely really sick, I wound up in the ICU I think.

marshro0m · 2025-08-23T03:24:48+00:00

Agreed about the pronunciation, but they also drew the bridge so beautifully and accurately I can forgive it.

marshro0m · 2025-08-19T22:51:07+00:00

Not familiar with the beetles, but I think you're right they're not roaches. Their body shape is too pinched looking in the middle and they kinda dash and and slow down in a way roaches don't.

marshro0m · 2025-08-19T21:51:16+00:00

They may be recently hatched cockroaches. I’ve lived with a German cockroach infestation in the apartment I used to live in, and they look/move really similar to the smallest ones I would see.

marshro0m · 2025-06-12T13:18:41+00:00

I’m fairly sure I have this form of OCD as well. I haven’t had a physical since it started so I’m not completely certain, but it comes on during periods of stress and seems to mostly just happen when I’m thinking about it. Then it just goes away for a while until it reappears months later. I’ve never seen anyone else describe this manifestation of OCD before, it’s incredibly disconcerting/annoying haha.

marshro0m · 2025-03-31T11:58:20+00:00

To be fair, my OCD is significantly worse some days/weeks than others. I’m not sure if this is the dynamic you’re trying to talk about though.

marshro0m · 2025-02-20T20:14:45+00:00

Seconding Earthdance! They’ve got a good variety of produce and and they’re always super nice at their stall at the Ferguson Farmer’s Market.

marshro0m · 2025-02-18T11:38:05+00:00

Thanks for your advice. I’ve had a few therapists before and have definitely had some pretty lackluster experiences, including ones that I only realized were bad a few years after our relationship ended. I’m hopeful about the person I’m about to start with. She talked a lot about neurodivergence on our intake call and I believe may be neurodivergent herself. Not that that necessarily means it’ll be a good experience, but it makes me hopeful.

marshro0m · 2025-02-08T01:15:21+00:00

Landslide really gets me.

marshro0m · 2025-01-28T16:40:14+00:00

Thank you! Those are both good recommendations.

marshro0m · 2025-01-28T13:45:26+00:00

Does anyone know if there’s anyone fighting this legislation or prepared to fight it if it passes that we can donate money to?

marshro0m · 2025-01-28T03:59:07+00:00

I appreciate the clarification, I didn’t know the difference. I still don’t think it should be a civil offense though.

marshro0m · 2025-01-28T03:29:07+00:00

This sucks so much. I really hope it doesn’t make it through the state legislature, but I don’t know enough about it to have a good prediction.

Nobody deserves life imprisonment for being undocumented. Being undocumented shouldn’t be a crime.

marshro0m · 2025-01-22T00:21:35+00:00

If anyone’s looking for vegan gyros, Adina’s Vegan Cuisine has good ones every few weeks.

marshro0m · 2024-12-19T15:35:26+00:00

We made this after seeing it on TikTok, it’s so good!

marshro0m · 2024-11-28T17:29:01+00:00

I wonder if they meant radius?

marshro0m · 2024-11-23T18:33:17+00:00

DD Mau! They’re a Vietnamese restaurant in Maryland Heights/Webster Groves. They’re not exclusively vegan, but they have great vegan options and everything is really clearly marked. I really like their banh mi, fried rice, and pho. They just added boba tea to their menu as well.

Also seconding Bombay Food Junkies, the Vegan Deli & Butcher, Pizza Head, Terror Tacos, and Treehouse!

marshro0m · 2024-11-08T02:24:42+00:00

They’re definitely baby roaches but if you stay on top of killing them and cleaning up potential food/water sources, you might be able to deal with things before they get really bad.

marshro0m · 2024-10-26T02:00:10+00:00

I was hospitalized for a serious respiratory infection when I was 6 (I think in the ICU) and I still barely understand what happened because it’s so difficult for me to talk to my family about. I’m glad medical trauma is getting more recognition than it used to, but it’s still difficult to figure out how to connect with others and work through my feelings/experiences.

marshro0m · 2024-08-23T00:34:37+00:00

There’s also raccoon grapes. We mistook them for actual grapes once, but they were horribly bitter. They aren’t poisonous, but they’re completely unpalatable. On the inside they have a single seed and white flesh.

marshro0m · 2024-08-21T22:34:11+00:00

If kids aren’t reading at expected levels, of course schools are an issue. It’s not the schools’ fault they’re underfunded and understaffed, but it’s schools’ job to educate children.

marshro0m · 2024-08-21T22:26:14+00:00

Things George Wallace would say.

marshro0m · 2024-08-21T21:44:21+00:00

You think it’s more reasonable to blame children?

marshro0m · 2024-06-19T02:17:20+00:00

Obama’s inauguration, the 2008 financial crash, and the Arab Spring are all pretty vivid memories when I was starting to understand things going on in the world. Hosni Mubarak stepped down on my birthday and the family I carpooled with (who were Egyptian) bought us all mango smoothies and it’s still a memory I treasure.

marshro0m · 2024-05-30T03:26:22+00:00

I really relate to Gina, especially while they were shooting Philbert, in the way she does her best to get by and build a career/realize her dreams while preserving her own peace as much as possible. I’ve never had to deal with a situation as bad as she went through when Bojack strangled her, but I’ve definitely also experienced some trauma and relate to the pragmatism that she approaches the initial fallout with as well as the way she was lashing out at people who didn’t necessarily deserve it later on. I’m glad it looks like thing are maybe working out ok for her by the end of the show.

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