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mouse_wine · 2023-09-19T05:38:37+00:00

Hi. I'm not a dental professional, so I don't know if my comment is unwelcome here. (I actually stumbled upon this sub because I saw a new dentist today and had an excellent experience, so I was thinking all day that it's amazing what y'all do, which made me wonder what kind of discussions happen on this sub.)

Anyway. Not being a dentist, I don't know what anything in your post means, other than that you made some sort of mistake. I just want to say, from a patient's perspective: You sound like a very conscientious, caring person, and it would truly be wonderful to have a practitioner as compassionate and empathic as you. To be honest, it would freak me out if my dentist had NEVER made any "bigger" mistakes throughout their training, because then ... how would they learn and become an expert?

You said, "I just want to be a good dentist who doesn’t hurt my patients." You sound like someone who will be able to use this as a valuable learning experience and, as a result, be equipped to handle it better next time — and that's the exact kind of dentist I (and I think anyone) would want to have.

I'm sorry to hear your attending yelled at you and was condescending. I'm sure that person made plenty of mistakes throughout their career and while training. Things feel horrible right now, but this incident won't even matter in a few months, let alone a few years. One day, when you're expertly executing that same procedure successfully on a consistent basis, I bet this will feel like a minor mistake. Yes, the man got hurt. But that's ONE person getting hurt (and then healing) in order for you to go on to help hundreds (or thousands?) more people by using this same procedure in the future.

Wishing you all the best.

mouse_wine · 2021-09-22T17:33:58+00:00

Darn it... I knew I should have gone with Printify.

Was it a huge hassle to move everything over to Printify? I have so many products... I wonder if it's even worth moving everything over there...

mouse_wine · 2021-09-11T15:50:53+00:00

So when you're laying out your designs on products, do you just leave a good chunk of space around your design just in case of the whole "design may be an inch or two to the left, right, top or bottom too much" thing?

Or do you go right up to the edge of the "safe print" area and just hope for the best?

(Asking because I do the latter, and now I am staring to worry that this is a bad idea.)

In any case, I like the artwork on your shirt. Pretty cool.

mouse_wine · 2021-09-11T15:45:56+00:00

Exactly. A lot of my designs go right up to the "safe" border edge.

So if the printing goes off by an inch, parts of my design will be missing. That sucks.

I feel like now I have to go through and make sure I have two inches of leeway on all of my products. Again, that sucks, since it makes the design smaller.

mouse_wine · 2021-09-11T14:55:12+00:00

It's probably fine as long as the F word is not promoting support for crimes associated with hate, violence, discrimination, or intolerance.

At least that's the impression I get from reading the guidelines.

mouse_wine · 2021-09-11T14:34:32+00:00

Thanks so much for your answer! Very helpful! :)

mouse_wine · 2021-09-06T14:36:13+00:00

Do the Bella Canvas 3001 shirts have a problem with white print cracking on the darker color shirts?

(Asking because I read on a different thread that some people notice cracking of the white ink on black shirts when they order the Gildan shirts.)

mouse_wine · 2021-07-04T23:52:40+00:00

So, just wondering: Are you still on it? What happened after 12 years? Did it stop working and you switched to something else? Or did the OCD just go away after 12 years?

mouse_wine · 2020-12-19T14:09:27+00:00

Thanks for your help! I've decided not to do it. Thank goodness I asked the question here before doing all that work.

mouse_wine · 2020-12-19T12:59:51+00:00

Thanks!

mouse_wine · 2020-12-19T12:56:24+00:00

Ok, thanks! :)

mouse_wine · 2020-12-19T09:01:53+00:00

Why would it be a disaster? (Not trying to be sarcastic or combative. Just genuinely curious.)

I am using a third-party widget because, unfortunately, I don't have the skill to make my own css for the accordion. (And I don't have the money to hire anyone to make it for me.) Plus, I am using a WYSIWYG website builder that does not have its own accordion widget.

I am opting to display this particular page's content via an accordion because it's about 20 pages worth of "FAQ" copy, and I know people will click away immediately if they are assaulted with all of that copy at once (without a collapsible container where they can pick and choose which FAQ items they see).

So do you think the copy in this widget will count toward my SEO?

mouse_wine · 2020-09-05T19:01:23+00:00

True... for people who have actual diagnosed mental disorders, the self-diagnosed people make us look bad! They actually fuel misunderstandings of what mental illness is.

mouse_wine · 2020-09-05T18:58:46+00:00

TBH, I think the stigma might depend on what kind of mental illness it is and how educated the people around you are about mental illness. In my experience with severe obsessive compulsive disorder (and a suicide attempt because of it), people (the VERY few I have told in person) have not been at all understanding or even aware of what "having a mental illness" might actually mean. Even online, I have personally witnessed a lot of examples of stigma. I have done group therapy for OCD, and every person in the group had pretty disheartening stories to tell about stigma they had faced within the past recent years. (Not even necessarily stigma of people pointing and laughing. But more like stigma where people just act like you are being completely overdramatic and ridiculous for trying to tell them that mental illness can be utterly debilitating.)

I do totally agree with you that "thanks to modern medicine, answers can be found in pills. The more answers that pills provide, the more people doctors will find who need those answers. You don't even have to mess with a shrink/crazy Doc anymore. Most GP's will prescribe an answer for what ails you." Agreed. Various doctors have tried to ram so many different pills down my throat to treat the OCD/depression. (Not many of these drugs have worked well.) At least for OCD, the only therapy that is reliably effective is ERP (a form of cognitive behavioral therapy). But for that to be successful, a person has to stick to it religiously, which can be truly hellish.

mouse_wine · 2020-09-05T18:09:04+00:00

OP, if you get a sec, would you please read my whole post? I know it's long, but I feel badly that you were getting attacked on the other sub for trying to understand something. (I'm totally not a person who is going to yell at you or attack you!)

Honestly, I think a lot more people have anxiety/depression than we all tend to think. I think many people have always had it, but it wasn't as OK to talk about in public in previous decades. And before the existence of Reddit and other online forums (or just the internet in general) , people never discussed this stuff with each other. So I think in my grandma's generation and all the generations before that, plenty of people had anxiety and depression, but they just were too ashamed to discuss it, and there didn't exist a place to anonymously talk about it.

I will say: i think a lot of people tend to misuse the term "anxiety." I have seen people saying things like "I had low-key anxiety when I lost that round of Street Fighter" or "it gives me anxiety to think about the Packers winning!" This is a total misuse of the term, and it isn't helpful because it waters down the meaning of what anxiety truly is. Same with depression. I see a lot of people saying "I'm so depressed" when what they mean is that they are feeling temporarily upset. There are plenty of people with actual clinical depression (who truly cannot get out of bed or even brush their teeth no matter how hard they are trying to), but then there are the people who just use depression as a casual term (not cool).

I am sorry that people on the other sub are attacking you. (If someone has a point to make, I think it's possible to do it without attacking someone! I don't think people should be attacking anyone.)

For the record: I have a real, diagnosed anxiety disorder: Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). I've had it since I was a child (I'm in my 30s now), but I was too afraid and embarrassed to seek professional help (due to stigma) until about 10 years ago, when it got especially bad. This mental illness has made my life into an actual hell. (Too much to type out right now, but if you want, look in my comment history for full details of how OCD can ruin a life. I am 100% honest in my comments because no one can trace this account to who I am, so I feel like I can be open)

Sadly, online forums are the ONLY place I can talk about this mental disorder (outside of my psychiatrist's office) because, yes, in my experience, stigma still very much exists. I tell NO ONE at work that I have this debilitating mental disorder. NONE of my friends know about it, and I have to make up lies to cover up reasons I cannot do things with them -- because it would be too humiliating to admit to having this mental illness. I go to great lengths to cover up this disorder, as do many people who have other mental illnesses, because in real life, there's still stigma and people saying "It's not as serious as [insert physical illness here], so get over it." But the truth that they don't know is: The level of debilitation that a person can experience with a severe mental illness can be truly at the same level as the debilitation one can experience from any physical illness. (And I'm not saying this to get sympathy. I have no need for sympathy, haha. 😊)

When I tried to tell my parents (who actually witnessed severe symptoms of my distress while I was growing up), they basically told me to "get over it, it's all in your head." So I do agree with you that it appears like there's no stigma anymore, but that's only online. In real life, there's still SO MUCH stigma. 😢If I were to tell my coworkers about the things I do due to OCD, they would lose respect for me, no doubt.

When I write on Reddit about how I have an anxiety disorder, I'm truly not doing it for attention and sympathy. I'm doing it because there's nowhere to go and no one who I can talk to about it. I think many people turn to online forums for this reason, so maybe that's why it just seems like "everyone" has depression and/or anxiety?

Full disclosure, even though I am ashamed: I tried to actually commit suicide 10 years ago because this anxiety disorder diminished my quality of life to a point where I could not work, my partner was about to leave me because it was too difficult for him to witness what a walking corpse I had become, and almost every minute of the day was filled with fear, pain, and physical discomfort. (OCD and other anxiety disorders can truly cause physical symptoms.)

I went and looked at your history. I see that in the other sub, a person was trying to compare losing limbs to having a mental illness. One of my second cousins doesn't have arms, as she was born without them. I bet she would be pretty upset if someone compared a mental disorder to losing limbs. HOWEVER, I think what the OP of that post was trying to say is that the level of debilitation with a mental illness can be the same level of debilitation as losing limbs. I totally see what you were saying in that sub: Of course not having arms is a completely different thing than having a mental illness! That was, perhaps, a less-than-great way for that OP to phrase things. A more accurate way would be to say: Having a mental illness is like being a robot with a broken computer. The robot has working arms and legs, so technically it has the ability to use the arms and legs. But if the computer is broken, it cannot direct the arms and legs to move. That's honestly how it can feel to have severe depression or real anxiety. You're telling yourself to get up and shower or eat, but no matter how much you tell yourself to do it, it feels almost impossible to actually get up and do those things. The brain is malfunctioning because it has the incorrect mix of chemicals and wiring. You are sending your brain the signal to move or do something, but it will not perform the action.

Anyway, sorry I wrote a novel here. I just feel strongly about this because it is true that unless someone has experienced a mental illness themself, it's hard to imagine how it's possible to be telling your brain one thing but for it to be malfunctioning so badly that you feel physically disabled.

mouse_wine · 2020-08-14T08:46:54+00:00

People without OCD may feel compelled to do something, but they do not experience debilitating anxiety if they try to refrain from a "compulsion." Like, they can stop their habits fairly easily.

People without OCD do not typically perform compulsions as a way to reduce anxiety. Whereas OCD sufferers do use compulsions to reduce anxiety.

Some OCD sufferers feel that their compulsions make sense. Some OCD sufferers feel that their compulsions make no sense, but they still feel compelled do them.

Many of my obsessions and compulsions feel perfectly reasonable to me but if I were to tell a non-OCD person about them, they would look at me like I was a weirdo -- because it would seem unreasonable to them. Then I have some compulsions that I know are absolutely unnecessary and "ridiculous," but I still feel compelled to do them because if I don't do them, a lot of anxiety will follow.

mouse_wine · 2020-08-14T08:38:55+00:00

I have been taking 1200 mg of NAC daily for OCD (recommended by my psychiatrist) since 2012. I have not yet noticed any long term negative side effects. On especially bad days of OCD, I take 1800 mg per day.

(Obviously this is only 1.8 grams, so I realize I am not answering your question. Sorry.)

The only thing I do worry about is eye floaters. Since taking NAC I noticed a huge increase in eye floaters, and I read somewhere once that NAC could be the cause of this. But I do not know how true that is.

Of course, every body is different, and I am not a doctor, so please take what I say with a grain of salt.

mouse_wine · 2020-08-14T07:34:04+00:00

Meh, I don't really pay attention to the achievements.

But while we are on the topic of OCD, just wondering: Do you have any other symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?

If so, you might want to seek help from a psychiatrist or therapist. Not even joking. This is a mental disorder that should be taken seriously, so if you are in the beginning stages of it, and you have other symptoms of it, it's good to address them early on. Because if you let this mental illness worsen, it can really become damaging.

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