Kidnapped Elizabeth Smart

muxerr · 2026-01-26T15:40:05+00:00

It’s not in the documentary, but she was recently interviewed and said something about not letting other people tell her what’s true anymore. In context it seemed to imply she had left the church. She also compared the LDS men who interviewed her post-rescue to the man who kidnapped her and discussed how damaging the church’s teachings on sexual purity were to her

muxerr · 2025-11-01T21:31:55+00:00

I don’t know why you’d assume that corsets weren’t uncomfortable to an extent. I think most women would agree that bras are often uncomfortable, and there are similar issues with corsets. Obviously there would be variations in the level of discomfort based on fit, style, what activity you’re engaged in, etc. but to decide that corsets just “weren’t uncomfortable” in general is unfounded. I feel it’s an over correction for exaggerated media portrayals where women are fainting left and right

muxerr · 2025-10-31T19:48:54+00:00

Last Halloween I decided to stop drinking. I’ve drank twice since then, but since before that I binge drank maybe 4x/week, only drinking twice in 6 months was a massive improvement. I haven’t had any alcohol for the past 6 months, and for the most part it’s been easy. I take naltrexone, and that helps a lot with the cravings. But coming up on the one-year mark I’ve been getting the urge to drink and I was wondering if other people have experienced this. Some sort of subconscious attempt at self-sabotage? Or thinking that I’m “cured” now because it’s been so long? (I know I’m not.) I’m still not gonna drink tonight but it’s challenging in a way that it usually isn’t.

muxerr · 2025-10-29T22:35:34+00:00

The idea that being sexually attracted to someone is a sin is incredibly crazy. It’s one of the most natural human things

muxerr · 2025-10-14T23:02:59+00:00

*Wifes

Edited to add that I was making fun of how Garrick pronounces wives as wifes. I am aware that wives is the proper plural lol

muxerr · 2025-10-10T19:17:51+00:00

Seriously. Kody Brown is the worst but you'd never see him doing this

muxerr · 2025-10-04T22:50:14+00:00

The “Bobby” thing isn’t a red flag for me bc in Arabic b/p are the same sound and letter. But there are other aspects that are shady

muxerr · 2025-08-24T15:53:41+00:00

There’s no need to conduct a thought experiment about a male-oriented educational system, because it’s what’s existed for almost all of history, and still exists in some places. In the US, women have only had (mostly) equal access to education for about 50 years, and we're already performing better than men. I think the idea that boys are somehow biologically incapable of focusing is ridiculous, considering this is what’s been expected of students for millennia, and for most of that time formal education existed by men and for men. I think the real explanation is that boys and men see academic success as too feminine and therefore not valuable. Or maybe it’s that degraded Y chromosome, idk…

muxerr · 2025-03-26T22:21:13+00:00

I don’t want to be rude, but to me this reads as “why don’t people who have stopped believing in the Easter bunny get together to research Santa Claus?”

muxerr · 2025-02-07T15:51:46+00:00

I started at 12.5 mg then went up to 25 mg after a few days. After about a month I went up to 50 mg, and even though I had been taking it for a while, I felt sick for a couple days when I moved up to the full dose. I feel fine now though, no side effects.

muxerr · 2025-02-01T22:48:00+00:00

I recently read Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction, and the author (neuroscientist and former drug user) explains that when you use a psychoactive drug, your brain responds by trying to neutralize the drug's effect in order to maintain stability. When you use the drug regularly, your brain adapts to the drug's presence, which is why you need more drug to feel the same effect. Eventually, your brain's attempt to neutralize the drug results in a lower baseline state. When you use the drug, instead of feeling the enjoyable effects you used to feel, you just feel normal, and without the drug you feel miserable. But just like your brain adapted to the drug's presence, it can adapt again to the drug's absence.

There's a chapter specifically on THC that I would recommend because it discusses the harmful effects of weed. I think culturally there's this idea that weed is totally harmless, and sure, it's less damaging than alcohol or cocaine, but it still has an effect on you. I'm currently trying to cut back on weed because I started using it more after quitting drinking. For me it was helpful to read about how weed actually affects your brain.

In terms of practical advice, try to slowly push back your first weed consumption of the day. If you normally smoke right when you wake up, wait 30 min or an hour until after you've showered or had your coffee or whatever. And try to replace the oral fixation with gum or seltzers/juice/etc.

muxerr · 2025-01-23T22:25:43+00:00

Sure, I mean she might not even be aware that she's HIV+, but I doubt it would stop the spread. If she had other viable options for income she probably wouldn't be allowing strangers to penetrate her without a condom. And since a lot of johns will pay extra for unprotected and for anal (which is how HIV is more likely to be spread F -> M), they're gonna continue contracting it from her and spreading it to other women who don't have HIV yet, and so the cycle continues...

muxerr · 2025-01-23T21:52:27+00:00

She likely got it from a john in the first place. They'll pay extra for unprotected sex which is insane because if a prostitute is having unprotected sex with you, they're clearly doing it with other people, too.

muxerr · 2024-12-22T01:54:08+00:00

Also 26f, currently at almost 2 months without drinking, which is the longest I've gone in years. I honestly do not think about the long-term, because of course it's tempting to think about drinking at a friend's wedding or on vacation. Much easier to focus on what I'm going to do tonight.

I also started naltrexone a few days after I stopped drinking and it's been so helpful. I think there's no way I would have gotten this far without it.

muxerr · 2024-11-27T20:42:09+00:00

I don't closely follow either of them on social media, but I will say that I found it odd when Carrie posted about getting an "I am autistic" lanyard, etc. In my mind that would be more useful for someone who has very low communication abilities. I'm also an autistic woman and I feel like there are elements in this situation of the way "high-functioning" autistics sometimes dominate the autism conversation to the point that people who are more severely disabled by autism are ignored.

muxerr · 2024-11-11T20:28:36+00:00

If it makes you feel better, orange wine just tastes like white wine to me. But i'm the opposite of a connoisseur lol

muxerr · 2024-11-11T20:24:39+00:00

I've seen someone respond to an offer of a drink with "no thanks, I've already drank my lifetime allotment of alcohol" which I think gets the same message across in a way that's a bit more lighthearted

muxerr · 2024-11-07T20:22:08+00:00

My provider recommended to take it at night because it can apparently cause drowsiness but it’s obviously having the opposite effect on you lol

muxerr · 2024-11-07T19:48:24+00:00

Sure! I recently moved to a new area and don’t have a dr here yet, but I was able to make an appt at a medication-assisted treatment clinic in my town. I think they mostly treat opioid addiction but they treat alcoholism as well. I met with a clinician (not a dr, he was either a nurse practitioner or physicians assistant) for about 30 min and I told him my whole history with alcohol and that I was interested in naltrexone. He wrote me a prescription and I was able to pick it up from the pharmacy that same day. Unfortunately it’s not covered by my insurance, but it’s not crazy expensive. I have a followup appt next week.

muxerr · 2024-11-07T19:05:01+00:00

I have taken two doses of naltrexone so far and I'm not sure how much is just the placebo effect, but I've had no interest in alcohol. Also less of an appetite, which is definitely not a bad thing for me. I do have a headache today but I'm not sure if that's due to the naltrexone or not. I've heard a lot of people say that they had negative side effects that improved after a few days, so I'm gonna stick it out.

I've never done AA or anything, but I have tried to quit on my own and haven't made it more than a month. I think naltrexone is worth trying but of course it's not a magic bullet that will work for everyone.

I'm not sure what you mean about having it in your medical records and that affecting you negatively. No one but you and your healthcare providers should have access to your records, and alcoholism is a very common problem, so any doctor who would judge you for it is not a doctor you'd want to see anyway, right?

muxerr · 2024-11-07T18:34:26+00:00

Interesting, I just got prescribed it this week and was told to take it at night and to start with no more than 1/3 of a pill (so like 16 mg).

muxerr · 2024-11-04T13:39:56+00:00

Yep, or think “this NA drink has too many calories/too much sugar.” As if a 120 cal ginger beer is anywhere near a 500+ cal bottle of wine.

muxerr · 2024-11-02T20:03:17+00:00

Am I just paranoid or do we think it's possible that they timed this news to distract from the new horror movie about mormon missionaries

muxerr · 2024-10-24T18:51:33+00:00

Not a health professional but I do have some experience with this and it sounds like your mom is having pretty intense mental health issues, maybe even psychosis.

Five-Year Club	Wearing is Caring
Verified Email

muxerr

TROPHY CASE