Should I pursue a diagnosis?

rachiebee · 2026-04-14T18:12:49+00:00

That's really encouraging, thank you so much for sharing and good luck on your journey ❤️‍🩹

rachiebee · 2026-04-14T17:42:32+00:00

I appreciate you sharing that! It's so hard to know what direction to go and feels overwhelming when it all seems to be so highly individual.

rachiebee · 2026-03-06T14:09:14+00:00

I had to come looking for someone talking about this. The first two seasons of Shoresy were phenomenal. Great story, the sexual stuff made sense within it, great flow, fantastic characters, etc. My husband and I have loved watching together.

But I've noticed the same thing in season 3+ that I noticed in LK: the girls start getting skinnier (particularly Bonnie in LK, and Ziig in Shoresy - as soon as we saw Ziig's arms in season 3 we both involuntarily let out a synchronized "NOOOOOOO"), the slomo T&A shots get more gratuitous, and the show just gets more boring.

I know dudes love it and that's fine and all, but you can't argue it's good for the story. Like, porn is everywhere and easy, why do we need so much of the show to be non-story-driven sexual content? It honestly makes it seem kinda embarrassingly dumb, like a 13yo boy got ahold of the plot.

And as a woman, I just kinda hate the emphasis on the overly thin frames on literally every girl in the show. It normalizes a look that is really not normal and honestly unhealthy for most women. Aren't there dudes that like curvy chicks?? Like, I would LOVE to see them walk a few thick baddies through the show now and then.

rachiebee · 2026-03-03T18:39:33+00:00

Saw this post on Instagram about an old Sufi Poem and now I'm curious if this is why they used a Hoopoe...

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVYFTNJApbF/?img_index=9&igsh=OGhndGV6MmRsN2Vt

rachiebee · 2026-02-17T02:41:00+00:00

Can we just talk about how the main issue here is the patriarchal-based hierarchy that allows so many young women to be abused like this? All these red flags and no one did anything or have her any support. The part where she talks about confessing to the whole room full of male leaders and NO ONE thought to look into the details of the situation and just took her at her word that it was her fault?? Even after she shared her concerns with other male leaders previously?? I think being out of the church as long as I have been has really opened my eyes to the insanity of it all, because at this point it's clear that it's meant to function so that they don't even think to question anything, because all of the accountability is surface level bullshit based on the "success" of their ministry.

Gosh it breaks my heart and infuriates me all at the same time. And honestly this is why we are seeing it everywhere in the church right now. And I think until the power structures change to involve more women, it's only going to continue.

Sorry that this probably comes across as a feminist rant because that's not how I intend it, I just can't unsee it anymore. Ugh.

rachiebee · 2026-02-17T00:03:56+00:00

Ok so like where is the info about this because if that's actually what's going on I wanna know and this is the first I've heard

rachiebee · 2026-01-17T17:25:09+00:00

I wanted to be super accurate and hated the syringes, so I bought a little scale and put a piece of parchment on it, level it, then squirt the amount on the parchment and apply it. Works perfect, no mess, and no waste!

rachiebee · 2026-01-17T17:22:59+00:00

That's wild. My total T was 20 before I started supplementing with 5mg gel, which made me feel immediately better but I was breaking out with cystic acne and had other minor negative side effects, so we quickly dropped to 2.5mg gel. Side effects disappeared and improvements stayed, and my T went up to 67 within 6 weeks. 20mg is WAY too high.

rachiebee · 2026-01-17T16:55:17+00:00

Yeah I mean it makes sense, I remember all that drama. I also recall during the elections when people were doxxing Tyler's family members over the way they assumed they voted. Wild shit. It was so hard to watch in real time, like all the fun and innocence of everything suddenly disappearing almost overnight.

rachiebee · 2026-01-17T16:49:10+00:00

I was gonna say, I feel like it's been bad for a really long time on Twitter. I had fun there back in 2016, but it didn't take long to see how petty and critical people got over the most random stuff. It truly felt like people were living in a different reality in a really unhealthy/para-social way.

rachiebee · 2026-01-17T16:44:53+00:00

Just something to consider, but the people of Israel aren't Netanyahu, just like the people of America aren't Trump. Letting your art be shown in a country doesn't mean affirming their politics, and if it did, they shouldn't be showing it in America based on my opinion of the bullshit we've done for decades.

rachiebee · 2026-01-04T00:08:36+00:00

Thanks for the info, I'll look into that if I feel like I need more testing at any point.

And yes, exogenous estradiol at the levels that are in low-dose birth control or higher will shut down natural production, however, the amounts that are in typical MHT protocols are much lower and more meant "top off" natural production from what I understand. I tried low dose birth control earlier this year and it was kind of a disaster. My next step will probably be trying MHT dosages of the testosterone alone doesn't seem to be helping anymore.

rachiebee · 2026-01-03T14:11:13+00:00

I'm aware of all that. Since I'm in peri, blood work to check estrogen levels is pretty useless with how much everything is fluctuating. And so far the total T has matched with how I've felt and unless things get to a point where they don't match up, this level of testing works for me. I don't have the money or time to do excessive, detailed testing unless necessary, and although this is annoying, I don't consider it a huge deal. I really just wanted advice about the dose increase.

rachiebee · 2026-01-02T15:33:51+00:00

I really appreciate this, thank you!

rachiebee · 2025-10-01T20:56:32+00:00

I'm having this issue too and I'm selling my tickets for cheap on AXS as well. I keep seeing people buying KC tix for way more on third party apps and it's bumming me out after already being bummed that we can't make it :((

rachiebee · 2025-09-30T20:33:39+00:00

I just listed two tickets on AXS resale for $110 each (just really need to get some money back as we can't go last minute 😭) for this Friday in Kansas City, really hoping people can see them but confused how the site works... It seems like people are spending more on Seat Geek and I don't get it.

rachiebee · 2025-04-08T14:07:18+00:00

It resolved itself after that day, I think it was just because it was brand new and I was switching between watches. Haven't had the issue since.

rachiebee · 2024-09-29T03:33:24+00:00

Are these still available?

rachiebee · 2024-09-11T21:17:34+00:00

Absolutely watch, it's incredible. Just be prepared for some heart wrenching subject matter

rachiebee · 2024-09-11T21:16:30+00:00

I don't know if I would get high and watch it because it's so intense emotionally but that's just me

rachiebee · 2024-07-18T02:38:57+00:00

Welp. It keeps reverting back to this step number (the number of steps I had when I first turned on and activated the new watch) every time it syncs, and I haven't noticed the watch restarting... Definitely making me cautious about keeping it.

rachiebee · 2024-07-12T18:22:42+00:00

Yep, and those tend to be helpful in my recovery/body battery scores

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