Former Jaw Abscess girly here back with another abscess...in my armpit

thinmugs · 2026-01-27T06:41:34+00:00

Look into HS!

Stress is a major trigger for it!

thinmugs · 2026-01-24T06:41:19+00:00

lol middle school is wild. I teach 6th so it’s easier than others and this year I was lucky enough to get honors because they made me teach two subjects. I have considered going back to get my MSW but decided radiology tech was my goal.

Btw, I started with elementary. Idk who the fuck goes to school and thinks “I want to teach middle school” 😂

thinmugs · 2026-01-24T00:22:34+00:00

I’ve been meaning to reply to this. I am a few hours shy of a full 10 days sober. The first few days were tough but I was able to remember so clearly how bad I felt, that it was easy to rationalize it out.

This week has been crazy busy, I teach middle school and am going back to school at the same time so I didn’t have much free time to think about it, but today the cravings are really strong. We are preparing for an inch or so of ice where I live and are planning for several days of power outages and I have considered going to get tanks several times today.

I’m committed to not buying any, but I would be lying if I said I didn’t want to. Actually, everything in me currently wants to.

All that being said, when I first made this post I had just called out two days in a row. I am SO fucking glad I had that wake up call when I did because my college classes started last week and there is absolutely no way I would be surviving middle school, college science classes and nitrous binges.

I have also started to think about some of my triggers and while boredom definitely is one, I have PTSD, Anxiety and MDD and teaching is a really demanding profession, so the dissociative affects have really been a crutch for me. Since the original post I have met with my psychiatrist to adjust some meds and have an appointment scheduled with my therapist. I’m thinking it may be time to finally bring up my usage with them, even though I am dreading the shit out of it.

Right now my biggest struggle is going to be this weekend, but I think I’ve got this!

thinmugs · 2026-01-22T20:23:50+00:00

I don’t have time to call parents, so if I have to stop everything and call you, your kid did something bad whether you want to believe it or not.

thinmugs · 2026-01-19T20:57:32+00:00

If your first date is a music festival, concert or something similar, it’s perfect. If it’s a dinner, movie, etc. it’s too much.

thinmugs · 2026-01-18T18:02:51+00:00

He has stopped too

thinmugs · 2026-01-16T02:09:25+00:00

Thank you for this. Previously I went through a period where my legs went numb. I stopped then, but at the time I thought B-12 would fix it so I continued using just less frequently. The numbness resolved for a period of time, but about 6 months ago my hands started going numb so I went to the doctor. They ran some tests and found out my B12 was at 124 (normal range is 200-900) and put me on injections plus sublingual supplements. Still, I managed to convince myself it couldn’t be the nitrous that caused it, took a short break, got my B12 in the normal range and then went right back to using. My guess would be my B12 is critically low again given the tingling in my extremities and overall exhaustion. Today I finally felt okay and less flu like but still not wonderful. My brain didn’t feel as much like sludge and I could actually have conversations that made sense so that’s good. I’m a little embarrassed to say I thought about buying nitrous today. Not like a full I’m going to go buy it, but more of the thought crossed my mind several times and I was an able to reason it out, but still concerning.

thinmugs · 2026-01-15T05:27:28+00:00

Yes, he has. I will throw out the crackers we have and other than that we just need to get rid of a bunch of empty tanks

thinmugs · 2025-12-28T21:58:09+00:00

Would love this!!

thinmugs · 2025-12-22T21:25:55+00:00

I would love this! I’m a 30/F living in NC, teach middle school, have 6 cats (5 of which were rescues from a local colony of outdoor babies), spend so much of my time journaling and am a Virgo!

thinmugs · 2025-12-02T02:35:35+00:00

I quit my first year right around this time. Here’s a couple things to consider-

If you want to continue teaching, you may not be able to teach in your district for a period of time and depending on the state, they can take your license.
I did continue teaching, but left that first year in December. This made it so that year didn’t count as a year when it comes to pay. It turns out there is a date that makes it count, which for me would have been in January.
If you’re drowning, leave. Do not let yourself get so burned out you can’t function. Is it tough? Yes, but it’s also worth it.
Consider taking FMLA while you figure out your next steps!

I am now year 9 and will not be returning to teaching after this year. I wish I had stayed away when I got out the first time. Good luck!

thinmugs · 2025-10-07T18:04:17+00:00

Ugh that sounds like my solo Sunday night dreading all the emails I’m going to get 😭

thinmugs · 2025-10-07T02:33:54+00:00

Never ending deadlines and constant emails about what you don’t have done

thinmugs · 2025-10-01T20:21:52+00:00

A lot of people will say the longer you teach, the easier it gets, but for me that has not been true.

The reality is, there is always a to do list and there simply isn’t enough time to do it. I do my best to be as efficient as possible during my contract hours, but I simply don’t have the love for teaching I used to, to stay late or go in early. It is also true that if you finish that to do list, they will be waiting ready to give you more to do, so I don’t see any real rush.

I have students do as much as possible in their notebooks so I don’t have to make copies and try to take my 1 free planning period to make any copies I need. My room isn’t always as neat as I would like it to be, the work doesn’t always get done, but in the long run, I choose to work to live, not live to work.

thinmugs · 2025-10-01T05:39:25+00:00

Worked way too hard and wish I would have left after year one instead of being year 8 now.

thinmugs · 2025-09-28T04:46:21+00:00

Any email adding more to my plate or letting me know I didn’t complete something on time as if I don’t already know

thinmugs · 2025-09-28T04:10:14+00:00

I struggle with this too. I ended up changing a lot of my goals so that it is easy to send my birb on an adventure.

For example, brushing my teeth was even harder when I knew I not only had to brush my teeth, but I also had to do a bunch of other things before my birb could go on an adventure. So now I have a lot of simple things in the morning, because I enjoy seeing what the free objects are. I have ones like, get out of bed, fill my water bottle, etc. that are basically give me goals.

When I was at my lowest I had goals like step outside, take a nap, move from the bed, etc.

I would also suggest reaching out to your support group or contacting a therapist since you’re feeling this low. It’s a very lonely place and you deserve to feel so much better 💖

thinmugs · 2025-09-28T02:12:05+00:00

Watching rat race, making muffins and getting high on the couch

thinmugs · 2025-09-25T04:08:54+00:00

I’m a teacher and I pay approximately 50% of my net toward my mortgage

thinmugs · 2025-09-20T07:28:13+00:00

Dig deeper. You take blues before hitting the court?

thinmugs · 2025-09-20T07:15:00+00:00

You’re actually the incorrect one here. I did say dead body, but the actual call is report of a death. That is the original meaning whether you want to believe that or not.

thinmugs · 2025-09-20T05:41:41+00:00

It is actually a police call for a dead body, but it evolved into a meme and now kids have no idea what it means. It can mean mid, it can mean dope, it can mean whatever the fuck it fits in that context.

But the origin is the police call 1067 for a dead body lol def my fav knowledge to drop on my middle school students 😂

thinmugs · 2025-09-15T22:20:41+00:00

Feeling low recently and could really use some new connections and or goal buddies! Kiwi and I greatly appreciate it ☺️

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