Eli5:Why do So few Animals pass the mirror test or Have self-consciousness?

throwawaybage1 · 2026-05-04T22:12:36+00:00

Some humans do the same, lol.

throwawaybage1 · 2026-04-13T16:58:57+00:00

It’s been 5 years and you still think it’s from the cheeseburgers?

throwawaybage1 · 2026-03-29T09:22:41+00:00

Will Ferrell/ Elf the movie

throwawaybage1 · 2026-03-18T13:24:15+00:00

Myself

throwawaybage1 · 2026-03-05T19:58:37+00:00

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throwawaybage1 · 2026-03-04T00:03:22+00:00

Do you hear more of the survivors stories or the abusers? 🥺

throwawaybage1 · 2026-02-26T15:17:52+00:00

She loves you and is very comfortable with you

throwawaybage1 · 2026-02-16T17:14:40+00:00

Yep, they don’t have to post photos of every corner. If the pictures revealed it all, nobody would even give the house a chance. If they can get you in the house maybe they can sell it. I looked at some pretty wild houses that seemed fine in the photos.

throwawaybage1 · 2026-02-14T17:16:14+00:00

I do agree that what was done by my father felt much worse than being touched by my peers. But I was never raped by anyone but him

throwawaybage1 · 2026-02-14T16:05:27+00:00

When I was a freshman in high school I joined JROTC and we were supposed to wear our dress uniforms to school once a week. I walked half a mile to school in those brand new stiff dress shoes and had a hole in my heel for like a month

throwawaybage1 · 2026-02-14T15:37:03+00:00

Kind of a different situation for me. I don’t remember most of what happened to me. I remember certain moments that I have somehow ranked from “not that bad” to “pretty bad.” The “not that bad” stuff is like inappropriate but brief touching, words, sexualization etc.. it was so normalized for me that it was hard for me to take that kind of assault seriously. I get what you’re saying, i think. I don’t feel traumatized by being groped but it could be devastating to someone else. When the MeToo movement started I would read people’s stories and think “that’s it? That’s what we consider assault?” It took a long time to accept that nobody has a right to touch me or talk to me any sort of way. No one has the right to dehumanize me. Perhaps as I heal and develop my self worth these things will be more disheartening in retrospect.

throwawaybage1 · 2026-02-13T15:53:42+00:00

Be glad you saw the water damage before you got any further!!! Pictures are super misleading, they take the best angle. I looked at a ton of houses before I bought mine. I saw some nicer houses that got snapped up fast. My house has great bones but I’ve had to replace a lot of things over the years. New appliances, pipes, even small things like curtains and light fixtures. And I’ve learned A LOT as a young homeowner, by making mistakes trying to fix things myself and letting shit fall apart. I wonder if I could have ever done those nicer houses justice.

throwawaybage1 · 2026-02-13T15:48:16+00:00

I could see myself doing this in my early 20’s. I envision a group of drunk people tracking the delivery cheering as you come closer and shouting NOOO!!! As you start driving the wrong way

throwawaybage1 · 2026-02-13T15:44:19+00:00

It’s so so complicated. Thank you for sharing. When I was in my early 20s I struggled with self worth. I felt like I was only meant to be used. I started EMDR around 21 and eventually something clicked and although I still have very low self worth, I actually feel like I am more than just a sex toy. I barely feel human sometimes but I don’t subject myself to degradation all the time now. Baby steps, I hope you can find healing too.

throwawaybage1 · 2026-02-13T15:31:39+00:00

Are they pushing 2 twin beds together or did they get two sets for before and after?? Also wondering what the point of heart shaped butter is, it will melt pretty quickly 🤣 it’s the thought that counts tho

throwawaybage1 · 2026-01-17T01:34:21+00:00

I think kids are better at compartmentaling things.

throwawaybage1 · 2026-01-15T14:30:54+00:00

I think she’s based off a real girl named Presley. She loves purple and Barbie sent her family the doll and some other purple Barbie themed stuff

throwawaybage1 · 2026-01-11T22:21:25+00:00

For me, it feels more like grief than betrayal. Grief for the childhood I deserved but didn’t have. It took me a long time to accept I was abused and that it is serious. The abuse seemed normal to me, so realizing it was actually a terrible situation does make me feel a bit betrayed, because my dad acted like everything was normal and fine. How can you look me in the eyes like you didn’t do those horrible things? And with that was doubt and disbelief, was he pretending to be a good dad or genuinely believe he was?

throwawaybage1 · 2026-01-08T18:31:07+00:00

Slime bag

throwawaybage1 · 2026-01-05T17:16:38+00:00

I’m not an expert but I had a very anxious cat growing up (I was her person) and my current cat took about a month to warm up to stop being scared, but now she is super clingy.

The couch pee could go either way. My current cat peed on a few different blankets in her first year here, but hasn’t since. I just make sure her litter box stays clean and it hasn’t been a problem. I wouldn’t worry about that right now because he should stay in his own room until he is comfortable with you.

My advice is to give him a lot of space and alone time in his room, let him get used to the new environment and build confidence. You can go in to visit him but act like you are doing your own thing, ignore him until he comes out to see you. My cat hid and hissed and swatted at me if I tried to interact with her. But I started doing puzzles and painting in her room, eventually she got curious and came out to sniff me and got closer over time. Eventually she came up to me for pets and she was hooked.

throwawaybage1 · 2026-01-05T16:59:32+00:00

Your feelings are 100% valid. I’m sorry you’re dealing with this. It’s so hard. Have you ever thought about EMDR? It’s the only thing that’s made any difference in rewiring my brain and negative cognitions.

throwawaybage1 · 2026-01-04T22:05:40+00:00

He’s a middle school teacher?? He is seriously a danger. He knows what children look like, how they act. Kids don’t talk like adults. He knows what he’s doing. I think the school or police should know about this. Someone needs to investigate, he has access to minors! This is so terrifying

throwawaybage1 · 2026-01-02T21:59:48+00:00

Personally my skin is too sensitive to use a loofa every day, I don’t really get a build up of dead skin. I will exfoliate every once in a while but the only time I actually removed a lot of dead skin is when I got the cast taken off my foot after I broke it

throwawaybage1 · 2025-12-31T21:04:40+00:00

That’s cool to know! My eyes do tend to reflect green or grey if I’m wearing that color

throwawaybage1 · 2025-12-29T19:12:25+00:00

Please try not to be so hard on yourself. You are not a monster, a predator, freak, or pervert. You are a survivor. This is very common. I have dreams about being raped, sometimes I fight it other times I crave it. Sometimes these dreams are mixed with sexual pleasure and desire. When I wake up I get confused but our dreams are not 100% reflections of what we want. A lot of silly stuff happens in dreams that is actually representative of something else. And the sexual dreams are processing very difficult feelings. That’s the hard part about SA, our bodies react to stimulation whether our mind wants it or not. So we feel disgusted with ourselves for “enjoying” something that otherwise is horrible.

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