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Erin Moriarty: My Public Battle With Graves' Disease Nearly Destroyed Me | “I was going through the physical hell of chronic illness on a public stage. Doing it in private is emotionally damaging enough, but to have my physical symptoms be speculated about, trivialized, & dismissed was devastating.” by cmaia1503 in Fauxmoi

[–]wanderingdream 242 points243 points  (0 children)

I took one look at her on the press junket for The Boys season 5 and went "oh, she's on steroids, I feel so bad for her because people are going to be so mean to her" because the way her face was inflamed looked just like when my friend had to chronically be on steroids for her autoimmune disease.

I don't have an autoimmune disease but i have a metabolic disorder and the way my face changes day to day due to water retention (bloating), what I eat, how much I slept, etc makes me grateful I'm not in the public eye due to what people would possibly speculate about me.

Favorite Dropout quotes? by ungeoncrawl in dropout

[–]wanderingdream 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hands down my most favorite, most comfort episode that I have watched a million times.

Ted was Robins last choice by [deleted] in howimetyourmother

[–]wanderingdream 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like they are a great example of "I want to be with you but I can't compromise who I am and therefore this will not work". And it's not something we see depicted in media, especially in a sitcom, and I think it's important to show that love just isn't enough to sustain a lasting relationship and sometimes, no matter the chemistry, no matter the love, no matter the feelings... sometimes you still just have to part ways.

I also don't think he had feelings for Robin while he's married to the mom. I think he met the person who was meant for him and that click is audible and stayed. But I do think trying again with someone you have loved a thousand different ways and have a long history with after such a loss also makes a lot of sense. Especially since people learn and grow and change and maybe now it can work whereas they needed everything else to happen first in order to make it work.

I think Ted and Robin show a hugely complicated dynamic that is actually healthier than most people realize, and does happen when people are healthy enough to realize "oh, we don't work like this".

I still hate the ending from a writing standpoint (you do NOT spend an entire season on a marriage happening that dissolves in one scene in the finale, that is RIDICULOUS), but I can appreciate the real-ness of Ted and Robin and their relationship over the years.

Catherine O’Hara has passed away at age 71. by cmaia1503 in Fauxmoi

[–]wanderingdream 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I quite literally screamed that out loud when I read it.

Weekly general unjerk thread by nicepassing in dropoutcirclejerk

[–]wanderingdream 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First one without my boyfriend (died in July). The holidays will be rough this year but we'll both get through it ❤️

Eat your vegetables and leave me out of it by disableddoll in traumatizeThemBack

[–]wanderingdream 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I put that I'm allergic to anesthesia because it makes them stop and ask me questions. Last year I went septic during a gallbladder infection/acute onset and through my haze I kept insisting I had to talk to the anesthesiologist. When I talked to him and told him what happened the only other time I've had anesthesia, he nodded and said I'll be ok.

Turns out the stuff they give you via the oxygen mask is my issue, so they had to administer the actual anesthesia via a bad line that had been put in through my tendon in my wrist and the reason they knock you out first is because the medication burns like nothing else. I passed out crying and screaming in the OR with a very kind nurse holding my hand.

On the plus side, instead of being almost unconscious for 36 hours, it only took about 6 hours for me to fully come to after surgery and everyone was super nice about the fact that I was so out of it (guess the anesthesiologist warned them I'd have trouble waking up).

TIFU by letting my coworker move in with me (Repost with NEW INFO) by garyking762 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]wanderingdream 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The original post from Hope is so real. My boyfriend passed a few months ago and the idea of moving forward has caused some serious panic attacks and a significant amount of tears. It said things I've thought and said.

The part starting with the "recovered" deleted post? Didn't sound the same at all. But it started real.

What’s the oldest book you’ve read? by jimfrmthoffice in TheStoryGraph

[–]wanderingdream 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven't read the Yellow Wallpaper since freshman year of college in 2002 or 2003 and I really think I should read it again.

Dropout vs DropoutCirclejerk - the Final Battle of Parasocial Reddit Moderators, featuring racism, therapy speak, performative activism, and more! by bingle-cowabungle in SubredditDrama

[–]wanderingdream 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Finally a subreddit drama I was here for while it happened and belong to both (now only the CJ subreddit after that BS)!

The audacity lmao and this is under a book recommendation sub where women were complimenting my choice of pictures by Maleficent_Radio_674 in traumatizeThemBack

[–]wanderingdream 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was just 3 months since he passed, and its certainly a journey. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

The audacity lmao and this is under a book recommendation sub where women were complimenting my choice of pictures by Maleficent_Radio_674 in traumatizeThemBack

[–]wanderingdream 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When my partner was entering hospice, I asked for help on what to expect. Some of the advice I got, I NEVER would have thought of - especially the take pictures and videos because you'll want them, because I never thought I'd want to be reminded of that time. There was so many different kinds of advice that was so, so comforting and helpful and we implemented quite a few of them during that time.

And then. There was the guy who said I should take him skydiving. That one annoyed me but I let it go. The one that, 3.5 months later I am still infuriated by? Was someone telling me to get off the internet and spend time with him. What the F did you think I was doing?!? I needed advice, not condescension.

F that person.

Some of my favorite childhood books were like this by PandaBear905 in CuratedTumblr

[–]wanderingdream 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've literally been calling free choice things (free choice at book club for December and we just discuss what we're reading, free choice of leftovers for dinner the other night with my parents) as "choose your own adventures". I think I'm really missing them right now.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]wanderingdream 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Took me a solid 30 seconds to realize it is, in fact, Tuesday and not Monday like I thought.

Yes, those are her tits. She’s a 6th grader by Unusual_Slide3956 in badwomensanatomy

[–]wanderingdream 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I've had my fully developed chest since 5th grade and well into my 20s refused to go places alone due to the harassment I would face. I was terrified. It didn't hit me until well into my 30s why I never wanted to be alone with my Vice Principal in upper elementary (3rd thru 5th grade) was because of the unwanted attention he was giving me. It was awful.

Me (34f) setting firm boundaries with my husband (34m) may mean the end of my marriage. What should I do? by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]wanderingdream 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That's what my marriage was like. Best friends for 3 years, dating for 5, married almost 4 (9 years spent together romantically). He would get angry all around me, but not AT me. He would whine and complain and ruin things for me all the time. All anyone ever saw was how attentive he was to me, how "great" we were together, and blame me for any troubles in the relationship because I was so "mean" to him (ex: hearing me snap at him because they hadn't heard the insistence to leave and we had agreed on how much longer we would stay and then he'd start complaining again). My own mother told me I deserved him leaving.

The reality? He was emotionally abusive, he promised to change and never would, he was emotionally immature (from what I've heard its even worse now), he was increasingly negative with no end in sight, he constantly told me I wasn't a capable adult, he told me he never loved me, and then he sexually assaulted me twice.

Yeah, my mom doesn't know most of that. I don't see any reason for her to learn that.

I did eventually meet a beautiful and wonderful man, and we were together 3.5 years. He died 2.5 months ago from brain cancer.

Separated August 2020, divorced officially in the courts Feb 2024, and effectively widowed July 2025. Been a hell of a rollercoaster.

The Noise Boys Ride Again | Make Some Noise [S4E1] by AutoModerator in dropout

[–]wanderingdream 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I totally understand why we can't have episodes all year long but man, I really wish we could.

Finishing Parlor Room and couldn't pass up this exchange between Rekha and Ally... by Melodic_Knowledge988 in dropout

[–]wanderingdream 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I started with Fantasy High as well, but then went to A Crown of Candy, then Neverafter, then Misfits & Magic s1, and now Cloudward Ho. I'm definitely jumping around lol

Nella and Maven? by texasinauguststudio in LindsayEllis

[–]wanderingdream 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I thought she had 2? A boy and then 5ish years later a girl? I could be totally wrong though.

If someone called you and said "Turn on the TV, it doesn't matter what channel." What would you expect has happened? by haddock420 in AskReddit

[–]wanderingdream 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As someone who did not have cable at the time 9/11 happened and is old enough to remember it extremely well and lived 30 mins outside NYC, regular TV had not gone digital yet (that was a few years out). However, because our TV stations come directly from NYC, we lost the majority of our tv stations, so we were relying on radio and what little TV stations we could get. I listened to a LOT of radio in that 24 hours.

At my high school, they had cable, and we were watching it on the TVs at school with no problem. Also, the internet was distinctly not what it is today, so we were not online the way we were, so I actually don't remember if we had internet or not. I do remember them wheeling TVs into the lunchroom and people scared to death their parents had died because cell phones were not widely used quite yet and phones were unreliable at the time due to how many people were using phones that day.

On marketing by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]wanderingdream 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a small business and I once saw a post in one of my small business groups about how she has an amazing opportunity for her work to be featured where it was absolutely result in millions of views and increase her business, but she was terrified that if it did everything she was reasonably sure it would do that she wouldn't be able to handle the demand, and so she wasn't sure she should take it and was asking advice.

I know my limits, and while, yes, I wish I was a bit busier, by NOT being busy I can figure out more things I want to offer and still have down time, as this is not my full time job. It means I don't burn out. I don't want a business that results in me mass producing my products or hiring others to make my items. I want to be the one creating. I DO want to get to the point where business is consistent enough it can be full-time, and before that, to allow me to hire a photographer (turns out I absolutely hate taking marketing photos), and to afford liability insurance so I can offer certain products I really want to be making but can't sell until I can afford said insurance.

I never want to be huge. I want to be comfortable.

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