PurpleSwitch

So, something I experience chronic pain without a clear cause, but it's controlled as well as can be hoped for without specialist input well, but what isn't managed well is the fact that I frequently injure myself as a result of balance problems that are presumably linked to the pain.

I have mobility aids and various other things to reduce fall risk, but it still happens and I have had so many acute injuries that, when combined with my acute pain, is crippling. What I am struggling with is the morale harm though, of having nothing to help with the acute pain. I'm already on cocodamol and naproxen for the ambient level pain, but I don't know what I'm meant to do for acute injuries. I'm aware

Sometimes when you move into a new place, the shower does drain, but only slowly, because in rental properties especially, it tends to only get cleaned when it becomes too blocked to effectively use the shower. Sometimes it starts out okay, but then when you do end up opening it to clean it a few months down the line, there is a hefty amount of hair and gunk in there that predates you and makes you feel sick wondering how long it's been since it was last cleaned.

That's why whenever I first move somewhere new, I clean out the drain as soon as I can. I go in prepared with all my cleaning tools and a strong stomach and brace myself for the inevitable horrors, but there's a part of me that odd

I just learned that in Javascript, in a non strict equality check, alert( undefined == 0 ); returns false because undefined equals null and no other value and thinking of them as a cute couple helps me to remember this.

This page at javascript.info outlines it pretty well for anyone unfamiliar with this bit of Javascript

Occasionally I fancy dabbling with an RTS and usually I install StarCraft 2 to scratch that itch, but I'd rather avoid playing games by Blizzard, so I'd appreciate an alternative.

I almost exclusively play against the AI, so I don't care really about active multiplayer, and if there's a half decent single player campaign, I'd probably play that.

Part of why I liked Starcraft 2 is that it felt very mechanically solid, almost like a default RTS game.

I first played Dark Souls back in March 2020, when self isolating after coming into contact with a positive covid case felt like a holiday off from real life. My best friend, who was isolating with me, took it as an opportunity to finally finish the Dark Souls DLC. I was always his guy in the chair, the tech wizard who knew how to find answers, so I relished the chance to watch his playthrough and help him with the tough bits (like when he spent days being bitch slapped by Artorias, I helped him keep count of how many fireballs he had left during the battle, and had the wiki on standby so I could find out where to find gold pine resin when he said "okay, what the fuck is this guy weak to,

When I'm working, I like to have something in the background to watch. Perhaps counterintuitively, I find it makes me more focussed on my work task, and hence more productive. Unfortunately, this means I absolutely blitz through new content and finding things to watch and rewatch that haven't grown stale to me yet is a task in of itself.

I stumbled across Arcane when trying to fill that void of silence. I don't think I'd have given it much thought otherwise: I know League of Legends is a game, but beyond that I know nothing; nor had I heard anything about this show. I only watched it because I've been consuming TV and movies so voraciously that I can't afford to be too picky, especially as

Back in February, I played through Mass Effect 1-3 for the second time and it was an awesome experience: my first playthrough was years ago, which meant I got a balance of being able to appreciate details I'd missed back then, whilst still being able to be blown away all over again by how amazing these games are.
My best friend was my go-to guy for so many things, but I really loved how we could just nerd out about things, like spending hours figuring out some specific metrics of the hard/soft sci-fi spectrum, or talking about how sci-fi and fantasy can be a useful tool to explore and understand current affairs and irl politics or some other random thing. I saw myself in him, we shared the

I understood what toxic masculinity was before I ever knew it by that term, but even after learning what it was called, I still struggled to describe it usefully until recently. Part of what made it hard to pin down was that I didn't really know what the opposite of toxic masculinity would be, i.e. what "positive masculinity" would look like. I've had male friends tell me that they're aware of toxic masculinity as a sort of "what not to do", but they struggled with their identity as men when they only had things to define themselves against.

I've learned a lot about this from reading r/menslib , in particular what external pressures men feel subjected to and what positive masculinity looks

Don't worry, I am not at risk of harm in the short term. You don't need to link me to various usual resources, I've seen them all before and there's a reason I'm here on this sub and not a more generic one.

I have been grappling with feeling suicidal for some time now. Part of this is that I have a bunch of disabilities that mean I've never been well enough for long enough to actually have a job, only get part way through a degree and a couple of internships, but I've enough experience to relate to a lot of the posts on this sub and dread the working world.

One day, I may get the support I need to live independently, a combination of medical support and a carer to help with the daily livi

My best friend died of covid a few months ago. I consciously know that he's not coming back, but deep down I can feel I'm sinking deeper into denial.

Part of what's fuelling the denial is just an utter disbelief. My friend was a big personality, he'd effortlessly command the room, and not just because he was loud. He had a way of making you feel like you'd been his friend for ages even if you'd only just met him. He was great at making people feel included and safe. He affectionately called his close friends a bunch of weirdos, because we were an eclectic bunch of mostly neurodiverse people with really intense and niche hobbies. Becoming his friend was the first time I felt valued for me, r

My partner died around 2 months ago. Before that, he spent 6 weeks in a coma in ICU. Those 6 weeks were so hard, but I had something to work towards at least, a future where he would get out of hospital that I could work towards; even after discharge, his recovery would be long and he'd need my support. Without his support, my chronic illnesses felt like more than I could handle but I knew I needed to do my best to do what little I could to look after myself while he was away, to give him the space he needed to look after himself when he woke up.

Except he never woke up and now instead of struggling without him for a few weeks-months, it's forever. I don't know how to do forever. I know abo