Randomessa

In recent months of my recovery process (nearly 2 years deep in therapy), an issue I've been having that has thus far gone unexplored is my averse reaction to what seems to be fairly "typical" "inoffensive" social activities - parlor games like scavenger hunts or board games.

I mean, these are activities that adults plan for children all the time, right? The board games often say they're appropriate for ages 6 and up. But for me, the vast majority of the time, contemplating or trying to rouse my own interest in participating in these activities sends me into an anxious, panicking spiral. I mean, tears and withdrawal, relief by way of blocking the contact kind of bad.

I brought this up to m

I have been following the Kaifeng arc along with various side quests, and have met Big Zhao, and have been given the task to disguise myself to sneak into the Revelry Hall to attend the Heroic Assembly. Now, the disguise I got was of a musical prodigy. I had to bluff some knowledge of musical skills to be allowed to board the boat to Revelry Hall, and the game told me I had to complete a side quest called Shadows in Bloom before I would be allowed to continue on to the Heroic Assembly. This quest involved collecting a whole bunch of clues to solve a mystery, and travelling back to Kaifeng City, learning more about the Water Lady, along with many other activities.

Meanwhile, my husband said

This is an update from my post from a few days ago, which you can find here: https://reddit.com/r/StudentLoans/comments/1mjbqbk/making_payments_on_0_interest_is_currently/

I already made an update to the post, but I wanted to get this in front of more eyes as-it-happens.

This morning at around 9am EST (I have timestamped screenshots from my mobile phone), my interest payments were still showing a reduced principal balance only, with a 0.0000% interest rate and $0.00 interest.

This afternoon after 4pm EST, I check again and what do I see? My interest rate updated to the statutory rate - which I expected eventually. But also...

*My interest-only payments for each day now show that they wer

I understand that not everyone has this privilege, but I've been fortunate enough to be able to take advantage of the pandemic and administrative forbearances, conversion to the SAVE plan, and this past year of 0% interest accrual, to pay down all of my interest and a chunk of my principal balance as of August 1st of this year.

Since I know that interest is supposed to be accruing behind the scenes, but has yet to be reflected on my online balance, I thought I'd see what happens if I make the payments on my calculated daily interest accrual and see what happens when the website eventually catches up. So that's what I've been doing, and so far, payments have been applied to my principal bala

I'm open to suggestions or shared experiences/insight on the matter (described in more detail below) of losing vocabulary or access to language when emotionally dysregulated. It's particularly relevant in situations where an immediate response is required and I can't take the time and space away to regulate, such as if I've been asked a question or been greeted and some responsive conversation is expected.

I'm slowly coming to recognize that something I used to consider a pet peeve that makes me annoyed (having someone around or come into the room when I'm working on a chore like cooking or cleaning or doing my hair) is more likely a trauma response to my childhood experience of being const

I thought I saw a thread a few days ago with everyone's ending conditions but it may have aged out of relevance and I didn't see my setup, so here goes.

I completed my "Good Ending" run last week with all 7 companions at Hero of the Veilguard status and all factions at 3 stars, and a romanced Lucanis. Since then I've been experimenting with whatever variables I can to see if I could lose anyone with poor choices, and ultimately what is the bare minimum I can do and still achieve the "good" ending.

So far my best razor's edge setup is as follows:

• I did fully complete the Crossroads quests and Solas's memories and have the Essence of Mythal
• No companions are Hero of the Veilguard
• Veil

After aborting mission 25 minutes into a survival bounty because I couldn't find a Pom-2 that I could interact with and the only input I could get from my party members was "you have to find a console to summon the necramech" (yeah.. I got that much, thanks...), I have now searched youtube, this subreddit, and google/ddg proper trying to find just a guide, or even a screenshot with some arrows or something, of what I'm supposed to be looking for to fulfill the "summon a necramech" bonus condition.

I really love the new maps but in terms of the bounties and their requirements, I have no clue what anything looks like, what does what, etc. Everything I've successfully accomplished has been by

I'm playing through Act 2 on a second "good" character, but decided to stick with what fate dealt me when Marcus attacks Last Light. I failed to save Isobel and the inn fell. Jaheira was distraught and I invited her to join my camp, but I've spoken to everyone else and not a single companion has anything to say about the event. Not even Karlach, who can no longer get her second heart upgrade because Dammon has died.

Halsin was even in the inn during the attack, sitting with Art, and he remained there, asking if I've had any luck finding out about Art's past. I can tell him Art has died (in a weird passive voice choice} and he's just like, oh, that's a shame - as if he's not sitting next to

I'm playing through Act 2 on a second "good" character, but decided to stick with what fate dealt me when Marcus attacks Last Light. I failed to save Isobel and the inn fell. Jaheira was distraught and I invited her to join my camp, but I've spoken to everyone else and not a single companion has anything to say about the event. Not even Karlach, who can no longer get her second heart upgrade because Dammon has died.

Halsin was even in the inn during the attack, sitting with Art, and he remained there, asking if I've had any luck finding out about Art's past. I can tell him Art has died (in a weird passive voice choice} and he's just like, oh, that's a shame - as if he's not sitting next to

Although I've (F/45) been dxed with ADHD and prescribed increasing doses of Vyvanse (now at 60mg) for less than a year, one of the immutable facts about myself has always been that I'm terribly introverted, I hate being around others except for a solid chosen few, if I'm going to an event or party I need days of advance notice and preparation and at least three days to sleep it off and wind down afterward, etc.

Since my diagnosis came during COVID lockdowns I have only recently begun to spin my social life back up, and it's.... Different now. It starts with the new job I got last year. At the end of the day, for 20 years in the office, I'm used to coming home and crashing hard - either taki

I'm (45F) fortunate enough to be distanced (we are not NC) from my NDad and after doing some research it seems I discovered gray rocking on my own, which works while we are 3000 miles apart (in other words, he no longer calls or wants to talk to me when I am on the phone with my mother), but there's one nut I haven't quite been able to crack with him, and that is the way he asks leading questions about how I go about my business and life.

If I decline to answer a question, he will follow up with assumptive questions that I am eventually tempted to deny. I know he's doing this, and I have gotten better at not taking the bait, but it's really hard not get upset or annoyed or give away that he

Went to do some free hunting in Blossom Trail and suddenly I popped up at the location where we'd set up camp according to the storyline.... Only there was no tent there. And all my other tents save for the one in the tree stump are also gone. All my campfires, dragon vines, drying racks, hunting towers, etc. are gone, but all of my dragon pits are still discovered and upgraded.

I've hit the next story beat in Chapter 2 that results in a scenery change, but that's not on Blossom Trail, so I don't know if it's related or just a totally random bug.

I'm unable to unlock it via the karakuri tree, and am getting the message "awakening conditions not met." We're at the third island in chapter two, so not sure what that condition could be.

Husband (on PC) and I (on a mid tier laptop running Linux) have been having the best gaming time since we were obsessed with Warframe a few years back. He's the MH fan from the PSP days, whereas I've only dabbled with Dauntless and spent some time with God Eater 3.

I admit it was me who was scared to take on Lavaback since I hadn't farmed up a fire resistant set and had heard he was a major wall for players. But having downed him a couple of times now with nodachi and katana (of course, it took us 37 minutes each time, lol), I think he's my favorite kemono to date.

He's hard for sure, and we did have a death and several near-misses, but for me he's not as annoying as others (looking at you