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I have an extremely Narcissistic mother. Clinical Disaster. I grew up purposefully isolated and emotionally neglected, among other things. I've been in therapy for over 20 years now to help manage the damage... I'm 26 now.

My mother called me the other day to beg me to visit home, and she ended the call saying that I (her "Product") posted selfies with "Blemishes" (my unfiltered skin).

I ended the call and immediately canceled my visit home. Ignoring her messages. I wrote a Poem, "Unveiled." that I finished illustrating yesterday.

• It's a Poem of me Reclaiming Myself. It's been a LONG ba

Hey everyone!

This is actually my first time reaching out to a Stroke (survivor/support) community. I'm pretty nervous even while writing this post, but I am definitely in need of community.

I had a stroke last year (8/2023) at age 24 and was hospitalized. I had another neuro incident/"stroke-like incident" last November with another hospital stay, and my recent MRI scans done earlier this month show the aftermath (encephalomalacia).

I am currently in therapy (and have been for the last 7 years), and I am learning to accept this new reality of navigating life as a stroke survivor.

**Do any survivors here have any stories/experiences on how you are learning to accept being a stroke survi

Hi everyone, I hope the summer has been alright for y'all!

After 6 months of silently going through subreddits and posts, I think it's time for me to make one of my own. I will do my best to keep it organized!

Following an endoscopy procedure this May, I was told that I have the following:

• Small Hiatal Hernia (I do not recall the exact size, but I will try to find those documents soon)
• Irregular Z-Line (Listed as possible Barrett's Esophagus)
• Mild Chronic Inflammation (Chronic Gastritis maybe?)
• No evidence of H. Pylori, Celiac Disease, etc. (reported from biopsy tests taken from May endoscopy)

I have tried 10 different medications within a span of 5 months (**

Hey y'all!

I (23F) have been in this sub since I got my Bipolar diagnosis in November 2019. It's been a very hard journey for me, honestly.

I'll get straight to it-- I've taken myself off my medication (Abilify 7mg) for the last 2 months or so. I haven't told anyone yet and I am so ashamed. I'm so mad at myself and I'm so scared.

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I have only tried Abilify (my psychiatrist had me on a Zoloft combo for a bit before taking me off) for Bipolar treatment. But over the years, I have never really felt "okay". Abilify makes me feel nauseous every time I take it, I get very apathetic, the drowsiness and sleepiness is so debilitating no matter what time of day I take it and whethe

Title says all.

I'm usually a very positive and ambitious person, but I can't keep up the act anymore. I don't even know who I really am at this point, considering the fact that I've only been treated for Bipolar (NOS) since late 2019. Took my meds (Abilify and Zoloft, then just Abilify) consistently for just one year. Been struggling with taking it all of this year, and have been off any psychiatric for the last month and a half. I'm currently seeing a therapist weekly (I've been working with her for a year+ now and she's great), and seeing a psychiatrist every 4 weeks or when needed (I've been working with her for 2 years now, she's also great). But with the way things have been, I'm abou

Hey y’all, senior here with one class left to finish the SAS core!

Is there a NS class that’s relatively easy that doesn’t use proctoring software? Or any NS class that’s fairly simple?

I know Planet Earth with Feigenson is a top choice, but that section isn’t available for the Spring :(

Hey y’all!

Is there a GroupMe for Intro to Environmental Science? I’m currently taking it with Andy Sandy, but wanted to know if there was a group chat for it!

If not, I’ll be happy to start one with some people!

EDIT: Here’s the link!

I just wanted to share that with y'all. I feel like crying I really thought I couldn't finish this paper.

It took me so long but I ended up maxing out to 12 pages in the end. I am so relieved that this is done, of course I have to make edits and proofread, but it's done!!!

After all the shitty situations at home and my depression coming back full force since the quarantine started, I'm very proud of myself for being able to get this one big assignment done. I was just crying all day yesterday about how I couldn't finish and how badly I wanted to give up for this semester, but hard work does pay off, and depression isn't going to win me over any time soon.

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I hope everyone is

Short story short, home life is terrible for me, especially due to past traumas. I can’t focus, I don’t have a lock on my door, my sisters come in and out of my room when I do my work and/or try to sleep. I let them know of my schedule and have talked about them not barging into my room for a while now and there’s still no progress. They bring their friends into the home despite the lockdown situation, and they argue often. There’s always noises in the house and my sisters are working from home, one right next to my room doing phone calls all day and one doing phone calls downstairs. I’ve tried to make my room look like my apartment and rearrange things but to no avail. My dad is also older

I can only see the DRC Global Village / Bunting-Cobb / Honors Application. Can’t find any other 2021AC application on the website!

I clicked a direct link for the application, but end up with an error message saying “Message to Student” in a red box with a red ‘X’.

Contacted housing via email yesterday and no response back yet. I’m nervous because today is the last day to apply for the housing selection number I believe.

Anyone else having this issue??

Anyone selling a textbook for it (3rd edition)? Please send a DM my way! 🥳

it’s been about 9/10 months since the breakup with my first ex and we haven’t had a mutual conversation in about 2-3 months. I’m no longer crying about him nonstop or wishing we could get back together. It’s in the past and I don’t want to go back to him

We go to the same campus now and it’s been a hard adjustment for me with the transfer this school year, but I’ve been reminding myself that this is also my campus now too, not just his. We can exist in the same space.

Now, there’s a club that I’ve been really interested in joining, but he’s part of the e-board so the chances of running into him are very likely. I wouldn’t want to engage with him but I don’t want to have his presence hold m