How are you doing? - weekly thread #3
How are you doing? - weekly thread #3
(i forgot. Again. Only for three days though, hopefully it isn't a big deal)
Doing okay.
Just picked up my cat's ashes today, but also ate some pizza with my bf.
I did okay on my midterms. Got an 85%.
I’m sorry for your loss
Thank you. It's been rough, but she's finally back home.
She lived 18 years, despite a heart birth defect. Most cats don't even live that long.
I'm sorry to hear about your cat. But congratulations on the midterms :)
Thank you. I was hard on myself, but the course was upfront that the exams would be challenging on purpose.
My understanding is that the grades are curved. I still feel bummed about the questions I missed, but from what I've heard from my classmates, I probably did relatively better even though I felt like I fell short.
The stuff I'm working on is too important for me to make mistakes, so I am especially hard on myself. I often feel like I'm the only one solving the problems that I am.
Eh, could really use a decent LLM counselor app to chat with that isn't some freemium bait & switch or waifu BS, if I'm being honest. 🤦🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️😅
Wouldn't we all 🫂
Well it's not perfect, but you got us. Can vent here any time.
Not good, Bob. ._. If you are still a young whippersnapper, take care of your mental health, don't be like me and let it get worse. This just snuck up on me. Now I can barely leave the house and electronic devices scare me. I am completely serious.
electronic devices scare me.
Is it the noise they make? Could it help to mute them all?
I'm sorry this was such a heavy post. Thank you for responding. The noise doesn't bother me, but I have schizoaffective disorder and have been having really bad paranoia with mild auditory hallucinations. I have auditory hallucinations from all sounds, like the noises my body makes, the fan whirring, ambient white noise like the patter of rain. I hear things like people talking or a girl crying. I won't sugarcoat it, it's fucked up. But I am more terrified of the silence because I hear things then too. There is no mute button in my head. It makes noise with everything else has quieted. I give schizoaffective disorder a one star review.
Mostly good, a bit mixed.
We had a falling out with a friend and it’s just caused my wife a lot of pain. We ended up cancelling a bunch of our plans and I’m kinda bummed about it.
Work has been good. I’m so happy I switched jobs — it’s challenging and rewarding, I’m way less stressed.
Had a good but heavy session of therapy this week, it was tough but cathartic. I still feel like my brain tries blocking out those sessions and I have a lot of trouble remembering them in detail.
I'm sorry to hear about your friend, i know how it feels to be cut off from someone you used to love. I'm still glad to hear about your job :D Yeah, i get therapy. I can't really recall stuff in general, but therapy sessions feel like a complete blind spot for me.
Thanks, it was just a relationship that was only going one way. It sucks, but it is what it is, at least there's no more hurt coming in.
I have a lot of issues with recall and memory, I think that has a lot to do with stress. Therapy can be stressful, but it's kinda like going to the gym and exposing myself to these feelings so I'm getting better with them.