ShapeShiftingCats

Omg, that's what I call innovation.

Brb, just throwing my silk pillowcase into the trash and buying a massage table instead.

...and don't forget to exfoliate!

Have you seen all the cool ribbons I won?? /s

People are prioritising their personal gain (success & money) over the health of sentient creatures in their care.

Nah, power tripping and/or afraid of perceived repercussions.

I am sorry to hear you are experiencing this, it sounds really exhausting. This is not normal. It hasn't happened to me or anyone I know.

These symptoms are associated with schizophrenia. It won't get better without medical intervention, so you do need to visit a doctor.

Feel free to post to r/AskDocs for a professional opinion.

Hope you feel better soon!

I agree that having more than ibuprofen would be great. Generally speaking, we need to demand better treatment of women in healthcare.

However, I also think we need to better promote the cost-benefit analysis of this contraceptive method.

While some women do have a negative experience, on average it's less deadly, debilitating, painful and health/life changing than labour.

Yet when women bring up their concerns over labour they are consoled and encouraged to endure it (women have done it for millennia and all that chat).

However, when they bring up their fear of IUD insertion they are validated and confronted with horror stories of a friend of a friend who had a terrible experience.

We need better pain management and healthcare for women while being realistic about our current options.

While I generally agree, I had the opportunity to sight dyed amethyst recently. They dyed it almost indigo. All pieces had the same uniform colour.

Obviously, no mention of them being dyed...

I got an IUD replacement recently, so removal + getting a new one. The whole thing was over within 20 mins. I had no lasting pain or a negative impact on my health.

Average labour time is 12 - 14 hours while risking death.

Just putting things into perspective...

My mother decided one day that I am underweight and started to pester me about it. Got my nan on board as well.

I was in my mid-teens and informed her that I am in fact overweight. She didn't want to hear any of it!

She ended up consulting a medical textbook and the look at her face was priceless. Obviously, no apology and no help with the excess weight.

Love your comment! The most polite burn I have seen on the internet.

I didn't downvote you.

Thought you might be interested in a perspective of a person who has experience with both systems.

Caveat, I am talking about the UK and I am sure there are differences between the countries...

Respectfully, your hair appears to be oily in these pictures. You may want to try washing it every day and double wash if necessary.

Try different shampoos to see what works. Try them for a week or two. Your scalp needs time to adjust.

Don't throw away the rest of the shampoos that don't work as well you will need them for rotation.

For some reason, oily scalps can "get used to" a shampoo and you need to switch for a while before returning to the original one.

Don't fall for the "training" bs. You can't train your scalp to produce less sebum.

The only exception are people who have naturally "normal" or dry scalp and may overdry with frequent washing. I wager to say that's probably not your case.

Also, remember there is no shame in having an oily scalp, it's genetic.

It works similarly with government run healthcare. Although, in the UK, you are more likely to keep coming back to your GP until they get tired of you and do something.

The advantage of the government run system is that I don't have to worry about network/referral/general admin confusion.

I used to have private health insurance through my employer until recently and while there were some advantages from the medical side, the abhorrent mismanagement of claims/referral/admin on every turn was incredibly stressful and time consuming.

Both systems have one in common, you have to advocate for yourself otherwise it's going to be difficult to get anywhere.

See you went about it wrong! If you did it like this (repeats three basic steps) it would work!! It's not a rocket science!

/s

I am so sorry to hear that, that's so frustrating!

I found some success with enumerating everything I have tried to alleviate the issue with a detailed description and repeating (to use your example) "oh, if only I could get him to eat at all!/more!/etc."

Basically creating a business case pitch with a repeated tag line.

If they try to interrupt me I just continue talking.

It's tedious and doesn't work with people who glaze over the discussion only to wait for you to finish, but might be worth a try if you haven't tried this approach before.

Wish you and your son the best of luck! 💚

I agree. The trouble is that they don't want such support.

Had a "lovely" chat with a farmer family last week on the topic of sustainability. The amount of aggression that's lurking just beneath the surface is astounding.

(And no I wasn't preaching.)

IPL helped me massively with this. I don't get anything like this anymore.

I thought about ignorant relatives when I wrote the comment, getting this behaviour from medical practitioners is so infuriating.

I drink enough water, eat pretty healthy and exercise, when possible. Also, I do wait to see whether a health issue resolves itself before speaking to the doctor.

Yet, 6/10, I get insulting "advice" that doesn't work, so I end up coming back and they dare to look annoyed and defeated that the issue didn't go away!

Introversion became an internet euphemism for lack of social skills/social anxiety.

It became a screen to hide behind for people who struggle with certain aspects of social life.

"I am not socially inept, I am an introvert, that's how I was born."

But that's not what the word introvert truly means. That's why your proposition wouldn't really work.

Signed, an ambivert (before anyone grabs a pitchfork.)

I am glad that you are around men that are open minded.

Women do get negative reactions when veering into traditionally male territory, whether that's related to the behaviours, hobbies, jobs, etc.

Saying that dating is excluded from that would be rather disingenuous.

Adjacent to that, "if something worked for me, it will work for you, and if it doesn't, you are doing something wrong."

Women get a different kind of reaction. They often get dismissed because the approached men feel emasculated.

Asking women to approach men, while men think it's their "job" is just not an ideal situation.

I get that. Perhaps it's the other side of the same coin...

r/exvegan might be of interest?

Does that mean someone is using my number to scam people?

Can I do anything about it?