Actually, some people are scoffing at the idea that dehydration could cause someone to act irrationally and require hospitalization. I guess I couldn't walk and was slurring, in addition to what I mentioned above. Assuming I were famous (thank god no) and there were cameras around when I couldn't identify my mother,…

I was so dehydrated when I had meningitis that I couldn't answer the most basic questions. I guess my Dad called me (I have no memory of this) and I couldn't tell him what room of our house I was in and I was so incoherent he borrowed a colleague's car and sped home to haul me to the hospital like a sack of potatoes.…

As a teacher who began to be constantly asked to print everyone's homework? It was miserable for me. I teach writing, so this was dozens of pages per dozens of students per several classes each semester. As a teacher, I don't make much money. And grading (for me) is way easier/quicker by hand.

I think I'm definitely responding more to the range of comments on this post than the post itself, which I did not make remotely clear in my first comment. I have never been peer-pressured to eat more/differently/less/more socially than when I worked at a large company with these sorts of regular, office-mandated…

I read this more as: no one, regardless of their weight/genetics/body type/happiness level, [fill in the blank here] wants to be told how and what and when to eat. I know a lot of people who watch their weight—pretty much all the people I know who do this, with one exception—who don't spend any time talking about…

It has for me, though I have a weird sleep cycle. I tend to get up around 4 (I have a 9-5 and a freelance job). I work from 4-8, breaking that cunk up with showering, etc. Work from 9-5. Sleep for maybe 2 hours ; get up at 8; eat, maybe do some more writing; go to bed pretty early. This schedule has given me the most…

Is there a domestic violence abuse equivalent? Because I could have used that about a year ago.

I think two things (this is totally based on my own experience; I hope it's helpful):

Yep.

Get out! Please. It is just going to get worse. Awesome that you are in therapy. Message me if you want to talk.

Please do not apologize for/about this human.

@LadySublue: I used to only get them after sex...but I had so many, they sort of escalated/I became wayyy more susceptible (despite adding: peeing and showering after sex, wiping right, cranberry, etc to my daily). Now I get them when I am tired, run-down, stressed, and/or travelling. So, I get them all the time. Take…

UTI? Pish posh. Wait till they turn into kidney infections, because those are even worse.

@Her Grace: Nerdfighter!: I was only trying to describe one way this word can be—correctly—used. I love that language is malleable and changes as society does (and hopefully for the better). But arguing that the word should not be used because it is incorrect undermines that argument because that's not an accurate…

@lacyjags: Schizophrenic has a generally accepted—as in, dictionary-listed—secondary definition which is not clinical in nature: a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatible elements.

@FatterKitty: But you eat in public...drink water...also self-care.

@TheGuvnah: Also—on your way to work! If I am ever not happy to deal with second-hand smoke, it is at seven in the morning.

@Cicada: Conratulations! On husband and quitting.

@themediatrix: The water gun thing works with bad cats?

@BuffyBot: Wait, really? I have a lot of health problems directly related to my mom's pregnant smoking. I don't know if it would help your sister to relay that information but this is the internet, so feel free to share... I was born late 70's so preemie care is way better now—but I cough through every winter, can't…