Congratulations on your sobriety!

Thank you for this! I’m a survivor of DV (911, ER, Restraining Order, so many police reports, so many scans taken of my face)—I dated this guy for three months and over six years later he still wants to get drinks. I just met with my high school English teacher because I want to talk to my high school about Red Flags…

Right—I was trying to say it’s an easy work-around, as health things go. I could’ve had my thyroid removed and just been on hormones the rest of my life. I take vitamins every day; this would’ve just been another pill and regular blood checks. So, a slight pain in the arse, but way better than having my thyroid all…

Not to mention—you do not even NEED your thyroid. I was on synthroid for most of my adolescence, and it got to the point where they were just going to take it out, because I was getting blood tests twice a week. Eventually I grew into it.

I realize I am late to this, but I had to read the post over a course of days because it made me so ragey.

Go away.

mayo

She should’ve just barfed in the waste basket nearest to his desk. Problem solved.

He was a wife beater. Why am I not shocked?

Per capita, Chicago is not the city with the highest gun deaths. Trump and his minions just like to trot it out because no one cares about Detroit or Kansas City. Also, many of the guns in Chicago come from Indiana, because of laxer gun laws/gun shows. (Not that Chicago does not have a gun problem, because it clearly…

From what I know (doctors, internet, anecdata) sleep paralysis is when you don’t want to/cannot move. It’s staying still in order not to draw attention to yourself, or just being frozen. Night terrors take all forms (for fun) (I sleepwalk) and often develop after a Trauma.

That’s a night terror.

I will take sleep paralysis over sleep-walking any time. I’ve walked out of second-story windows, in -19 degree weather (not wearing shoes) and in multiple public situations. It’s incredibly disconcerting—I literally have no idea what is going on. (Except that my socks are frozen to my feet.)

Put a pillow between your knees. Seriously.

In my state, almost beating me to death is a Misdemeanor A. So, basically the same as stealing a cell phone or some other shit. (Not my face, ribs, etc.)

Cured meats are often sliced pretty thin—prosciutto, salami, pancetta, chorizo (you like sausage), mortadella....

Marriage has not always meant a (monogamous) promise for a lifetime. Look at the ancient Greeks, FFS; the cradle of Western Civilization.

What are your stats from in re: eating disorders having the highest rate of mortality out of all mental illnesses? (Asking as a survivor.)

I think ignorance is a huge problem.

Blindness the book is way better than the movie! And I love Moore.