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I swear I'm sitting in a discord call right now and the amount of bj references , ass eating comments , and straight up "I'd kiss you right now" s that I'm hearing is just

This is what started the Blockout movement currently going around TikTok/Twitter the aftermath after she uploaded her apology:

After having avoided medication to treat my anxiety (specifically social anxiety) I have FINALLY come to the conclusion that I need some help. I am officially going to start zoloft tomorrow (when I pick up my prescription). I was prescribed 25mg for one week and then I will increase it to 50mg in perpetuity. After a couple months of being on zoloft I will then combine it with some CBT therapy to help with the social anxiety (though therapy is very costly here and my insurance can only cover two sessions ). I'm so damn proud of myself....part of my anxiety is also anticipatory in nature and so I have been pushing back taking medication in fear of future side effects and random ish like that but now I have finally come to the conclusion that side effects would be worth it compared to how crippling my anxiety has become. Is there anything I should be very worried about or excited about? Has it worked for you? How was your anxiety before and after it? My doctor only told me that there could be ED issues but that after a week if nothing happens then I'm probably good to go!

Just watched a video of this girl who tried not listening to any music for 3 months. She cited a lot of sources, but the main points are: - We tend to use music to numb our emotions & avoid actually having to process our feelings. E.g. dancing to happy songs when you're sad; listen to depressing songs when you're slightly inconvenienced & "romanticize(?)" your sadness (tbh I did this with Lana's songs when I was younger ) - Having 24/7 access to music on your device means we often do not pay attention to our surroundings (like listening to/watching nature) or the people around us anymore - She advises against doing this for more than 2 months because in the 3rd month she started talking to herself to fill in the silence And also in the future she will keep listening, but only during activities that are too boring without music (like working out) I recently realized that I cannot open my laptop to work/study without also playing music in the background, like I would feel jittery without it Do you guys think we've become addicted to music? Please discuss! (bonus question: if music detox becomes a trend, will our pop girls become jobless? )

Hi yall so some of you might even remember me from the well documented massive spider encounter during the Eurovision Song Contest. I never removed the spider from the bathroom but I checked today and I saw a spider hiding but it looked so much smaller that I'm questioning whether its a different spider. Either that's the case or miss spider has done a round of ozempic since I last saw her. So do spiders change in size that quickly over a short amount of time or no

Should we be allowed to choose our own authority and/or be allowed to get nominated? Would it work or would this place go down in flames?

2016, the summer of Pokémon Go… A true "you just had to be there" moment…

I think it's safe to post this again since that person should be sleeping, but I'll repost it(and I'm keeping it up this time but still keeping his username anonymous to respect his privacy less he wants to come forward, which I don't think he should). I met another ATRL user here when i travelled to another country last year and I really fell hard in love for him for the three days we've spent. I felt I was being the best version I could be; I was motivated and inspired by him. We kept communication for more than a year, up until two weeks ago when I decided to ghost. I want to preface this and say this relationship was established as a platonic friendship, with an open possibility of something more. I was much more invested into him than he was with me unfortunately, but such acts of care and love that I did for him did not go unnoticed. Before I left the country, I gave him my Taylor Swift cardigan because he's a swiftie and I knew he'd love it. On his 31st/32nd(?) birthday, I recorded a video of me baking a cake with his favorite tea flavor and making a popular birthday soup + meal in his culture. He was shocked to see this, but he was grateful and said he's never had anyone do this for him. It made me flushed with excitement and glee knowing I made him feel special, but after many dry, one-sided conversations and repeated patterns of replying back to certain messages with low effort responses, I just decided to tell him how I feel straight up. In my idealized version of him and wanting this one-sidedness to end how I felt I was owed, I wanted him to tell me that he did not like me the same way I did and cut me off from there, but instead he just said,"lmao!" If I pleaded for more explanation, I knew things were already obsolete and I'd just continue this cycle of one-sided conversations, so that's when I left him on read and ghosted. I've come a long way with past experiences of dating and finding my self-worth, but it hurts the most knowing I did all my best and I thought he would maybe care about me and not let me go by reaching out, but that didn't end up being. I was learning his native language(still am), and he indirectly motivated me to make reading an enjoyable hobby and I began my a regular fitness/workout + nutrition routine since beginning of March to be the best version of myself; a version of myself that I'm doing better without this unrequited friendship.

honest question do you consider yourself morally superior to all the people (both IRL and online) that you interact with on a daily basis?

*not seeking medical advice, just creating conversation* for my mentally ill sistrens, what have you found has helped you with your symptoms as far as medication/treatment goes

I usually go around 5 in the morning Just bored and curious about everyone's sleeping schedule

Basically thats it, i want a traditional family with you know the wife and kids. Unfortunately the gays only want sex not starting families. What do i do? Marry a girl to get what i want?

I believe I am the perfect candidate for President of the United States of America. For one I believe that everyone has the right to live in this country. We as Americans have to learn to share this land with others, and as Americans we also know that we as a nation are not the big brother of the rest of the world. We should realize that each country has their own way of living, and what we believe shouldn't change the way they want to live. I believe only the person can make their life what it is. I want this country to be the best it can possible be. As someone who owns a pet salon, I believe that we can do better as a nation. I am also a local historian here.

is there a server for atrl'ers?

As a hardcore horror fan like me, I feel like nothing is phrase me anymore. So let me know what is your scariest horror movies you have seen! Edit: Please move my thread if this is not a right section to post this, just don't merge my thread with horror movies thread, plz. Thank you.

Hi. I feel like it has been a while since I really got into a show or movie on a streaming app. I currently have Netflix, Paramount+ and WOW+ consistently, but am open to changing which ones I use; however, I want to keep Paramount+ and WOW+ for sure because Drag Race is currently the only franchise I absolutely love watching these days. Whenever I try to watch the latest and greatest thing, I feel like something is just not clicking and I get bored/distracted. Is anyone else just not watching much of anything at the moment? What is worth watching these days?

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Or do you prefer it when it has a clearly defined ending with one obvious meaning?

What do you eat in a day? I start out my breakfast with oatmeal and fresh raspberries from my garden, and a glass of chilled white wine. My lunch is usually Mediterranean shrimp kabobs with roasted tomato soup. (Drizzled with olive oil, pepper always helps). As someone with a degree in Public Speaking, I sometimes have my friends help out with the cooking. As for dinner, I like having seared scallops and baby spinach with spiced pomegranate glaze, finished with a glass of Ramos gin fizz.

I'm doing it over the next 2 weeks. Have you? How was your experience? Did it last?

there's so many talented artists & bands in this genre idk about. who are ur favs and anyone u would recommend? my favs: metallica, zeppelin, paramore, chem romance, prince, blink-182

*remove all judgement where possible pls - this is solely for conversation sake* I've been seeing a guy for the past few months and he admitted to me that he has a gambling addiction. He has a 40k loan for his gambling and is still actively gambling. Interested to hear some outside perspective if it's something I should be overly concerned about? Should I end things? HELP

this entire video is a mess… her poking him with a broom making fun of his little blade him trying to escape and getting kicked with the broom yet again

is it your dreams?