Cashier jobs for 16 year olds

About me:
I am a 19 (almost 20) 5’ 6” asian guy who is kind of slim but working to put on some more muscle. I guess my family would say I am handsome, but they’re required to say that so maybe you should check the picture in my profile to find out for yourself. I would say I’m a kind, caring person who just likes to enjoy the simple things in life and spending time with people who I care about. My main love language is words of affirmation and quality time probably since I didn’t get too much growing up.
Some interests/hobbies of mine are gaming, going for walks, exercising/playing sports, and watching tv shows or anime. Some of the games I like are league of legends, teamfight tactics, valorant, Minecraft, overwatch, super smash bros, animal crossing, and Pokémon.
Personality wise I would say I’m quite shy and introverted, but warm up over time. I’m more of a homebody but I still like to go out sometimes, just not to parties or that sort of thing. I am also not the best at conversations. I feel like I try so hard to keep the conversation moving, but it doesn’t always happen, so if we chat I will request your patience.
I have been in one relationship, but it was all online and when I was younger. I have not been physical with anyone and haven’t even had a first kiss yet. Because of this, I might not know how or what to do, so I hope you can show me or have patience and we can find out together :).
About you:
I hope you’re a kind, caring 18-22 year old person. You don’t have to be drop dead gorgeous, but I’d like to be somewhat attracted to you. I hope you stay in shape and also focus on your health since that is important to me. I guess your hobbies and interests don’t matter too much since we don’t need to do everything together, but some similar ones would give us something to talk about or do if we stay online for a while. And I know I am a bit shorter than average and it’s not usually everyone’s cup of tea (hopefully you can prove me wrong), but I don’t mind if you’re taller or shorter than me.
Anyways, thanks a lot for reading all this. If you send me a message you don’t have to tell me as much as this says, but a small introduction and a picture would be nice.

I (26M) was recently broken up with by my (24F) girlfriend of 6 years right after opening up to her about how I had been struggling a lot mentally recently. That's not necessarily the cause, but it happens to be a terrible coincidence.
Backstory to the unfortunate mental struggles:
About 10 weeks ago I had a very long night out and woke up extremely hungover. My brother met up with me that night in our parents car and ended up staying with us for a few drinks, so evidently he left the car.
Of course, I woke up and had a boatload of caffeine so I was already on edge a little bit. My brother was still asleep, so my mom asked me if I could quickly drive my dad to the car so he could take it home. No problem, I hopped in my car and drove there with my dad.
On the way home, completely unprovoked and no anxiety prior, I had an insane panic attack. I’ve never experienced anything like it before. I think I’ve only had one panic attack in my life, and for some reason it left me with a very small amount of social anxiety. During this attack, my hands and feet were completely numb and sweating. At first, I had literally no idea what was going on - I thought it was a legitimate health issue. I ended up taking a bit to drive home, but I made it.
Since then, I've just had heightened anxiety. I've had one other panic attack in the past and I eventually got over the lingering anxiety, so I knew it wasn't permanent.
Mental Health Backstory on her end:
To preface this, we both have anxiety/depression in our genetics unfortunately. In fact, her mom spent some time in the hospital when they were young because of how bad it got.
She also apparently had a ton of anxiety from work recently (she's a nurse, I'm in tech).
On my mothers side of the family, my mom, grandma and great grandma have struggled with anxiety their entire lives, some of them taking antidepressants.
Not fun genes for either of us to have, but we persevered!
Our Relationship:
This is what has been getting to me, our relationship was very healthy. We argued probably 2-3 times per year, we spent the majority of days together - as we lived only a 5 minute drive apart. We were both fully a part of each other's families. All of the normal relationship stuff, we were completely engulfed in it. We had also been looking at engagement rings for a bit and ALWAYS talked about our life together.
When I was about 19 before we were together, I used to drunkenly talk about her all of the time to my friends saying "if she ever gets out of the relationship with her boyfriend (at that time) she's the one I'm going for". When I was graduating high school, I went into her class on yearbook day, grabbed her yearbook and wrote my number in it. Long story short, she ended up single and within a month of that happening, we were together.
The "problems" we had over the years that were semi-recurring:
I didn't suggest enough of our plans. I explained to her a number of times that I'd happily go anywhere, I just don't tend to suggest ideas because sometimes she wanted to, other times she didn't. I've lived by the motto "happy wife, happy life" in that relationship, so I tended to go along with whatever she suggested.
We didn't take enough pictures together. I don't really like being in too many pictures and that bothered her.
We didn't travel together enough. This goes back to the anxiety, I hate flying and haven't done it in almost a decade. However, I have an appointment with my doctor in early July where I'm requesting some "emergencies only" anxiety medication to use for that exact scenario. Note - she went on a number of trips over the years with her closest friends. Furthermore, we had done weekend getaways via car together but those apparently don't count. To add, her friends are hopping on planes at least once per month to go somewhere, I think comparison became the thief of joy here.
I didn't tell her I loved her enough or hug her enough. This one is hard for me because I felt like I definitely told her I loved her a lot. She used to occasionally say "do you even love me", semi-joking but also serious, and I always told her of course I did and even though I may not say it a number of times a day, of course I do. I also did a TON of things for her to show how much I cared (ie. she very rarely had to make a lunch for work, I cooked for her almost every day and we don't even live together) The hugging thing is a bit different, as she's always been extremely affectionate and I never really have been. I truly think it comes down to how I was raised, affection just wasn't a huge part of my childhood. (note, that's not a problem for me or anything, I had incredible family/parents, it just wasn't as prominent as it was in her childhood)
I cared a lot about money and how we could set ourselves up to move out. She had taken 5 trips (two of them by train, three by plane) with her friends in the past year and after the 5th one I asked if she planned on slowing down so she could focus on tackling her student debt and so we could start saving to move out, have a wedding etc. Specifically, I wanted us to be in the position where we weren't renting a home, ESPECIALLY given how much money we were making combined. This part kind of confused me because she was the first one to suggest moving out, but when it came time to adjusting the lifestyle to prepare for it, she didn't like the idea. But, I did use it as a crutch for my anxiety to get out of things sometimes and I did open up to her about that. As an example though, I still went with her to the Gucci store and helped her pick out a very expensive purse to celebrate getting her first real nursing job after graduating. I don't feel that I cared about money (especially given the stage we were in in our lives) more than any of my buddies with girlfriends. I wanted us to be set up well for the coming stages of our lives; they were fast approaching. Furthermore, her friends are catching a plane every weekend and are living with their parents but pay cheque to pay cheque with no prospects of ever leaving unless it's renting
The Situation:
About 7-ish weeks ago, a few weeks after my panic attack, my girlfriend was very adamant that we needed to book a trip together. She said we hadn't been on a "real" trip during our relationship (by real, she means getting on a plane). We were sitting down in her bed on my laptop looking at destinations and flights, but I was incredibly anxious about the whole thing. As we were about to book, I broke down and was fully vulnerable to her for one of the first times in the 6 year relationship. I said that I just don't see myself getting onto a plane right now without some kind of medication to calm me down. On top of that, it would stress me out financially a bit, as I'm a full-time masters student and working full time. Plus, it was during my one-week semester break, so I honestly just wanted to relax.
From that day on, our relationship started going downhill. She said she felt extremely disappointed by the whole situation and she couldn't shake the feeling. We then started only hanging out maybe once per week and it was very bland when we did. A couple weeks after that incident, I slept over at her house and I could tell she was genuinely just not happy at that time.
Brief backstory - despite being 26, my mom still gives me a ton of flack if I sleep at her house. It was rare that I got away with it. But, I did it that night anyway because she always asked me to sleep over but I rarely wanted to have to deal with my mom. I thought it would help show her I'm really trying to get better. She also invited me over the following evening and I obviously went.
After that day, I don't think we saw each other for about 2 weeks. I texted her on a Friday evening and said I just don't feel like she wants to be with me anymore. She picked me up so we could talk, and explained that she felt very disappointed about how we were so close to booking the trip and ended up not doing it. She said she needed a break and I was fine with it, I understood where she was coming from.
During this time, I started seeing a therapist. I found one online who was one of the highest rated in my province and was also extremely experienced in marital/pre-marital counselling so I could tell her about the relationship issues I was having along with my anxiety.
Fast forward about 2 more weeks (last weekend) she texted me saying she was ready to talk and picked me up. She said it's probably best if we just end the relationship for the time being. She explained that she felt she had been disappointed a few times over the years and was bottling a lot of things up. She said she needed time to "find herself again" and didn't know if we would get back together at all in the future or not. Then, we sat there talking in her car for another 30 minutes like things were normal so it really threw me off.
I ended up texting her the next day and asked if I could pick her up because I was confused from the night prior since we talked so normally after the breakup conversation. We ended up talking again, sharing some tears and what not, but I kind of understood why she felt she needed to be alone for a bit, even though she didn't know if we would get back together or not. She said that people do this all of the time and sometimes they come back stronger, but if it was meant to be then we'll get back together. I also told her about how much help I'm getting and how I'm setting a goal to take a vacation when I finish my masters in November. She was noticeably happy and asked a lot about how I was talking to my therapist about improving as a person and a (what I thought was soon to be) fiancé. She asked for all of the details about what we talked about in regards to our relationship and was very happy that I was putting that much effort in.
A couple days ago is when she deleted are photos together, but it came right after she posted an Instagram story while out with a friend who has no stability whatsoever. This friend has been on and off with the same guy (who treats her terribly) for as long as we were together. Not to mention, she sleeps around a ton. I can't help but feel like some of this breakup is being influenced by her friends (specifically this one) wanting her to be single like they are out of jealousy or something. Or, they want her to be flying somewhere once a month with them with no plans for the future. My girlfriend has cried to me in the past because she had been brought to places she didn't want to be because her friend wanted to go for a guy. That friend has also been binge drinking several times weekly for years. The following night, her two friends posted a story of her incredibly drunk in the back of a car with her feet out of the window I'm sure in hopes that I would see it. We're grown ass adults, I can't help but feel like that's just not a cool thing to do to your friend in general? I don't care how drunk you are, in fact I expected her to have a night out with her friends and let loose but posting someone else like that is just insanely stupid to me! To put the icing on the cake, one of my long time buddies from high school decided to go for one of her friends and I gave him substantial warnings about her. Within a year, that relationship was completely over with and she was on to the next.
Neither of us were ever the type one to have one-night stands or get around, so I'm not concerned about anything like that during the breakup. If it happens it happens, but I won't be sleeping with anyone until I've put in all of my effort to saving everything we've built. She's only ever been with me and her ex, while I've had a handful more partners before her - but I've experienced enough in my 26 years to know that there was is only one woman for me.
After all of this, I still couldn't shake the feeling that I felt I was being abandoned during the one time in my entire life I've opened up to anyone and really wanted some support. I'm also just having a hard time processing why it happened and how I can salvage it.
I've texted her once per week since the breaks & breakup happened just telling her that I loved her and wished we were going to XYZ events coming up. I also always say in the message that "You don't have to respond or even read it, I just want you to know". I'm having a hard time deciding if I should continue giving her that weekly text or not, but I really do want her to know how much I care and thought we were a dream team.
I just can't help but feel like we had "problems" that were very fixable and were very minor compared to 99% of couples. Her two best friends have had 5+ boyfriends each in the time that we were together and countless one-night stands. Every time they would break up, I'd hear a story from my girlfriend about how terribly they were treated by these guys and we talked about how lucky we are to have each other. There was no forms of jealousy or self-consciousness between us either, neither of us were bothered when we went out alone with our respective friend groups. I also never for a second worried when she travelled with her friends that she'd cheat or something.
This wraps in with why I can't process the breakup. Aside from the few things we argued about here and there (few times a year) it was an incredibly healthy relationship. I had a great relationship with her friends (despite some of the things I've said about them above) and would often times opt to go out drinking with her group over my group of buddies. I acknowledged my shortcomings as a boyfriend (ie. the affection) with my therapist and she's giving me some help with it. Am I crazy for thinking 1. that I can fix what's happened and 2. Part of this breakup might just be her wanting to see how much I actually care?
Anyway, I might add to this if I remember more important points. I just needed to get some of this off my chest. If you've made it this far into my story, thanks for reading!
TL;DR: A very healthy relationship was ended with a trickle down effect of my mental health being poor at the moment, but was healthy otherwise. How can I salvage everything we've built over 6 years?

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Hey, here's a little about me before anything - I live in CET Timezone. I work 7 days a week albeit on my own schedule but irl takes priority, I'll communicate it if I have to be away. I've nearly 8 years of experience across various platforms and games. I normally write multi para (discord limit more or less). I'm a HUGE fan of world building especially with reference images. And I do enjoy good OOC banter once in awhile.
Onto business - I'm currently looking for a long term rp partner, someone I can build a world with from scratch preferably in a fantasy medieval setting (settings like GoT, Witcher, World of Warcraft, LoTR etc) with different cities, towns, fantasy races, creatures, perhaps even our own deities to even much grander scales. I'm looking to write a story, not a one time scene. Themes I'm expecting to be involved can range from very light hearted SOL to potentially dark, so we'll tread with what we both are comfortable with. In terms of what kind of plot I'm looking for, I'd love to discuss this with you when we get to talking, something we both agree, but to help out with that, here are some ideas that could get our brain juices flowing:
Revenge arc
Insurrection / Rebellion
Zero to Hero
Enemies to lovers
Forbidden Fruit
Rise and fall
Enemies to lovers
I'm very very open to discussion, feel free to come with ideas anytime.
I'm very willing to play multiple characters like npc's and such alongside my OC(s), while I would prefer if you could do that, it's not a requirement. I also write in 3rd person (and you have to too). I'm 22 years old and I'd prefer to rp with someone around my age, 18+ only.
That's kind of that for now I guess? Thanks for reading through, I'd love to get in touch with you if this piques your interest. Send me a DM with a short intro about yourself and your favorite snack so I know you've read everything, see you there!

I’m about to graduate with my bachelors in economics, but it really doesn’t feel like an accomplishment. The biggest reason why is because I don’t have a job right now. I’ve applied to some places, but it is such a scary thing and a mental block for me to where I can only muster up the strength to apply to 1 every like two weeks. In addition I haven’t really made any friends or memorable experiences from my four years here and have been really struggling with loneliness. So I really feel like I got nothing out of this experience. My GPA is gonna be somewhere in the 3.6-3.7 range but I feel like that means nothing without a job or friends to show for it.

Tommorow is my first year final exam and I haven't studied a single bit for it. In first semester, I was spending too much time on smartphone. Sometimes, skipping even college and using smartphone all day. Due to this, my performance was bad in exam After first semester exam, during vacation at my hometown, I changed my routine, I deleted apps, set restrictions on smartphone, started reading books, completely stopped masturbating, was eating healthy. It was refreshing. I never had so much free time to do stuff. I felt like I could do anything. 20 days later, I returned to my apartment and rebound hit. For entire second semester, I didn't go to college. I was cooped up in my apartment, reading web novels all day long and eating takeaway food. Jerking off 2-3 times a day. I am using smartphone 15-16 hrs a day. My social skills degraded. I just don't know how to overcome it. I thought my going to therapist but I can't afford it. After this exam, I will be free for 1 month so I am hoping to try once more to change myself. I would appreciate any advice on what to do and what not to do.

Hey, here's a little about me before anything - I live in CET Timezone. I work 7 days a week albeit on my own schedule but irl takes priority, I'll communicate it if I have to be away. I've nearly 8 years of experience across various platforms and games. I normally write multi para (discord limit more or less). I'm a HUGE fan of world building especially with reference images. And I do enjoy good OOC banter once in awhile.
Onto business - I'm currently looking for a long term rp partner, someone I can build a world with from scratch preferably in a fantasy medieval setting (settings like GoT, Witcher, World of Warcraft, LoTR etc) with different cities, towns, fantasy races, creatures, perhaps even our own deities to even much grander scales. I'm looking to write a story, not a one time scene. Themes I'm expecting to be involved can range from very light hearted SOL to potentially dark, so we'll tread with what we both are comfortable with. In terms of what kind of plot I'm looking for, I'd love to discuss this with you when we get to talking, something we both agree, but to help out with that, here are some ideas that could get our brain juices flowing:
Revenge arc
Insurrection / Rebellion
Zero to Hero
Enemies to lovers
Forbidden Fruit
Rise and fall
Enemies to lovers
I'm very very open to discussion, feel free to come with ideas anytime.
I'm very willing to play multiple characters like npc's and such alongside my OC(s), while I would prefer if you could do that, it's not a requirement. I also write in 3rd person (and you have to too). I'm 22 years old and I'd prefer to rp with someone around my age, 18+ only.
That's kind of that for now I guess? Thanks for reading through, I'd love to get in touch with you if this piques your interest. Send me a DM with a short intro about yourself and your favorite snack so I know you've read everything, see you there!

I have a 14 year old sister who has some free time like most young teenagers do. Is there a skill she can learn that is widely transferable to many disciplines/sectors so she is in the best possession for future success.
I was thinking something like learning code but that opens another set of questions like what type: front end, back end, data analysis etc.
Or even another language but school’s pretty much got that anyways. Maybe learning to trade and how markets work?
But yh any skill that is desirable/transferable or will put her in a position to work for herself or on a business.
I’ve got a lot of regrets on stuff I didn’t learn when I was younger just dont want her to have that same regret so any advice will be helpful. Thanks.

TLDR: I'm scheduled for an interview tomorrow and over the weekend I got an automated email saying I was no longer being considered but HR's Teams interview invite is still active. What should I do?
So I worked for this large industrial construction company from 2016-2020, the current phase ended and future phases were out on hold due to economic volatility (as were most other capital projects, so this company was short on jobs altogether). I performed the duties of Emergency Response Coordinator on one shift and assisted with general safety and IH tasks as a collateral duty. My position and my shift counterpart were snuck into the ESH budget by keeping us listed as Craft workers (as opposed to non-manual/ professionals) and while it was a bit sketchy at first, I was fine with compensation and was getting experience. We separated on good terms, I received a ROF with full severance Nov 2020. Throughout the next couple years I worked several part time jobs in the ESH field and relocated 5 hours away to an area with more work. Now that same company is hiring a non-manual/professional ESH Specialist. I applied Apr 24, and was contacted by HR on Thursday May 25 to schedule a Teams Interview with the hiring (construction site) manager and his deputy, HR proposed May 30 which fit my schedule so I accepted the interview (which should be tomorrow). Then Saturday May 27 at 3am I got an automated email telling me "the requisition noted above has been closed and you are no longer being considered for the role at this time." Of course being a holiday weekend there's no one in the office to reach out to about this.
Question: Has anyone managed a hiring program where something like this has happened, and should I try to reach out to the HR contact prior to the interview to see what's up and possibly not waste my or the hiring manager's time, or just attend the interview?

About 2 weeks ago my wife got an IUD put in. The day after, she started having neck pains and headaches, along with some vomitting and nausea. OB said the IUD is unrelated. Nausea and vomiting stopped after a few days, but neck and head pain persisted. It got to the point last Friday that she needed something to help the pain, so she went to the Chiropractor. Chiropractor did not do any investigation or X-rays, just went to adjusting her neck (hard twisting). Immediately after she said the room started spinning and asked him to call 911 because she felt something was not right, then call her husband(me). Chiropractor called me at work and said my wife was showing signs of a stroke so I hurried there. When I got there EMS was looking at her while waiting for the stretcher. She said she could not see, her speech was severely slurred, and the right side of her face was drooping. They took her to the ER. She vomited quite a bit on the way there they said. By time she got there her symptoms thankfully mostly resolved on their own. We spent two nights, one in ER because they had no rooms available and one in the neurological unit. Long story short the Dr's said she had a pseudo aneurysm due to a minor dissection of an artery from the Chiropractor. She is currently on some restrictions for the next several weeks and we will be adjusting our schedules, including my work schedule to some extent to work around this. She is also already having anxiety and panic attacks because of what happened. Our two year old was with her when this happened, but thankfully he was oblivious to what was going on.
An ambulance ride and two overnights in a hospital are not cheap. Chiropractor tried calling myself and my mother in law since the incident, but we have not answered. She is calling her OB tomorrow to get the IUD removed. We will be looking into layers tomorrow, but would welcome any input into this situation.

This could just be my OCD talking, but anything with a “teen” at the end of the number does not feel grown to me. I would think the age of consent for so many delicate issues shouldn’t be rendered to teen years. This is most particular to matters of permanence.
For example, so many states in the US have different ages of consent for different situations (17, 16, 15) and it feels arbitrary. If we are going the arbitrary route anyway, why not have a evenly round number that can accurately reflect someone who has truly experienced a good chuck of life?
Two decades seems fair to me.
Think of military service, getting elective surgery, driving a car, voting, consenting to sex, drinking and smoking, vaping. For anything that requires you to be a certain age, I would want to be consistent.
The science I grew up on tells us that most brains complete their development of core functions at the age of 21, and that’s on an average. 20 is close enough to that and better reflects true experience than any point in your teen years.
In my experience, anytime I hear “I’m 18/19, I’m all grown!” feels weird. I hear that number and immediately think “still a teenager.”
Does 20 sound better, or no?

I have a year experience as level 1 help desk at an MSP.
I interviewed for a desktop support position and was hired. The person interviewing me did not ask any technical questions at all.
I am replacing the last guy who worked this position and I would be the only “IT guy” on staff. It seems like they have one guy doing everything for the company. They have a server room and I’m scared to even go near it as I have no experience.
I can troubleshoot hardware and software issues. I have basic experience creating and managing users, groups, permissions on AD. Basic experience managing email accounts on Microsoft 365. I have never deployed a workstation as that wasn’t part of my job at the last place.
What should my biggest fears be, so I know what to start teaching myself?

\-FBI involvement? 

My father passed away on January 31, 2023. He was my hero most of my life.
I have dyslexia, sorry about spelling and punctuation
The last few years have been ruff, for his and my relationship. Long story about family problems and him being headstrong. We didn't talk as much as I would have liked but, we still loved one another. The distance between usof more then 2,000 miles didn't help. This ment we didn't see one another a much.
I know grief is not a strait line. It just hit so hard today. Like, I really know he is gone. It's not just he is traveling, like he did so much in my life. He is not just angry about something, choosing not to talk with me for a day or two. Just gone...
I was brought up in a very strict, religious home. My siblings and I are very close, and where very sheltered growing up. The fact that he passed from a recreational drug overdose, just rips my foundation of his identity for me. How did I not know?
I didn't get to see him in December for his birthday. I had flown home to see my Mom and Dad (they are divorced). I finished a degree and got my dream job. I had known it would be sometime before I was back home. He refused to see me saying he had a migraine. I now know that was false. I have guilt around not pushing.
I have put together his funeral in Feb. I cleaned his house to be rented more then a month ago. Seeing the needles and way his home was at the end... I will never forget.
For some reason, Today.. I realized he was gone. It's tearing me apart. I miss him. Today, seems harder then another and If you asked me why, I couldn't tell you.
So I lay here in bed crying.

Tommorow is my first year final exam and I haven't studied a single bit for it. In first semester, I was spending too much time on smartphone. Sometimes, skipping even college and using smartphone all day. Due to this, my performance was bad in exam After first semester exam, during vacation at my hometown, I changed my routine, I deleted apps, set restrictions on smartphone, started reading books, completely stopped masturbating, was eating healthy. It was refreshing. I never had so much free time to do stuff. I felt like I could do anything. 20 days later, I returned to my apartment and rebound hit. For entire second semester, I didn't go to college. I was cooped up in my apartment, reading web novels all day long and eating takeaway food. Jerking off 2-3 times a day. I am using smartphone 15-16 hrs a day. My social skills degraded. I just don't know how to overcome it. I thought my going to therapist but I can't afford it. After this exam, I will be free for 1 month so I am hoping to try once more to change myself. I would appreciate any advice on what to do and what not to do.

54 female, 330#, 5'10" white, Canada non smoking, occasional drink, would love to start CBD dummies again for sleep if I know it's not going to mess with my heart :) No other drug use. Heart health concerns
I have a desk job, not super active due to spinal stenosis, overweight and almost pre-diabetic (was PD, now controlled). Controlled asthma (maybe one flare up a year), food allergies, environmental allergies, medicine allergies, chronic hives. Thyroid levels have been well controlled for years. Chronically low on Vit D even when I used to work outside. Current meds Levothyroxine 88 mcg daily Amlodipine 5 mg daily Candesartan 4 mg daily Bisprolol 2.5 mg daily Vit D 2000 iu daily Vit B12 1200 mcg daily Zomig when needed (migraines) Blexten when needed (allergies)
Ok here's the details: Late last year I had two episodes where I had stabbing pain in my left upper quadrant - my shoulder, my chest, kind of behind my ribs, and since then I have had some intermittent shouldearm/finger tingling on the left side. I still sometimes have a pain in my chest, but it's just a dull ache. It feels almost 'heavy' somehow, not actually painful - just uncomfortable/unfamiliar. (I tend to completely spiral and hyperfocus on things (in a negative way, with much anxiety) so I immediately went to the doctor.). Bloodwork was all fine except for low B12 and very very low Vitamin D. They did chest xrays which were clear and a full abdominal ultrasound which showed nothing. She did notice I have always had a bit higher than normal blood pressure so she started me on 5mg Amlodipine. My primary doc then referred me to a cardiologist for a stress test. In Jan I did a treadmill test but could not keep my heart rate up as long as they needed to due to an old ankle injury and the incline on the treadmill. They just said it was 'not enough information to diagnose'. Then I had a nuclear stress test and that showed a small percentage of my heart 'does not work properly' (less than 5%). Cardio doc referred me for a CT scan but it's not until Sept. Cardiologist started me on the following meds (in addition to the amlodipine) Asprin 81 mg daily Atorvastatin 40 mg daily Bisprolol 5 mg daily Ramipril 5 mg daily I started Atorvastatin and Ramipril on the same day and had an allergic reaction to one of the meds then had to wait for my system to calm down to try both again, one at a time. (I have severe food allergies and chronic idiopathic urticaria, so it set me off for a couple weeks). Ramipril was fine but Atorvastatin caused a reaction so we stopped that. By March I was on Asprin 81 mg daily Bisprolol 5 mg daily Ramipril 5 mg daily Had an anaphylactic episode on April 8 to (probably) food and ended up in the hospital on a Saturday night. They monitored my heart rate and bp there and they said nothing about my heart rate or my blood pressure (it seemed to be what they expect for the medical issue I was experiencing). The monday after the episode I was unable to regulate my heart rate or my blood pressure (both were high) so I went back to emerg. The doc said sometimes that happens, plus with my anxiety he was not surprised. Had the heart wires (ecg?) and blood pressure cuff on the whole time, said BP was high but not out of range for what he would expect. He gave me a few ativan and told me to just give myself a few days to even out again. I relayed the episode to my cardiologist and the next week she changed my meds to: Amlodipine 5 mg (no change from before) Candesartan 4 mg (new med) And instructed me to stop taking the bisprolol, the ramipril and the aspirin. One week after the med change I noticed my heart rate had gone from an approx 74-77 rhr to 85-89, and I wasn't sure why. Cardiologist said the bisprolol was the one that reduced my HR so it's fine to see an increase, and I need not be worried unless it's hitting 100 or higher with regularity. Had a follow up with my regular doc for a shingles vax two weeks ago, mentioned that my anxiety was a little worse than the past month or so, she advised it's likely because the bisprolol was a 'beta blocker' and was helping to keep me in a calmer state. I am super hesitant to try yet another new pill I could be allergic to (for anxiety meds) so she put me back on bisprolol, but at half the dose. So 2.5 mg. I have a blood pressure machine at home and am trying to do more regular readings. I have had a notification for an irregular heartbeat twice now, once on Saturday and once today. So now I am completely spiralling again and sort of need to know what is normal and 'acceptable' or when I need to be concerned. Full disclosure, my anxiety is VERY high when I don't have all the information. I have been trying to learn as much as I can so that I don't keep ramping myself up with worry. I know that the irregular heartbeat could be just because I moved or because it's just a consumer machine from costco. But then, I'll get the tiniest little flutter or weird feeling and will be crazy obsessed with watching my heart rate on my fitbit (or even wearing my pulse oximeter for hours). I know things fluctuate, etc., but I am waaaay high up on this here ledge of anxiety, which does not help my damn heart. Thank you for your time.

Hey, here's a little about me before anything - I live in CET Timezone. I work 7 days a week albeit on my own schedule but irl takes priority, I'll communicate it if I have to be away. I've nearly 8 years of experience across various platforms and games. I normally write multi para (discord limit more or less). I'm a HUGE fan of world building especially with reference images. And I do enjoy good OOC banter once in awhile.
Onto business - I'm currently looking for a long term rp partner, someone I can build a world with from scratch preferably in a fantasy medieval setting (settings like GoT, Witcher, World of Warcraft, LoTR etc) with different cities, towns, fantasy races, creatures, perhaps even our own deities to even much grander scales. I'm looking to write a story, not a one time scene. Themes I'm expecting to be involved can range from very light hearted SOL to potentially dark, so we'll tread with what we both are comfortable with. In terms of what kind of plot I'm looking for, I'd love to discuss this with you when we get to talking, something we both agree, but to help out with that, here are some ideas that could get our brain juices flowing:
Revenge arc
Insurrection / Rebellion
Zero to Hero
Enemies to lovers
Forbidden Fruit
Rise and fall
Enemies to lovers
I'm very very open to discussion, feel free to come with ideas anytime.
I'm very willing to play multiple characters like npc's and such alongside my OC(s), while I would prefer if you could do that, it's not a requirement. I also write in 3rd person (and you have to too). I'm 22 years old and I'd prefer to rp with someone around my age, 18+ only.
That's kind of that for now I guess? Thanks for reading through, I'd love to get in touch with you if this piques your interest. Send me a DM with a short intro about yourself and your favorite snack so I know you've read everything, see you there!

For context, I am a 36-year-old single female. I share many of the same stories as you all. I should have left 20 years ago (I actually did leave 2 or 3 times, but I always ended up coming back).
I promised myself I would leave by the end of the year. The problem is, I don’t know how. I want to move out-of-state, but I don’t know where to go. I don’t have any friends and I don’t know anyone in any other states. I’m having to do this all on my own which really scares me. I have enough money to move and pay first months rent, but that’s it.
I’m worried that when it comes time to leave, I will chicken out and not do it because my mom literally raised me to believe that I can’t live without her. She has convinced me I will fail no matter what and come crawling back. Let me make this clear: once I leave, GOING BACK IS NO LONGER AN OPTION!!
I realize she has a lot of power and control over me and I hate that. I want so badly to break free. I don’t know how to do this.

I just want a general consensus on how long parents had their kids stay sleeping in their cribs. My almost 3.5 year old still sleeps in her crib and doesn’t whine or complain or try to escape it at all, but everyone I know with kids in similar age already moved into toddler beds or full beds. Is there really any big benefit to moving to a bed? (Obviously I know for when they’re potty trained through the night but we aren’t close to that point yet) What’s the longest you’ve kept your kids in their cribs? TIA 🙂

1 bedroom available in a 2 bed/2 bath apartment starting 6/15 for $1100 a month plus wifi and utilities (utilities and wifi usually come out to about $150 a month).
My current roommate is moving into her own place so I’m looking for a new roommate to renew my lease with! The apartment is 1000 sq ft and you’d have your own bedroom and bathroom. The lease is for 12 months and I have two cats so you’d have to be pet friendly (they stay primarily in my room).
The apartment has central aiheat and an in unit washer and dryer. The apartment building is a block from the Crystal City metro and has a pool, gym, and parking garage. Grocery stores, restaurants, shops, and the metro are all within walking distance!
A bit about me! Im a 25 year old training analyst primarily working from home. I love music, reading, gaming, traveling, and animals! I graduated from Catholic University in 2020 so I’ve been in the DC area for about 7 years now.
If you have any questions or are interested in the room, feel free to send me a dm!

I’m about to graduate with my bachelors in economics, but it really doesn’t feel like an accomplishment. The biggest reason why is because I don’t have a job right now. I’ve applied to some places, but it is such a scary thing and a mental block for me to where I can only muster up the strength to apply to 1 every like two weeks. In addition I haven’t really made any friends or memorable experiences from my four years here and have been really struggling with loneliness. So I really feel like I got nothing out of this experience. My GPA is gonna be somewhere in the 3.6-3.7 range but I feel like that means nothing without a job or friends to show for it.

Hey guys. I’m glad a community for this exists. My experience has been so traumatizing that I'm becoming abstinent. I will climax only once every 3 months or greater. I have experienced these symptoms both alone and with a partner I was dating. I have found that these symptoms are eased if I eat lots of protein and exercise heavily throughout the entire duration. For those who may be going through the same experience, I’d like to share some more information to see if there’s any overlaps.
Me:
I’m male, ~26 years old, 160lbs, diagnosed ADD/ADHD, diagnosed mild OCD, and have struggled with depression. I have noticed the POIS-like symptoms since I was 15, though could have unknowingly been experiencing them from an earlier age.
My Timeline of POIS-like symptoms:
Day of event/climax

• For the first few years, I would experience nothing out of the ordinary.
• Today, I get anxious knowing what inevitably lies in the days ahead.

Day 1 afterward

• Alertness severely impacted
• Dexterity severely impacted
• Confidence begins to drain
• Motivation drains
• Overthinking mixed with brain fog, and cold-like symptoms appear

Day 2 afterward

• All symptoms of day 1, plus a few extra fun things.
  • Extreme emotional reactions. Crying is expected.
  • Highly sensitive to pain and cold temperatures.
  • Extreme overthinking. I will want second opinions about everything I do.
  • I begin to criticize myself heavily. I will attempt to change my wardrobe, do a full clean shave, get a haircut, and look up motivational videos for weight loss.
  • Extreme focus. I have never been much of a reader, however during Day 2 I can read at least 100-200 pages of a novel uninterrupted. I tend to go down internet rabbit-holes for hours on end.
  • Very impulsive. Zero patience.
  • Monotony. No matter where I am or who I’m with, I carry this very emotionless look. I can’t help it. Even though I’m on-edge and internally very insecure about what’s happening, my face stays stone cold, and even my tone stays neutral. I think very critically during this time but I hate it.
  • I feel like on this day, I’m prone to things going horribly because I’m simply not on my game. The only times I’ve ever come close to accidentally crashing my car were on this day.
  • I do NOT plan any social activities whatsoever on this day. I will say something or do something socially unacceptable and will make a fool of myself. Or, I am simply unreliable; my impatience makes things worse.

Day 3 afterward

• Symptoms begin to subside.
• By mid-day, I’m practically cured.
  • Confidence rapidly comes back
  • Dexterity rapidly comes back
  • Able to talk with friends as though I didn’t just endure a 72-hour hell

The cycle is notably worse if I climax more than once in a day. The cycle restarts from Day 1 if I climax again during any point in the cycle.
I feel it necessary to make this point clear: I structure my entire life around my observed three-day cycle. It is an unending hell, and I am open to any neuroscience researcher using me or my experience as a case study. Thanks for reading.