Apytele

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[–] Apytele 1 points 31 minutes ago* (last edited 30 minutes ago) (1 children)
[–] Apytele 5 points 4 hours ago

Maybe you shouldn't have neglected me, slut shamed me, and let my cousins make me strip for all of them at once at 4 years old? (Not you you, OP)

[–] Apytele 49 points 14 hours ago

Having talked to coworkers who worked nursing homes, some places were lucky to have those.

[–] Apytele 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I've been told I'm annoying and need to shut up as long as I can remember. Probably since I started talking.

[–] Apytele 19 points 1 day ago

Was about to ask for a different state lol

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[–] Apytele 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

50 melons for grade school math problem

Actually I think I'm gonna start with:

"(10x-0.5)/2 snickers bars, where x is how much of my snickers you ate, you asshole."

[–] Apytele 24 points 1 day ago

As an aside, do not use Vaseline with condoms. In addition to it not being body safe for internal use, some condoms are still latex and vaseline will dissolve them. Most condoms these days are nitrile, but again see above re: internal insertion safety.

[–] Apytele 6 points 1 day ago

About as well as I suspected. Slow but going.

 

Haven't been working at it as hard as I should've. She's taking treats now though!

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[–] Apytele 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Go chug some simple syrup straight and get back to me on that one, LOL. It's not bad to put a smear on your cheek or tongue or to sip on I guess but to drink the amount you would need to for a gtt is... a LOT.

[–] Apytele 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

My first comment was going to be that "symptomatically treating" is a thing as in, it doesn't directly shrink, damage, or otherwise affect the tumor in any way, it just reduces the amount that the tumor affects the person's mood and cognition. Kinda like cold medicine doesn't actually do anything to the viruses, it just unclogs your sinuses and stops your nose from itching and running which makes you more comfortable and helps you rest better which can kind of indirectly help the rest of your immune system handle things.

But more directly in response to this comment, there is good odds they'll create a specific formulation that's officially approved for the treatment of brain tumors. A great example of a medication that this currently applies to is Zyban, which is one of two Brands of the generic drug bupropion, the another common one being Wellbutrin. Zyban is specifically approved for the treatment of nicotine addiction, while wellbutrin is only prescribed "off label" for that specific purpose which means the doctor is giving it out of their own judgement (because they're literally the exact same chemical: bupropion).

Now, there are some ways that different brands might actually be better or worse for certain things for instance the specific dosage could be different in a way that would be harder to achieve otherwise; it's easier to tell a patient to take 1 tablet daily or twice a day than having to explain to them how to cut the tablet then take 1.5, or to measure out a syrup. More importantly though, the same drug can be given in forms that effect how quickly they're released into the body, think advil quick release vs motrin, which are both ibuprofen. With psychiatric drugs like bupropion (which is also given for depression and ADHD) you more often see extended release, so that the effects are more long-lasting throughout the day.

All that said, while I couldn't find a side-by-side dose comparison, that's the lesser difference considering effective dosage is going to be a more variable efficacy factor between individual patients. Both come in extended release formulations meaning Zyban has no real reason to be around twice as expensive as Wellbutrin.

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One of my favorites is:

"Never lie, never tell the whole truth, and never pass up a chance to use a real bathroom."

 
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"Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened." - Dwight D. Eisenhower 1945

The image is a black and white photo of a large pile of human skulls and bones in front of a barbed-wire fence.

 
 

Most of my negative self talk is self-injurious in nature so I won't trouble you further with the exact content, but I've had difficulty finding a good substitute because I have a pretty strong aversion to the more flowery language a lot of positive self-affirmations use, but I still wanted something that rolled off the tongue as well as poetry so it sticks in my head better.

I really like common meter (think "because I could not stop for death") and it turns out you can easily get it out of chat gpt by asking for 14-syllable couplets in iambic pentameter with natural word order, then splitting the lines at the 8-syllable mark and mixing and matching as-needed with a little supplementary help from a thesaurus. I asked for a few different versions and after some mixing and matching I got to:

"You make mistakes but take a breath
and let your torment go.
Forgive yourself for stuff you did,
and things you didn't know."

...so I'm gonna give myself a good ol' cognitive-behavioral thought restructuring and try to at least repeat it after each self-abusive thought, then hopefully be able to replace them entirely. I'll let you all know how it goes, but I wanted to share in case any of you wanted to try it with me!

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i could post all of her vids i love her so much

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...ideally one that was both genuine and that you had the confidence and self awareness to interpret as kind. And for bonus points, what's one you've given?

I'm thinking back to the guy in group therapy years ago who told me he always thought of people who swore as not knowing any better words, but that I obviously knew better words and just also swore and even used them artistically and that's just really stuck with me. Sometimes I wonder how much of my self esteem has suffered not just because I've been told not to brag, but also because I'm extremely weird so the compliments I do receive often reflect that.

My bonus one (and I'm not sure how well he was able to take it) was that one of my fellow psych nurses was frequently and obviously terrified any time shit hit the fan, but that somehow still he'd never once failed to have my back. He'd be stuttering the whole way through an incident but I'd walk out of the med room with both halves of a B52 and he'd take one of the syringes without a second thought. He was literally the epitome of "courage isn't not being scared, it's being willing to face it." I should find a nice presentation of that quote somewhere to send him because I'm not sure I phrased it well at the time.

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