That an alarm tone is sampled in Cassie's Me & U?

Before, all I had to do was avert my eyes. Now, I have to point my nose at the object I wish to see, and move my chin up and down. It's exhausting!!!

I don't know what it is about having a smartphone, but I've noticed that whenever I leave the display on, I get no emails, no app pings, no update alerts, text messages...nothing.

The minute I turn the display off, or the phone automatically locks and switches the display off, I'm up to my neck in emails, text messages, app pings, update requests, FB messenger messages...

I turn the screen on, wipe them all, and turn the screen off. Then it starts again, within no more than 2 minutes, messages, emails, etc...

Lather, rinse and repeat. Is it just me?

I feel a sudden sensation of nausea and within 15 seconds or so I will sneeze one or two times. Every person I have shared this with has said they have never heard of such a thing so I'm asking here.

I've been finding old PC games - Chex Quest was the most recent one - that I remember playing as a kid in the 90s. Some were pretty crappy but damn, I spent SO much time on them. Finding them free online has been a trip.

I always apologize whenever someone tries to get confrontational with me even if I believe im 100% right to avoid an argument. I just hate confrontations so much and I think it’s because as a kid I was abused a lot and had a horrible childhood with parents who constantly fought and argued. When someone tries to argue, I get scared, my body feels like it’s shutting down and I just want to avoid an argument at all costs.

Idc if I believe I’m 100% in the right I’ll just say I’m in the wrong and apologize. I feel like a failure as an adult but I also don’t want to argue with people, especially those I love. For example: I could tell a coworker that the sky was blue and they could go “no the sky is red” and if they sound like they’re ready to argue and get mad or upset with me over it then I’ll just go “yeah, my mistake the sky is red. I get what you’re saying, I’m so sorry” and I’ll keep apologizing profusely until they aren’t mad anymore or until the situation is diffused.

There are obvious exceptions for strangers, like I’m probably not going to let a stranger argue with me and there’s certain lines I won’t let people cross but for the most part I just apologize and say the other person is right to avoid confrontations.

Okay so hard to explain in the title, but does anyone else, when you brush your teeth and you’ve got the toothpaste on the brush bristles, do y’all push the toothpaste into the bristles or no? Because I feel like I’m the only one that does that. Hate the feeling of a full glob of toothpaste in my mouth, so I push the paste into the bristles to mask it.

I literally thought this woman was like in the 45-50ish range until today.. I was talking to someone and we were wondering about her age.. SHE's 60?! What?

I know someone who ALWAYS states things as factual, double & triples down on it, when I look it up it'll be completely false.

On overcast days I get no motivation. I'm essentially depressed. I can't focus and my energy to do anything it quite non existent. But if I get any sunlight on my skin and eyes(thank you huberman)

The amount of energy and motivation that washes over me is profound and very noticeable. This shit has changed my life as much as meditation did.

But yeah I'm more so talking about the sheer difference between getting sunlight and getting no sunlight.

Rainy and overcast days are very very depressing.

They suck so hard. I genuinely don't get what is appealing about their music. The vocals are so irritating. The music itself is plain, boring, kinda cheesy. Their overplayed music like "Sweet Child O Mine", "November Rain", "Paradise City", and a few others are the WORST. It is atrocious music that genuinely makes me feel violent. If I was having a bad enough day, GnR would be enough to push me to the edge and commit unspeakable acts. Just horrible, shitty band.

Ever since I was 4 or 5, my teeth can imitate drum sounds (kick, snare, hat, toms, etc.) and when I hum a song's melody in my head, my teeth provide the drum beat.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been thinking a lot about how communication works in the digital age, especially with messaging apps. I’ve always turned off my "last seen" and double tick features because, honestly, they just create anxiety for me. When someone leaves me on read, I tend to spiral and think that they hate me or that I’ve upset them in some way. It can really mess with my mind.

By not seeing whether someone has read my message, I feel more at ease and can avoid overthinking every interaction. It allows me to focus on what really matters without the added pressure of wondering why someone isn’t responding.

Is anyone else doing the same, or do you find that having those features on helps you in some way? How do you deal with ghosting and the stress it creates in modern communication? Would love to hear your thoughts!

So, I talk to myself a lot. From a young age, I was very lonely, so I'd talk to myself. My mom would always ask "Who are you talking to?" and that made me feel anxious a bit because I don't want anyone thinking I have schizophrenia. But I know for certain I was talking to myself. My thoughts become spoken words sometimes without me realizing. I kind of see it as speaking all my thoughts out loud because doing things (like showering and stuff) in silence is kind of weird. I ask because today I was just muttering to myself about my thoughts on some social issue and my mom caught me and kind of looked at me. I immediately felt uncomfy because I don't want anyone getting the wrong idea. To be fair, when I talk to myself, I have a lot of emotion in my voice and do facial expressions as if I were actually talking to someone, but I'm completely aware I'm just talking into the air. I'm stuck in my head a lot.

It gets to a point where I say "I'm talking to myself." every time I talk out loud in case someone does hear me.

I still try to be in my best physical shape, i focus on healthy eating and keeping good hygeine and dress clean cut, but i dont care that im not conventionally attractive anymore. I used to try to be good looking and would try to convince myself im no worse than the standard of beauty but ive gotten over it. Ive accepted i will never be it. I have brown skin, coily hair, brown eyes, no special hourglass figure just slim, and my face is nothing special. I will never be anyone's first preference physically, i will never be the person who gets a double look, i will never be scouted to be a model. Im just like any other person no mater how much i focus on my health, skincare, wearing what flattering for my skintone or body shape, etc.

I hate compliments because i know its just people trying to be friendly, not because they think im beautiful. Actual beautiful women will get told by men and women. And the comments are more genuine, like when a women actually finds another woman beautifu, they make jealous remarks such as "shes not THAT pretty" or pointing out flaws on her because you she already has so much going for her. Or sometimes they will actually mean it and the comments will be flooded with how beautiful they are, even if what they posted has nothing to do with their looks. Average or below average women get complimented by women only, and only to help them feel better. Men never say something nice about women who are in that category, so thats how you know you arent pretty. And please dont start the "you cant care what other people think" or "so you think men's opinion of beauty only matters?" or "everyone is beautiful in their own way". Be for real. You all know what i mean. Has anyone else just stopped caring about trying to feel beautiful, but at least just trying to be healthy?

I'm not saying I have synesthesia for a few reasons.

1.) I only have these connections with a few things.

2.) Some of my connections actually make sense; albeit oddly. Like the words share similar mouth sounds. For example: The name "Michael" is tangy to me because my brain makes me think of pickles and the taste of pickles are tangy and briny.

Other examples of how my brain works:

• Triangles are yellow. Tell me to imagine a triangle and it'll be yellow.
• Odd numbers are cool toned, but even numbers are warm toned.
• Odd numbers also all feel like they belong to the left direction. and even numbers feel like they belong to the right direction.

So it'd be like this: imgur

• The word "zoo" is very reminiscent of chicken soup, specifically Campbell's chicken noodle soup in the can.

Is this a mild form of synesthesia? Is it my ADHD? 🤷‍♂️ I don't know, but I don't really care at the end of the day. Does anyone else experience it? If so, what does your brain associate?

(Edit: I misspelled Campbell's. 🤦‍♂️)

Men and women both think this.

From an early age it was clear that my mom was the smart competent one. My Dad was a good guy and managed to get by, if a bit bumbling. My mom was exceptional. I’m an old white guy, grew up in middle class suburbia and there were examples all around us of smart and not so smart men and women.

Maybe it’s mostly just the fundies, that I understand. Those folks are all kinds of crazy.

Oh yeah, and the wannabe Alpha males, and hard right folks.

Edit: I did not mean physical strength or the competencies that go along with that.

And no, I’m no bot. I was just thinking about my folks today.

Thanskgiving, Christmas, Halloween, Valentines day, independence day, etc? I feel like its all so pointless. Its all part of capitalist ploys now. No meaning anymore. Climate change has gotten worse, we dont even get snow anymore where i live, havent gotten any real winters since 2009. There are days where it snows and then it goes away. Now it just rains. I cant ever feel happy for the holidays seeing there is no snow and that we have nearly 70 degree F weather in novemember (indiana). I cant get excited for it knowing how tragic the earth is getting. Plus i dont get along with my family and have no one special. My husband is all i have and he doesnt get along that well with his fam either. And like i said im tired of the holidaya feeling more of a consumerist/marketing/materialist thing rather than a community thing. Neighebors dont know each other, neighborhoods are just cubicles in the forms of houses, and cities are crime ridden and peoplehave no more shared culture. I rememeber people saying they get offended when u say "merry christmas" because they dont celebrate it. Its crazy. I dont celebrate halloween but people for some reason people feel okay with telling me "happy halloween".

Does anyone else feel like no one can really have a conversation anymore or even do anything that requires an attention span? I struggle to find anyone who has even a little bit of an attention span or gets intrigued by anything. I notice people these days just kind of say yes or no about something or agree with something but never have much to say about anything. They barely find anything funny or can’t even watch a movie without pulling out their phones or talk to you without doing so either. I wonder what life they even lived to not have much to say about anything 😂. It’s hard to find someone who’s even passionate about something.

The only friends I have are the very few people I found who actually seem like they have a soul lol. My friends say they have struggled to find people they can even interact with too since they are really talkers, and most people out there only know how to send you a picture of their forehead on Snapchat 😂. I’m a girl and for me, it’s even harder to make other female friends because it seems like more girls than guys are on the side of being soulless and attention span-less. I’m not even saying this to be like “I’m not like other girls and only hang out with guys because they’re cooler” or some shit. It’s just something I’ve actually noticed. I wish I could find a female friend who I clique with, but honestly, I’ve never met another girl who talks like me or one that could even match up to anything close to the way my male friends hold a conversation. Idk about that either, but it’s also a struggle.

i've had this for a few years now, and it's only worsened as i've gotten older. i have this near constant need to apply pressure to my nails and i don't know why. this applies to both fingernails and toenails, although it used to be specific to fingernails.

if i don't do it, it causes a weirdly intense physical discomfort, and when it gets particularly bad, it stops me from sleeping at night (like right now, it's 6:26am and i'm absolutely exhausted).

it's kind of embarrassing, but sometimes it gets so persistent and so intense that i start to cry out of sheer frustration. i have tried time and time again to explain it, but nobody really seems to understand it.

does anyone else have this? does anyone know what it is? i've tried looking it up but i've yet to find any actual answers or solutions

21F. For most of my life I was very quiet, polite, nonconfrontational, complacent. I was terrified of arguments or the idea of being disliked. This led to me being hurt / emotionally exploited / overall pushed around.

Long story short this past year I grew sick of that, worked extra hard at my counseling sessions, and pushed myself to live by the mentality: I have worth. I'm going be direct with my thoughts and I won't budge, unless I have a really good reason to. If others dislike me, then so be it.

Life's good. I have great friends, a healthy work environment, and I take decent care of myself. Someone I've known for a long time actually commented that I seemed happier and more confident.

One side effect, though: since I'm not as afraid to speak up, I've become less filtered. This is new to me. Today someone said something I was very upset by. I snapped at them and chewed them out. I put no effort into being polite. That has never happened before. All my life, I wished I was brave enough to be rude. Today, I was rude. I'm strangely proud of myself.

I do this so much and it doesn’t really matter what I’m doing. I could be in the middle of jamming out to a great song in the car and I’ll remember something cringy I said to somebody like 9 years ago. Sometimes I’ll even audibly say something like “fuck” because I’m re-cringing at myself. I also find that I remember a lot of useless/small things in general that happened in my life. I don’t know why but my memory just reminds me of the dumbest shit to the point where if I do bring it up then people often say “how do you even remember that?” I quickly overcome it but it’s still annoying lol. Is this some form of anxiety or something?

Edit: man I butchered the title lmao

Ok this is a weird one. Or maybe not. DAE always surprises me. Sometimes when I’m talking to someone, stranger or familiar friend, pleasant conversation or difficult one, I’ll suddenly think about the fact that I am talking to an entirely distinct and separate being who is not me and who has a vast inner world and is thinking and seeing and feeling things unknowable by me. And sometimes it brings about brief moments of almost terror, like this person is suddenly a completely alien life form and maybe they’re even perceiving me in the exact same way. It doesn’t last long, and it rarely happens more than once during an interaction, but it’s just entirely unsettling.

So…DAE? I hope? Ha

There just seems to be this corny way where every actor fits a stereotype and almost no protagonist in any show can do anything wrong. And when it builds to a big moment they all have such generic one-liners. Maybe it's Marvel influencing everything? What do you think?

It just feels so extra and middle-school braggy (even though it technically is the new pro version, I just say the number it is)