Pretty good. Work is a bit much but I started dating again and met a really nice guy.
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I was not orphaned but was homeless at 18 due to escaping an abusive environment. I've gone through my adult life with no safety blanket and it has profoundly impacted my anxiety and need for control. I've managed to build a great life and I'm very successful on paper, but people don't see the backup plans upon backup plans that I have in-place to have some sort of feeling of safety.
I've also found it very hard to relate to people my age because they usually have some sort of relationship with their family and often times move back in with parents when shit hits the fan.
I also still feel very unloveable by everyone around me and I'm suspicious whenever someone shows affection, because it feels like a trick - or even if it does feel legitimate, I know that they'll hurt me eventually. That's been a big topic in therapy recently.
Absolutely brutal day at work today. Stopping to grab a slice of cake as a treat instead of a 6 pack of beer. Four months sober as of last Friday!
In 2026, Xbox users who wish to use voice or text communication with those outside of their friends list to verify their age.
The silver lining is that we'll no longer have to hear little kids screaming into their mics in online games.
Risk is free but you only get one game per day. It's only around $5 if you want to purchase unlimited games, and I found that to be more than fair
Well shit.
Oh damn. Is there a theme of sexualization in the series or is it pretty much just that episode? Debating if I want to watch the show and just skip that one episode.
I would certainly hope so.
Any love out there for ReBoot? Absolutely revolutionary show and it ended on a cliffhanger.
Personally I find pirated games to be a bit of a pain to install on the Deck. I'd go with Windows for that use case.
For the immediate symptoms, moving your body changes your mood. Take a 30 minute walk twice a day around sunrise and sunset to avoid the heat. If you have a dog, bring them along! Or just turn on some good music and dance it out until you're out of breath. The point is, find a way to move without it feeling like the chore of a workout.
Also drink water. Lots of water.
To tackle the larger issue, figure out what your ideal life looks like day-to-day. Do you want to travel or be a homebody? Interact with many different people, or a close-knit team, or no one at all? Move your body a lot or sit at your desk? Own a penthouse or would renting your own apartment suffice?
Once you know what your goals are, it will be easy to find a career that fits all the pieces. Then simply work backwards to determine what steps you need to take to get there. For example, maybe you want to be a homebody who works mostly alone and sits at a desk and owns a penthouse. You can then research what remote jobs pay a high salary and find the qualifications needed to land those jobs. Maybe it's a certain college degree and 10 years of experience in certain job titles. Congrats, you now have a road map to follow. Go do it.
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You might find it easier to totally avoid the bar and drinking people for the first few months. Right now your brain is still in the mode of "Gotta find my next drink" and it takes a while to get out of that.
Controversial, but I used non-alcoholic versions of my favorite beverage for the first few weeks to trick my brain into thinking it was getting what it craved. Remember that you're fighting a cunning, baffling, powerful demon in your mind and it will find ways to trip you up, so sometimes fighting dirty is the best defense.
You don't have to worry about not drinking for all of summer. You just gotta wake up and commit to one day at a time. I promise that soon you'll find something in life that you love even more than alcohol.