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I'm glad I could be helpful! It seems miserable to deal with. I'd be really down if I had to be careful about cuddling with my own pet. I hope you can find something that gives you relief.
Yeah unfortunately most of my stuff is on the pricier side ๐ because I have celiac so I have to look for things that are labeled gluten-free as well. Probably the cheapest thing I get is Spry mints, but based on the Amazon price at least they're about the same cost/mint as the Epic ones you got. It's part of the reason I lean on adding straight xylitol to my tea so much.
COVID infections can cause or worsen mast cell reactivity issues like this. I personally do not have this sort of issue with my long covid but I know people who do. If you want to try something OTC in the US, many people with long covid will take the following together: a mast cell stabilizer like Nasalcrom or quercetin, a H1 antihistamine, and a H2 antihistamine. Since it's an environmental dust allergy, an air filter could help as well. You could construct a Corsi-Rosenthal box for a cheap option that is very high capacity, but with a typical box fan it can be noisy.
Video chat is pretty much my entire social life now due to COVID. Met the vast majority of my current friends over Zoom. I know you said earlier you're still masking - if you don't know where to find video chat social events for covid-conscious people I can get you some links.
I think leaving the toothpaste on the surface of your teeth makes sense at least from an efficacy standpoint, because that's why you're not supposed to rinse it, right? Sometimes I just rub some on when I don't have the energy to sit upright long enough for a full brush. But I feel you on the sensory aspect. One thing that I've been doing for my dental health is leaving xylitol to sit on my teeth as much as I can. It's basically just a sugar substitute so not a sensory issue for me like toothpaste. I have gum, lollipops, candies (all sugar free of course) and I also put it in my tea all day long. If your teeth are covered with it, the bacteria in your mouth eat the xylitol and starve to death because it's empty calories. Most sugar alcohols have this effect I believe - it's pretty neat.
Green side is also my internal monologue whenever I pirate something
Seconded, it's really good. I felt pretty down after this NPR piece (I have long covid myself) and the Gauntlet article was like a breath of fresh air. It is a relief to see reality so plainly stated.
Yeah, it seems truly awful. Hopefully his real birthday gift is getting to see that thousands of strangers think he deserves so much better than this.
This article was posted on the husband's birthday. He's been liking replies supporting him on Twitter. This is a form of abuse and I hope he leaves.
Anne's hope is to provoke her husband into beating her badly enough to besmirch him in the eyes of the public - a classic womanly strategy of provocation that her husband has fallen for.
I think it's interesting that you have such a noticeable discomfort with this sort of thing. I really mean this genuinely and not in a snarky way. If I were in your shoes I'd explore it more, because I've personally learned lots about myself from looking closely at my own odd pet peeves. You might have complicated feelings relating to play or performance. Your issue with him not seeming sincere doesn't make a lot of sense in my head because, of course, play is acting. It's pretending. It's performing. So it's always in a sense insincere, but also, simultaneously, very sincere in that the play-actor is wholeheartedly entering into this imaginal space. Maybe he's a bad actor, but the intention itself is there, or he wouldn't be doing it at all.