[–] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

It's a somewhat complex topic with a lot of individual variation but generally speaking:

  • it's going to have whatever significance it has to you personally. It's an event in your memory and is wholly subject to your brain and it's unique structure and experiences.
  • it doesn't have to make sense, and such experiences are, famously, the hardest to make sense of.
  • fortunately dignity is also an intrinsic / internal quality and very possible for you to regain.
  • highly recommend EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) to help you process the event towards something less distressing in a controlled, supported, and slightly accelerated manner.
  • EMDR can be a bit rough / drag stuff back up and you have to be ready for that. If you're not ready for that you will probably still get some relief from other modalities / styles provided you have a therapist who's a good fit.
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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    One on each side if you can manage.

    When I worked medsurg as a CNA while I was in school sometimes with real old dudes I had to throw their nutsack over their leg as they sat on the toilet to keep it from pinching or falling in the water. Boys, wear supportive undergarments while it still matters.

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

    From a psych nurse, DO NOT directly tell him to stop doing the delusional / maladaptive thing. Do not give the thought pattern the chance to practice protecting itself. Just offer the better thing on it's own in a way that doesn't directly challenge the maladaptive behavior. If you challenge directly it will only get stronger. I don't have good tips on specific activities because that's gonna be so locality specific I just wanna share some tried and true wisdom on how to introduce when you do find something.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Hubs and I are ND asF and have all kinds of weird sex including nonmonogamy at one point. I'm still the husband in this meme most of the time, but sometimes he's the husband in this meme. If you think you never miscommunicate, odds are you're a REALLY bad communicator.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

    yeah when I do decide to stop wearing cheap shit I'm probably gonna do sulfur patinated silver. Unsettlingly pale with dark hair and other accents is kind of my signature look but it's hard to create a contrast with a bright metal. And I want something that's going to be relatively easy to reapply at home but that's a little more durable than simple enamel. I can already tell which ones were coated properly vs which ones were just enameled, which is wild amount of variability in quality considering they were all like $2-3.

    I'm just not sure where I'm going to get this amount of variety / character out of actual proper jewelry metals without going 100% custom and that's just not within my means currently. I also have to get mostly split / resizable styles since my fingers are exeptionally skinny, all those split styles you see on the forefingers are brought down to like a 4 from a 6-8, and some of the other styles are split on the underside (which is less ideal since they pinch when I grasp things and I like the split to look intentional where possible)

    I also have removable nail cover rings but one of the pinkies popped off the ring and I'm waiting for a friend to make me some custom acrylics anyway. would be super cool to have some solid metal ones someday but again, not feasible right now.

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