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    Thank you and farewell

    I'm not posting this as a trauma diary because it doesn't seem like it should be in that category. I've begun using this site far too much and it's begun hurting me more than it is helping, due to my own issues. So I need to leave now, and I am saying my farewell. Thank you to everyone who has...
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    Absolutely mortified

    Clearly I need to give him up for adoption. There must be something deeply wrong with me for getting so upset about something that is apparently so trivial. Really, why am I crying?
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    Absolutely mortified

    @She Cat So you didn't post about your landlord selling your building and you needing to move out? This was not you? Million Dollar Headache With Landlord I seem to remember you getting very bent out of shape when people commented and told you it wasn't that big of a deal. And yet here you...
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    Absolutely mortified

    And I have to say @She Cat , really well done that you returned to this thread in the guise of offering clarification SOLELY to throw another jab my way and say this is a "menial issue." Really? Is it really necessary to be so bitter and rude to someone who has just explicitly said she's in a...
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    Absolutely mortified

    I didn't know I was required to provide a detailed breakdown of all the ways I tried to calm him down @She Cat . Please go be bitter and negative on someone else's thread. And thank you for telling me struggling to cope with raising a son on my own is a "menial issue." I seem to recall your...
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    Absolutely mortified

    Please do not comment on any of my threads anymore. You commented with something you knew damn well would just upset me more and assumed that I did NOT try to calm him down by removing him. There's clearly no point in commenting on people's threads if all you're going to do is take a jab at them...
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    Absolutely mortified

    I did that. Repeatedly. I don't mind them asking me to reschedule, I was about to ask to reschedule myself. What I mind is the doctors coming over and yelling at me when they specifically told me I could bring him. They could have quietly and polite me asked me to reschedule. Instead, they made...
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    Absolutely mortified

    I got thrown out of the dentist's office today for bringing my kid, who would not stop freaking out. I was so happy that I found a dentist that accepts Medicaid in my area; figured it was the perfect chance to finally get a dental checkup, since I haven't been to a dentist in more than 10 years...
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    Undiagnosed Help please. bullying & ocd & panic disorder

    And for the record -- yes, anxiety can make you think you saw someone who is the root of your anxiety, when it actually wasn't that person at all. Absolutely. So I'd say it's pretty likely it wasn't her, just someone who resembled her.
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    Undiagnosed Help please. bullying & ocd & panic disorder

    The really terrible thing about bullying is that it makes the victims feel entrapped in this tiny world (school) with people, bullies, who wish them harm. Please know that the real world is soooo much bigger than your school, or former school, and you will eventually find awesome friends who...
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    Undiagnosed Help please. bullying & ocd & panic disorder

    What would it change if you knew it was her? Or if you knew for a fact it wasn't her? Nothing would change, it'd just make you obsess over it more.
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    Extreme paranoia

    Try to call yourself out on every paranoid thought and correct it. Make a game of it -- state the paranoid thought, and then look at it objectively and tear it to shreds, point out to yourself why it's over the top thinking. Try to think of your paranoid thoughts as if someone else told them to...
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    When were you at your healthiest/happiest post trauma?

    I think having achievable goals is a huge part of being happy, or at least content. Goals, people you care about around you, and health. I think those are the three most important things. Also a home, or a roof over your head, and money helps too!
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    When were you at your healthiest/happiest post trauma?

    I have been trying to pinpoint at what time in my life was I my healthiest and happiest? And what was I doing at that time that helped me be healthy and happy (after one of my traumas ... the others came later). I was at my utmost best when I was training in mixed martial arts for 4 hours a...
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    Other Worried about lump in neck

    I don't think it's life threatening. There's no fever; I'm still completely functional. If I go to the ER, I am putting my son at risk of getting sick unnecessarily, all because I let my anxiety get the best of me. The ER is swarming with viruses and illness, and if I go there for what amounts...
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    Other Worried about lump in neck

    Yeah, he's up to date on vaccinations
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    Other Worried about lump in neck

    no, it's right in the center.
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    Other Worried about lump in neck

    1 It first looked like several small pimples on my chest, near my collarbone, then morphed into a bright red patch that burns and itches. 2. No fever. 3. The lump is on the side of my neck, I'm fairly certain it's the lymph nodes, and they are swollen. Question is why. 4. It does move, which is...
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    General Would my vet be able to protect me from an angry crowd?

    Not to get too far off topic, but most women's self defense classes (at least all of them I have attended in my area) actually encourage women to get away/escape/de-escalate, not to fight a man. They do teach moves that come in handy as a last resort if you can't get away (i.e. grappling if...
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    General Would my vet be able to protect me from an angry crowd?

    Agree with @lostforgottensoul. Also, unless he has his own unit of special forces constantly at his disposal with the click of a button, there's no way he'd be able to protect you against a terrorist attack or angry mob. It's just not physically possible. Shield you and escort you to safety...
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    Other Worried about lump in neck

    Hmm, I guess I should just stop trying to diagnose myself. It's just hard not to wonder what the problem is. Deep breaths. Calming down. Trying to stay rational. I've put up with a hell of a lot of unpleasant things in my life, I'm sure I can handle another day of discomfort .... and then will...
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    Other Worried about lump in neck

    I know. But now my only option is the ER. All the doctor's offices were closed today and are closed tomorrow for the holiday; I spent all day desperately calling around. Am ready to give up and just have them bill me whatever the hell they need to bill me. I won't be able to pay it, but oh well.
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    Other Worried about lump in neck

    @Fadeaway I really hope you are right. I've never had scabies and would rather not experience it. I have been reading up and it says you'd need to be in close contact with an infected person -- I haven't been in contact with anyone apart from my baby. And he doesn't have any rashes; I doubt he...
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    Other Worried about lump in neck

    I think I figured out what it is, and it's not good. Scabies. Apparently that causes such a rash and can cause swollen lymph nodes in the neck. I did buy used furniture at a thrift store when I moved into my new place, wonder if that's where it came from. If confirmed, this is absolutely...
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    Other Worried about lump in neck

    Nope, none of those. I'm tired, but no more than I usually am.
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