Lectures from random strangers are the worst 💙Honestly this is why my replies are limited to people who follow me. If people follow me, the chance of them acting like I am a malicious ignoramus drops below 10%. I meant it to be temporary but it's been so good for my mental health.

I do mean she was ALWAYS smoking, like if she was awake she was smoking or no more than 10 minutes away from a cigarette, I'm sure chronic pain also played a role in that

I find that alcohol (eg some cheap vodka or hand sanitizer spray) and charcoal powder applied dry between wears helps avoid BO getting into the fibers to begin with. Adding some vodka to a prewash soak has worked well for me when I've forgotten to do that

My doctor did listen and does believe me, thank goodness, it's everybody else I interact with trying to figure out what kind

"well you know kidney stones are VERY painful" yeah you know what else is painful? Dislocating my hips multiple days a week but I don't complain about that, either

It sure would be nice if medical professionals didn't act like I'm crazy for self dxing stones, or like I'm someone who mistook a piece of lint in my toilet bowl for a rock, because it's not the worst pain I've ever been in

Inevitably whenever I start to wonder if maybe I'm a hypochondriac and it's just gas pain, my body pulls out all the stops to drop visible stones to make me feel silly for doubting my life experience

Which is honestly the perfect encapsulation of what my high school years were like, but just hearing I attended that concert doesn't really introduce me to ANYONE.

I went to a Supergirl concert early on and while I really enjoyed it at the time the thing I actually remember about it is crying with frustration because everybody else decided I was having a good time and that needed to be stopped so everybody else began insisting we should leave early.