Mind sharing what service you use for it? Paid or free?

Fighting depression is hard as fuck. Every muscle and bone in your body will tell you to give up, it’s too hard, it’s not worth it, etc. But it’s definitely worth it. Good luck.

Set aside time for reflection (what goals are working and what aren’t), and celebrate the fuck out of even the slightest win. Cleaned your room? That’s fantastic. Don’t hold off on being proud of yourself until you’ve completely turned your life around. You have to truly convince yourself that each small step along the way is really a huge victory. Then, start getting addicted to those wins. It’ll work out eventually.

Pennsylvania’s got you covered with Pittsburgh and Philly.

Pittsburgh has great walking but its transit is quite limited. Philly has good transit (for USA).

Both very affordable compared to other cities.

Chicago is pretty similar to Philly in terms of affordability, walkability and transit.

Yes this is how I found out about it, by searching if there was a known Exodus scam with Snap. I can’t believe this has happened more than once, I don’t know how Snap works but that seems like a mistake you make once and then never again.

I reported the SNAP to Canonical. I understand that this is not directly KDE Discover’s fault, but I wonder if there’s still a possible solution (like a bigger warning for SNAP packages or something).

I’ve reported the SNAP to Canonical and emailed KDE security.

It looks like this exact same thing happened a year and a half ago (just search “snap exodus scam”).

My dad just got scammed a lot of money by downloading this fake Exodus cryptocurrency wallet from the Discover app. I really can’t blame him too much, it looks legit and usually you don’t think of getting scammed in the official Discover app.

You’re right that this might look like BPD, but that’s also a huge conclusion to draw from only a couple sentences. It’s extremely rare to diagnose BPD before age 18 because it has too much overlap with just… the nature of moody teens and puberty.

OP, it might be useful to research BPD but moreso than anything, just give her time and make sure she knows you’re there if she needs you. Give her reassurance and try asking her about why she thinks people hate her, and maybe try working through it with her (try bringing logic into it, but try to get her to come up with the logic rather than telling her directly).

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I’m reading Warbreaker right now because someone said I should read it before Stormlight Archive, but I’m very excited to start that series soon.

I’ve heard great things about Wheel of Time, although one of my friends said it can be a bit harder to get into.

I can totally imagine that book being really boring to some people. I almost didn’t include the actual book series in this post but I thought people would be curious.

I think for people who are big readers, reading books that they only kinda enjoy isn’t a big deal for them. They might even just appreciate that it’s different.

But for folks who don’t read much and are trying to get into it, chugging through a book they only partially like might ruin their entire vision of what reading should be.

Try to frame it like it’s exciting, not a failure. It’s fun that you have so many more books you want to read!

It’s super reliable. You can always play a high card. Sometimes you can’t play a pair.

It’s really good with Blackboard because you can just select all the red cards and get it.

You can get really low hand size, things like stuntman.

If most of your score is coming jokers, then the hand type you play doesn’t matter so much.

Haha, you’re right. I guess I should have written “then try to do thing A”.

If you feel like you’re struggling to accomplish a task, take a moment to think about your stimulation level. Are you understimulated or overstimulated? Sometimes just acknowledging it is enough, everyone has their own techniques.

For example, if I’m trying to work and I’m understimulated, I might throw on some metal music or something like that. If I’m overstimulated, probably means I should sit in a dark room for 5 or 10 minutes until I feel better before trying to do anything.

If you’re trying to do thing A but your brain can’t stop thinking about thing B, take out a notebook and write down all your current thoughts on thing B. Trust yourself that when you get back to it, you will be right where you left off. Then do thing A.

For example, trying to work on a paper but you can’t stop thinking about the season finale of your favorite show you just watched.

Doesn’t always work but helps a lot.

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First of all, I think most people think about those things at least occasionally, it’s totally normal and part of the curious nature of humans and many other mammals.

You mention “I can’t ever just stop thinking and relax. My brain is so fucked.” which indicates that this is a real problem affecting your mental health. I think you could benefit from going to therapy specifically about anxiety, or at least start with implementing some of the basic principles.

Worrying about things you can’t control, or can’t influence, while completely normal, can be quite destructive. Try to reframe these in your head. Don’t be anxious because you might never know the answer, let yourself be freed by the fact that you don’t have to do anything about it. All those things you mentioned are really awe inspiring. Things to wonder and imagine. That could be a positive thing in your life, part of the great mysteries of humanity, not something to be upset about.

Focus on the things in your life that you can control. You can study, practice music, write stories, etc. So many many things you can control, so don’t be upset about what you can’t. Be happy with what you can.

Maybe you could directly transform your anxiety into creativity here. If you’re so consumed by these things, write a short sci-fi story about if the world was a simulation, etc. There’s a reason why people with anxiety or ADHD tend to be creative. Just an idea.

I thought I was far superior to people because I liked Pink Floyd and their music is actually meaningful and intellectual… yikes. I still like Pink Floyd though

I’ll start: Vulfpeck and Tool