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Recommendations on how to try CBD to help with sleep/nightmare issues?
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (94+ words) I have seen various reports such as this one of people using CBD to help with sleep/nightmare/anxiety issues. I'm interested in give this a try and would like some recommendations on where to start.I will be talking…...
Surviving unpleasant people
5+ hour, 36+ min ago (63+ words) I'm very good at not letting unpleasant people get to me on a conscious level. I shrug it off, go "their problem - not mine", find humour in it, and don't worry about it. However, when someone is in a bad…...
Developing a finely tuned shut-down response to a repeated nag
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (181+ words) Is there a word that describes the phenomenon of people shutting down (or lashing out) in response to a repeated request that they've learned to ignore? Mark Twain writes about this in his short story, The Facts Concerning the Recent…...
How do I get my friends to talk to each other? And should I?
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (213+ words) Two different friends right now have a husband who has recently either been hospitalized for suicidal ideation or who has made an obvious half-hearted attempt at suicide (details would narrow it down rather considerably; please trust me my assessment that…...
Dealing with regret and doubt around big life changes
1+ week, 1+ day ago (459+ words) I'm in the middle of making a significant life change: I've accepted a job offer and will be leaving my current job. I just let my manager know this week. It's a perfectly reasonable decision, and I put a lot…...
How do you get over a really bad day at work?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (527+ words) I had a catastrophically bad day at work, and am experiencing an enormous shame response. I am looking for strategies to bounce back from this, and other days I have like this in the future.I tend not to have…...
Essays that praise specific friends, nothing too heavy
1+ week, 4+ day ago (78+ words) I'm writing an essay about how cool my friend Scott is, and it's making me want to read similar pieces (essays, memoirs, blog posts) by other writers. A lot of friendship essays/books deal with heavy stuff (Patchett's Truth and…...
One must imagine Sisyphus happy... I guess???
1+ week, 6+ day ago (84+ words) I just found this news article that points to this study claiming that most patients with locked in syndrome are happy. I would love for this to be true, as it is one of my worst fears. Is it?I…...
Non-Dominant Hand Hobbies
1+ week, 6+ day ago (48+ words) I have a relative that will be having rotator cuff surgery on her dominant side. What are some hobbies/gifts that she might enjoy while recovering and can do using her non dominant hand?Complication, there are hand eye coordination…...
How to manage chores in this situation?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (380+ words) My widowed mom is very kindly letting me and my chronically ill hubby stay in her annexe for at least a year while we save a deposit - what would be the best way to handle chores? She is in her…...