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[cupcake_goth]

:: points at title :: Yeah. That's pretty much where I'm at. That's pretty much where everyone I know is at.

- I'm seriously considering switching to only reading the fandom feed on bsky, because I am finding it harder and harder to navigate the line between "informed" and "panicked". I fully acknowledge I've got a hell of a lot of privilege to be able to do that, but I also know that I can't help others or give any support if I'm frozen with horror.

- I, like many, am having difficulty concentrating on anything. I'm trying to stop spending my evenings flipping between social media feeds and instead read an actual book, work on a craft project, write ... anything but social media. It's difficult.

- I'm keeping FB because of some groups I love, and it's the only way to get in touch with some folks. I'm keeping IG because a hell of a lot of small artists I follow only post to IG and TikTok. They don't have regular websites, or if they do you only find out about new music/jewelry/clothes by following their IG. Plus I just found a bunch of plus-size goth accounts to follow.

- I've been listening to Opheliac by Emilie Autumn on off-and-on repeat. Does this mean I'm headed to crazytown? I don't think so, but it's hard for me to tell if that's going on. But last week I had nightmares every night, so maybe? But hey! I have therapy AND a psych appointment tomorrow, so at least I can check with professionals.



I've started my third week of Wegovy. I'm currently on the lowest "get your system used to this" dosage, but I've lost 4 lbs and haven't really changed my eating habits. Yes, I'm eating more small meals through the day, but it's the sort of food I'd usually eat. Just less of it, spread across the day. I've only had mild nausea during the first two days after a shot, but nothing else.
:: knocks wood ::

The people who've said that it cuts down on the "food noise" in your brain were not kidding. It makes it much easier for me to say, "I'm not hungry, I'm bored or stressed, focus on something else". I've NEVER been able to do that, no matter what sort of eating plan I was following. This is mind boggling.

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[staxxy]

The "I'm not hungry, I'm bored, stressed, tired, sad, etc" is actually where my path of madness begins. I've never really had food noise, just no-food noise.

Dor and I are watching a lot of British food tv and live play D&D shows on Dropout or Beacon. We spend 12 hours a day in bed (her to gwt her feet up and me to recline to rest my abdomen) chatting via our phones while we simulcast these shows. I am a teeeeensy bit more engaged with politics through discord channels.

[carmenbeaudry]

Social media is making my anxiety and depression spike into the danger zone, so I'm trying to not doom scroll, with mixed success. But hey, my SSA check hit the bank today, which was something I was not at all sure was going to happen, what with the shit gibbon in chief and his head minion trying to gut every government program there is.

[melworks]

I don't think there's anything wrong with limiting your social feeds to content that isn't going to make you super-anxious. You do what you have to, to protect your mental/physical well-being.

I'm on FB, but I'm only on a couple of groups and no one there talks about politics or current events. My own feed is personal friends, and photo pages showing nice pictures of lovely places.

And there's nothing wrong with unfriending people either, if they're just acting like hysterical fools.

[garpu]

Yeah, I had to turn off reposts on bluesky, and it cut down. I've got a filter for people who don't just post politics 24/7. I know it's important, but I've got way less energy now than I did 8 years ago. Also, the current president tripped my PTSD hard 8 years ago, and that hasn't gotten any better. The Hoopy Frood doesn't need me having night frights and going into fight or flight mode in the middle of the night, either.

I'm also trying to post more about mundane things. Like my pi corner with purple monitor stand.