Fresh sheets make all the difference

Everytime and it's something that I do automatically and only realise I'm doing later on

Yep! I could stay and get more pissed off or head out and try to salvage my evening.

There was particularly bad vibes at a small crowded venue, honestly felt way over capacity. I had to nope out of it as I felt unsafe. Ended up at cinema instead. If you ain't enjoying it just cut your losses.

Film/TV soundtracks are underrated and the ones I go back to frequently are Whip It, 10 Things I Hate About You, Juno, Romeo& Juliet and the Buffy albums

Sure I've had minor issues with focusing in the past but nothing to this extent, it feels crippling.

I'd understand if work was overbearing and ridiculous deadlines (I had burnout several years ago) but I love this job, my team and my manager.

Make it make sense!

Today I faked a migraine because that was easier to explain that doing any work at that moment felt physically impossible yet would be possible after everyone else has logged off.

I can't make sense of it myself, nor why this has flared up out of nowhere?

Totally justified!

I can't even comprehend how it must feel to have a deadname that's also tied to gender identity, dysphoria and acceptance. It sucks enough without everything else wrapped into it.

Writing xmas/birthday cards is awful. I sometimes relent and use old name for parents/grandparents (but never siblings). It feels so foreign because it doesn't belong to me anymore and feels dirty.

There have been some notable exceptions such as during the service of my grandad's funeral they used my chosen name - which was really touching. My sister always tries to make an effort too.

Name changed successfully but ended up working with a lot of the same colleagues in a new job, thought it'd be really awkward but barring the odd slip up - no issues at all.

Family was a different matter and 17 years later are still using my deadname most of the time

Did a similar thing a few years back but lacked the phone space for all my music. Found I could upload it to IBroadcast for free and access from anywhere though.

I still use streaming but its ideal for the rarer tracks/mixes that aren't available elsewhere

I'm awful with new people but board games just make it easier

Newbies are fine and honestly there's so many games these days that everyone is a newbie and playing some of them for the first time

Plus it's always good to have more people into it, some games just work better with more people.

Hope you give it a go :)

Spent over an hour on phone trying to get confirmation of what I'm paying for and then cancelling the additional 'freebies'

Why can't I just renew online and consider these options in my own time without the pressure of doing this shit over the phone. Scummy bastards.

And yes I've seen posts where you've shared conversations, but just thought these were the imagined conversations that I constantly have with my cats