In Mental Health First Aid training we're told that unless someone can confirm that they know it's a panic attack to assume that it's a potential heart attack. Got an aunt who has had multiple of both and even she can't tell the difference.

That's a nice thought. In Oklahoma (where I was chronically homeless) squatters' rights don't materialize until someone has been openly living in a place for 13 years. Ironic, considering how the initial white settlement transpired.

I was street homeless for about 4 years ending about 8 years ago. I lost everything I owned many times over between sweeps, hospitalizations, theft, and failed attempts at housing.

Regardless of my current stability, the feeling that everything I own is about to disappear has not left me since.

"I'm working on an ambient-electronic autoharp soundscape album with trip-hoppy vibes. It's pretty niche but—oh you've never seen an autoharp?" *gets out phone* "...anyway I'm also a podcaster..."

I've always wanted to be more insufferable. Thank you!

How does one "illegally and collusively" boycott? When I was young, my parents were part of a Southern Baptist boycott on Disney.

What's the difference here (other than the Tesla boycott actually making sense)?

rgbinsburg.bandcamp.com/track/john-i
Autoharp+pedals ambient electronic (until the end)

I don't know about you, but either my doctor or my insurance has a note to not let me fill my prescription until the day I take my last pill. What if I can't make it to the pharmacy that very day?

I feel like I can't ask about it without being thought of as junkie desperate for his fix.

As a person who has been open about my former misuse of stimulants, and who is prescribed a controlled stimulant, I worry a lot about losing my medicine. I'm not even sure I would call my doctor for fear that they'd think I had relapsed.

Thank you. I've noticed that overall I'm more productive both in work and hobbies, as well as happier and more stable overall, when I take care of myself.

Though I admit that my life circumstances allow my self-care to be how it is, and medication that helps me stay on track.

This is funny and true a lot of the time, but I get vasovagal syncope and when I pass I'll wake up to my usually selfish, noisy orange cat sitting quietly beside me looking at me with what I'd describe as concern on her face. Is it because she cares? Is it because she wants to eat me? Who knows.

I appreciate you taking the time to listen. I played around with one a little in kindergarten and it fascinated me, but I forgot about it. Then one came in when working at a thrift shop in 2020 and it saved me during the pandemic. Got two more and haven't put it down since.