50 Of The Most ‘Antisocial’ Memes From This Instagram Account Cleverly Titled ‘Fear Of Going Out’
Look, not everyone wants to spend Friday night partying. Some of us want to roll ourselves into a blanket burrito and watch a movie at home. Alone. And without having to justify ourselves for it.
We're not ungrateful if we want to avoid our friends for a day or two. Nor are we defective if our mind goes blank when we meet new people. We're just (a bit) antisocial.
If you're one of these people (or simply want to understand your introverted friend better), there's an Instagram account dedicated to portraying this life in memes.
It's called FOGO. The acronym stands for The Fear of Going Out, and the one running it says this feeling is completely normal.
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Yep. And I am not shy. Or arrogant. Maybe a bit. The point is, it's okay not to talk.
I get real sick and tired of my daughter (the quiet kid in class) being called out for her quiet thoughtfulness by Teachers. She gets excellent grades, she takes part when she has something to say but at every single parents' evening it's the same bullcrap "Oh if only she'd talk up a bit more in class" (most of the time she can't because the loud mouthy kids talk over her but the teachers aren't interested in dealing with that).
My kid is the loud mouthy one. I know he's not in your daughter's class, but I'd still like to say sorry on behalf of my little punk of a son.
Load More Replies...I don't think Keanu has any social media accounts... he said this, but it was an interview and not that he just decided to write it down
I was thinking the same... I was like since when does Keanu have a Twitter account when he said that he doesn't have any social media? Hmmm... maybe he changed his mind about Twitter!
Load More Replies...People always want me to talk more. But when i say something, they don't listen. So what's the point of talking?
Someone I had just met (but already had made me dislike her) said to me in front of a bunch of people: "You're awfully quiet." I gave no reaction and remained silent. After a while she said, "Why aren't you talking?" I said - very slowly - "Well, you said I was quiet, and I didn't want to show everyone how wrong you were." Whether you're an introvert or an extrovert, no one is entitled to your thoughts.
People see quietness as some kind of fault - shy and insecure. Some people are just naturally quiet and prefer quietness. Unfortunately LOUD trumps QUIET every time. If you are ever on a committee make sure you are the minutes secretary; that way every word you say will be recorded. People just don't listen to quiet people.
Load More Replies...Many people are garrulous. They speak much, but often have little to say of any importance. For many of them, being with a person who appreciates silence is unnerving. I see this all the time, because I am one who appreciates silence.
it's all fun and games until you meet someone even quieter than yourself, then it feels like aha! checkmate!
Load More Replies...Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections and Conceal your own! G.B. Shaw.
I was going to say, "Downvote Devil's Advocate all you want, but he's correct." But then I thought of the squirrel -- TRUE STORY -- in my neighborhood who would eat through a plastic trash bag at exactly the right spot to access the avocado remains -- twice a week, every week. Nice small hole in the bag. And he'd sit on the sidewalk nibbling away so prim and proper, you'd just want to buy him a China tea set.
Load More Replies...making someone feel bad for the one thing they find joy in says a lot about you more than the person
Sadly, for some people, being nasty about these things is their tiny shriveled flower of joy
I started playing D&D when I was 11. I'm over 50 now, still play and IDGAF what people think about my interests. It makes me happy. If it bothers you then YOU have the problem, not me.
You want people to stop being intrusive, judgmental, annoying jerks? Good luck...
I never thought of it from that angle before 🤔 it's actually changed my point of view. Thanks, I will no longer whinge about all the above but smile thinking someone is happy right now 💖👏👏
I like this summary we use with groups of kids: Don't Yuck someone else's Yum.
Yes! Yes! Yes! (says the woman who still has her Christmas decorations up in February). ETA: The indoors ones; I'm not cruel.
My Christmas decorations always stay up at very least until after Epiphany and usually for most of January. I don't criticize others for putting their's up too darn early so they shouldn't worry about mine being up for the actual Christmas season.
Load More Replies...The term introversion was popularized by Carl Jung and describes an inwards orientation to one's own mental life rather than the outward orientation of extroverts to social life. Introverts gain energy from reflection and lose energy in social gatherings.
However, it's important to point out that most people are neither total introverts nor pure extroverts but display features of both—they are the so-called ambiverts. Almost everyone needs occasional solitude to replenish their energy.
This is why I hate when people start inviting me somewhere by asking “what are you doing tomorrow?” It’s awkward to say no to their plans when they now know I’m genuinely doing nothing but relaxing.
Load More Replies..."Are you busy? -Yes. I am busy taking the minimum amount of care of myself so I can keep a little bit of what remains of my mental and physical health. Thank you."
I'm putting myself in mandatory time out for everyone's well-being.
Load More Replies...And just because I'm single doesn't mean I don't have a family. It may be a dog/cat/hamster/iguana or a houseplant. I still get to be unavailable.
All the points!!! I have one "friend" who will call, and if I don't answer she will text "I just called you". Yes, I know. And I'm not taking calls right now.
If and when you want to respond to her text, you can text "yes and I didn't answer". No explanation of any kind is required.
Load More Replies...Girlfriend: what do you have planned for the weekend? Me: nothing. Girlfriend: great, we can go to the beach and then we can go shopping and then we can..... Me: no. You misunderstand. I dont have nothing to do, i just plan to do nothing!
Ture story: I am self employed and I don't work on Sundays. When making an appointment with a perspective client, I specified that "I don't work on Sundays". The perspective client then told me that that works for her and I could come over Sunday. We repeated these exact words 3 times before She realized that "I don't work on Sundays."
But you will, of course work for her because it works for her./s
Load More Replies...And being single doesn't make me more available for extra work because I DONT HAVE A FAMILY. Yes I do, even if it's my cat/dog/hamster/iguana or houseplant. I'm not available.
Europe is way ahead of the US. In some countries it's even illegal to contact employees on their day off.
I hear it all the time, "But you don't work!" No I don't, Karen, because I've been disabled for 23 years. My "free time" is spent in abject pain. I'm not over here living it up, ffs.
Sorry for your circumstance but you don't need to explain anything. It's time that we all banded together to make it clear that we don't care what you want to do, we don't care that you have an emergency, we don't care that you need, want, must have ....., NO.
Load More Replies...Well, actually: Celebrity avoidance level 31,000
Load More Replies...I'm looking at it more like he was there to be sure and outbid everyone to make sure that the charity received the most amount of money possible.
I’ve never understood this point. It’s not like he gets $31,000 back as a tax refund. Charitable contributions can be deducted from your taxable income, but they don’t allow you to save more in taxes than you paid for the donation.
Load More Replies...Everyone keeps talking about this Anonymous guy but I've never managed to find him 🤔
Load More Replies...Introverts like myself have been preparing for pandemics our entire lives. Please stay away from me. No, I don't want a hug from you random stranger. Please cover your mouth and wash your hands before touching my food. Come on, please have online ordering and no contact pick up! God I hope no one recognizes me and wants to have a conversation. No, I really don't want to go to a crowded place and hang out. Literally our entire lives. Extroverts are suffering. We are thriving.
One benefit of masking is I can make faces at idiots and they won't know, because I can make sure it doesn't reach my eyes
I am almost dreading the day when I will look strange wearing a mask in public... I have no idea how long it will take me to unlearn this behavior. I am so used to mouthing 'a-hole' under my mask that it's second nature now!
Load More Replies...That's not an issue for me, my cursing was rarely silent before or during the pandemic. I don't anticipate that changing in the future.
Load More Replies...Did you ever wanna dress like a ninja in public when you were a kid? Well good news!...
But cultures differ in how they value certain personality traits, and America, for example, likes its extroverts. This society rewards assertiveness and encourages people to speak up.
Experts are guessing that the number of introverts as extroverts is the same, but the former is less visible and certainly less noisy so it's easy to think they're the minority.
Introverts are drained by too much social interaction and are the first to leave a party. Even as children, they usually observe first and act later.
In their defense they didn't state if it was good or bad peak mental health.
Load More Replies...I live in an apartment in a house built in the 1800's. It's in the historical part of the city. I love to sit on the front porch of our tree-lined street with a glass of wine and relax. It's one of the best parts of my summer and really helps with my depression.
Load More Replies...I stand in my back garden. Watch my cats in silence, no one talking to me, drink my coffee. Go back inside that's enough outside for one day.
Say hi from afar to your neighbor, yell at the kids running on your lawn and voilà!
If I'm ever in one of those horror movie/ thriller situations where my life depends on how quietly I can breath, I'd like donations to charity in lieu of flowers.
Me - "*wheeeeezzzzzz* wow that was a tough climb" Friend - "Dude, we were on an escalator"
Nope I don’t trust those things, I’d rather take the stairs thank you very much
Load More Replies...I had to run for the bus today. Thank God for face masks to hide my winded breaths
I wear glasses, so it’s still obvious I’m breathing hard lol
Load More Replies...I'm a bit fat, and there are some hellish stairs to my classroom at school, and oh god this is so relatable
Semi related. To all those young, super fit cyclists who zoom by me when I'm on my bicycle; please have the courtesy to at least pretend like you're panting.
For this exact reason I always wear headphones - in order not to hear my own gasping 🤣
Not to mention the crunching of the knees, and the popping hip joints...
Load More Replies...Of course...and when walking in the park, you speed up....just a little....if you hear someone coming up behind you and you do not want them to pass you.
Saw a video of a guy at a crosswalk and an old lady was slowly crossing - He honked she turned and slammed down on his hood - and the airbags went off! Instant Karma!
Load More Replies...Honking at pedestrians IN A CROSSWALK where they have the right of way and are vulnerable to death by a car not noticing the signal to walk… yeah you just don’t honk at pedestrians. Your life isn’t more important to theirs that you need to let them know their reduced carbon foot print, makes them a problem for your impatience. The world does not revolve around you. We share it. With bikes and motorcycles, and yes, pedestrians - aka other humans. Wow.
BUT then one time I was in a hurry taking my mom to the emergency room because her doctor had called and said her sodium was dangerously low based on a blood test from earlier that day and to drive her to the E-room NOW, and on the way she was suddenly very sick, vomiting and really out of it. So I was hurrying to the hospital with her, but a sports event had just let out and I had to stop for lots of people crossing the street and they were taking their sweet time, goofing off in the middle of the intersection, and my elderly mom was puking and semi-conscious, and I wanted them to hurry the f**k up and get out of the way, but was afraid to honk because people get angry and do dumb stuff when they think they're so important they can't ever just get the hell out of the way sometimes.
Load More Replies...I was stopped at an interesection yesterday near a grade school where there was also a school crossing. A group of 30 or 40 little kids was crossing there, so traffic was backing up a little, and people were getting angry and honking because the light was green but traffic was backed up. Criminy, folks, switch to decaf or something!
Yeah...honking or yelling at me in a crosswalk has gotten many a pissy driver a free show to just how slow I can possibly walk while maintaining eye contact ....how do you like me now 😶😶😶
Wow, look at all these people in the comments lining up to murder humans with their cars...sheesh
Load More Replies...Some research claims that the inherent differences between introverts and extroverts lie within the dopamine system in the brain, which makes pleasurable rewards (including social interaction) more salient to extroverts. This suggests that extroverts may be more likely to experience positive emotions.
Even though introverts are generally likely to report lower levels of happiness than extroverts, this does not mean that they are destined to be miserable. The good news is that a consistent theme in happiness research claims our choices and behaviors (the ones that are in our control and changeable) have significant effects on our well-being.
Now that is what I would really call a PEACE PRIZE!
Load More Replies...This should be everywhere but with a button that changes the color for when you do need help.
there should be a third color for "I don't know yet, I'll ask you when I need help"
Load More Replies...I love Japan and it’s the only international travel destination I have ever been to and no one in my family gets it. They tease me about being such a japanophile, but the truth is I’m not really into the traditional things that most Americans obsess about Japan for. Yeah anime and manga are cool enough and Tokyo is eclectic to say the least, but the secret reason I go there over and over is they have amazing amazing restaurant I really love by the hotel I stay in that has a button you can press and you will be completely ignored from start to finish unless you press that button. Completely. Ignored.
Being a woman over 60, it saves the "Can I help you 'dear' question.
As a 60-year-old woman, I can relate to this! It's all I can do to keep my temper when some 20-year-old girl calls me "sweetie" or "dear." The nerve!
Load More Replies...How about some white baskets for those who only want assistance from other shoppers...
Aw I’m an introvert who likes being left alone in shops but I currently work in a bath and beauty store (not sephora) and we are told we have to greet the customers and ask if they need help. It’s so tedious but I get moaned at if I don’t do it.
Absolutely! It triggers my sarcastic teacher button and prepare to be subtly sabotaged wherever I can do so.
I have always wondered why they need a response ,we are here to hear what you have to say not cheer you on!
Load More Replies...God no, i just shut off. I think that and role play in work, standing up and telling people about yourself should be banned. I never do anything like that in my class and refuse to annoy people with that guff
The last time I had to do that it was right after my husband died and I just burst into tears when they got to me.
Load More Replies...I haven't said good morning in decades. I will acknowledge that it is morning, but there's nothing good about it.
Yeah we literally usually just say morning in our language and I have had people from other countries ask why are you saying morning instead of good morning... well we dont b******t small talk in our country so if the morning is not specially good then why say so? :D
Load More Replies...People overly happy and cheering at 7 f****n' morning are sociopaths.
I banned one of my work mates from my office before the coffee brake at 9. Just couldn't handle the over enthusiastic chirpines in the morning.
Load More Replies...Always hated it when, 45 minutes into a presentation, the speaker mentions something and says, "But we'll get to that later."
Especially when you know from experience that they are not likely to make it to that part later!
Load More Replies...If we're expected to say a great big GOOD MORNING back, that makes me just sit there with my arms crossed and not say anything. Quiet rebellion from my introvert self.
Same, plus I won't take anything after that seriously.
Load More Replies...This is acceptable for adults too. I did this today to someone. I didn't scream it, but still.
So, no one else gets out of these situations by suddenly looking at their watch, shouting "oh, s**t!!" And running away? Because it works like every time
No but ill be wearing a watch from now on!! THANK YOU!
Load More Replies...on the upside, if you live long enough you re-enter this life stage. Old people think nothing of speaking their minds. I walked into a hospital room once with my therapy dog. The lady said "YOU'RE FAT" as I walked in... which made me laugh, and here I thought I was hiding it so well! The nurse rolled her eyes as she was leaving the room and said "isn't she the sweetest thing?/s"
This is what I look forward to most when I'm old. I wouldn't say that, like that lovely woman, but if someone is being a jackass I will be all over it.
Load More Replies...Does it count if I open the door to find people holding religious tracts and immediately close the door again? Because it's been over ten years and they haven't been back, so...
open the door again, and release their stuck fingers
Load More Replies...See someone you know. Smile automatically, open your mouth as if you're about to talk or say their name, glance over their shoulder, let your eyes go wide, your jaw drop and mutter "oh my GOD!" and run past them to somewhere else. They will never follow, and they'll never ask what happened. You're welcome.
I did this not long ago only I said "Stop! You are fu*king nuts and I don't want to hear it!" Omg, it's so not like me to do things like that but I have always thought she's a weirdo(we're in the same biz so run into each other) and she literally starting spouting the craziest crap yet.(pretty sure she's deep in Q brainwash mode waiting on JFK Jr to show up)
My friend teaches kindergarten and when she comes to school without makeup she will be relentlessly asked 'what happened to your face??' and 'are you sick??'
If we’re acting like toddlers, then I’m punching people in the face for acting like toddlers, and you can’t be mad at me because I’m acting like a toddler.
Fun fact: I'm related to Amelia Earhart. She was my great great great aunt or smth like that. I think it's pretty cool.
Actually you could say you are gonna dress up in full Camo, no one can see you dressed in that lol.
In honor of Harry Houdini's Halloween birthday, I have gone as Houdini a couple times. I show up, but slip out ASAP.
Amelia Earhart disappeared on her last plane trip. No one knows, where, how or why. She told them she was going as her and disappeared like Amelia.
Load More Replies...Males who want to pull this off can say they're going as Judge Crater.
According to Derrick Carpenter, a positive psychology coach at Happify, a helpful tip for those with introverted tendencies is to try to see their whole self. "It’s important to note that the scale on which introversion and extroversion are measured is just that: a scale," Carpenter wrote in VeryWell Mind. "Within each of us lies some tendency to recharge our batteries through social interaction and affiliation with others and another tendency to recharge on our own. Be honest with yourself about what you need in a given moment and allow yourself permission to have it."
In other words, when calling a friend to hang out feels right, make a lunch date. But if you’d rather curl up with a good book, go for it.
Had somewhat the same experience except I had just had these numbing injections in the back of my head and neck for migraines, dr overdid it a little causing half of my face to go completely numb and temporarily paralyzed. Walking out of the office it's summertime and I was killing it in a tank top and Jean mini skirt, jeep full of hot guys pull through the parking lot behind me whistling and honking and I turn around with one eye open face sagging and drooling all over myself and not even thinking tried my hardest to half smile and wave. I've never seen a vehicle turn around and speed off as quickly as they did. I still die laughing every time I think of what I must have looked like because their faces were priceless!
Reminds me of the meme where the girl basically made a t-rex sound. Brilliant!
I'm literally doing this right now. I'm supposed to work but... Bored Panda.
I'm sooooo glad I didn't find this site when I was still working!
Load More Replies...I was about to say the same! Looks like someone has undiagnosed adhd.
Load More Replies...You've just described the first half and second half of every shift I've ever worked in perfect, succinct, profound detail. Thank you.
*Aggressively throws a pair of airplane headphones at the perpetrator*
Yeah...people should be required to take a course in beach etiquette. Well, actually, many people need a course in just everyday etiquette.
The problem is that most people are just oblivious to their surroundings. Makes me so mad.
Load More Replies...I hate this so much!! You end up having to walk miles down the beach just to avoid those selfish arseholes. I couldn't confront them. I would be scared they'd have a go at me rather than turn it down.
Should show this to my neighbor who listens to the radio all day long ... in his garden ... so that everyone can hear radio ... and not birds.
Agreed! Our otherwise nice neighbors have an outdoor tv and speakers. It sucks terribly.
Load More Replies...People who play their souped up stereos in their car that is loud enough to rattle windows should be ticketed for public nuisance immediately and forced to drive with no radio
I love searching for those speakers on my phone, and play some real embarrassing s**t when I can connect.
Even worse is the ridiculous a**hole going to the nature preserve with their speaker blaring as they walk the trails.
Yes, I live near Yosemite so I go there often and I have had to share the trail multiple times with people who are hiking while blasting their speakers. The beach I can understand, even if I don't agree with it, but on a trail??
Load More Replies...I remember being on the beach in Mauritius with some arsehat having a shouted Skype call to someone back in the UK. Everyone was giving her dirty looks, she didn't bat an eyelid.
And, she doesn't do concerts, we don't see her photos on magazine covers (those sold near the check out counters), we don't know which beach she went. She has a peaceful life.
A castle... Cats... Nobody to annoy you... Lots of money... That's the life I want, and I don't care if my cats eventually eat my corpse!
She gets to be an artist, a celebrity, alone, has cats, millions, and her own fuc*ing castle but deals with none of the fame bullshi* the rest of celebrities have to deal with. Why isn't she writing role model courses for schoolgirls?
Carpenter also thinks introverted behavior has an upside that often gets overlooked. "Introverts tend to be better problem solvers, perform better academically, exhibit stronger regulation of their behavior, and are less likely to take risks that may cause them harm," he said.
"Research shows that introverts may experience these benefits as a result of having more gray matter in their prefrontal cortex, the area at the front of the brain that controls complex and abstract thinking, emotion regulation, and decision making."
100%. He was bullied and made fun off by those in Whoville...but nooooo he's the bad guy.
Just lost my baby girl Mia, my boxer. I was happy living alone with her. My heart is broken, miss her so much :(
You'd cry if I could explain to you how wrong you are
Load More Replies...Teenagers are like the moles in your yard and raccoons in your trash can and ants in your kitchen and yeah, I'll just take the plants and pets, thank you.
I like teenagers because they are the most cat-like. Like, technically if you released them into the wild they could keep themselves alive, but really they still need to be looked after if you want them to stay healthy, even if there is no obvious gratitude.
Load More Replies...Yes. Teens eat absolute horrible things, they stink to high heaven, they trash the place, they bring their stinky friends who help them, and eat all the sweets. Just when you get fed up, one of these gnarly beasts walks over, bear hugs you until you hear your ribs crack and says, "I love you mom" then disappears! Like it never happened and you are left, loving them all over again.
More like mosquitos. They suck the life out of you and leave marks on your body.
Ooof casual hate against children much? Don't the children of the world have enough to deal with without unnecessary hate from adults?
Load More Replies...I have wept when a beloved plant died. She was a massive Aloe that despite years of excellent care after being rescued at near death, she was just done.😢
I went shopping with my husband. He had the list. We finished rather quickly. I looked in the trolley and it was nearly empty. I was confused, is that all we need. He nodded yes. Doesn't look right, but ok. Our regular cashier greeted us. As she was ringing us out, she said- the kids finally moved out. Our lightbulbs were a little dim, but brightened up when we both said YES at the same time
And neither plants nor pets will ever wreck your car or expect you to put them through college.
So do I. I also play the trumpet 🎺_(._. ) doot
Load More Replies...Umm no. Introverts have lots of hobbies. Mine are reading, writing, art, video games. Tv is not a hobby. Tv, sleeping, and eating are not hobbies. Cooking can be. Being an introvert doesn't make us lazy. It means we recharge with alone time.
Also, I'm not saying watching tv or the other things are bad. They just aren't describing being introverted. They are describing giving yourself a break which is also important.
Load More Replies...I came here to write the exact same thing. ;-)
Load More Replies...An introvert can have any hobby that doesn’t require a crowd of people. You can sew by yourself. Same with knitting, sculpting, throw pots, collect whatever you enjoy collecting, etc. Hell, if you’ve got the room, you can make furniture, restore classic cars, or any other hobby that needs room. The possibilities are nearly endless.
I don’t understand why you couldn’t just say excuse me I just need to freshen up or some other polite way to get away from the, if you need to be on good terms with the group or if you don’t just say this is boring and walk away it’s really simple and easy to do
Because the banana means they won't come back when you return
Load More Replies...they must have thought you were bananas .... i will excuse myself i am sorry
Remember that in many classical and theological perspectives on happiness from Aristotle to the Buddha, spending time alone and contemplating the meaning and purpose of our lives is a necessity.
"Learn to embrace your unique introvert qualities and tap into the happiness they bring you, whether that’s teaching yourself something new, exploring nature on a solo trek, or cultivating your creative side," Carpenter said.
I don't get depressed, i just get angry. What depresses me is when i express that anger, and most people respond by calling me an a*****e simply because they don't like being confronted with the reality that they're complicit in facilitating all the things they endlessly whine about.
And anger is an appropriate response too. Not everyone who gets angry needs to be medicated or go to anger management.
I have to make this distinction to my doctor, I’m not depressed, I’m having a reasonable reaction to some horrible stuff. It would be weird if I wasn’t miserable.
The sad thing is I need two recovery days for every activity or I will get sick. Really. I have circular vomiting syndrome and it is awful!
Load More Replies...I was on vacation for a week with my friend. Whole week stuck with another person, every day breakfast, lunch and dinner with bunch if strangers and chatty waiters. It was fun and all but now I need at least couple of weeks to recover. My parents were plant-sitting at my house during the holiday so they were here when I got back. My mom said "you can't wait to get some alone time, do you?"
Only 3 days? Try a week. Or if you're particularly taxing on my patience, a month.
Social interactions are like hyperbeam or roar of time... It is very effective but you need a recovery period before you can make a move again.
I am lucky, I have friends that understand this. Also friends who understand the warning of 'I'm changing my meds so be prepared for me to be batshit insane for the next month until they kick in'
I've pushed and gone hard for days....epic shutdown commenced
Load More Replies...I leave my phone on "do not disturb" as least 5 days a week, maybe more.
I was an introvert during my adolescence... a total bookworm, and I really enjoyed my "quiet time". However, I didn't have that luxury very often, because there were 9 family members living in our house. I had that one friend, who really understood me (similar living situation). When she asked me, if I want to hang out and I answered simply with: no, not today... she didn't even ask, why not. She just accepted it. I miss that
Hey that's how my family found half of its current living relatives!
I can't stand most of my relatives, I don't need any more that I have to avoid.
Load More Replies...Mostly hoped there was someone better in my ancestors than in my current relatives.
In my case I was very interested because as it turns out my family used to be uber wealthy and I couldn't believe it because these days we're very middle class, where did all the money go if they were that wealthy? I just HAD to know, who f****d it up for the rest of us.
I'm black and adopted, and I want to connect with my ancestry and roots because I am not as connected as I want to be.
Hopefully a DNA test will give you some answers. I love researching my past. Good luck.
Load More Replies...I had a cousin I didn't know existed contact me on FaceBook a couple of years ago, and that's how I ended up deleting my account.
Did the ancestry DNA test and found out my dad had seeded the entire East Coast of Australia.
Feel like since my brother died I just don't have it in my to find out if I have more family somewhere, I'm just broken inside
He must have been a great person. So sorry for your loss.
Load More Replies...a friend from college recently found a lost brother her parents gave up for adoption more than 30 years ago thanks to an ancestry test. I don't know the details about why they gave him up for adoption, or if my friend knew this beforehand, but at least for him this brought a sense of closure since all his life he wanted to find out his origins, but his adoptive parents weren't given any info about his real family. He took the test and nothing happened, but coincidentally, she took the test too some time later, and she was notified she had a match in the database, so close that it must be her sibling, and that's how they connected.
ALWAYS give the box to the cat. It’s the law
Load More Replies...You mean you're not supposed to suck the pizza through that hole in the box?
So many dumb labels that should be obvious. Yet we keep having the stupid people intrude in our lives. Although it is kinda funny. You know some idiot tried that stupid thing.
But when you feel like leaving your safe little cave, own it. "Particularly when you are already going to be socializing, act the part of an extrovert," Carpenter suggested.
"This doesn't mean you should be inauthentic. Just bring more of your real self. Be an extroverted introvert. Harness that rich inner world of yours and jump into the conversation more, share your opinion, crack a joke, and take the spotlight every once in a while."
I'm guessing it was alcohol free because they were into heavier drugs...?
If it was an in-game item it would have a purple/gold border
Load More Replies...Common sense is like deodorant, the people who need it the most don't use it
My people skills are just fine . It's my tolerance for idiots that needs work.
My positive trait is that I don't expect anything from people, so I'll never get mad, hurt or disappointed.
have you ever been playing Exquisite Corpse and someone draws the head in the second section? you can't complain.
Ok this one is definitely me. I'm truly trying to work on it, but honestly I've always had this issue. Like I truly do now understand how society and humans just can't get certain concepts.
Kind of like the things we all should be doing right now, but here we are reading BoredPanda.
Or, you plan to spend X number of hours doing something, but every time you plan to go and start doing it, something else needs to be done, then something else, and so on, and you look at the clock, and find that all the other crap that came up out of the blue has eaten up nearly all the time you planned to use to do that one original thing you intended carve out time to do.
And you sat the laundry basket on top of the washing machine to do that one little thing that caught your eye. It'll still be there in the morning until and if I get back to it ever
Load More Replies...I just got a letter from my government that once again I have to give up 10 minutes of my life to do my taxes. Where's my freedom? ;)
It is always like: Time to pee, time to eat, time to turn over to avoid bed sores. Can just have a day to rest.
I'm working and always make some time to read BoredPanda, just 10-15 mins, 1-2 times a day. Not because I'm lazy or neglecting my job, but coz trully need it. After an intense meeting or working on presentation material, docs etc,, taking a break n reading BP just makes my head lighter and brings better mood
When I was 17, I listened to Husker Du a lot. Their song "Tired Of Doing Things" really spoke to me.
as a non native speaker, it took me a while to understand, but by reading the comments in here and on the actual Tweet, I think she means she thinks she's not that smart, yet it haunts her to know there are SO many people much stupider than she is. Like, she considers she should be at the lower side of the smartness chart, so there shouldn't be that many people less smart than her, but there are, LOTS of them lol
Load More Replies...Remember the bell curve. If you're of average intelligence, then half the population is stupider than you are, and about 16% (roughly 1 in 6!) are SIGNIFICANTLY stupider.
Every time I have a bad moment, I think of the people out there whose lamps hold a lower wattage than mine!
The absolute dead center average human being is a complete moron, half of humanity isn't much smarter, and the other half is exponentially dumber. 10% of the population is so stupid the government won't even accept them into being cannon fodder for the armed forces. You need a special license to drive a forklift....yet everyone can reproduce at will, and all of them get to vote.
What haunts me is that most of them wear that stupidity like a hard earned badge of honor.
In fact, studies, where introverts were instructed to act like extroverts in a group of people, showed they ended up experiencing greater positive emotion than introverts acting normally (in fact, they rated their positive emotion higher than the naturally extroverted people, too) and reported feeling more authentic at the moment.
I got Covid after my moms funeral. It was the only time I really left the house last year. I couldn't keep my mask on the whole time it was impossible. Some of my family are antivaxxers and I was so upset they gave people Covid. Everyone that came was supposed to be vaccinated but I found out later they weren't. Ultimate betrayal. Elderly people were there like my stepdads mom. Thank god she didn't get it. Can't believe the utter selfishness from my moms own sisters.
All around me, more people are dying and in the hospital yet restrictions are being lifted. I'm still acting like we did when the pandemic first started and we took it way more seriously than we needed to.
Nice to know I'm not the only one that feels it's too soon to lift restrictions
Load More Replies...Why did people need to be told not to get all up in other people's space? 2m space is called polite, not virus protection
Indeed. I think you're an introvert level 100 if you can avoid getting Omicron (where's my award)
Lucky, I have in person school that I have to go to, they aren’t offering my programs online (IBMYP) where I live 😫
Load More Replies...I would have agreed with this 3 months ago when SA had less than 500 Covid cases in total, the WHOLE pandemic. But since end of November to Beginning of February we have now had over 120,000 cases and I know 8 people personally who have just had Covid. Now it's just the waiting game for us to get it.
How ironic, I just recently learned about this! I finally figured out why I'm always up all night long (such as right now).
Just think, our subconscious chooses to do this. Not us. Man is my subconscious a drama queen.
I prefer "compensatory bedtime procrastination." You are compensating for a deficiency of me time, not getting revenge on something or someone. Who/what would be the target of such "revenge"?
There are also those who sleep most of the day and stay up most of the night to avoid people who expect them to do something, There is little expectation of productivity in the middle of the night so not as much guilt.
This is me. Currently. No wonder my nephews love me lol. I just pop up
So she is accustomed to actually having control of the day? Who knew that was a thing?
Respond with, Hi friend, I can bring the Coffee and Cake to you, just tell me where.
There are plenty of ways to go about it. "If you're not socializing much, encourage yourself to connect with others in the ways that work well for you," the psychology coach said.
"Join a group to take part in an activity you already love, like a choir, book club, or fitness class. Even though initiating these decisions may feel like an extra effort, the payoff should be noticeable. When you realize you acted more extroverted in a way that felt good, keep it up."
Whatever happens in these settings, you will always be able to retreat and find memes to scroll through instead!
I aspire to be this much of a character in my senior years.
When it comes to unknown parking situations I'm ALWAYS nervous. Especially in busy inner-city areas. That's why I love my bike...
But then bike anxiety! Will there be something the right dimensions to chain it to? Will it be stolen? 😭
Load More Replies...I can't tell you how many times I've given up and gone home in tears after driving around lost for an hour downtown because I couldn't find the correct parking entrance. Like, how do you pull over and look it up on your phone when there is no where to pull over other than the wrong place that charges you 15$ just to get in?
It is absolutely the only worry I have. I am fine going to strange locations as long as I know where to park my car and how to get to that parking lot. I do a fair number of shows in big arenas and staff parking can be impossible to find. Such worries!
Is that headache caused by lack of sleep or lack of liquids: the prequel
Agree. Never appreciate them and also not any good at giving them because I feel like who the f am I to be judging anyone and throwing critiques at them. Always told my immediate supervisors, no praise needed, just throw money
In Ireland we love to compliment but are awful at accepting them. If someone tells you 'i like your dress' the response is 'this thing, the state of it , sure its only cheap, i only threw it on myself this morning' etc etc. It could still have labels on it but it's just what we do. Now if someone gives a compliment and someone says thanks well, you would be labelled a poser, full of notions about yourself, big headed and probably foreign. 🙂 Irish people are all about the modesty
I've notice the Irish folks tend to downplay their illness and pain as well! I ask do you have any discomfort during stress tests, Irish patient ah no, I'm just fine. I literally ask at least 3 times depending on length of the time on the treadmill. Irish patient later tells the doctor they had a wee bit of pain in their chest when they were on the treadmill . ( facepalm ) : D
Load More Replies...I enjoy receiving a sincere compliment. I enjoy giving sincere compliments almost as much!
Is Thank you, that's kind of you to say," really that hard? Yeah, I'm old.
I've learnt (with great effort) to force a "thank you" and hope they stop talking.
Load More Replies...yeah, thats one way to show you have no idea how to use that response.
Load More Replies...same. my ex. . . we broke up almost a decade ago but yeah. I don't talk to him or like him.
Load More Replies...Yeah, because being polite costs you no money and gets you a lot further.
I love being kind, even when people are not kind back. You will never make me frown. Try it, I dare you :)
Positivity counterpoint 🙂: exercise boosts happy chemicals in our body and is a great way to start the day. (I’m not a morning person & exercise at night…but jelly of morning people can who do this).
I have time to exercise in the morning but I heroically fill it with cups of tea and bagels
I preemptively ask them a broad question like "What's your favorite vacation spot" and then just relax and occasionally mutter "oh nice" and "cool"
I just let them know, politely of course, that I'm not looking for conversion. I think some of them are glad for the break!
Load More Replies..."I came here for the sleepy feeling I get when someone touches my hair and scalp. We do not need to talk. Thank you, now hop to it Edward Scissorhands!". Solves the problem every time.
The best part of the pandemic is that my wife started cutting my hair, and now I don't have to go in to get a haircut every month and try to make small talk with someone I have nothing in common with.
I haven't been to a hairdresser in years. I can't stand the talking and the touching. I just learned how to do it myself
Me too, I've been cutting my own hair for a decade.
Load More Replies..."I've been waiting all day for this time to just chill out and relax, thank you so much! I'm gonna pop in my earbuds and if you need me, just give me a little tap." Works like a charm!
my least favourite part of a haircut is when they blow dry your hair because it's too loud, uncomfortable and hot to think or process anything around you, and their hands are all through your hair.
I used to like the feel of the electric shaver on the back of my neck, I used to ask the barber to go over that bit a few times, ooh it feels nice.
You should try being a bloke for a while. Enter Barbers "Alright?" "Aye, alright mate, the usual?" "Aye mate" 15 minutes silence. Stand up, "Keep the change" Exit.
That used to be the case for me. None of my barbers made conversation. I could just sit back and enjoy the ride. But they've hired a chatterbox, who has kindly pointed out to me how quiet I am.
Load More Replies...Best part about having alopecia. I don't miss that 'are you going anywhere on your holidays ' chat. I used to wash my hair at home so i had less time in the shop.
Early on in the pandemic a woman (typical Karen-ish Anti-Masker) asked me why I moved so far out of her way while walking down the pavement towards her and I said "Oh it has nothing to do with COVID, I would've done it anyway"
I'd say call an ambulence for that burn but she'll probably be fine with her essential oils
Load More Replies...I have a T-shirt that says "I've been social distancing since long before it was fashionable". It's true.
Yes what is it when waiting in line people think they can intrude on my personal space. Stop breathing on me when I can tell what the last you ate was.
Personally I think it is a direct result of the billionaires whose constant greed requires them to disregard people or the planet in their constant need to add more to their stack of money.
Load More Replies...It's the video games, people smoking drugs and porn.
Load More Replies...Boomer:What a bunch of whiney baby's. Me: Said sarcastically by an actual boomer, because they aren't a bunch of whiney babies. They've got way more on their plates than we ever did.
Anxiety and depression are just the general state of the population at this point. If you can somehow manage to never be anxious or feel depressed in today's times please tell me your secret.
Given the context, NEVER being anxious or depressed may not be a realistic goal. A Buddhist perspective would say to welcome whatever feelings come, even ones that we don’t like or want around. It’s all part of the human experience, feelings come and go we don’t have to take them so seriously, we can learn to be kind to ourselves however we happen to be feeling in the moment. Paradoxically the more we resist them the more they persist! All that being said, humour helps too.. I came across this meme the other day that said, ‘You are a ghost driving a meat-covered skeleton made from star dust, riding a rock hurtling through space - fear nothing!’ I love this perspective and it made me laugh. I hope you find peace in this uncertain world.
Load More Replies...The planet is not boiling or you would not be able to write the post joyous just wrote
And even then, many can't get a living wage in a 40 hour week, so they have to work 60 or more hours a week.
Yep so the rich corporates maintain their lavish lives upon people's slave wages
Load More Replies...What book is this again? The drawing looks so familiar and yet i cannot remember.
Load More Replies...Everyone should think about this comment, and then get themselves sterilized.
Now you tell me! It's already the 10th! How can I plan for this without notice???
And in exactly 200 years, we can have 2:22:22 (or 22:22:22 military time) on 2/22/2222. If that day also happens to be a Tuesday, something BIG has got to happen. I mean it. Just can’t let it only be the time and date.
2/2/2222 will be a Saturday, and 22/2/2222 will be a Friday 🙁
Load More Replies...That would have been 02/02/2022. They're talking about 02/22/2022. Or 22/02/2022 if that's the format you use. Either way, it's February 22nd they're talking about.
Load More Replies...This has circulated a billion times already! Every poster claiming to be the one who thought of this lameass meme.
Yes — and other equipment the military has said (repeatedly) it doesn't need
Load More Replies...This is a bit off top, but the Gov. of Florida, DeathSantis, is with holding 225 million dollars to school systems who have mask mandates. The very next comment was the 25 million the taxpayers will be used to buy 3 private jets for republican officials to use. Not just for flying to DC and back, for family use as well.
Tell them to stop writing aid bills for other countries that dont actually get the money, but are forced to give said congress person a kickback. Money laundering with tax dollars may one day become one of the worst crimes against humanity, after crimes against children and modern day slavery.
thanks for the good company! I don't go because they usually ask me to leave!
Load More Replies...The depressed trans cousin with social anxiety and separation anxiety from my cat.
Your cat could come with you as emotional support animal... Then again. You could stay home with the cat as emotional support human.
Load More Replies...I'm that crazy cousin that always gets a sugar rush and teaches all the little kids cuss words
I was born in a family with very high standards. We never have family gatherings.
im the gay cousin who avoids all the adults and sticks with the little kids (the adults are notoriously boring)
And they will probably normalize, “We cannot pay you today because you did not work.”
I will forever bow down to my current boss who, when I said "I can't people today" said, it's ok, we're staffed and you have time saved, go home. And then congratulated me on the decision later. My hero.
One of the partners called in one morning to announce he wasn't coming in that day. "I'm just not feeling it," he said. I aspire to that level of independent income.
And maybe let's normalize allowing people that thrive under wfh to continue to do so in order to acknowledge the fact that it's isn't wfh that's good for them, it's the aggressively noisy, disruptive office that is toxic to their concentration and productivity.
Once or twice a year, some of us women would go to talk to HR and vent about our unfair treatment. It got so that the bosses, all men, were becoming very nervous when they thought we women might be offended by something.
You know what is selfish? Bringing children into this mess of a world that we are destroying and doing nothing to help fix it just so they can suffer later on
Exactly!!! World is very overpopulated, so much abuse poverty crime ,destroying natural habitats
Load More Replies...From the head of a church who decided in 1331AD that their clergy should become celibate so their worldly possessions would revert to the church, rather than their families! Also, the Dalai Lama said that the biggest problem the world faces today is overpopulation. Guess which one has a clue?
Pope Francis needs to pipe down, get the insane riches they have hoarded and hid for an eternity in the Vatican's vaults, sell them to stupid rich people, and use the money to FIX this world he wants people to bring more kids into... it's literally falling apart. He also needs to stay out of my uterus, thank you.
The animals are already there, they need loving homes. Humans are a pestilence on the planet; we don't need any more!
And why should anyone care about family-planning advice from an old guy who's never had a family of his own?
The Catholic Church has no right to comment on kids anymore, they just want to f**k them.
Ooh, ooh, ooh! [I'm raising my hand because my parents and siblings and I chose furbabies over grandchildren and children, and it's been awesome!!]
My Family too, and ours are all rescues as well.
Load More Replies...We have 5 cats inside all strays, 4 of which are related and taken in over the course of 10 years, and another 4 that live outside....which are also related to the 4 inside cats and are 20th generation. All 4 of the related kitties are sprawled across me as i'm writing this, despite the fact that they hate each other, they love me more. A child could never, ever bring as much satisfaction or happiness as the previous sentence.
I prefer being selfish than burdening the world with over population. What type of world are we giving our children ?
Not everyone is in that position. You can't speak for all others.
Load More Replies...I’m doing that tomorrow - it’s my last day at my current job - onto bigger better things! 🥳
I actually did that once. I'd been working for the company for six years. Got up from my desk one morning, said "No, I'm not doing this anymore." and walked out never to return.
It's only February and I have my doubts about 2022. I'd like a refund.
To qualify for a refund you will have to complete the entire ride. Management can't stress enough that no refunds will be given for frivolous reasons like "I didn't like it." , "Not what I expected." or "Ran out of fücks to give, halfway the ride."
Load More Replies...I'm actually feeling pretty good about 2022. This is gonna be my year. Sorry to sound clichè but New year, New me.
same, except for my usual mental breakdowns, ive been having a good year so far :D
Load More Replies...Dude i'm sitting here petrified that God is going to say "well, I took one golden bell this year, maybe I should knock two off" and his hand reaches towards Dolly Parton. DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER, GOD, WE CAN'T DO WITHOUT HER YET!
My local news station said she's now offering tuition assistance to ALL her Dollywood employees starting from their first day! She's amazing and so classy! :)
Load More Replies...Thought this was finally going to be a great year. Then I lost my best friend of 51 years in January. I'm skipping the rest of this good for nothing fn year.
Well I think Betty White was to classy for this statement. She would have tried to help us all!
My Lucy died in 2017 and my heart will always be shattered. So many people don't understand how very painful the loss of a pet is. I am so sorry. Hugs.
Load More Replies...Just be a bleached almond like the rest of us, huh? Then people just comment on bare skin exposure instead of bare skin with ink.
Bleached almond! Look at you with your lovely colour. I'm Irish we are pale blue.
Load More Replies...If I got 1€ everytime somebody feels the need to comment on my pale skin colour I would have free ice cream all summer long. Maybe I should get a tattoo instead? Perhaps one that reads "No, I don't have to go outside more - I already had more than my fair share of sunburns!"?
I’m so glad I never did, I would of done it in my goth era, so now I’d be a pretty pink mermaid covered in tattoos of decomposing road kill I found and the taxidermy I did and a bit of human decomposition . Which still sounds pretty in my head but for normal society, I wouldn’t be able to do my current job 😂
How about the people who think it's ok to just come up and touch them? Good way to get punched in the throat.
I've seen a lot of tattoos on my older patients...makes me happy it's not such a social taboo anymore...piercings on the other hand get some attention from this population (I'm talking 75 years old plus)...I had a coworker with pink hair, lip, eyebrow, and gaged earlobes...I heard some pretty rude comments thrown at her (pre-Covid no mask) like " you'd be so much prettier with out all that crap in your face"
Ha. You think tat chat is bad, try using your prehensile tail even once at the grocery store...
So relatable! I’ve learned now that when I go for a massage now I preemptively say ‘ Im really tired so I probably won’t respond if you talk to me.”
People don't care about tattoos anymore, people hardly even see them like they did once, blah.
Exactly! My coworker said to me yesterday, “I’m not getting tattoos. I want to be different, not like everyone else.” I was like bruh. No one cares any more whether you do or don’t have them. (Also, not having tattoos doesn’t make him different so idek lmao)
Load More Replies...Joining you with my knitting project and my fat cat!
Load More Replies...Old english ladies solving crimes... That's a series I need to watch.
I have a similar line of my own: "I'm allergic to human(s/ interaction)"
When you were in school you didn't lose sleep over worrying about bills, employment, relationships and the world burning. That's why so many adults are exhausted from just walking to their car for the daily commute.
I mean, I lose sleep worrying about having to worry about those things (and yeah we do worry about the world burning)
Load More Replies...So true! I had one day where I had three back to back mtgs that were an hour each. I friggin lost it! This was after 2+ mtgs per day the previous 3 days. I was not close to ok that week.
Because when you were in school you had no freedom and were in a constant fear of upseting for the smallest reason one of those terryfying dictators who could decide to destroy your entire life without an effort and whom you called "parents" and "teachers".
Those male authors have obviously never met a woman let alone seen one at rock bottom. This ain't it.
So... Boobs don't move to express your feelings like a dog's ears? /s
Load More Replies...She's at rock bottom but she's taken time to style her hair, do her make up, and shave her legs.
She's not drinking gin and crying on a set of stairs. What rock bottom have these guys seen? Also hanging out in my underwear, drinking and smoking, blasting my music and hanging with my cats, not a man in sight? - that's called PARADISE.
If she is happy and chilled, that's what matters, get to f**k Connie.
No, it's Anna Taylor-Joy in the Queen's Gambit, a great series
Load More Replies..."Hmm... Can I tell you something? -Sure. -Erm... No. Actually... Forget it. -Why? What? -Nothing, I said. -What did you want to say?! -Nothing. -F**K YOU!!"
In my mind if a person compliments me then that means they aprove of what I did, so now I have the crushing weight of expectaion and trust on me. (Compliment = expectation = stress) (No compliment = indeffernece = no stress)
This is a great post....wait, no it isn't.....wait, yes it is, brilliant......wait, no it isn't......whew!
Compliments are highly suspicious. They always mean that someone wants something from you.
The container does, yes. The food, not so much. Don't ask me how I know this.
Chocolate finger biscuits containers float too. I've done extensive research on the subject and they get nice and melted in the warm water.
I have been propagating the concept of tub cake in my social bubble for about two years now with a very similar image.
I wish they taught me that for LO!! Life would’ve been way easier!
Yes. We all come here to avoid our responsibilities while reading about people avoiding their responsibilities and joking about how life sucks. And occasionally there are cute animals
Load More Replies...Therapist - "how are you managing with COVID and isolation" Me - "are you kidding; it's heaven and wish it never ends, except for the innocent deaths 'cause that really sucks. Maybe if it were only the stupid ones."
Me: "I'm always hearing on tv that everybody's looking forward the pandemy ends but I'm afraid of the end of isolation, i wish it asts forever". Therapist: "Everybody is secretly telling me the same as you".
Load More Replies...I don't complain. All of my stuff is here and there's like no people but lots of dogs.
Fun fact: Food releases dopamine. The reason why I dance whilst eating.
Load More Replies...On one monitor I have "ACCEPT WHAT YOU CAN'T CHANGE, CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN" to remind me not to dwell on crap from work. On the other I have a crude expression I use when something really pisses me off--just to balance things out.
I hate people who just think they can but into your conversation without knowing any of the details and just assuming what you're talking about.
I feel this about music, I'm still checking bands from the late 80's discographies, I will absolutely die before I listen to all the music I want.
doctor is totally lying. I literally do not know anyone who is not anxious and depressed.
Might depend on where you're living. I've been a recluse now for over a year thanks to the pandemic and don't feel any anxiety or depression. In fact, I quite like it.
Load More Replies...I love that my doctors know me well enough to ask if I have any unusual feelings of anxiety or depression instead of just any feelings of. Makes all the difference in the world
My therapist would not stop snapping one of the 8 to 10 rubber bands she had on her wrist throughout our sessions, but I still valued her input, since years of dealing with depression made me amazing at solving everybody else's s**t, while still being totally floored by mine. To the one above I would be like "so you think you can help me based on stuff you read in a book? I don't think so."
They give me that questionnaire every year at my physical. I just write across it in big letters "I HAVE DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY-BEING TREATED BY PSYCHIATRIST," which they really already know. Then I move on to the next set of questions.
"Do you have a warrant? I have the right to remain silent, you know."
Load More Replies...I mastered the art of making small talk. Really small. Like those artists who make drawings with a half-dozen atoms.
I never know how to answer that question: "How are you?" You want the truth or am I supposed to be polite? You can't have both.
After I chose to stay uninformed about current events, my will to live has increased significantly.
Media free since 2003 and life is good. If it's that important we'll hear about it somehow, right?
Load More Replies...Why do you think I am so depressed? As a species, we don't deserve this planet.
Me, when a patient is crashing and I'm the one who steps in and takes charge. "You're always so calm in an emergency.". No I'm not. My brain is actually screaming "Holy ****!! Everyone's looking at me to know what to do and I'm scared out of my fn mind right now!!" When it's all over my boss asks my if I'm ok. Me:Oh ya. No problem. Then I go back to work like nothing happened. For all the Healthcare workers and other essential employees that keep a hospital functioning during 2 years and counting of covid, multiply this by a gazillion. PLEASE GET VACCINATED!! This is why everyone is burned out exhausted, will have PTSD, and are leaving because if they don't they're going to lose their sanity.
Inside I'm having a total meltdown outside I'm telling everyone, 'I'm grand it's all grand' 🥴
in my mind, I became Olgra from the Dark Crystal a long time ago.
Nah, you need at least one system devoted to psychopathic aggression as well for that. I'm terrified of every single thing, but that isn't going to stop me shouting at it, is the chihuahua philosophy. Although a nice pile of clothes you can hide in for a nap will distract them from the shouting.
Load More Replies...Therapist: When exactly did you start believing there is a monster living under the bed? What do you think that means?
The first time I felt it tugging at the blanket... and he must be cold as well as hungry.
Load More Replies...Does anyone wonder why a lot of the human race is convinced that it's dangerous to put your foot out the side of the bed? What happened in the dim, dark, distant past that we don't know what happened?
It took me far too long to realize this wasn't some twisted form of poetry.
Here's mine - my trash can went on a wild ride and wiped out the entirety of humanity.
I have been laughing about this for a good long while. I’m saving this one.
I love how every stock image of a millennial is just someone with a lot of plants.
Stop telling us living til the diaper years is awesome. It blows unless you're lucky to be fit and healthy at that age, and have plenty of friends/family. Otherwise it blows. It's lonely and depressing and sucks your soul out your ass.
More likely, "take a picture of it' and send it to you, saying it is delivered. then stealing it lmao
Ordered Pizza last night and the delivery Drive overshot my driveway and parked in Next doors driveway..
So you're reinforcing the belief that having a smartphone and downloading an app is now a career path, while also adding to unchecked destruction of the planet by having ill thought out purchases delivered individually, while Americans, who are already so incredibly, disgustingly fat, now have even LESS motivation to shuffle their cascading pile of shame any further than the front door. Yeah. It's really awesome whenever we're given explicit examples of people not seeing anything beyond their own convenience.
Reminds me of the time between Christmas and New Years, where everyday is Sunday
The kid is probably six. This is definitely something my kid could have said at 6. He's a second grader now and he still has no clue about days of the week or weekends.
Load More Replies...Too easy for the other person to say; "No, no, I've got all the time in the World for you." What the hell do you do then?
It works... I love it, it is like a magical spell but in real life.
Not a southern phrase though -- My mom was saying on the phone "Well, I'd better let you go", or "Well, I don't want to keep you" 50 years ago, at least, in New England. A far more creative option (which she never used, but that I read years ago) is "Oh, must dash, the cat's on fire!"
I personally use cashew milk on the rare ocassion I have Oreos lol. I'm not vegan I just can't do cow milk.
Load More Replies...Also vegan, Indian fried bread with maple syrup and powdered sugar. French fries (depending on source) and ketchup. Onion rings and bbq sauce.
They fry chapati with maple syrup? That might taste better than the jaggery stuffed in the roti
Load More Replies...Shower seat is underrated! Gonna just rest while I wash. And still be exhausted when I'm done...
You can wash your feet without risking a head injury.
Load More Replies...Sitting in a chair when you shower makes it difficult to wash your butt.
Maybe I will go to hell for that, but I can't stop laughing at that.
I had no frikkin idea about this, well I know what we're doing on Friday night.
Plot twist : you are not awkward, your insecurities make you think you are awkward.
My boss told me to say "You're asking too much of me." and leave it at that.
Call it what you want, it's drama free and I'm loving every minute of it! 😃
Disassociation is actually pretty scary and not something that can be easily snapped out of... It's like calling people who are a bit perfectionist at organisation as people with OCD. Mental illness isn't a laughing matter, it's pretty serious. I get that this is meant to be light-hearted, but ... you know. Time and place and all that.
Wdym? 9:00 pm sounds like a great bedtime- oh that’s not what they meant..
Me too, im an ambivert going through introvert and extrovert phases every few days (my experience) and the extrovert phases are actually the hardest because everybody is only availible during introvert phase
Load More Replies...I just finished reading The Art of Rest. Honestly one of the hardest hitting sentences in it was along the lines of "it's not morally superior to get up early" and I felt so much tension leave my body. Also the other sentence: "rest is essential".
Wow! I'm not a degenerate for sleeping late. My self esteem score just went up from -100 to -99. My therapist will be so happy.
Load More Replies...I'm Dutch and we have niksen. It's doing absolutely nothing, not even thinking. Great way to relax during the day. You can even do it sitting at your desk. Our civil servants are real masters in niksen.
But I do use them. I am that kind of person. Errrr, well, clearly this message isn't for me. Moving on...
And that was about as much as I'm going to be motivated for the rest of the year.
He's not wrong. But all those lovely pen and pencil colors. All those adorable little notepads. Stickers - meh.
Which is far better than being honest! Last time I was brutally honest I was send to get a psychiatrist or would get fired.
Load More Replies...I always say "Could be better could be dead. I don't think anyone understands that its not an either or statement.
Are you sure it wasn't "Purrfect",? That would mean they were talking to their cats only.
I say fabulous. I can change the tone depending on whether I mean it or not.
Can you come to my garden? It needs some vacuuming.
Load More Replies...That's how life works too. If someone is talking bullshyte, you can compliment them on the absence of brain activity and move on.
This is me every January! I weirdly believe that it's the worst month of the year!
I am up to like 7.9 billion people by age 40. Does that count?
I don’t have this problem, I’m nearsighted, I don’t put my glasses on when I go out, I’m in my fuzzy cocoon
Same, but then you get surprised when they spot you and seek you out to talk to you *shudders*
Load More Replies...There are people I would rather not see but there isn't anyone I am terrified of seeing.
I think it is about thr US, where many people have guns.
Load More Replies...Kind of turns out that I'm the one no one wants to run into at the grocery store.
2 I got already. It’s a quite elderly couple, maybe late 40s? Or 50s? They wear really weird clothes, almost like pjs. But that’s not even the problem. They smell! Like 5-10 meter of reeking cloud of hell. The first times, I thought what died in here. And made the mistake to pass them, when one was talking. And if you thought it couldn’t get worse with the body odour, the smell of his breath could be a chemical weapon. I was never disgusted by anything more in life...and I watched horror movies like Martyrs and the Saw movies. Whenever I see them now I take a large wide bow around them, or skip grocery shopping altogether.
I always thought the inner monologue thing was a movie trope. I think in images and sounds and smells and really short movements from place to place, unless I'm writing or reading something then I think of the words.
That's amazing to me. I have multiple inner voices. Not like split personalities, but in the sense that I can full-on argue counterpoints in my head against myself. It's always in words, but usually at a speed faster than you could speak or type (replying to your response below.) The differences in human minds/thoughts/experiences is incredible.
Load More Replies...I do have that inner monologue but i dont know how to describe it. It’s a voice but it doesnt have a sound or distinct thing. It’s like a voice but not like a voice
I compose music. I have melodies and harmonies going round and round inside my brain. Helps reduce the monkey talk. Go out and buy a guitar or a keyboard.
Wait, you hear it in your head? Mine doesn't have a voice. There are words, but no voice.
I think I hear it... it's not like an auditory hallucination, but there is definitely usually tone & texture, more like speech than written language.
Load More Replies...I honest to god cannot comprehend how one doesn't have an inner monologue.
My sister thought I was crazy when I was talking about my inner monologue. "You think my voice is annoying? I have to hear it 24/7 NONSTOP."
Actually, yes. Everyone assumes that their own lived experience is what everyone else experiences, but it turns out that people's brains work in dramatically different ways. In addition having or not having an inner monologue, you can have or not have an inner eye or an inner ear. And the inner eye thing (who knows, maybe all of them) have a scale, so some people cannot, at all, picture things (aka aphantasia) and some can do it a little bit and some people actually do picture sheep jumping a fence when they try to fall asleep. This is a fascinating subject.. it's so far from just "no".
Load More Replies...I have only ever gone out on New Year's Eve one time. I really regretted not driving myself.
That reminds me of this awfull NYE party where I spent a lot of time regretting the same... I solved the problem by falling asleep somewhere.
Load More Replies...Every few years I forget and tell my boyfriend "Let's actually get out for New Year and do something fun." Then New Year comes, we look at each other, and one of us asks "Do you really feel like getting out tonight?" and the other breathes a big sigh of relief and says "Oh God, no, can we just stay in?", and we both get giddy with joy and feel like we narrowly escaped being called for tribute in The Hunger Games!
Yeah, I wouldn't have thought that either. Don't people usually ask for make and model? Edited:spelling
Because you don't want her to feel embarrassed again? Sweet of you.
I called the doctor's office for an appointment with a new Dr, secretary asks "what's your address", I say "oh please, no house calls" she's like "wth it's for insurance"
fixed it: save even more time by not going to the party
Load More Replies...Can we please stop calling each other selfish? No matter if one decides to have or not have kids, saying this to each other is quite rude and not very respectful. You make your decisions and I make mine, and we can still be friends and thankful for each other.
Thank you. I'm sick of it. I love the f*****g hell out of my children. And being a actual antisocial person. They are included in my small group of people I trust.
Load More Replies...I'm really tired of "antisocial" being used incorrectly. As a psychologist in training, it really irks me to see that a rather serious diagnosis is still used jokingly.
As a former therapist, it irks me to see the DSM taken so seriously. It has previously listed things such as diabetes and homosexuality as mental disorders. Diagnoses are in and out with each edition. It's disheartening to realize that so many diagnoses have more to do with culture and current zeitgeist than actual mental impediments. It's good practice to view patients as people instead of labels. It reduces practitioner bias as well as stigmatization. It's best to strive for warmth, authenticity, and being present vs. rubber stamping an ICD-9 code like a label on on a Petrie dish. Always remember not to take the DSM or yourself too seriously. :)
Load More Replies...None of this was "antisocial" you remember the pandemic? And how this is about random things?
When I lived in DC and went out to the clubs (goth/industrial clubs), I used to sit in my car and try to build up the energy to actually go into the club and socialize.
Why would you go to HR? There was a problem, you confronted them directly like an adult, now there is no problem. Maybe we don't always have to act like children and run to mom and dad any time anything is wrong?
I was raised by an interrogator. I learned to read people and see who they really were... I was also taught to be something other than what I am to the ends of such discovery. I am an introvert to the hilt. But I have been broken by needs and expectations to become a gregarious, helpful, self-sacrificing creature...who feels cold at her core because she isn't true to herself. I wonder sometimes--is it my nature to be so duplicitous? Does this help anyone for me to hide my true nature, to try to help them as I suffer? Do I have a proper perspective...?
Can we please stop calling each other selfish? No matter if one decides to have or not have kids, saying this to each other is quite rude and not very respectful. You make your decisions and I make mine, and we can still be friends and thankful for each other.
Thank you. I'm sick of it. I love the f*****g hell out of my children. And being a actual antisocial person. They are included in my small group of people I trust.
Load More Replies...I'm really tired of "antisocial" being used incorrectly. As a psychologist in training, it really irks me to see that a rather serious diagnosis is still used jokingly.
As a former therapist, it irks me to see the DSM taken so seriously. It has previously listed things such as diabetes and homosexuality as mental disorders. Diagnoses are in and out with each edition. It's disheartening to realize that so many diagnoses have more to do with culture and current zeitgeist than actual mental impediments. It's good practice to view patients as people instead of labels. It reduces practitioner bias as well as stigmatization. It's best to strive for warmth, authenticity, and being present vs. rubber stamping an ICD-9 code like a label on on a Petrie dish. Always remember not to take the DSM or yourself too seriously. :)
Load More Replies...None of this was "antisocial" you remember the pandemic? And how this is about random things?
When I lived in DC and went out to the clubs (goth/industrial clubs), I used to sit in my car and try to build up the energy to actually go into the club and socialize.
Why would you go to HR? There was a problem, you confronted them directly like an adult, now there is no problem. Maybe we don't always have to act like children and run to mom and dad any time anything is wrong?
I was raised by an interrogator. I learned to read people and see who they really were... I was also taught to be something other than what I am to the ends of such discovery. I am an introvert to the hilt. But I have been broken by needs and expectations to become a gregarious, helpful, self-sacrificing creature...who feels cold at her core because she isn't true to herself. I wonder sometimes--is it my nature to be so duplicitous? Does this help anyone for me to hide my true nature, to try to help them as I suffer? Do I have a proper perspective...?
