What's Bothering You?

[TheSillyPuppy]

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Hey Koopa, like S.J. said, you contributed 120 points to your team, so it's not like you put in zero effort. Your cabinmates definitely appreciate you!

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Awww, Dun, you've been an awesome cabinmate. I'm super happy that we were put on the same team! For-Evergreen!

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That's a lot to adjust to and switching between virtual and in-person schooling has been really rough on students of all ages.

From my experience, middle school- and high school-aged students tend to be the most judgmental (unfortunately).

As an introvert who has the tendency to have anxious thoughts, I frequently think I am awkward in conversations. I also dislike engaging in small talk. This video is fairly long (around 42 minutes), but it does a good job of explaining how to have effective conversations. From personal experience, people generally like to talk about themselves, so if you keep feeding someone with questions and being genuinely interested in learning more about them, they will warm up to you fairly quickly. Like any other skill, communication is something that gets easier the more you practice. I wish you success!

 

[King koopa]

I can see that Koopa, you've achieved 120 points for your team and Dunq, you've achieved 160 points for your team! And that doesn't even include the tasks that gave bonus points to cabins.

You have clearly both been great cabin besties. (just wanted to reassure you )

Hey Koopa, like S.J. said, you contributed 120 points to your team, so it's not like you put in zero effort. Your cabinmates definitely appreciate you!

Thanks, guys! I mean, I'm sure my cabin appreciates me, as I've been really trying to help my cabin but now I feel like giving up and quitting. I mean, the staff has been really hardworking to make sure that the event is good, but I wish there was a rule that removed inactive people since there's like 10 people not doing tasks and that's really bringing us behind. Obviously it's too late now to fix it, but I really wished I wasn't always placed on losing teams

 

[xSuperMario64x]

@Koopadude100 and @Dunquixote I'm sure that you guys have done everything that you could and that's all we asked for. any cabin mate who puts in as much as effort as yall did is a winner imo


why is my executive dysfunction so bad right now, like I'm literally sitting here in the dark and I can't write in my journal bc it's too dark but I don't want to turn a light on, i want to lie down but i dont want to make my bed. by dont want to i mean i actually do but my body just won't do it?? like wtf man.

 

[Dunquixote]

@Koopadude100 and @Dunquixote I'm sure that you guys have done everything that you could and that's all we asked for. any cabin mate who puts in as much as effort as yall did is a winner imo


why is my executive dysfunction so bad right now, like I'm literally sitting here in the dark and I can't write in my journal bc it's too dark but I don't want to turn a light on, i want to lie down but i dont want to make my bed. by dont want to i mean i actually do but my body just won't do it?? like wtf man.

Thanks again Super Mario again for taking the time to reply and sorry about this again ><. Also sorry that you are experiencing that :/. I hope you feel better soon. I had high expectations for myself so I can’t help feeling bad and self conscious. I feel like I could have chatted more too but been really uncomfortable since every time I talk I feel like i annoy someone or upset them. i don’t mean to bring everyone down about this; just venting here since I’m frustrated with myself not being able to talk normal. I realize that I am worrying too much — sorry. my anxiety has been pretty bad lately.

 

[ali.di.magix]

I cannot believe I just had a conversation with my dad debating about microchips in vaccines

 

[TheSillyPuppy]

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Sometimes our mental health do be like that. Seemingly easy tasks seem impossible to do. For future occurrences, do you have a spare flashlight that you could take with you to bed? Or an extra lamp and small table/nightstand around the house that you could put next to your bed so you can write or read in bed?

Spoiler: Feeling overwhelmed

I feel like there are so many things I want to learn and/or get better at, but I just don't have enough time in the day or mental bandwidth to keep up with it all.

- Upskilling myself for my career (multiple skills)
- Digital art
- Ukulele
- Piano (which I already know but haven't practiced in years, so I'm fairly rusty
- Reading at least two books every month
- Learning Arabic from my S/O
- Networking and posting on LinkedIn regularly, both of which I absolutely dread doing

Why does my brain find everything interesting, LOL.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

Thanks again Super Mario again for taking the time to reply and sorry about this again ><. Also sorry that you are experiencing that :/. I hope you feel better soon. I had high expectations for myself so I can’t help feeling bad and self conscious. I feel like I could have chatted more too but been really uncomfortable since every time I talk I feel like i annoy someone or upset them. i don’t mean to bring everyone down about this; just venting here since I’m frustrated with myself not being able to talk normal. I realize that I am worrying too much — sorry. my anxiety has been pretty bad lately.

honestly I'm the same way cause I'm aware that being autistic makes me talk differently than most ppl, but the best thing to do is be grateful that you are the best you ever, have confidence that what you say is your authentic self, and then realize that that's enough. no need to apologize or worry, you're doing just fine.

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Sometimes our mental health do be like that. Seemingly easy tasks seem impossible to do. For future occurrences, do you have a spare flashlight that you could take with you to bed? Or an extra lamp and small table/nightstand around the house that you could put next to your bed so you can write or read in bed?

Spoiler: Feeling overwhelmed

I feel like there are so many things I want to learn and/or get better at, but I just don't have enough time in the day or mental bandwidth to keep up with it all.

- Upskilling myself for my career (multiple skills)
- Digital art
- Ukulele
- Piano (which I already know but haven't practiced in years, so I'm fairly rusty
- Reading at least two books every month
- Learning Arabic from my S/O
- Networking and posting on LinkedIn regularly, both of which I absolutely dread doing

Why does my brain find everything interesting, LOL.

the hardest thing is sometimes I'm not even aware that I'm dealing w executive dysfunction and I just kinda sink into whatever I'm doing, completely oblivious to everything else. which isn't necessarily a bad thing but I really did need to lie down. once I was aware of what was going on I lit a few more candles (too much light at night bothers me) and made my bed. it's all good now, ty for the advice btw.

also in terms of what you want to get better at, maybe just take each one 1-2 days at a time? like spend a day researching piano pieces and discovering your favorite piano composers so you can find a piece to work on (I personally love Brahms and Rachmaninoff). then spend a day working on digital art stuff, and so on.

 

[amemome]

definitely not actually that important but i really wanted to change my username to soup but i saw it was already taken.

 

[Stella-Io]

Possibly got scammed out of 100$

I buy prepaid Visa cards to buy things online (I got no credit card). The last 5 digits of the card were rubbed off. There's even a mark where it rubbed off. The ink didn't bleed or rub onto the paper, nope, it's like someone scratched it off. I called the company and they said it was used at a pawn shop in a city in my state and all 100$ is off the card, so it has no money value. After the call the company is going to send an email to me that I have to send back with proof of purchase, the card, my home address and photo ID. But my parents are also makin me worried that this is part of a bigger scam.

Also, this package did not look tampered with when I bought it. But I'm no longer buying prepaid Visa cards anymore. If I had a credit card this wouldn't be an issue

 

[TheSillyPuppy]

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You're welcome, and I'm glad that you're feeling a bit better.

Thank you as well for your suggestion and for taking the time to provide your insight! I think I will cycle through my hobbies on a bi-weekly or monthly basis, so I can chip away at each of them. I do tend to be impatient with myself when it comes to making progress on things, but that is just something else I need to work on mentally.

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Oh no, that's awful. I hope the company is able to make up the $100 credit that you should have gotten with the pre-paid card. And ya, totally agree, it's so hard to make purchases without a credit card (or a credit score, for renting a place to live or leasing a car, at least here in North America). I hope things work out for you!

 

[Neb]

While I appreciate talking to my friends and family, I feel like I haven’t had a fulfilling conversation in months. Every interaction just makes me feel empty. This started after the trauma that happened in March. The problem is I don’t know if they’re linked. I sometimes felt this way before the toxic relationship, but now it’s constant.

 

[Reginald Fairfield]

Spider jumped off my shower towel.

 

[moo_nieu]

finally arrived at the apartment tonight. its really cute but it isnt clean ;-; there was obviously a pet here last because hair and some clumps of hair on the carpet and one corner smells like pee. its obvious someone wiped down some surfaces but nothing is clean and it smells a little strange and there is sticky residue on some surfaces and ill have to clean the appliances and toilet although they arent terrible. really the pee spot and hair carpet is bothering me and i cant sleep. i feel like im inhaling dust and hair. ive been so excited to finally get some rest but i wont even get that and tomorrow will be full of deep cleaning and unpacking

 

[Violet Witch]

My bestie has tested positive for COVID and even though she's been double jabbed and her symptoms are thankfully mild it's a big reminder that this virus is still very much a part of our lives despite life itself slowly returning to normal. The pandemic truly does suck.

 

[Alienfish]

I cannot believe I just had a conversation with my dad debating about microchips in vaccines

I successfully connected with my alien overlord today.

 

[Dunquixote]

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I’m sorry to hear that sending well wishes your way for your bestie and positive vibes your way and her way and hope she has safe and speedy recovery.

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Jaw pain has started to get bad again; after getting work done on the tooth, it subsided for the most part and lately it is just sensitivity to hot and cold, and chewing pretty much anything except rice hurt both the area where work was done and opposite area. luckily we have pain medicine (this time didn’t use tylenol since it never seems to help). Idk what to do to destress, but hopefully it’ll get better soon.

 

[oak]

I tried to dye my hair light brown and it came out dark red. I've been bleach blonde for years so this is gonna take some time to get used to. I'm not vibing with it. It looks like a wig on my head? Oh well at least it's even I guess.

 

[Aminata]

I was having fun in my town but i wanted to have fun at the tortimer club, i fished, collected some fruit and when i wanted to go back i was unable! i had to leave without taking anything because
there was a girl there and she decided to stand right in the entrance with her inventary open, i was unable to pass since my character hits her and back all time i tryed. i'm sure she did it on purpose i don't know why! I asked her to step aside many times but she ignored me

Uuhhh now i'm mad ive said so many bad words to her and finally exited by the only way i had that was closing my wifi

 

[DinosaurDumpster]

i want to get back into acnl but i'm just gonna restart everything before i finish. plus the beginning of the game is soo boring. :/
wish i had that same energy to power through getting the 'perfect town' back when it was still relavent.

 

[mogyay]

I tried to dye my hair light brown and it came out dark red. I've been bleach blonde for years so this is gonna take some time to get used to. I'm not vibing with it. It looks like a wig on my head? Oh well at least it's even I guess.

i can never bring myself to like any drastic hair changes on me at first, i feel like it's always too alien however you might find yourself liking it after a couple of days! i'm sure it looks great on you! and if you still don't like it, you could aways go for round two!!

on a slightly related note my trich is coming back (it was never fully away but i was managing it a lot better) however in work i've started getting into bad habits again, i need to find ways of having my hands busy now at work hm