u/Anxiety_bunni

I have a family history of spinal issues and couple years ago I experienced a really bad herniation in one of my lower spinal discs. It was so severe that I was crooked when trying to stand up straight, my body had a permanent lean. I couldn’t work, couldn’t walk much due to it pinching the nerves down my legs, was in constant pain, couldn’t sleep and couldn’t get comfortable.

It took me SO LONG to get surgery, because despite countless tests showing my wonky spine and pinched nerves, I wasn’t overweight and exercised regularly, and I was young. So I had ‘no risk factors’ like that just cured everything I was going through.

Anyway, after about a year of suffering I finally got surgery, and they shaved down a significant portion of the herniated disc. I was told that I might experience some ‘changes’ to the way my body sits now because of it, but I was not prepared. I haven’t gained any weight, still keep generally healthy and active, don’t eat much anyway, but my weight is distributed different now, giving me a constantly rounder tummy. I have also more lumps now, in weird places like below my hips and under my chest.

Every time I look in the mirror I want to cry. I feel like a lumpy sack of potatoes. I don’t even have a way to fix it. I can’t lift anything heavy, or do any exercise that is too intensive due to the high risk of a second herniation. I do Pilates every week as was recommended by my doctor, and I try to eat healthy. The scales tell me I’m healthy, at a perfectly average and healthy weight for my age and height but I just feel so, so ugly.

I’m really struggling to accept my ‘new’ body, I’m constantly fretting about how I look. I’m wearing baggy clothes and never feel pretty anymore, because anything meant to flatter my shape just enhances odd lumps. I don’t even want to be intimate with my husband because of how self conscious I am.

New blind box spot opened near me so I picked out some cuties!

The brands for the back two are Letsuan and the ball jointed girl at the from is by come4free
I think they might be Chinese brands, I’ve never seen them in any other locations :)

Hey all,

So on Friday I woke up with really bad irritation, worse than the photo even shows. Breakouts, blotchiness, red dots, I almost thought I had chicken pox at a glance. No itchiness or pain, just this mess out of nowhere. I hadn’t made any changes to my routine or life, but I guessed my skin was unhappy with something!

I trimmed down my routine to a muji face soap cleanser, the innisfree green tea ceramide milk, and round lab’s baby mild lotion.

Almost two days later, my skin has bounced back remarkably. I’m gonna stick with this super simple routine for a while so it recovers fully, but highly recommend stripping back to gentle products containing ceramides at the first sign on irritation.

That is all :)

This is the ‘2002 Commonwealth Large Plush Brown Bunny’! I fell in love with her when I saw a video of someone restoring one of these on Instagram and I HAD to have her! She was pretty hard to get my hands on, but I found one available on Etsy and I jumped on it!

She’s such a special girl! She’s filled with beanies in her butt and feet, and the rest of her body is soft and pillowy. Despite being an old girl, her fur is very soft, and there are no holes or matting. Her floppy ears and sweet face are my favourite!!

The ribbon is also original but kinda faded, so I might get her some new accessories soon. I can’t wait to give her a new life with me!

I finally got him!!!! It was so hard to find somewhere that would actually ship to my location, so I’m really happy! The gorgeous, floppy, adorable sunlemon chihuahua 🤎🤎🤎🤎

These guys are the oldest plushies I have! I used to be an avid plushie collector when I was young, and had to downsize when I finally moved out. I still collect plushies, but I’m a lot more picky now, and these guys have survived every cull. I’ll never get rid of them!

Introductions (from left to right)

* Foxy - I don’t remember where I got this guy from. He’s one of the old TY beanies I think, and I loved him cause he looks like a fox. I don’t think he is though lmao. I cut his whiskers off when I was young cause they kept getting tangled :’)

* Lamby - this was given to me by my grandma when I was born! She was there with me in the hospital and my first baby pictures include her!

* Lachie - I shared a matching fox plush with my best friend in school. He was the typical edgy boy, and I was writing a story about him. He fought a lot and lost his ear, so I cut off his plushie ear and stitched him up after to reflect that. He and my friends plush got married, and he still wears a wedding ring around his neck on a chain (you can’t really see it in the photo)

* Socky - the first plushie I ever made, a typical sock monkey. I made him with the help of my mum and grandma after a long time childhood best friend cancelled on our sleepover. I was devastated and heart broken and so my mum took me over to my grandmas place and we all made Socky together

* Snowy - snowy is one of the old classic beanie kids! I got him at the Easter show (Australia) YEARS ago when they were at the peak in popularity, and they had a whole stand of them. My parents let me choose 3, and he was one of them. I had a huge collection at one point, but snowy is the only one left. He’s been with me to all my school camps, church camps, girl guides, pretty much every trip I took in my childhood Snowy was there.

some people liked my old animal crossing art that I posted in a thread the other day, so here's something a bit newer that I drew for my birthday recently :') Dressed my character 'Emi' in my favourite outfit to go hunt fossils around town!

I fell in love with this guy in the city the other day and had to take him home, little dragon boy needs a sweet name!

Stopped by the miniso near my work yesterday to pick up this adorable bunny that I’ve had my eye on for a while. Bunnies are one of my favourite animals, and I had a really hard day at work so I felt that she was finally earned! I named her Marshie, short for marshmallow, and I LOVE how floppy and soft she is!

First is the new one, second is the old one from last year

It’s soooo comfy!!