u/Azadi_23

I’ve got great memories of reading as a kid but the books I read were situated in and surrounded by imagery of a world in the ‘west’. I want to help a 10 year old nephew of my friend with good books to read but need help to find things closer to his culture from the Middle East or at least something that does not constantly make references to things he doesn’t know about. He’s only lived in Europe for 4 years. He’s interested in space, football and online games (if that helps?) TIA

NSFW Went through many years of decreased or even absent libido. Since starting HRT at the end of last year, I’ve been feeling frisky again recently - which is a welcome relief as I was starting to think that side of me was gone forever.

I wanted to try a toy but insertion within first few centimetres was really painful. I tried lube, different positions but nothing helped. As soon as I withdrew the toy, the pain immediately stopped. It’s possible to explore internally with a finger without any pain but anything bigger causes pain from the pressure.

I’ve previously been told I had fibroids and uterine polyps so it could be them, but on a previous screening they couldn’t find them so maybe they have gone away.

I was wondering if anyone with GSM symptoms could describe if their pain is only through the pressure of insertion or more like a friction soreness. I don’t have any other GSM symptoms except sometimes needing to urinate frequently.

I’d welcome comments if anyone else has had any similar experiences or suggestions of things to try.

Please can you share some ideas of what I can give as a gift for my friend who is recovering from an investigatory procedure where they found lesions and diagnosed IC? I read that some foods are triggers so I want to be mindful and get something or make something that will be healthy and help her recovery without flaring any symptoms.

Person’s medication makes them crave salt, sugar, fat and they have limited capacity to understand the associated health risks of too much of these in their diet. They have all meals shopped and cooked for them. They eat a lot of healthy food since living together means they eat a similar diet as us while they are here. Staying with a sibling the rules go out the window, diet is terrible and blood tests reveal pre diabetes - it’s like a timebomb waiting to happen. Do you have any advice? They’re always asking for sweet things, want more added salt on everything, prefer the fattiest cuts of meat. Already on many medications and with limited mobility it’s hard to know what to do. Anyone else going through this?

Does this happen to anyone else? I’ve just handed in a huge body of academic work that took a long time and a lot of effort. Instead of feeling relief I feel awful. I’m hearing in my head that it’s nowhere near good enough, my lecturer will probably find all my flaws and I shouldn’t have wasted my time and theirs. I don’t know why I feel this way. I’m not sure how to get out of the negative loop. Has anyone got any advice?

Does this happen to anyone else? I’ve just handed in a huge body of academic work that took a long time and a lot of effort. Instead of feeling relief I feel awful. I’m hearing in my head that it’s nowhere near good enough, my lecturer will probably find all my flaws and I shouldn’t have wasted my time and theirs. I don’t know why I feel this way. I’m not sure how to get out of the negative loop. Has anyone got any advice?

I like this resonance. It elevates me. I don’t recognise myself. This is very interesting.

This track is just heaven … so minimal yet so rich. That long deep droning tone. The background glitches and waves fading in and out. I could listen to it for hours.

They start off cells that haven’t been touched before. Nothing will be the same.