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My Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 stopped working out of nowhere. I called a local repair shop, and the owner told me to bring it in. As soon as I described the problem, he said it was "definitely the screen." I told him the screen has a small chip on the edge but it's been like that for a while with no issues, and that I thought it was the battery. He ordered a new screen anyway and I paid $280.
Three days later he called to say the new screen didn't fix it. He also took it to a laptop specialist, and they couldn't figure out the problem either. He took the new screen off and put my old one back on.
The diagnostic was free. When I asked for a refund, he said he usually doesn't give refunds but offered me a partial one. Idk if I should be ok with the partial refund even after he took off the new screen?

I recently stepped away from my old friend group. It felt like having a second strict family, and I never got to just live. Im 22f an exmuslim arab for context.

I want friends who actually like going out to concerts, shopping, makeup, skating, painting, gym, movies, and maybe skydiving and bars/clubs.
Problem is, I have no idea where to meet girls like that most girls in my area talk about finding a husband and I just feel like im wasting my life away

Hello, I'm a nursing student looking for caregiver or nurse aide work where I can pick up shifts as they're available or set my own schedule. I currently work at a hospital and have experience with direct care in a senior living setting.
Does anyone know a good agency or place like that in the area?

I started working at a hospital in April. About two months later another new NA got hired. She said hi to me one day, I said hi back, but she didn’t hear me. I knew she hadn’t heard me, so after I finished charting my patients I went over, apologized, and introduced myself.
Now she tells other coworkers I have RBF and that I never said hi to her. I reminded her that I literally came up to her afterward and introduced myself, and she goes, “Did you?”
It sounds small, but she does little things all the time. If a nurse is standing with us she’ll say stuff like, “She’s finally good at turning patients, good job,” and then claim she’s just joking. I’m 22 and she’s in her mid-40s.
At first I thought we got along, but now I’m realizing she constantly puts me down and disguises it as humor. One time she joked in front of a nurse that I wasn’t a very good worker, and the nurse immediately defended me, which honestly made me laugh.
Whenever I work she always comes and sits next to me venting about her life and idk how to make her stop it I literally gave her cold responses and she called me boring yet wouldn’t get the hint and shut up?
I know if I talk to her about it she’ll start drama the same way she repeated me not saying hi back to her to at least 5 people.

I just got it and idk if im doing it right? Like how am i so sure I zapped every spot im focused on😭

Im starting nursing school in the US, its very hard Im on adderall 10mg and buspirone but they don’t really help, so I was wondering if I should just use those two? What are your guys experiences with them and is it ok if I only take them twice a week (my two college days) or I have to take them every day for it to be effective

I live in a very toxic household, and I’ve been put down and compared to my older sisters basically my whole life. I’ve had my sisters and even my mom make fun of me for every job I’ve had, whether it was retail, working in a nursing home, or working at a hospital as a NA. One of my older sisters literally texted me, “My ass if you ever make it to nursing school.” I also failed a pre req class due to my mom and sister causing problems which also made me delayed.
I’m not saying this to trauma dump, but being treated like that for so long really affected me. I became extremely isolated and stopped putting myself out there or socializing much. Now when I have to speak to certain people, I can start shaking, stuttering, or completely forget what I was going to say. It’s not like this all the time, and I do try really hard to push myself, but the fear of embarrassing myself, failing, or not being good enough is always somewhere in the back of my mind.
I’m starting nursing school, and my program has a lot of presentations, which honestly scares the shit out of me. I take Buspar and Adderall, and they’ve helped me in some ways, but I still get nervous a lot.
Something that actually helped me a lot with my confidence was going to the gym. I noticed that when I was consistently going, passing my classes, working, and forcing myself to talk to people, I started feeling more confident. So I know I’m capable of changing. I just feel like I still don’t have a strong character or enough confidence in myself.
I also genuinely believe a lot of this comes from the way I think. I overthink how people are perceiving me, expect myself to fail before I even start, and then my body reacts to those thoughts.
Any ways I can improve on this?

I have RBF and I try my best to smile and look approachable. I get told I’m pretty and put together a lot (not trying to brag) but when I started working at the hospital as an NA, the girl training me said “why did they assign me to train you, they better pay me good for this.” Another nursing student said hi to me once when I was rushing to help a high fall risk patient, I said hi back but she didn’t hear me, so later when I had time I went up and apologized/reintroduced myself. To this day she still tells people I ignored her and never said hi.
Another time I had a coworker in a patient’s room with me, the patient’s wife called me pretty, and the worker next to me said “yes, I wish I knew how to do makeup too.” I don’t even wear heavy makeup, nothing that changes my face.
During my prereqs I tried to make friends with other girls and they kept leaving me out, one time a girl made a group chat with all of us, and a separate one with everyone but me.
I promise I’m not mean or annoying, I don’t do anything to anyone, but I keep getting these negative interactions. As an NA, a lot of the young nurses ignore me. One told me to use a bedpan on a patient because the previous nurse reported she was a fall risk. I relayed that to the patient but also offered to help her to the bed commode instead, as long as I had another NA assist, for her safety. The nurse went to my manager and claimed I forced a bedpan on the patient, which isn’t true, I told her I offered both options.
I had an NA friend who was also pretty, we got along great, and she told me they were mean to her too. Eventually a nurse got her fired for “leaving the glucose monitor at the station,” even though all the NAs do that.
I’m having a lot of negative experiences and I’m honestly terrified to start nursing school and keep dealing with this. I always try to tell people upfront that I just have resting b*tch face so they know it’s not personal. Idk what else to do.

At my current hospital, I do vitals, blood sugars, turns, patient care, and bladder scans no blood draws. I’m at $18/hr (no experience) plus a $2 night shift differential. It’s quiet, only 8-9 patients, and honestly not bad.

A coworker works at another hospital doing the same tasks plus EKGs and blood draws. Same base pay ($18/hr), but a $5 night differential. The downside is you get 10-16 patients, sometimes up to 20 when someone calls off.
I feel like the extra skills (draws, EKGs) would be way better for my experience/resume, but I’m torn on whether it’s worth the jump in patient load while in nursing school.

I grew up in a toxic abusive household and isolated myself from a young age. I constantly said no to going out with family or cousins which basically meant I had zero socialization for years.
Now as an adult I feel like it’s catching up to me. I make no sense when I talk sometimes, I get nervous around people, and there are things I want to say but I can’t get them out properly. I was never like this before so I know it’s fixable, I just don’t know how. Therapy and YouTube/books aren’t really helping?
I do have a job and I’m in college so I’m not completely avoidant. But there’s stuff I genuinely want to do alone beach, skydiving, restaurants, cafes and for some reason those things scare me even though I can handle shopping and everyday errands fine. And no I have no friends unfortunately

I got accepted into nursing school and I’m excited but also really anxious about retaining information long term.
For example, I took microbiology and pathophysiology pre reqs last year and got an A, but now I feel like I’ve forgotten most of it. I know I can reread and brush up, but it made me realize I might have a retention problem rather than a comprehension problem. Or maybe both? I learn a lot when I do the things myself instead of just reading
I don’t think I was just memorizing either I felt like I genuinely understood the material at the time. It just didn’t stick long term. I’m terrified of the pathophysiology because even when I read words now that Ik i studied in that class, I totally forgot what they meant.

I know this is wrong, but I work at a hospital and all the girls around my age (22) just graduated nursing school. I keep comparing my path to everyone else’s.
I start nursing school in August 2026, and it’s a 3-year program, so I’ll graduate in May 2029 when I’m 25. Even though I finished all my prereqs, got my vaccines, BLS, and my tuition is fully covered, I still keep looking at other programs like ABSNs that cost $60k because I feel like I’m behind.
My family and relatives keep bringing it up too, and it honestly makes me feel like a failure.
So many nurses and even patients tell me nursing is the worst career and that I should change my mind while I still can. Then I start wondering if I’m making the wrong choice. I know everyone’s path is different, but I can’t stop comparing myself and it’s really discouraging. Because my goal is to become a NP and I just feel like its sucks to start my bsn right now instead of heaving it finished by 22 because I could of gained experience and got my np by 25-27
Sorry this is such a negative way to think im trying to accept my situation.

Literally anything from shoes, technology, studying making nursing friends anything you found helpful for nursing school. WHEN I SAY EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING I MEAN IT HELP UR GIRLY OUT

Idk how to start this but I’m trying my best to build myself again, I live with a strict muslim family that always made me feel ashamed of myself. I just realized no matter how much I try, I’m still the hated daughter even if they fake it.
I wasted so many years and opportunities trying to please them and stay around but I’m in the same room rotting.
I cant dress or do whatever I want I absolutely hate my life and idk what to do. I no longer have any friends because every time I do something my parents dont like, they claim my friends are influencing me.
I always see people my age having fun partying, going to bars, beach, etc and I get so jealous of not having that experience I’m terrified of growing up and living with regret of not enjoying my 20s im extremely stressed and constantly overthinking my life and idk why this is happening because I was always ok with being alone, going to the gym, shopping etc.
I’m thinking of living in my car because living in that house makes me cry every single night.
I do have a job and I just started nursing school, but I can’t afford to rent an apartment for now. I just don’t know if living in my car is going to be a great step for a better future or a terrible idea.

My anxiety used to be really bad I would completely freeze and blank out during tests and presentations. Since starting therapy and medication it’s improved a lot and I haven’t had those episodes since getting treatment.
I’m still nervous about nursing school because I know it’s intense and includes a lot of presentations. I’m also a procrastinator, I usually study last minute when anxiety kicks in, but somehow end up with good grades. I know that won’t work in nursing school.
English isn’t my first language and I sometimes overthink the wording of multiple choice questions, especially when answers are similar. This worries me for NCLEX-style questions.
I’m wondering it anyone has very good advice that would help, I’d really appreciate it. I spoke to someone graduating from the same college, she said you always need someone thats a level higher than you in nursing so they can help you grasp it more, she said she has my back for that but yea.

I’m 22 and live in the U.S. I’ve always struggled with wearing the hijab, and my family knows that. I’ve even been caught without it before.
Right now my goal is to save at least $25k by next summer so I can become financially independent while finishing college and working part-time. The problem is that I feel like my entire life revolves around planning my escape and worrying about getting caught.
I want to enjoy my life now instead of waiting until I move out. I want to go running, go to the beach, go to the mall, and just exist without constantly looking over my shoulder. Making friends has also been difficult. Most of my non-Arab/non-Muslim friends would invite me out, but I usually turned them down because I was scared of being seen by relatives or family friends. Eventually those friendships faded, and now I don’t really have anyone.
Lately I’ve been trying to practice being less paranoid and more comfortable going out without the hijab. Sometimes I drive farther away from where I live, but doing everything alone feels so isolating.
Im pretty sure as an ex hijabi u ladies probably know what im saying? Literally give me ur story and any tips you have. How do you find your people or do anything alone.

I started reta in April at 173 lbs and I’m now down to 152 lbs. I go to the gym and try to eat full meals, but the problem is reta makes me feel extremely full all the time.
Today I tried eating 3 eggs, Greek yogurt, and some carrots, but ended up throwing it all up afterward. Even when I only drink water, I still feel overly full. I started at 0.5 mg twice a week for 3 weeks, then 2 mg for 3 weeks, and I just started 3 mg. Even on 0.5 mg I had the same issue.
Because I’m barely eating, I get dizzy at the gym and it’s making it really hard to work out consistently. I also take GHK-Cu.
I’m also worried about loose skin since working out has become difficult due to not being able to eat enough.
Any tips on how to fix this I feel like im doing something wrong.
(I take reta once a week in the afternoon and 5 units of ghkcu 5 times a week in the afternoon.)