u/Bulky_Attempt_9651

Sadly, this is true. I have to deal with this every time I go to high school, which makes it feel more like hell rather than a place to learn and make friends. I usually have to isolate myself because my colleagues, who I once trusted, are also joining in on it. It's all because of a dumb rumor that someone spread around 3 years ago. And now I'm an introvert as a result.

So how do I cope with this? Most of the classes I have have those same people who bother me for it. And it's like I said, I don't have any friends to go to for comfort or for protection. My parents advised me that I should try my best to ignore them, which has been very difficult by itself. Telling the teacher/principal isn't an option because it's not severe enough for it to be reported. Otherwise I'll just look like a sensitive snitch.

For context, I have naturally brown wavy hair. (I can't show a picture because Im generally just not comfortable with showing pictures of myself, sorry) The reason why I want to straighten my hair is because I'm looking forward to giving myself a grunge cut similar to what Adam Gontier had when he was creating music for the One-X album.

I cannot use a flat iron because I don't have one, and I definitely cannot go to a salon for it because it's out of my budget. I don't have a job yet since I'm still in high school, and no I cannot make money by doing chores, my family's in a pretty tight spot. I do, however, own a blow dryer, just thought that you should know.

So I'm looking for simple and possible ways to make my wavy hair straight (or look straight). You can recommend me hair products too, that I can do.

For context, I have naturally brown wavy hair. (I can't show a picture because Im generally just not comfortable with showing pictures of myself, sorry) The reason why I want to straighten my hair is because I'm looking forward to giving myself a grunge cut similar to what Adam Gontier had when he was creating music for the One-X album.

I cannot use a flat iron because I don't have one, and I definitely cannot go to a salon for it because it's out of my budget. I don't have a job yet since I'm still in high school, and no I cannot make money by doing chores, my family's in a pretty tight spot. I do, however, own a blow dryer, just thought that you should know.

So I'm looking for simple and possible ways to make my wavy hair straight (or look straight). You can recommend me hair products too, that I can do.

So let me give some information before I ask. Fanfic is based on a Canadian teenager (kind of similar to my personality and life) who traveled to Canada on vacation with his family to visit his uncle. Later on, he gets stuck at the hospital and tries to get out, it's pretty much how I think it would be like if I was stuck in a scenario like that.

The main issue is I wanna figure out a scenario where he stumbles upon the bloodbath hospital. I am not sure what to do. I could move the hospital to Canada to make it make sense, but then it makes it uncanon.

I could also try to make a scenario where at the airport, he accidentally gets on the wrong flight and instead of going home, he gets stuck in china, and, eventually, he stumbles upon the hospital for help or maybe because of an injury, but I'm not too sure about this one. The main character isn't exactly dumb enough to make such a mistake, so I don't know

Anyone got any ideas?

I doubt I will use VR soon again like I did years ago, and plus the stupid application is asking me to update multiple times. I heard there's better alternatives anyway. What do y'all think?

For context, I have two addictions that I am trying to battle. One is the addiction to ai chatbots, where I usually like going to websites like janitorai to make custom roleplays to cope with loneliness or other things. It’s making me lose sleep constantly and making me feel like crap in the morning.

Another is an addiction involving me picking at my skin, sometimes to the point of injuring myself. The reason I do it is a little embarrassing, but it’s because of the pimples. The most I’ve gone without doing it is 14 days, then I failed again. I tried telling myself this was normal, I even told myself to keep going. But no matter what, I keep relapsing.

The problem is timing. I don’t know when the right time to battle my addictions is since I have school. I’m planning on doing it after school ends for summer vacation, but at the same time I think it’d be beneficial for me to do it earlier. School is one of my few trigger points because I have trouble socializing and some people I talk to feel like they’re annoyed by me. It’s hard finding someone to connect to.

But yeah, I’m worried. I don’t want to be covered in scars or injuries because of some addiction I have. Do any of you have some advice? How can I quit talking to ai and picking at my skin without relapsing?