u/Capital-Dragonfly258

Not LE, but I used to want to be and knew a lot of officers. I knew two who were assaulted and later medically retired because of the lasting effects of their injuries. One survived a shooting, and the other was dragged by a vehicle. Both had intended to continue their careers until normal retirement.

I don't think we have any upgraded/enhancement charges on a state-level in our area for career-ending assaults on officers.

But what stands out to me is the unique impact: it’s not just assault, yet it’s not homicide. It leaves someone unable to continue their life’s work, with severe disruption and disability. It's got me thinking, should the law reflect that level of disruption?

This could even go beyond law enforcement. Other first responders, healthcare, other career fields. If criminal acts, assaults, or criminal negligence in the workplace happens to another worker somewhere, ending a career, how about that?

I do think LE and/or first response is more important given they're serving the public and running into where everyone else is running out of.

I had a seizure and was in the hospital for 2 nights a couple weeks ago. Not the first time. Not status epilepticus (which I have had before, but apparently bad enough to be admitted, which I have been many times, but never to that hospital.) So I remember talking to the social worker twice (I think.) from what I remember I spoke to her pretty competently. I remembered it better last week, now I just don't remember, but I remembered.being able to tell her, and the rest of the staff, who I was, my medical and mental health history, all my information and have conversations with them, as well as I even ordered pizza from a restaurant the second night 😅...

When I got out I found out, the social worker, had reached out to my mom, who I am low contact with and I'm pretty sure I'd specifically told her that the relationship with my mom was rocky and to not contact her or any family unless I were to be placed on a machine, and even then, I have an emergency contact that I gave them, who is not family, but has my family's contact information and them and I have had discussions of when family is and is not to be contacted.

The social worker also reached out to the hospital I usually go to, multiple of my therapists and other providers, my local police department, EMS agency, my property management, multiple other family and friends, and I don't even know who else. But after I came home, I feel like I haven't come across a professional or personal contact that wasn't reached out to by her.

Now I can understand reaching out to maybe my local hospital, or one or two of my providers for basic information and/or notification that I was there, but I don't have a guardian, I was conscious, alert, and oriented (for the majority of the time at least from what I can remember, enough to order pizza obviously...) I gave them this info by myself, and told them not to reach out to specifically some of these people due to personal reasons.

Was this wrong? Am I overreacting? Was this a breach of confidentiality? Who or what do I report it to? Obviously the hospital but is there a social worker licensure board similar to that of a medical board?

Sorry for the ramble but I feel like I was put on a pedestal for everyone to see with no privacy because everyone knows.

I am currently developing an app for this type of thing. Of course there are hundreds out there already for ios and android. What would you like to see in these apps? What would you want left out so that it doesn't end up being overwhelming? What would get you to engage with it? What do you feel like are missing from these types of apps?

I asked on here about a month ago about "fire starters for idiots" as someone who is afraid of fire And I got a lot of really helpful, kind, and good idea responses. So thank you.

How big of a fire can you actually make with different fire starter techniques such as with road flares, matches/lighters and wood, or the one I heard the most, Vaseline and cotton?

My next question is, how much heat would those fires actually give off?

I have sensitive skin I think. Like I get rashes and irritations quite frequently. I struggle a little with skin picking. It's not a severe issue thankfully but I do do it.

I'm early 30s female. I wear sports bras almost unanimously because idk why honestly. And for probably a year now, I've had this one spot on my right shoulder blade/high upper back, maybe 1x1 inch or 2x2 inch that you can see a slight discoloration and sometimes some redness. I can feel 3-4 bumps the size of big pimples so sort of resembling hives but you can't really see them. They're itchy sometimes barely at all, sometimes mildly itchy, and sometimes a bit more itchy but not severely. I wouldn't say the area hurts ever but it feels like a bruise when I touch it and it kinda feels like a bruise is there even when I'm not touching it.

One doctor, I saw briefly (not a dermatologist) and I talked about the likely possibility that I have keratosis pilaris. I'm also wondering if I have eczema or psoriasis or some other skin condition. I don't really know the differences between. It's also in my medical records somewhere that I have Raynaud's syndrome if that makes a difference.

But as I said most interestingly it's only on one side. I do think I need to wash my bras more often too.

I haven't played inzoi yet but I watch a lot of videos on it. And haven't seen community centers as a thing yet. But when I played Sims, I always liked to make community lots that were sort of multifunctional. Like on the outside has a playground for kiddos, fields/courts for kids and teens, walking paths, skating rink/pond for fishing or swimming in good weather and ice skating in winter, bbq and picnic area. Maybe an outdoor swimming pool.

Inside, an indoor swimming pool, a bar, a few food/deli places, small grocery store, maybe a small souvenir/travel store, gym, rooms for classes for art, music, computer, charisma (where you can gain those skills.)

The lot and building could function as a business where it needs maintenance and needs to make money and needs employees and security guards and gets vandalized and people can get injured so the lot needs insurance. It should also be near a school which would give the lot more of a likelihood for kids and teens to show up after school. It could offer different programs like mentoring and scouts.

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That's where I'm at in this process. I'm nervous. I'm not spending hardly any money. And I'm only starting with one or two designs.

That's where I'm at in this process. I'm nervous. I'm not spending hardly any money. And I'm only starting with one or two designs.

Don't just say "vanilla" or "chocolate" or "pistachio" or whatever, I wanna know brand and flavor and everything 😁

I have serious neurological issues and damage that is very clear on CT and MRI scans. I have diagnosed epilepsy, TBI and other chronic conditions including one that is currently stable but that can change again any time which scares me. This is not as a result of me Google searching things. These are things I have been told by the doctors that know me and have taken the time to talk to me.

I have an extensive file of psych issues that tends to be the first thing they see when looking at my chart. And they literally go from seeing me as a seizure patient having a seizure and treating a seizure to "it's all psychogenic." But you know 10 minutes before that I was a medical patient.

I have been in status epilepticus 10 times now. I have almost died at least two of those times from doctors delaying care due to thinking it was just psychogenic.

I have stopped carrying around identification and stopped wearing medical bracelets and stopped having info on my phone because I feel that I have a better chance of being saved if they don't have my name and my files.

Where I am, we have a huge multi hospital multi state system that all can share the same files. And even if I lock my phone and have no identification, they can call 911 on it and get my name.

Medics and ER/hospital staff have also tried reaching out to my parents on a multiple occasions. And my parents responses were basically, "again? She's crazy. She should be embarrassed. I wish she would stop doing this. Does she really need to go to the hospital?" And last time, while medics were actively saving my life in the back of an ambulance, "I''m on an important phone call. This isn't really the time. I don't have time for this."

I don't want to die. I want to be treated as a medical patient. There is plenty of documentation that I have medical diagnoses and I don't actually know why, even though it may be buried between all the psych stuff, it seems like even when I walk into the neurologists office I always feel super uncomfortable. It feels like they see me as a psych patient who's wandered into the wrong clinic. I've even been forced to get mental health screenings in more than one ER after seizures.

I also do not want my family contacted.

What are my best options in regards to formal medical documentation requests/amendments/grievances/communications as well as carrying identification and information or lack of identification and information on my person??

So I have been wanting to make T-shirt designs and stuff like that. I drew one by hand and it is basically a sketch. I have uploaded it into multiple different digital art/graphic design programs including Canva, Ibis paint, Sketchbook and others. All of which have said they can do color gradients. Some of them I couldn't get to do anything. Some of them could only do their own gradients and were only the full screen whereas I only wanted the parameters within my design to have the gradient. Please help me figure this out. What am I missing here?

So I have been wanting to make T-shirt designs and stuff like that. I drew one by hand and it is basically a sketch. I have uploaded it into multiple different digital art programs including Canva, Ibis paint, Sketchbook and others. All of which have said they can do color gradients. Some of them I couldn't get to do anything. Some of them could only do their own gradients and were only the full screen whereas I only wanted the parameters within my design to have the gradient. Please help me figure this out. What am I missing here?

where I live the winter is 4-6 months long ranging from 30°F to -30°F. the rest of the year resemble slightly normal fall summer and spring but, one of my biggest fears is getting stuck out in the freezing cold. I want to learn how to start fires. Plot twist, I'm afraid of fire 🙄... well I'm even more afraid of getting stuck out in the cold and freezing alive so I am looking for products that I can carry in my EDC pack, that is so easy to use that a tpoddler could do it. had and seen and tried to use differenpt "fire starters" in the past and I have no idea what the hell I'm doing. those were probably mostly the friction ones. I know how to light a lighter but depending on the wind that wouldn't get anything to last long. what are other options? I'd prefer not to spend over $50. in fact under $30 would be great. if you have to ask any clarifying questions, feel free!