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Ok so the drivers here are terrible. My dad spends alot of time in Texas for his job, and he said that the drivers there in Texas are better than they are here. Not only that, but I myself have driven in the state of California before, and I was shocked to see that the drivers there in Cali are a lot more patient than they are here.

With that being said, why do people have to drive like such assholes here? I just don’t understand what’s wrong with people. It’s genuinely not that hard to just drive with normalcy. It’s about every single day that I find myself encountering one or more of the following while driving here:

-Someone weaving in and out of lanes and squeezing in between tight spaces of traffic all while not even using their turn signal or checking their mirrors. At some point, they end up damn near almost causing an accident while driving like this.

-Someone riding my ass despite me already going 5-10 over the speed limit (I’m not referring to when driving in the passing lane btw) or someone riding the absolute hell out of someone else’s ass despite that person also already doing 5-10 over the speed limit.

-Getting honked at for not making a right on red at an intersection that quite literally has a big fat sign that says “NO RIGHT ON RED” in bold letters on it.

-Getting SEVERELY honked at (like I’m talking full on laying down on the horn for 10+ seconds and yelling cuss words out of the window) when I’m waiting to make a turn because my view of oncoming traffic is currently blocked (by like another car or a line of cars) and so as a result, I don’t feel safe to make my turn yet and so I wait until it’s safe to turn or until I can see.

-Almost getting rear ended while waiting at a red light because the person pulling up behind me decides to approach the intersection at high speeds and then waits until the last minute to actually hit their brakes and come to a stop (probably not paying attention).

-People speeding up and not letting you over at any cost when they see that you’re trying to get over.

And yeah the list could go on. Not sure why people always have to drive like they have a stick 10 feet up their ass here.

I’m 22 years old, and for almost a year now, I’ve been having night sweats multiple times a week and it’s been putting my health anxiety into over-drive lately. My night sweats started last September a few weeks after I put a foam mattress topper on my mattress (I put the foam mattress topper on sometime in late August, and the night sweats started around mid September) and I still have it on my bed as of today, so if this is the cause of my night sweats, it would make sense as to why they’re still ongoing. However, my health anxiety is making me doubt this and is convincing me that something more sinister in my body is going on. Now, before you say to just go to the doctors and get checked out, I’m unfortunately one of those hypochondriacs that is absolutely horrified of going to the doctors in fear of them finding something wrong with me.

Anyways, my night sweats are nothing too serious; they always occur on my chest, as well as my upper back, and the back of neck. Whenever I have the night sweats, I’m never soaked, but my shirt will be damp in those areas that I just mentioned and my skin will feel slick there too. The dampness on my shirt from the sweat usually dries pretty quickly if I get up and walk around for a minute or two. Again tho, I’ve never had night sweats to a point where it’s drenched my sheets, or where my whole body was covered in sweat.

I will note that I am somewhat of a sweaty person. For an example, sometimes while I’m driving and happen to be wearing shorts, the part of my legs that are making contact with the car seat (my rear thighs) will literally end up being drenched in sweat after just a 30-45 minute drive. Im guessing this is due to heat being trapped underneath of them while I’m driving. Still tho, having the back of ur thighs being covered in sweat after not even driving for that long is not something that a normal person would experience, so I guess this is a possible sign that I could be a bit of a sweaty person.

Just recently, I noticed these night sweats have become more frequent (like over the past 3 weeks). They’re still occurring at the same intensity (chest, upper back, back of neck) and leave my shirt damp in those areas, but as opposed to experiencing them 2-4 times a week like I have been for many months, over the past 3 weeks I’ve been experiencing them about 5 times a week. Sometimes 6. I’m not sure if this is due to the summer heat and me possibly getting hot in my sleep (sometimes I will toss and turn before falling asleep because I feel a bit warm) or if this is due to stress because I’m taking an accelerated anatomy and physiology course right now and I’m constantly stressed over school work and spend so much time studying.

Importantly, I have no fevers, no unexplained weight loss, no new/recent swollen lymph nodes, no itchy skin, no frequent illnesses/infections, no severe fatigue (besides the fatigue that i frequently experience due to insomnia that i unfortunately struggle with), and no cough or chest pain.

I’m a bit of a hypochondriac, and I’m aware that night sweats can be a sign of something sinister (like cancer), so I’m a bit scared but I’m not sure if I should actually waste my time worrying about this or not.

I’ve been having night sweats since September 2025 (so for almost a year now) and they started about a week or two after I added a foam mattress topper to my mattress, so I’m not sure if that’s the cause. I still have the foam mattress topper on my mattress to this day, and I don’t want to take it off because my mattress is hard as a ROCK and I feel so much more comfortable sleeping with the topper on. If I take the foam mattress topper off, I literally won’t be able to sleep (that’s how uncomfortable my mattress is lol).

Anyways, my night sweats happen like 2-5 times a week, and I’ve never had an episode where my sheets were drenched or my whole body was covered in sweat. Basically, when I wake up in the middle of the night with night sweats, they’re localized to my chest (which is the area that I experience the heaviest sweating in when I have night sweats), in between my legs, and behind my neck. The night sweats that occur in my chest area always leave my shirt super damp all over that area whenever they happen.

However, i will note that I am a bit of a sweaty person in general. For an example, when I’m driving and i am wearing shorts, the part of the back of my thighs that is touching the car seat will sweat profusely (I’m guessing because of heat getting trapped under them) and the area there behind my thighs will be literally drenched in sweat after I’m done driving. Even if I only drove for 30 min, I still will sweat profusely there. This usually only happens in the spring and summer due to warmth that is absorbed in my leather seats, but still, even if I have the AC blasting and it’s not even that warm outside, the back of my thighs will still profusely sweat when I drive. With that being said, I’m not sure if my night sweats could be a result of me just being a sweaty person since stuff like this (the super sweaty back legs when driving) proves that I am.

Anyways, besides the night sweats, i have no other signs that something could be wrong with me. I have no fevers, no frequent illness (literally the last time I got sick was October), no unexplained weight loss, no new/recent swollen lymph nodes, no itchy skin, and no severe fatigue besides the fatigue that I experience as a result of insomnia that I unfortunately suffer from.

Hello all. I’m SO sorry if this is long, but I am a pre nursing student and am taking A&P II and microbiology together in the fall (yes I know, it’s not the best idea but I don’t have a choice since I’m applying for nursing in the winter). Anyways, my A&P II lab is going to be from 11:10am-12:30pm, and then I get a 30 min break, and then I have lecture from 1:00pm-3:50pm. Then, right after that, I have microbiology from 3:55pm-5:10pm. This is on Mondays and Wednesdays btw.

Right now I’m taking A&P I and have made some amazing friends in the class and my professor is awesome. My A&P I professor teaches the other A&P II course that’s in the fall (in which is the one that I’m not signed up for), as his is the 8am-9:20am lab, and then the 9:50am-12:40pm lecture in the fall. I’ve honestly really been considering switching over to his fall A&P II class but I really don’t know if I should because there’s some pros and cons with the A&P II course that I’m signed up for now, but then there’s also some pros and cons with his A&P II course that I’m thinking about switching to.

*Pros and cons of the A&P II course that I’m thinking about switching to*
PROS:
-I’d be with my friends from A&P I
-I would have the same professor that I have now for A&P I and like I said previously, he’s an awesome professor.
-I would have a break from 12:40pm-3:55pm which is a little over 3 hours long. Ultimately, this could give me time to decompress, unpack everything that I just learned in a&p II, and knock out some homework/studying so i have less to do later when I get home.

CONS:
-It starts at 8am and I am NOT at all a morning person. Anytime I have to get up early like this, I usually feel crappy the whole day and I’m afraid this will affect my learning ability.
-Because I have microbiology from 3:55pm-5:10pm later on, it would be quite a long day considering I will have been on campus since 8am.
-I have ADHD and take ADHD medicine for it. Because of this though, by the time microbiology starts, my ADHD medicine will be in the process of wearing off since I’ll have taken it before my A&P II class started at 8am and my medicine only lasts 8 hours.
-I’m on the highest dose of ADHD meds, so I can’t take a booster pill in the middle of the day to help get me through to the end of microbiology. Any dose lower than the dose I’m on now just doesn’t work as well, so switching to a lower dose just so I can be allowed to take a booster pill in the middle of the day is not gonna end up benefiting me.

*Pros and cons of the A&P II course that I’m currently signed up for*
PROS:
-It starts at 11:10am which means that I don’t have to wake up super early which is great.
-My ADHD medicine will last me through the whole day.
-I won’t have to be on campus all day.

CONS:
-I’ve heard the professor for that class is good, but not as good as the one that teaches the other A&P II course (aka the professor that I have now for A&P I).
-I won’t be with my friends.
-The lecture for that class ends literally 5 minutes before I have microbiology and I feel like jumping straight into microbiology after being in a 2 hour and 50 minute A&P II lecture is gonna make my brain explode.
-I won’t have time to unpack everything that I just learned in A&P II lecture since I have to go straight to microbiology afterwards.
-I’ll have to cram all of my A&P II and microbiology homework/studying into later in the afternoon once when i get home since i’ll have had no time earlier to knock out any A&P II homework/studying (besides a 30 minute break in between a&p II lab and lecture).

If anyone has any advice on what I should do, that would be great. Also I forgot to mention earlier, I can’t switch my microbiology course because for whatever reason, that’s the only in person microbiology course that my college offers in the fall (and my colleges nursing program requires you to take a&p I, a&p II, and microbiology fully in person).

I can’t tell you how many times a day I see people on their phone while they are driving. I understand that this is an issue that occurs on the roads everywhere, but here in harford county, I see it a lot.

It’s often during rush hour that I witness people on their phone while they’re driving, which is honestly very concerning given that during rush hour you need to be MORE cautious and aware of your surroundings. Nonetheless, during any time of day you absolutely shouldn’t be using your phone while driving.

Like bro almost every single day i’ll encounter someone driving in an odd manor (such as drifting into another lane or onto the shoulder of the road, and then suddenly jerking their car back into their lane) and then upon passing them in another lane, low and behold I can see that they’re looking down at something or have a phone in their hand.

A month or so ago I was sitting at a red light on route 24 during rush hour, and when i glanced at my rear view mirror, i saw this jeep flying up behind me as if they were about to rear end me, and then when they were just a few feet away from me, they swerved into the lane next to me to avoid hitting me (I still thank god to this day that there were no cars in that lane next to me). However, during the time that they were quickly approaching behind me, i saw through their windsheild that they were looking down at something- probably a phone.

Moral of the story: if you’re that addicted to your phone to a point where you can’t even stand to put it away while ur driving, then you should not be behind the wheel. I mean good lord, i have ADHD and yet i have absolutely no problem putting my phone away and keeping it put away for the entirety of the time that I’m driving. It’s really not that hard man. If you absolutely have to make a call or a text, just pull over. Simple as that.

One thing about me is I get very nervous driving during rush hour. I don’t get nervous because of my own driving, but rather because of the way that other people drive. The way that people drive (at least in my city) during rush hour is awful. People drive very aggressively during this time of day (2-7pm) and will do the following:

-Will ride your ass to death even though you’re doing the best you can do since there’s traffic and you can’t go any faster

-Will honk at you while you’re in the process of yielding to oncoming traffic before making a turn, as if they expect you to just turn into oncoming traffic and potentially cause an accident

-Constantly change lanes without checking their mirrors, using their turn signal, or yielding to people already in that lane

-Come flying up behind you while you’re stopped at a red light or a stop sign, and damn near almost rear end you

-Don’t yeild when they’re supposed to (example: not even stopping or making an attempt to yeild to oncoming traffic when making a right on red)

-Get EXTREMELY mad and lay on their horn and start yelling things out their window when you’re waiting to make a turn because your visibility of oncoming traffic is blocked at the moment

-Text and drive. The amount of people that I see on their phones during rush hour is so concerning. You’ll see someone in front of you begin to drift out of their lane and then they suddenly jerk their car back over. And of course, when you eventually pass them, you see them looking down at their phone

But yeah the list could go on but this is what I see pretty much daily during rush hour and it’s terrible. When I drive later in the morning or later at night (like 8pm or later) I don’t really see much of this and I feel a lot more calm. As for driving during rush hour tho, my palms get very sweaty and my anxiety spikes heavily. I have to drive during rush hour a lot, so I want to over come this fear. Does anyone have any tips?

I’m honestly curious as to what the safest way to make an unprotected left turn at an intersection is. I see people do a mixture of all of the following:

A. Stay stopped behind the white line and then once it’s clear or there’s a big enough gap between you and oncoming traffic, turn from your spot there behind the white line (in other words, don’t inch into the intersection).

B. Stay stopped behind the white line UNTIL you see a gap ahead of time the oncoming traffic, and so once you see that gap, inch/pull up into the intersection and wait for it. Then, once the gap/clearing presents itself, turn.

C. Don’t stop behind the white line; pull up past the white line into the intersection and wait for a clearing/safe enough gap between you and oncoming traffic and then turn. Ultimately, you will pull up past the white line as soon as you arrive at the intersection and/or as soon as the light turns solid green (becomes unprotected).

Which is the best?

I always get a bit nervous when making an unprotected left turn at an intersection where oncoming traffic (specifically the people turning right) have a yield lane because in that case, since those people have a yield lane, you actually don’t have to yield to them as they instead have to yield to you but unfortunately people don’t seem to understand that.

People seem to treat yield lanes as if they’re a standard right turn lane and as a result, they assume that they have the right of way over left turners on a solid green light and then they just blow through the yield lane and almost cause an accident.

Either people ignore the big red sign in their lane that says “yield” or they don’t know how a yield works

Hello all. I own a 2019 Honda civic sport sedan and when I finish college and get a full time job, I’m looking to upgrade to a bmw m4 competition xdrive. Given that my civic has a little engine producing just 158 hp, whilst the m4 competition xdrive on the other hand produces a total of 523 hp, is this car going to take a bit of adjusting to?? What should I expect?

I met the love of my life in 2020 at a concert in our town and we clicked instantly upon meeting. She was the most perfect woman I’ve ever met and I didn’t even know I was capable of loving someone so much. About 5 months after meeting, we began dating and by this point it was 2021. Anyways, wet spent every living second of the day together and we were never apart. Hell, we basically lived together (I would spend days at a time at her house for half of the week, and then for the other half of the week she would spend days at a time at my house). Me, her, and her family even went on vacations to Japan, Italy, France, and Switzerland together. So, it’s safe to say that me and her (as well as her family) have done a good bit of traveling and making memories together. I can easily say that my time with her was truly the happiest time of my life and I absolutely wanted to marry her. Her family was even like a second family to me and I just never in my life ever felt so at home with a person.

Fast forward to January 2024 (so around 3 years into our relationship by this point), she made the decision to join the us army as active duty soldier because she wanted to be a medic in the army, especially since both her mom and her dad served in the army as combat medics for 20 years. This was her dream and she was following in her parents legacy. As result, i supported her decision even though it meant that we were going to have to do long distance. Anyways, she left for bootcamp in Feb 2024 and so that’s when our long distance journey began.

For awhile, things were fine and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. After she graduated bootcamp, even though I’m a college student, I would fly out and visit her any chance I could get and it was honestly really nice. However, around March 2025, I noticed that she began distancing herself from me and it soon became me being the only one trying in our relationship. It got to a point where I was basically doing everything in my ability to keep our relationship alive since I was the only one that cared. She was just constantly ignoring me and was barely even speaking to me. Flash forward to a random Tuesday morning in June 2025, she broke up with me over text because she said that while the past 4 years of our relationship together has been great, she’s moved on with her life and is onto a new chapter and just doesn’t feel anything for me anymore. She stated that she wanted to see someone else and I’m not what she wants in her life anymore. Upon receiving this text, I was utterly devastated. She unfollowed me on everything after sending that message and moved on like it was nothing. Shit, even her family unfollowed me on everything. Anyways, this was the last time me and her ever spoke as i haven’t heard anything from her since the day she broke up with me.

This breakup changed me in ways that I didn’t think could change me. I lost so much weight and am not as social as I used once to be. I mean don’t get me wrong, I’m still a social butterfly, but I don’t go out like I used to and have became a lot more introverted. It’s taken awhile for me to heal and I about 2 months ago, I finally started to think about her less and less and slowly move on

Just last night though, I was trying to search something up on instagram and her username was the first thing that came up since what I was searching had contained the first 3 letters of her username. I instantly noticed that her profile pic was a picture of her and another dude kissing and my heart dropped. I let the intrusive thoughts win and i clicked on her instagram and found out that she’s been in a happy, loving relationship for 9 months now and is living her best life. Im upset with myself for looking at her profile because i was beginning to heal and slowly move on but now I feel like I’m back at home base. I’m happy for her but it does hurt really bad. It’s been a year now since we broke up and here I am still hurting. I had to skip my dinner last night because I was sick to my stomach over seeing this. I feel like a looser