u/Choco_Paws

Hi. I am very recently diagnosed at 33.

I HATE going to the hair salon for so many reasons...

- I can't do small talk. I just want to be left alone but the person always talks.

- I don't care much about my appearance, I’m not feminine at all... I feel like I absolutely don't fit in a hair salon, and I hate that feeling.

- I feel very uncomfortable with my own body, and other people looking at me in that context.

- There’s a lot of noise (multiple conversations happening at once, several hairdryers...).

- The salon is small, too much happening in one small space, which makes me feel trapped.

- The environment feels out of my control, and they always insist that I remove my glasses. But I’m -8 myopic, which means I can't see anything around me, which makes me feel very unsafe and anxious.

- Because I now have a chronic illness on top of everything, I'll also need to wear a mask to avoid viral infections... and I know they will be unhappy with that, they'll ask me to remove it, and I'll have to say no and explain...

Anyway... I always forced myself to go (even though it wasn't often lol), but this is the first time since being diagnosed and... I feel like I just can't do it. :'( I'm scared if I don't force myself to do those things, then it becomes avoidance, and it will only reinforce the anxiety over time. But then again, I pushed through anxiety and discomfort my entire life before being diagnosed, and it led me to complete collapse.

I'm currently considering a hairdresser who comes at home... I will still dislike it, but it feels less awful.

(I want to cut my hair really short because it's been a sensory nightmare lately... So I don't feel comfortable trying it myself or asking someone who is not a hairdresser).

Sorry, I know I'm venting a bit but I feel completely lost. I guess it's not just about the hair salon... but more about: "am I allowed to acomodate myself and stop doing things that are causing so much distress... or will it make things even worse over time?"

Thanks.

Bonjour

Je ne sais vraiment pas dans quel sub poster ça, j'ai hésité entre question idiote, jardins, chats, askfrance... Bref, voici le sujet.

J'habite dans un lotissement et il y a des chats en liberté qui vadrouillent dehors toute la journée. J'en ai croisé au moins 4 ou 5 différents, et ces derniers temps, 2 qui viennent très régulièrement dans mon jardin. Moi j'ai aussi un chat, mais qui reste à l'intérieur.

Je n'ai rien contre les chats des voisins en soi, mais je retrouve des crottes partout. Sur mon parking en gravier, dans les copeaux de bois qui couvrent les plantations, et là je viens d'en surprendre un qui creusait la terre sous une plantation fraîchement installée, puis a chié dedans...

Franchement, ça me gonfle, parce que ça veut dire que quand je vais retourner mettre les mains dans la terre pour continuer mes plantations à cet endroit, je vais tomber sur de la merde de chat. Les voisins ne vont pas enfermer leurs chats donc je ne vois pas à quoi ça servirait de leur signaler...

Mon propre chat est déjà très compliqué à gérer au quotidien (problèmes de comportement importants). J'adore les chats, mais j'en ai un peu ras la caquette j'avoue.

Des idées ?

Hi. I've been improving a lot thanks to mind body work in the last year and a half. I've also been on LDN (1mg).

I'm currently attempting to stop taking it. I feel stable enough and I want to assess how much it's still helping (or not). I already skipped 1 dose several times before (no issues). I'm at 3 days without LDN and for now there's 0 change in how I feel or my energy levels.

I know LDN itself doesn't cause withdrawal but of course my symptoms could increase again if LDN was actually helping more than I thought...

Anyone went through this with LDN? I'd appreciate any encouraging stories. Thanks.

Edit: I'm not asking for medical advice or advice about LDN, just for experiences of people who took and then stopped LDN alongside nervous system work. I hope it's okay.

Bonjour,

Je déteste cuisiner et mon compagnon aussi. On cherche des idées pour se délivrer un peu de cette corvée cuisine quotidienne, tout en mangeant un peu plus sain.

On regarde les divers services de livraison de plats cuisinés à domicile : donc pas les box avec des recettes à cuisiner (genre HelloFresh), mais vraiment des plats déjà faits à réchauffer.

J'ai repéré Seazon, La Brigade de Vero, Cheef... Je n'apprécie pas trop le matraquage marketing "perte de poids", notre but c'est de bien manger, pas de faire une diet.

Avez-vous déjà testé ce type de services ? Des recommandations ? Merci !