u/Dear-Show-5083

This might just be me and the culture I was raised in, but for me the practice of choosing a middle name to fit with/be on theme with the first name is strange. Personally I don’t think middle names should just sound nice, for me they are supposed to carry a meaning, like a family name. Then you can consider whether it sounds ok with a first name. I just consider choosing a first name and a middle name to be different processes, rather than how it seems to be to most people here, where they are a package deal. Do you think like this, and do you think this is a product of the culture you were surrounded with or just an opinion?

I have struggled with sensory issues my whole life (at first just clothing, but now more misophonia,) and the only clothing piece that still triggers me is socks. I have tried numerous different brand of sensory safe, “seam free” socks, but the only brand that doesn’t send me into a meltdown is bombas. As you can imagine, this is not very budget friendly, especially as I can’t stand socks with more or less a year of use under their belt, as they get stiff and less soft (yes, I use fabric softener.) Does anyone have any recommendations for cheaper socks that rival the quality/sensory comfort of bombas? My ‎particular issue it the toe seam.

Sometimes I feel like my triggers can be really random. For me it‘s gotta be either my sister when she meows to replicate the cat, or earlier when I was triggered by a large group of kids singing.

I was at the dentist the other day and they gave me laughing gas to remove a small cavity, and at first after the procedure I thought my experience went normally until I was talking with a friend about it and they said it sounded kind of weird.

What I experienced was: vision almost completely filled with static (apart from the dentists)

Drill and tool noises that sounded like the breakcore music my sister forces me to listen to, but not in the normal tool noises way, my brain kind of made them more musical?

Hardly being able to hear anything that should normally be heard (I think this is normal)

Arms and legs feeling filled with static, like pins and needles without the pain (that’s normal right)

Being a bit delusional and thinking that the curing light was pulsating rainbow colors

And finally the weirdest anecdote was that there was a dentist watching from the side of the room, and with the glasses and mask she looked exactly like the other dentist working on my mouth, so with my limited capacities I deduced she was a still frame of the one working on my mouth.

Oh, and I wasn’t really sensitive to movement, the dentists looked like they were completely statues.

Is this a normal reaction to laughing gas? If not, is there any explanation to why I reacted so strongly?

My brother’s friend got top surgery a while ago, and gave me some of his binders, and now he has found some more deep inside his closet. Most of them fit me/will eventually fit me, but I have found myself with 3 Inranxism chest binders which don’t fit, some random Amazon brand. I want to sell these on Facebook marketplace or something, but I‘d like to know anyone’s opinion on these. it had elastic running through the whole thing, and was not really stretchy, lacking the classic thinner back panel for flexibility. Also, it was not very true to size as it was incredibly tight. I want to give these to some trans person in need of a binder, but my main concern is that it is unsafe as it is not very stretchy. Does anyone have experience with this brand/thoughts?

My brother’s friend got top surgery a while ago, and gave me some of his binders, and now he has found some more deep inside his closet. Most of them fit me/will eventually fit me, but I have found myself with 3 Inranxism chest binders which don’t fit, some random Amazon brand. I want to sell these on Facebook marketplace or something, but I‘d like to know anyone’s opinion on these. it had elastic running through the whole thing, and was not really stretchy, lacking the classic thinner back panel for flexibility. Also, it was not very true to size as it was incredibly tight. I want to give these to some trans person in need of a binder, but my main concern is that it is unsafe as it is not very stretchy. Does anyone have experience with this brand/thoughts?

As the title says. For me, it’s tank tops. I am pre-t and tape doesn’t get me flat enough to wear them, and obviously a binder shows underneath. Sometimes, (like right now,) I get this strong urge to wear a tank top and just look like a ‘normal‘ guy, and then I get sad when I realize, it’ll be a long time before that’s possible. Anyways, what is the piece of clothing you wish you could wear most?