u/Fireheart251

Within the last few years I've been able to break out of my agoraphobia and social anxiety, and I can go outside easier now, speaking to people has also become easier. I am a neet. I am 31 and have pretty much never worked a job because of fear of going outside and being seen by others because I hated my appearance so much. I had "accepted" what I look like, only because I didn't have a choice, but I still fantasize on occasion. But just now I had a thought, "oh yeah, you can use AI to photoshop images, can't you?" So I opened up chatgpt, submitted a photo of myself and told it to correct the deficit in my face, and oh my god. I look... so good. In the edited image I look like a real human being, not a deformed monster (like how i look in real life). Seeing how I could've looked if God had blessed me upon my birth has made me so sad all over again. I think about how I could have attained that look if only I worked. I needed money for cosmetic surgery but I needed a job to make money. I could never get a job because of my anxiety, so I just stayed stuck for years. Even if I start working now, with the way society and economy is going, how long would it even take me to save up that money? The surgery I need is one of, if not the most expensive available. Double jaw surgery. Minimum 30k, upwards of 50k for the procedure. Not a cheap rhinoplasty. It feels so unfair. Why did this have to happen to me? I could've had a great life. I'm 31, all my best years are behind me. Even if I did get the surgery, I wouldn't be able to live the life I wanted because those years are gone. From here on I'm just gonna get more wrinkles, body will deteriorate. But I still can't let this idea of surgery go. Even if it's just for one day, I want to feel completely comfortable and happy in my skin. I had thought of onlyfans because that's the only thing I can think of to make money quickly. Can't show my face though cuz it would turn people off. Maybe I can wear a mask? Or just crop my face out in videos. If I had access to drugs I would sell them to afford my surgery. I would do literally anything, even hurt people, if that meant it would lead to me being able to get surgery. I am sooooo desperate, I don't know what to do. I am currently in the process of getting an evaluation for mental health/autism so I can apply for disability. I just can't be apart of this society. Not with the way I look. I just can't accept this is my body and my life 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 anyway, I just had these thoughts running through my head and wanted to leave them somewhere since I have no one to talk to in real life (no friends). And my parents keep telling me i'm pretty but they have to say that, they're my parents. I wish they never had me. Mom should've aborted. I would've been better off that way. 😢.

I know about Normalize and Compression, but is there no simple way, like a slider to just lower and raise volume? I don't like how I have to open up a menu to change the volume, close it, then listen to the audio, realize it's not loud/quiet enough, then open the menu again and keep adjusting until it's good, like????? There's got to be a better way that I'm missing. OR if anybody could point me to another free recording app that's more intuitive, I'd like that too.

I'm trying to get me and my mom passports. She is 65 and doesn't know how to use computers so I have to do everything. I've never been married and am confused on what type of document she needs to bring for her passport appointment. Multiple websites are saying she needs a "certified marriage certificate". I don't know what that means. I was directed to the project cupid website to order one but I don't see anything about a certified certificate, just a regular certificate. Google Gemini AI is telling me that there's a "regular/souvenir" certificate, and a "certified" certificate. Other websites only explain the difference between a marriage license and a marriage certificate. Sooo, what is needed??? Is the certificate my mom already has enough, or does she need to get a new one? Websites say we need both the original document and a certified copy, that a photocopy will not be enough. How do we get the certified copy? Or is the original document actually a copy in the first place?

I helped my dad (from island country Dominica) renew his passport online in December 2025. The money has left the account. Within a few weeks he got the "temporary" passport thing, that can be used until he receives the real passport. Now we're all the way in May, 5 months and we still have not received it. I go on to https://passportstatus.state.gov/ and enter his information but it doesn't work. Nothing I type in works. I get the same "Status - Not Available" page every single time, even if I type in gibberish. So the website doesn't appear to be functioning. I'm kinda worried because my dad's country was put on some type of list of who to restrict entry from, I'm wondering if his delayed passport is related to that.

How long does it normally take to receive a passport renewal in the mail? This is not his first renewal, he has been here since 1982, but it is the first time that he renewed it online.