u/Fizzabl

only tagged nsfw in case this triggers others! I myself don't talk about any bad experience!

I want to preface this with nobody has ever laid a hand on me, but I was out with a friend recently who will sometimes just put their hand on my shoulder or arm as people do and I always flinch. Another friend of mine is the kind who does a little slap when they laugh but it didn't take long for my body to simply flinch whenever they raised their hand near me

She said she was so surprised by it that she made an effort to stop the poor thing lol. But if I'm just stood somewhere in my house, my dad approaches and touches my shoulder endearingly and I flinch. I was laying on the floor one time (in a sore board game defeat lol) and my boyfriend went to lie on top in a form of hug and again I flinched

It really gives off the vibe that I was abused as a child or something and I swear I wasn't! (...physically. iykyk) I can only assume it's autism or adhd where my mind just kinda forgets about me but when suddenly touched I "jump" to reality???

Please say I'm not alone in this, it's such a wild trait to have

When I say nothing, I mean I was told what I'd receive in advance and the dose is on the box but... I mean they just arrived in the post, do I wait till tomorrow morning to start?

I only assume morning because that's what everyone here does since sounds like it wears off by the evening?

Is food that important with it? Leaflet says have with water, this sub seems to be seriously pro protein rich breakfast. I hate eating breakfast so that'll be tricky lol

Ik not to expect much or anything at all on such a low dose, I've read about dehydration being a common side effect.

But yeah, perks of NHS path is free, non perks is I get told nothing more than the bare minimum.

Any platform (except mobile) is acceptable. You know those games where you play through it, and then even if it has replayability it takes a while to do so because you remember how it made you feel?

Why I'm in the mood for that, no idea. I say story driven like "Spiritfarer", "Detroit: Become Human", or my most recent wreckage "I was a Teenage Exocolonist", two of which have many many paths but some in particular will just wreak havoc. Love it.

Large AAA games like Death Stranding or Red Dead Redemption 2 aren't really my thing. Most open worlds (Though Nier Automata was good time)

So story rich, hella emotional, multiple paths is a bonus, type games. Avoid open worlds pretty please!

Maybe I'm just young so my only experience of job hunting is post pandemic, but jobs used to be 9-5, no? Plus lunch?

I've already hit rock bottom mentally today and it's only just turned 1, but I'm not hear to find a reason to live I'm genuinely curious, people who searched for jobs in the 10s and prior - were jobs advertised as 9-5?

As someone medically without a car or bike, these early starts are pure torture! Maybe I should start looking for remote US jobs so I have to work to their 8am instead lmao

If you use one of course. I got some kinda dentures cleaner which is just a tablet you shove in water and it dissolves, says to use it once a week.

And.. maybe I just have awful breath but tbh I feel like it wouldn't kill me to use them every 2-3 days. I brush my teeth properly (or as well as I can when the pain flares up)

In fact, what else do you use to clean them? I rinse them in water when I take it out

The tldr is: My first meds are going to arrive next week, but I'm meant to be on holiday next week and could potentially not start for an extra 6-7 days. This is PUK titration, my holiday is just staying with a friend and travel hasn't been booked so no money is lost

Okay so.. I don't know if I'm just putting too much importance on this titration period, but considering I got told I could start THREE WEEKS AGO, I didn't think that this holiday was going to be an issue. Now today I'm told they're in the post and it'll take up to 7 working days. That's next Wednesday, and I'm meant to leave Sunday/Monday and will be gone till the next Sunday/Monday

The titration period is short enough as it is, and so I'm worried if the one I'm trying first isn't any good, I need to find out asap because if I run out of titration, god knows how long the re-referral would take. I didn't wait this long to have to wait again!

Am I overreacting or should I stay to start asap? I live with parents so physically receiving them isn't an issue

Edit: Now I have Should I Stay or Should I Go stuck in my head