u/Hefty_Astronaut_120

I've been looking for particularly the new essence concealer everywhere, I found one in primark but it was used and most of the shades are out, i just got a swatch before having to chuck it out. I check online boots, lookfantastic, justmylook, etc. All the time because they have the rest of the range so surely the concealer should be there. I was looking at trying their foundation as well, so maybe just the website is just the best place to get it and get a few bits?

I'm surprised because essence, catrice, kiko, etc. They're all european brands I'm pretty sure, so I feel like the new launches should be way easier to get than they are but I tried my area and when I visited family and nothing but that used one. I find that the new stuff I see everywhere on reviews I cant find in any store or website other than the company itself.

I know people in different areas so if its something i desperately wanted, I'd paypal them some money to find it but that's last case scenario if it was really worth it and I'm not sure if it really is for just a 2 pound concealer unless it was a list if a few bits

Can anyone vouch for which new launches are genuinely worth me going on a search for and where I might be able to find them?

This isnt about politics directly, this is about it ruining almost every interaction I have. I get that people have very strong views, particularly at the moment, but it's getting more and more agressive at least in my life anyway. I have had grown adults cry because I've diverted the topic away from it, people accuse eachother of horrendous things and it is constant.

-I was eating a picnic and looking at a view with someone and they started talking trump and I just said 'well, we all have opinions. I know a US army guy who said something else to me but anyway we have a lovely view, look over there, where do you think that is' and they just went 'you just want me to just shut up about my views, but I never will be silenced by you because we need to stop Trump'. I get that, but we won't stop him on a hill in a different country eating our picnic.

-I looked out of a car window and I said 'oh look, someones hung a flag, I wonder if they're having a parade or block party, that'll be fun' and I just got 'you dont get to hang your flag anymore, it is racist and they are showing they hate illegal immigrants'. I said 'it is this country's flag and we're having our national bank holiday, maybe its just a parade' and I get called racist, that I don't stand with our illegal immigrants, that I must be far right nationalist, and if I contest that that's a bit unfair, they just cry that they feel sorry for me being so far right and stupid.

-Every gathering turns into politics now, I just go and sit with the kids now and eat with them. Even when someone bans it from the table no one listens to it and does it anyway. We get a stream of Trump, Israel, Putin, vaccines, whatever it is. They are big issues and I appreciate a debate but it's not a debate, its an argument in someone's house where they have banned it and not only is that disrespectful to them but its also pissing off the rest of the table who can't speak.

-I also get this online as well. I messaged some people to ask if they were going to watch our eurovision entry and did they want to message and have a drink together for it and now I have a stream of messages in my inbox that I'm a zionist, israel lover, do I not get it, I wound everyone up by doing that. I do get it and no I don't support Israel and no I don't think what they do is right, they should be disqualified I agree. I'm just interested because a guy built a synthesiser out of furbies and we chose him to be our entry I wanna see what he's doing. No I don't love Israel or support any of the political stuff, I get everything everyone is saying but I'm in it for it just being a silly song contest and the UK won't win, Israel probably won't either. We can just have a drink and support our act and have a bit of fun but we can't do that anymore. Just mentioning the idea of having a drink and watching this guy on his synthesiser got me a string of vile hatred.

You can agree with both is what I'm saying. You can support your act, watch the songs and agree that Israel shouldn't be there and that the directors need to kick them out. That doesnt mean the actual act was bad either, i don't remember the song but he was alright from what i remember. I can disagree with his country and his beliefs and their participation and also say he's a decent singer. I can have multiple views on the same thing, watching the UK do their yearly national embarassment for a bit of fun and one point doesn't automatically mean that I am a zionist, I can extend my views more than that?

I divert topics to 'so what book are you reading?' And I get, I don't read books. I don't watch TV, I just watch tiktok. I say things like 'i'm reading this hockey romance right now, its no shakespeare but I'm hooked' and people genuinely call me dumb and ask why I read or watch things that don't stimulate my brain. Why would I waste my time when it won't educate me on the worlds issues? And I just say well because it's fun and I want to, people genuinely roll their eyes at me like i'm stupid and then go back to showing me political tiktoks like 'this is the state if our world and you want to ask me if i read a romance novel? Of course I didn't I'm too busy caring about this, I am following trump news i have no time for anything else'. I don't really see tiktok but everyone I know uses it for politics and shorts of world news and then I get hate for saying why don't you get your news from more responsible sources and do research if it really interests you? There's some great documentaries out there I think you'd be into, and I just get told thats all filtred, tiktok is where its at.

I am all up for a debate, I will happily do that, all up for chatting about it but if it's an argument where i'm treated like I'm dumb, or I can't get a word in or it's just rude, rolling eyes, etc. It just ruins the interaction. I don't like the agressiveness, how constant it is and that people will genuinely cry if you have a different opinion to them. If I divert because you can see some people are getting pissed off, it turns into this victim thing that you are silencing them and their rights, you clearly don't understand, you don't get it, you are one of them. I just wanted a bit of food and to spend some quality time with my nephews i don't see often.

It's getting so exhausting how everything needs an opinion and a political spin. It's getting more agressive in the uk, more antisemitism and islamaphobia towards people who are probably just living their lives and dont have anything to with whats going on, they don't deserve to be attacked for that, they can't control this in the same way my american friend can't make Trump stop the war, he doesn't deserve hate though. We can have a conversation about politics, but we can also do other things like chat about a movie but now I feel like one word out of line and my inbox is filled with hate, I could lose something I worked for, i wont be able to go back for christmas, just swiftly moving things along could get me in trouble.

Is anyone else feeling like it's all getting a bit more hostile and agressive than it was a few years ago?

So my partner lived with his parents while saving money to move and it was very stressful. Took a huge toll on the relationship, on my mental health, on everything and we went through a few rough patches over it. He has a dog who was used as 'bait' a lot. One minute he's their baby and they love him, next minute they're screaming at him. We'd be watching tv and they're actually training this dog to not like me (admire the effort but it didnt work), just yelling at him if he looks at me or sits with me. But then he's their baby again once he sits with them and it was like that for years. There's so many things they did to me in particular that weren't OK but thats a different story. the dog was manipulation but most landlords dont take pets so thats how they got my partner. (Essentially he cant leave because landlords dont take dogs usually and if he tries dog goes to the pound, so they've got him stuck now)

One day a while back my partner come back from work and somethings happened because he's ended up on my doorstep, no clean clothes, shaking, red marks on his arms. I don't know what's happened but he says they've threatened the dog as well, put hands on him, he cant even get a change of clothes, its a whole thing. In the week he was with me, he wasnt allowed back to even get clothes or the dog, totally locked out, dog locked in. I made anonymous reports to see if we could get anyone to either check dog is still there or speak to parents that a neighbour rang in about them but i was told unless i know dog wasnt there they wont follow up and no one will follow up my reports. They threatened that they would ruin my partners career by making allegations if he did anything so it had to be anonymous and they have access to kids as well.

My partner got a landlord to let him and dog stay and he moved and we went to go and finally get dog back. They unlocked the door and left us with half a bag of food and 1 treat. Not a bag, 1 singular treat. I'm being careful and saying where's the rest of it. He just says they 'lost' dog ball and claimed the blanket as theirs so we'd be stealing to take it. I just picked up the food bowls, bed and the treat and we move. I was fuming but I've already cut them off and said no more they dont like me, I will go out if they come over when im there, it works for everyone. Its his dog, his family and his house so i bit my tongue and said it'll be fine but he's not happy either because he just cried in the driveway. It's been a few weeks and everyones happy and settled now and I went with them to the vet for a check up. The vet says dog is doing amazing and no problems here, and I said 'oh I think you were a bit nervous because he's just moved house and, being careful with my words, we didnt get anything he liked, you were nervous he'd be showing signs of stress, did you want to ask before we leave?'

The vet sat us down and asks how he was settling in and was he sad and my partner then nearly cried saying he was nervous dog would be stressed and was questioning if it was the right thing. He revealed that his mother is messaging every day asking for dog back and refusing to come over because she will just take the dog or squat there if she does essentially. Dog likes people but he's now fine once they leave but the mother will not visit them because he took the dog (this is legally his dog and the same they used against us btw). She's putting a lot of pressure on him emotionally to move dog back and I think it's taking a toll on my partner because he just wants to do right by his dog, who isnt a puppy anymore and wants him to be happy. They go for more walks now and have more exciting places to go, even friends with dogs nearby to visit, its a nicer calmer vibe i think for both of them.

The vet said bluntly actually he's doing way better than last time. I cannot say i see many happier dogs, he's doing amazing and you did the right thing. He sees you as home and his new toys as his. He's very calm and settled. You dont have a dog problem, you have a mother problem because if she hasnt come over, he wont know her anymore now (he's not the brightest button). I have to be careful but she just openly said the truth, the issue was the mother and he's now basically in his prime again now he's left. I did my best shocked face because i saw the difference to but I'm also fuming that she's still causing them grief, she kicked them out, she threatened the dog, they put hands on my partner, this was their choice.

I cannot believe that these people caused so much grief to all of us, to the point that the dog was struggling and they are still manipulating my partner into trying to take him back into it. If it was up to me, they wouldn't even know the address of that house they live in, I'm so angry that this went on for a decade and within a month of getting out its like a switch has flicked. It's got me so angry because the damage was done to our relationship and most of their other kids relationships to the point we weren't even officially together anymore when he moved out but to put the innocent dog through that as well and I'm not 100% convinced they dont manipulate the kids as well. I'm just so angry and I'm angry no one listened to my reports either because they have access to very young children. I love the vibe now and that its calm, i'm not involved with them, we're all happier, but knowing this is still in the background, it feels horrible. It makes me feel like they'll drive up any second and bang on the door (he hasnt given anyone else a key so it would be ok).

They know sometimes I stay with dog if my partners working late and they hate that. All the toys are ones we picked out, and they apparently made comments like 'once she gets here the place will look different i bet' which I know well enough wasnt in a good way. It gets me on edge that they'll just show up, they're nuts enough.

So I took clobazam since december and I just got Briviact added. I started at 25mg twice a day and I felt exhausted like nothing i've ever felt. I needed a nap every day just to get through. Now after 2 weeks I'm up on 50mg twice a day and i took my first of that last night and again this morning. I feel sort of like I got hit by a bus but also like im having a permanent seizure confusion but like im also high?

I woke up and I was in a state, headache so bad i couldnt move, couldnt get out of bed. My whole body hurt like I had the flu. I took 2 painkillers and got up after however long and I've been good for the day but the last hour I feel so funny. Like seizure confusion but I dont feel a seizure coming on, I feel high and honestly it's not bad like my head hurts a lot but im not feeling anything crazy other than just a bit away with the fairies. I rang my brother for his birthday and I dont actually know if I did that or if I just talked about random shit the whole time.

I'm not feeling anything dangerous, nothing crazy, nothing I feel any need to call anyone about (which is fine because ironically my doctor is ill), I literally just cannot stop thinking about random stuff. I've just developed a fascination with random things and i think about it constantly and I feel a bit sick but the exhaustions gone so rhats cool. I literally just feel high or drunk.

Essentially the last few hours I went from feeling like i had the flu this morning to now I feel almost like ive had a few too many. My head is spinning, I feel off balance, a bit sick like I dont really want food, and like i've just had a seizure even though i didnt. After my episodes I do talk slurred about randomness, ice cream, thoughts of the day, dogs, that stuff. I kind of want to do that but i can stop myself like i have control whereas in a seizure i dont. I want to tell people I know about my thoughts in the same way as that but I have the control to not do it.

Did anyone else get this with briviact and does it settle down after a while, any advice for me like if it gets worse before it gets better or things that might help?