u/Imdespo_foradvice

I attended this year’s Rising Star program (Sav) and I really enjoyed it. I felt like the coursework wasn’t as bad as a lot of people said it would’ve been, and despite not getting Fridays off, it still gave me a lot of free time to explore Savannah and make friends.

I want to attend SCAD next year, but I’m wondering if it’s very different from how Rising Star was. Can anyone who attended Rising Star and is now a full time student share their experience?

i went out today to be normal and i actually dressed up and shit but when i was waiting for my cab to get home, some creep wearing sunglasses at 9pm tried to hit on me, and he wouldn’t stop talking about the boots i was wearing. He kept looking into my phone and asking about my uber and i replied very unenthusiastically but he just wouldn’t leave. He’s probably 10-15 years older than me.

He kept trying to ask me when I’m from and saying that he picked up on my accent and tried guessing. I am utterly disgusted at it.

In the end he tried to give me a high five and i was like “eh… what are you. oh okay..?” and then just walked away saying i got a phone call.

Am i a fakecel if the only time i get hit on is by a total creep? He looked super sleazy too. Maybe he was trying to traffic me or harvest my organs :/

Has anyone here done T on their own, and if so, what was your experience? People who’ve done T through going to an endo are also welcome to share their experiences!!
I want to start T but i’m not out and I’m also scared of going to a psychiatrist or an endocrinologist for it.
Any tips would also be helpful.
happy pride month :3

I want to get on T but I live with my parents and I’m unable to get it through conventional means. Is there any way to get it in this country? Preferably not through injections cause that would be a lot harder to explain if I do get found out. I am probably moving out soon so maybe It’ll be better then but idk i just don’t think I’d be comfortable going to a doctor for it anyway.

I also have pcos so i have naturally sorta high Testosterone levels, but it’s not enough to make any euphoric difference other than facial hair..

Could anyone who’s done HRT here share their experience with it? Both through doctors or diy.

Since it’s summer, i have a bunch of stuff planned with people that involve swimming, and I decided not to be weird and antisocial this year so I bought a swimsuit for the first time in years. I have a lot of scars on my thighs and arms so I bought one with shorts, and decided that a tankini would be okay since my arms are mostly faded even though the cuts are still raised.

But the problem is that the shorts aren’t long enough to cover a lot of the scars (and some of them are still pretty fresh too), and i’m worried that it might be worrying to the people i’m going out with. They know I have a history with SH, but not that I’m still doing it.
Are there any tips to help me cover them up that are pool/beach friendly? Any makeup brands that you could recommend or anything.

I don’t want to cancel these plans since I want to be better and actually engage in social stuff..

I am extremely anti-ai now and have been for a while, but when I began writing the first book in my series, I did use chatgpt to refine and help come up with ideas. I am very ashamed of it. I would not like any of my work to have any ai in it, so I did end up rewriting all of the ai-refined parts (that being the prologue and one chapter), but it still feels fraudulent in a way, since a lot of the plot points at the start were influenced by the use of ai.

I feel lost. If I did publish this book, I could not live with the fact that ai was used in certain aspects of it, and my name on the cover would not mean anything. I don't think ai has any business being in creative spaces. How do I go about this? I have been working on this book for 2 years now, and I don't want to give up on the project, but I also don't want it to have any ai be in it.

I just wish I hadn't used it in the first place. Is there any advice for me?

I know it’s normal, but I just personally just don’t like the way it looks on myself, especially since summer’s coming up and I’m going on a beach holiday.

I’m asian so it’s common to have darker parts but it’s gotten to a point that it’s extremely different from my regular skin tone and has also spread to my inner thighs. I’m also worried that sun exposure will make it worse. Any tips on how to manage it?

I don’t want it to be completely light of course, just less noticeable. This isn’t to say that all vulvas aren’t beautiful, but I just feel so unlike myself, and I’m worried other people might notice.

I’m asian, so I mean it’s pretty general to have it be a little darker down there, but pcos has made it so much darker over time to the point it doesn’t even look like it’s a part of my body.
I’ve become really insecure about it. Do people actually care though?? Every time I see any nudity online, it’s always so different from how I look and it just makes it feel wrong even though I don’t think I’d care if someone had hyperpigmentation down there, but then again I honestly don’t care about appearances at all

I sit alone in most of my classes, and I just can’t stop doing it during class. I usually wear long shorts or a skirt so it’s really easy for me to just pull it up and cut. I always get a really big rush right after and one time I even cut my finger to get an excuse to go to the bathroom to clean myself up.

I don’t know why I keep doing it, and I want to stop. It’s only a matter of time until I get caught by either a classmate or a teacher. It’s usually with things I carry with me, since I’m an art student and need them for my pieces. I don’t know why I keep doing it even after my life has been so good recently.. I don’t know how to stop myself :/

This is like two years after my supposed “recovery” so I’m afraid to get external help now, because everyone thinks I’m better now but I’m just lying to everyone…

I sit alone in most of my classes, and I just can’t stop doing it during class. I usually wear long shorts or a skirt so it’s really easy for me to just pull it up and cut. I always get a really big rush right after and one time I even cut my finger to get an excuse to go to the bathroom to clean myself up.

I don’t know why I keep doing it, and I want to stop. It’s only a matter of time until I get caught by either a classmate or a teacher. It’s usually with a sharpener blade, but when I don’t have one I just use a really sharp pen. I don’t know why I keep doing it even after my life has been so good recently.. I don’t know how to stop myself :/

This is like two years after my supposed “recovery” so I’m afraid to get external help now, because everyone thinks I’m better now but I’m just lying to everyone…