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I have an ancestor, my 3rd great grandma, who was reportedly Native American and adopted into the family. Her name was Lizzie.

I know it’s not uncommon for settlers to have tall tales of being fractionally native and I am aware this could all just be family lore. Reportedly my great grandma (who I was fortunate enough to know as a child) was 1/4 native.

When I started looking into it, I was pretty sure it was a lie, but I can see in my family tree that Lizzie is the only person not born in the two places anyone else in my family has been born: 1. Netherlands or 2. Michigan.

She is the only child to my 4th great grandparents and was born in Nebraska according to records. Her birth year was around 1884. In 1885, it was recorded that she was a resident in Panama Precinct in Lincoln, Lancaster Nebraska. Her parents do not have any residency in Nebraska. Their only records show being born in Netherlands and then living in Michigan.

How would I go deeper into this? I seem to have exhausted any leads I would get through family and plus I’m not sure how much I should trust that anyway.

PS. I fully realize if she truly was adopted into a settler family, the circumstances of the adoption are probably not happy or positive. But this is kind of the point of me looking into it. Not to claim a fractional bloom quantum. But to honor this ancestor and what she might have went through in her 38 years on earth.

Thanks in advance

We had a session and did breathwork the other day and after, she put on this very touching song that felt very relevant and made me cry.

She sent me the artist name, and after a quick search I’ve realized the artist is AI :(

It kind of ruined the special moment a bit when I realized this.

Do I tell my therapist? I doubt she knows. She’s a musician and artist so I would assume she would want to know?

Idk I feel weird about it

Did you know you have to stop before you turn onto the main road?

I swear, almost daily I have someone coming out of there pulling out RIGHT front of me… the speed limit on that road is 55… yall need to learn to drive

I stopped a medication that was helping suppress my appetite because it was causing some really bad depression.

I feel a lot better off of it, but I’m terrified to gain weight back now that my appetite is coming back.

I’ve connected with the part that is fearful and it’s still really hard for me to unblend from her.

I feel kinda stuck. I go back to therapy today and I’m afraid my therapist is going to be disappointed I haven’t done much journaling or connecting with them this week.

I really don’t feel like my part can be “fixed” or unburdened in this regard. I genuinely feel that I will lose respect and love if people notice I gain weight. Which to some extent is true… right? We live in a really visual world.

I also recently saw pics of some very thin celebrities that have really triggered this part even more.

And hello from my critic who thinks this is all stupid and ridiculous that I’m a grown ass woman still worried about my body like a teenager.

I don’t even know why I’m posting this but yeah. I don’t know if I’m ever gonna get over this.

I was on it since September 2025 to lose weight I had gained from Lexapro increasing my appetite. I am 5’7” and was pushing 170. When I started Lex, I was about 150. Never have weighed 170 before in my life, and after being on Lex for about 12 months, it caused me to want to eat, eat, eat. I tapered off of it while starting sema. (Also in therapy so I have a lot of support)

I did lose the weight and got down to about 146, but I dealt with a lot of side effects.

The main one is insidious, and it was deep irritability and depression. Took me months to figure out the meds were causing it.

How I figured it out:
In March, I came back from an international trip where I was off of sema for almost 2 weeks. When I started it again I fell into the deepest depression about life, my job, etc. I know it’s normal to feel down going back to normal life after a big trip, but this was existential and I genuinely wanted to off myself. I did increase the Prozac a bit but it didn’t really help much.

I went in another trip and lapsed on my dose again. I already had my suspicions about sema’s effect on my mental health, and I started feeling so much more energetic and happy. Like I was waking up again.

After this, I realized most all of my irritability and depression were caused by the sema. I had no range, it went to the deepest depths every time. Now that I’ve been off, I have times where I feel down, but I don’t go all the way anymore.

Other side effects:
-hair loss/thinning
-loss of motivation
-extreme fatigue

The loss of motivation was big. With work, it would be like very easily giving up or not having hope that things will get better or change. I genuinely almost left my (very good) job because I couldn’t stop thinking about how if I offed myself, I wouldn’t have to go into work anymore. For home, I wouldn’t do any extra projects that I used to do and love like painting, or yard work. I still kept the home clean and did all my chores but I wouldn’t do anything extra.

The fatigue is also no joke. I like to trail run and when I first started the meds, it felt like I was running for the first time. Like I was being dragged down and my fitness was zapped.

Nausea was another but that one did go away with time. Zofran was a godsend for this.

Maybe the side effects are more apparent because now I’m at a “healthy/normal” weight and my body doesn’t need it anymore. I’m still terrified of gaining weight back, and notice I have a larger appetite again. I’m at about 150 rn and I think I can be okay with 150-155. It sucks because the quieting of food noise was such a fantastic benefit and I like being thin!! I’d never understood when people said they didn’t have an appetite or they forgot to eat before I took this med.

Anyway, I don’t post this to hate on the med. It could have been an additive in the one I was taking (Noom microdose). Just wanted to share this to see if others felt the same. I know Tirz is an option to try but I’m just going to see how it goes without for now. At least I’m saving a lot of $$.

I’ve been on microdose sema about six months. I started it because I was on Lexapro for two years and it slowly increased my appetite to the point where I gained about 40 pounds I went off the Lexapro about the same time i started sema.

I did have mental health issues and then I went on two Prozac and have been doing well on that. I increased my dose back in late March. My husband said that I haven’t told him I wanted to off myself in two months.

I did lapse in my sema prescription and I have been off of it for about 2 to 3 weeks.

I did just re-up my prescription because I do feel my appetite coming back. Before I started taking this again I felt this new energy and happiness within myself and I didn’t know if it was because the SSRI is fully working or because I’m doing so well and having breakthroughs in therapy.

Well, I took my first shot in about 3 weeks yesterday and I feel like it is now very obvious to me that my anxiety and irritability has largely been coming from this medication… it sucks because I love the fact that this helps decrease my appetite.

I thought maybe I just wasn’t eating enough due to the meds and that was causing me to be irritable, but it’s like night and day like today. I am just so pissed off at everything….

Anyone else notice this? Would it be worth trying tirzepatide?

It’s actually disgusting. Please ban this user mods. I already reported and blocked them.

I live outside Holland, near Allendale. The farming cannons going off are driving me absolutely bonkers. I cannot be the only one. I’ve been here for 5 years and it’s never been like this.

From what I’ve seen of my twps noise ordinances, farming noises are exempt. However, this still seems highly excessive, going off every 30 seconds all day from 7am to 7pm.

I understand farmers are protecting their crops but there are also other options that don’t destroy the peace and make the entire area sound like a war zone. Every 30 seconds all day every day is excessive. If I recall they do not shoot them off on Sunday. So what do they do on Sunday and why can’t they do that during the rest of the week?

I also don’t even know where to start to try to fix this. I want to be intentional with my approach so as to actually reach a solution for everyone.

Thanks in advance yall.

Obligatory reminder to be safe around utility workers. I know summer is construction season and I’m not complaining but I don’t know if I’ve ever noticed this much utility work happening all over, specifically on the North Side/Zeeland/W Olive.

And I don’t just mean New Holland being closed, or the giant VanBuren water pipe for Wyoming water supply, but also SO many utility workers alongside many roads.

Hello, recently went to Spain for the first time (Barcelona, València, Alarcón, and Madrid) for 2 weeks. We fell in love and while planning another intl trip, I said to my husband, “I really just wanna go back to Spain” and he said “I’d go back in a heartbeat.” So… we are coming back next year.

We are flying in/out of Madrid. Planning one or two nights in Madrid, then taking off to Barcelona. Want to spend about 4 nights there and go to the Dali museum in Figueres (probably day trip while we stay in bcn) and then…somehow….go to Bilbao (maybe San Sebastián too).

What would be the best way to get to Bilbao? I don’t see direct flights from Barcelona. The train seems really long. We are leaning towards driving….which is quite long too…. The route takes us through either Zaragoza or Toulouse, France due to the Pyrenees. We would probably make either one of these cities a 1 or 2 night stop depending on what there is to see/do there. I’m not opposed to either city, but don’t know much about either. Suggestions there would be great. Or, Is there a slower route with a stop through the Pyrenees? Not opposed to this either (as long as driving in mountain weather wouldn’t be an issue in March?).

We travel for food, art, and culture, and we particularly loved Catalonia last time we were there, if that helps form any suggestions.

Thanks in advance y’all! Looking forward to visiting this lovely country again.