u/Matchaparrot

No one is going to believe me if I tell this story in real life, so I'm telling the internet - a crow just flew out of the sky and attacked me outside work.

It felt like a person grabbing me by the hair so I screamed. Then I saw the crow landed in front of me and realised what happened. I'd already been having a bad day so I lost my temper and chased the crow away.

Then some people who came out of the building just then told me apparently it's a known issue, it's just been attacking people all week!

I need a cup of tea and a biscuit. Please, if you're having a worse day than me I could do with cheering up, feel free to share your day in the comments...

Anyone else with post thrombotic syndrome find their leg/s will go a while without pain, then you'll get pain again?

I ran yesterday and I have also had some stress the past few days, otherwise didn't notice any worsening or struggle days with my PTS for the past month until now.

Why do I get the feeling that in any other non Christian context, this would be straight up harassment. I'm visiting home after a while and my mother mentioned a new name, turns out a Japanese woman has moved to their (very white) town. I'll call her Mizu.

My mother enjoys telling me about what's happening in her church whenever I see her (I've been atheist for three years but she does it anyway). Usually I zone out because my mother ignores me and I've learned to just tune it out, but this time I listened, puzzled.

*Why are a 40 year old Japanese woman and her husband hanging out with an obscure group of old ladies at this remote community centre?* then my mother said she's been coming to church too, and that the church has been 'sending people' to go to her house, come in and talk to her.

This was escalating. I challenged my mother "Wait, does Mizu actually say she wanted to go to church? She might just be being polite, to fit into the town" my mother hesitated but then promptly carried on saying "Georgina White has been talking to Mizu about Jesus" "She's been *witnessing* to her"

I realised my mother and her church has been harassing this poor Japanese couple into becoming Christians, seemingly especially because they're Japanese. Many other white people have moved into the town and not been harassed into going to church.

This just does not sit right with me. I am limited in what I can do for complex reasons unfortunately, but I wish there was more I could do. I cannot stop a town targeting this couple for evangelism

Stumbled across this sub via another community. Is there an equivalent vent and support sub for children of bipolar parents?

I don't want to post on the main bipolar pages for fear my sharing my experience will hurt bipolar parents and similar

What's the name of the music that played in the nightclub for the one million penguins celebration? I loved dancing to it, I'm going to ask the Devs if we can buy it for igloos too

What's the name of the music that played in the nightclub for the one million penguins celebration? I loved dancing to it, I'm going to ask the Devs if we can buy it for igloos too

Has anyone experienced negative comments from people when they learn you're losing weight? Last time I tried to lose weight I learned not to tell anyone I was doing it because people made comments.

I've been told the weight "looks good on you" (I'm 20kg heavier than the normal range for my height and fit XL trousers at the store where I used to fit M) but a comment that set me back in my journey was someone I'd not seen for a while was "surprised" I was losing weight, the implication being my weight was normal. That stopped me losing for a while because I kidded myself that maybe I wasn't actually overweight and could get that extra cappuccino...

Anyone had a similar experience?

I might delete this later. I'm having a hard time coming to terms with my weight gain following two bouts of serious illness this year and last year. Two years ago I used to compete in martial arts. Out of the blue I developed a blood clot and learned I had a genetic disease. I was put on blood thinners for life, which ended my career in martial arts. I focused on recovery, and my weight remained stable.

Without going into details, in the two years since I've had another two serious illnesses due to my condition. When I've been ill I haven't been able to exercise at all. I've come out of the latest bout the heaviest I've ever been - 80kg, obese on the charts for me - and obviously have lost all my muscle from martial arts.

I did calorie counting after I recovered last year and took up running, but felt awful while I was doing it - I had no energy and fell into a depression, which I haven't struggled with since I was a teenager, which affected my work and relationships with family and friends. Something about calorie counting seems to really trigger me and felt really unhealthy for me. I do also have eating disorders in the family - I remember feeling fat at school when I wasn't, and some of my siblings have eating disorders.

I'm trying this time to focus on returning to full fitness, getting back to running which I loved, and staying well while trying not to eat treats too often - but also struggling with being 80kg now and having to choose XL clothes at the shops.

How long did it take in months/years for anyone here to lose weight gained after serious illness? Anyone else here for who calorie counting didn't help?

I'm back. Finished C25K last year, fell very ill, couldn't walk for months, now tentatively trying to run again after a few months of consistent good health.

Could do with some encouragement. I'm nervous I won't complete my first run.

A week ago I accidentally withdrew my PayPal balance to an account I'd closed that I'd forgotten to unlink from my PayPal.

The money didn't bounce, but fortunately, I'm in the UK and the Current Account Switch guarantee meant the money has now been transferred into my new account.

Posting this in case this happens to anyone else, and remember to double check your bank details are correct and unlink any expired cards. Lesson learned.