u/NaiveFinish64

So my interest for birds and my love for them is immense and I want to make this into SOMETHING. ANYTHING. And I had this idea of candy of birds called bird bites. The concept is to create different candies, each inspired by my pet birds (and other internet-style bird characters like Apollo the African grey, cucumber the great green macaw), where every bird has its own flavor and personality. For example, my budgie Luna would be blueberry flavored, another bird Nemi could be icy cookies-and-cream style, and other birds would have their own unique flavors like banana, grape, etc.

But the main idea isn’t just candy, it’s a whole collectible universe. Each candy would come with collectible bird trading cards with rarity levels (common, rare, ultra rare, legendary). People could collect, trade, and build sets of characters.

The packaging would be designed like a small aesthetic box, and each candy would clearly show its flavor and come with a secret collectible card. Over time, I’d expand the universe and possibly even let people submit their own birds and ideas to become part of it.

Basically: cute birds + candy + collectible cards + lore/characters all in one brand. But also I'm 17 so maybe that's an aspect that makes it harder cause people won't take it seriously or it would be hard to start from literally ZERO. Idk what to do. But is the idea even good

I'm so fucking lost I wanna cry. My little sister who is only 14 just cut herself...she said it's because of me and my mom fighting SM and I just feel horrible cause I feel like it's all my fault. If you want more on what happens with me and my mom fighting U can view my other post.

I was just talking to her and she was sliding up my sleeve and looking at my scars and asking where they came from and suddenly I noticed lines on her hand when her sleeve got slightly pulled up. I immediately grabbed her arm and looked at it and there were cuts. There were cuts on her other arm too. I didn't know what to say. I hold myself back from crying and asked why she did that and she said it's cause she's stressed and feeling guilty when my mom and me fight and I felt so bad. I hugged her and begged her not to do it again. I didn't wanna get mad. I won't tell anyone. My mother almost killed me when she found my scars when I was 12 I don't want my little sister to go through that.

I'm just feeling so guilty and miserable. It hurts so much and it feels like my fault cause she saw my scars and I think she picked it up from me and it's all because of me and my mom fighting FUCK I should be dead I should be dead I should be dead

One of my teachers told my ex-friend to “make sure I eat" at my graduation party. It was humiliating. The girl literally mocked me for it in front of people, saying "haha she's 18, I'm sure she can fucking eat by herself I'm not her mommy" while laughing her ass off. I wanted to kill myself. I'm being treated like a little kid cause I have an eating disorder, why did she have to say that to my friend? Why is it their business if I eat or not? Does my teacher not realise how awkward she made it for me? Maybe I should fucking starve to death to show them.

Yesterday was my high school graduation party and one guy brought these jelly bears with some silly brand name he made up. But the point is, he has actually turned it into a BUSINESS with his girlfriend. People love it, they are buying them, everyone thought it was cool, and I just sat there feeling like complete shit.

Because what am I doing?

I’m 18, living off my parents, stressing over exams and trying to build a portfolio for university while other people my age are already making money, creating things, building businesses, doing stuff together with people they love. Meanwhile I feel like I’m stuck being miserable and academically obsessed with nothing to show for it yet.

I ended up getting drunk because my brain wouldn’t stop screaming that I’m worthless and behind everyone else.

What made it even worse is that I have an eating disorder, and one of my teachers told my ex-friend to “make sure I eat.” It was humiliating. The girl literally mocked me for it in front of people. I wanted to kill myself. I'm being treated like a little kid cause I have an eating disorder. Maybe I should fucking starve to death to show them.

The thing I can’t understand is how some people can just exist without constantly feeling like failures. I know people with zero ambition who just play games all day, live off their parents, do nothing productive, and somehow they seem fine. Meanwhile if I’m not actively achieving something, my brain treats me like I deserve to die.

I’m jealous of people who can do nothing with their life and still be happy.

I saw a post about some cons of passing as a man, and I wanna hear more on that. In general, I haven't really experienced many positive aspects of girlhood I think...I feel like a creepy man walking around anyway (haven't really started transitioning yet) So I wonder if there are any significant drawbacks to being a man?

Look, I'm not looking for a direct diagnosis of "yes you're a transsexual" or "no you are not you fucking fake". I know that's not for redditors to decide. But I think this sub is going to give me much more level headed and adequate response/advice, rather than "yes bro 100%, you're a real man!"

I'm 17 and I've had the wish to be male for quite a big part of my life, right after puberty especially (though before that I used to live in my imagination as a boy...still do) I hated curves, I starved to get rid of them, I hated my body fat distribution into my butt and breasts, I hated the periods, tried to starve to get rid of those too, I hated the treatment of females and the roles assigned to me, the expectations, the treatment from male friends and the assumption that I'm emotional, hysterical, incompetent. Being treated as a warm hole made for fucking. There are many reasons, and my attraction to women is also one of them. I get jealous when I see straight women simping over men, men that are butt ugly but are getting attention cause they're tall. I have so much envy for tall men and attractive men...It's unbearable. Also the idea that I've been dealt an easy hand because I'm female, people assume I'm some sort of a pussy that couldn't handle being a man, even though I've been lonely, bullied, abused and mistreated my entire life. I don't just hate the "hard" parts of femaleness, I hate the positive privileges too. Like, I don't know, chivalry? Someone opening a door for me? An old man offering to buy me a vodka on the street? I don't see them as pleasant because I connect that to => they see me as a pathetic teen girl.

Another event that spiked this was losing my virginity to a man in his 30s at 16, high on ketamine and drunk on vodka. I despised my anatomy. I wanted to cut myself up and I had dreams of genital mutilation.

So, now I'm wondering...Should I consider being a man? Or just be female and try to keep the minor benefits that I will get socially through being cis and female? What benefit do I even really get out of it? I don't value sexual attraction. I wouldn't mind being singled out and ignored, but I definitely do prefer the kind of attraction women have for attractive males. But I'm afraid no one will ever see me as a real man. What if I turn out to be a pathetic parody? God, I wish I was just born male...I wouldn't have to think about all of this, about the reactions of people surrounding me, about the treatment trans people receive. The way they're mocked, belittled and hate crimed. I'm lost.

I would have to go abroad too, gender affirming medical stuff isn't legal where I live. So for now I just bind and try and dress masculine but my mother freaks out and cries even over that, so I think she will go insane if I ever consider anything more.

Man, I'm fucking pathetic. Though I would value experiences of transsexual men after transitioning. Also, my therapist thinks this is Freudian penis envy...so I don't know. How is Freudian penis envy different from sex dysphoria?