Hi everyone, I am going to the Cure this Friday and I'm going with my Dad who wants to get there 4pm ish. Does anyone know very roughly if we will be able to get a semi decent view getting there at this time, and if it might be better to try and get there earlier if we don't want to be at the back? Thank you :)
For as long as I can remember, our carpets have been covered in boxes, old clothes and stuff we really do not need. We have moved house and there is so much stuff that we had to have a storage unit, every out of the way place is just completely cluttered, as are corridors and rooms. Its embarrassing having people over, and when I was a kid I never had friends over.
The carpets and surfaces remain incredibly dirty until I do something about them and this was worse when I was younger. She recognises there is too much stuff, and doesn't really have compulsions to buy more stuff which is where she doesn't fit the hoarding criteria so well, but she is so so bad at getting rid of stuff and will still pick up bits of junk. She is really obsessed with recycling, will keep rubbish as 'we might need it' even though we have boxes and boxes of it already (genuinely must have 100s of pots etc that are never used) I'm not allowed to throw stuff out without her checking it as its 'her' system and she is obsessed with cleaning every bit of recycling meticulously and trying to reuse it. She just thinks she enjoys recycling but it is beyond that when she just keeps it all and doesn't allow us to throw stuff away. Our entire kitchen surface is covered in old rubbish and is dirty, and the floor is piled up with junk too. When I was a kid and still now the bathroom and other areas were covered in black mould, everywhere had dust and cobwebs, everywhere was just so dirty. She does pick up random stuff as it may be 'useful' ( eg we went river swimming, there was a pair of old dirty underwear by the river that she literally took home to use). Food, medicine, clothes, toys, anything really that she has ever owned, from the early 2000s and earlier is still around.
She denies being a hoarder as she says she knows there is an issue but just does nothing about it. One time there was a paper hat she refused to bin and had to go and give it to someone instead - every single thing needs to be given away instead of binning it. This has turned into a bit of a rant so apologies but I have almost given up helping as I know it does nothing because the house is so incredibly messy and dirty. I'm terrified I will turn out like that because its all I've ever grown up with. I try so hard to be patient but I just feel like it has had a big impact on my social life and general mental health - my room is my only safe space and going anywhere else just upsets me. It just makes me sad going to other peoples houses where it is nice and tidy. I don't really know what I wanted out of this post but I kind of just needed to rant. I do have friends that I could try and explain the issue to but in the scheme of things it doesn't seem that big and worried I'm making a fuss about nothing. I don't really mind about advice, but it would just be nice to see that someone else has the same experience because no one in my life relates
Hi, I'm considering applying to Edinburgh for neuroscience, but the length of the course being 4 years is a slight issue because of the extra tuition fees and living costs. I have the grades to be considered for direct entry to year 2, but does anyone have any advice on the pros and cons? I think I would be motivated to try and keep on top of workload, but I don't want to lose out on social life or struggle more making friends if I join in year 2. If anyone has any advice on how bad the workload is (especially in relation to neuro/biomed), how hard the transition is, and social life for direct entry it would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Hey everyone, sorry if this isn't the right area to post this but I was just wondering if any current Neuro/ Biomed students could tell me how general the course actually is up until year 3, as I've seen online that you literally don't do any Neuroscience until then which is kind of a problem for me as I don't massively want to spend an extra year on slightly irrelevant knowledge. The course is still ranked pretty high though so is it worth it, and is there opportunity to learn about Neuro topics earlier on? Thank you :)