u/Tasty_Nature2274

I was diagnosed with sleep apnea, and a little over a week ago I got my CPAP machine. I am not ok with this. The whole thing is driving me up the wall. I understand it’s necessity; my dad had sleep apnea, and he had a heart attack, partially because he wasn’t using his enough.

It’s hard to talk to anyone about this, because most of it is obviously in my head, at least the whole OCD part of it. I have ADHD, OCD, autism, anxiety, PMDD, and recently, depression. I have brought it up with my therapist, and basically, he just wants me to try to use breathing techniques to reduce my anxiety, and wants me to read more about the benefits of using one, so that I can try to change my mentality about it.

It’s very overstimulating, mentally and physically. It took me three days just to put the mask on, with the machine off. Every time, it just made me burst into tears and almost gave me a panic attack. I wear a medical mask every single day at my work, so it shouldn’t be a problem to have something on my face. I feel like it’s just in my head.

The cushion on the mask is memory foam, and I’m also wondering if the off gas is bothering me. I am sensitive to smells, and I have multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), so I’m always very cautious, because getting migraines, brain fog, or heart palpitations from smelling something is not fun.

I haven’t been sleeping because of anxiety about this. I just sit there, and stare at the machine, and tell myself that I need to do it, until it’s like 5am or 7am and then I finally just pass out without putting it on.

I finally convinced myself just to take a short nap with it on, and the only way I can describe it is like putting Vicks vapor rub up my nose, and then having someone point a hair dryer at my nose. As soon as I fell asleep, it felt like someone put their mouth over my nose and blew as hard as they could. I woke up literally screaming, and when I pulled the mask, I pulled one of my nose rings really hard. That’s another thing, people are suggesting to get the nose pillow instead of a mask, but I have nostril rings and a septum ring. I posted a picture of the mask I have.

My biggest issue is, and always has been, change, so I can’t tell if this is just the icing on the cake, like, this is just sending me over the edge, or if what I’m feeling is valid. I just turned 40, I woke up a few months ago with the worst brain fog and confusion, and haven’t really felt myself since, but the doctors say there’s nothing wrong with me, and that it’s just stress. I’m currently in a wheelchair for an injury related to Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and my injuries are becoming more and more frequent. Because of my injury, I’m out of work, and literally have no money, and you can imagine what kind of stress that is adding to everything.

How do I get over the overstimulation? Everything I’ve found online says to try lowering the pressure, but I was specifically told that the doctor controls the pressure, and that lowering the prescription will put me in noncompliance with the insurance company.

I just feel hopeless. Also, when I got the machine, I was in the middle of a PMDD breakdown, and I’m finally getting out of that.

The biggest thing I’m questioning, is why would someone draw such a detailed background, with characters, only to cover their faces with the speech bubbles. Or, even if it’s artwork from in the game, why would they place the speech bubbles so carelessly. Also, it doesn’t seem like they understand how speech bubbles work, which I know is a big thing with AI, but humans can misunderstand that too.

On the second picture, the tangent of the bunnies ear touching the banner is usually something artists try to avoid, but AI will often do. The thing that tips me off the most, is how the bite mark on the carrot is placed where the mouth would be, making it look like the mouth.

On Friday, I went from one 1.3mm ring to two .95mm rings. I’ve done this exact stretch about six times on lobes, seconds, and even my septum, but I’m wondering if this was too much for a helix.

There was no sharp pain while putting it in, just a warm sensation, and not even a true throbbing pain afterwards, just a feeling like there was some swelling for about an hour. Then it was just tender. (This piercing has been healed for 20 years)

Today, it is still very tender, but no heat. From everything I’m reading, I shouldn’t feel any pain after about 48 hours. Is that true? I’m at about the 60 hour mark right now. I’m not complaining about the pain, just trying to make sure the pain isn’t an indicator of damage.

One month ago, I got my nostrils pierced.

Two days ago, I found a bunch of old jewelry, and decided to wear two rings in my septum. Before this, my septum had been at about 3 mm (bigger than a 10 gauge, but smaller than an 8 gauge). I thought the rings were a little larger than a 12 gauge (2.2 mm), and an 18 gauge (1mm), because that’s how they were labeled, but I just measured them now, and the larger one is 2.85mm (in between 10 gauge and 8 gauge, and the smaller one is 1.2mm (16g).

I put these two rings in my nose, and it felt a bit tight, but not like a real stretch. Yesterday morning, I woke up, and my nose felt a little more tender, but nothing crazy. No pain in my gums like normal stretching. Then today, I woke up, and the tip of my nose is much more red and tender than normal. It could just be that a zit is forming there, but it was making me nervous that maybe I did actually stretch my nose. So I decided to measure the jewelry, and that’s when I discovered it was a bit larger than it was labeled.

So, am I overthinking this? Could it just be a zit on my nose, or should I take out the jewelry? I asked my friend who is a piercer, and she said I might as well leave them in at this point.

My main concern, is the fact that I have those new piercings, and I didn’t want to stretch until they were healed, which won’t be for at least another 3 to 5 months.

First picture is yesterday evening. Second picture is today.

I have everything set up, because I just did the piercing with the 3balls. I’m wondering if I should just go ahead and do the other side, or wait until this heals, and then decide once it has a ring in it.

I’m just being indecisive; I don’t want to do a piercing I don’t like, and go through all that for nothing, but I also don’t want to be healing piercings for a full year if I decide not to do it now.

I’m planning on wearing a nose chain in the double piercings with the opal jewelry.

First picture is how it currently looks
Second picture is how it will look when healed
Third picture is what I’m thinking about doing

The top piercing is new, just over six weeks old. It is healing great, and the swelling is gone. It is ready to be downsized, but it’s driving me crazy how off center this looks with my original hoop being so far forward. I eventually wanted to get a double ring (the black dot shows where I would be piercing it), but now that I have the other piercing, I want to get the second hoop done as soon as possible (I know, I won’t put the hoop in until it heals, don’t worry), but my question is, should I downsize the jewelry, or leave this original 8mm flat backed lebret, because the new piercing will be so close?

Does anyone know if that size includes the clip, or is that just the Bigfoot itself?

I’m happy with the placement, but I’m worried that the left side (the side without the hoop) is angled too much. Is it gonna be a problem once it heals? Or will it be a difficult healing process because of this? Should I leave it, or redo it? I’ve had them for a week today; I asked somewhere else, and everyone said it would be fine, but I’m an over-thinker. So far they’re both healing fine.

These pictures are from right after I pierced them, so there was no swelling yet.
First picture is how they sit flush.
Second picture is with them pushed out.
Third picture shows how off they are from the inside.
Thanks!

I’m happy with the placement, but I’m worried that the left side (the side without the hoop) is angled up too much. Is it gonna be a problem once it heals? Should I leave it, or redo it?

First picture is how they sit flush.
Second picture is with them pushed out.
Third picture shows how off they are from the inside

If I comment on any post on Facebook, and someone replies to it, tagging me in the comment, I will get a notification. However, if I click on the link for that notification, the comment in which they mentioned me, and usually my original comment, will not be shown.

If I try and get to the comments, another way, like copying the link and going to the reel or post from somewhere else, the comments will still not show up. Everything I’ve searched tells me to just select “all comments,” but that option does not show up for me.

People have said to change the toggle in settings to “show all comments,” and I did that. People also said to delete the app and reinstall it, and make sure it is updated. I did that, and there is still no change.

Is anyone else having trouble with this? Every post I’ve seen from anyone else seems to be fixed by them selecting “all comments,” but again, I don’t have that as an option.

I know the picture doesn’t really show anything, but I figured people would assume I’m not looking in the right place when I say the option for “all comments” isn’t there.