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Then later, when you finally started posting stuff, you were like: “Damn… why didn’t I post anything before? I had so many cool places and moments to share.”

Like, I never wanted to flex or constantly show off my life, but eventually I reached the point of “fuck it, let people see.”

I mean mainly snack foods - crunchy stuff, chips, crackers, nuts, etc. What do you even eat safely without ending up with cuts, irritated gums, or your cheeks getting destroyed? 😭

Also, what do you recommend for mouth irritation/inflammation, sore spots, canker sores, or those annoying painful bumps on the tongue?

I’m curious if you changed the way you eat because of missing teeth or sensitive areas in your mouth, and what actually helps day to day.

Does anyone else deal with coworkers who just randomly try to look at your phone while you’re using it? Like no asking, just leaning in or glancing over your shoulder.

In my case it’s mostly at work, and I’ve started getting kind of anxious about it. Like whenever I’m on my phone I catch myself thinking someone might be standing behind me trying to read everything, and I won’t even notice.

And then my brain goes further and starts overthinking like “what if they take something out of context” etc.

Am I overthinking this or does anyone else feel like this too?

I often end up reading/writing/browsing things that I wouldn’t want anyone else to see.

Has anyone here gone through a period in the last few years where you built up debt, but not even from living some big social or “fun” life - more like just existing?

For me it was mostly food, random small purchases, takeout, delivery stuff… basically just trying to get through the days at home. No real social life, no travel, nothing exciting. And somehow it still added up into debt.

Now my life is actually in a much better place and I’m actively paying off the “mess from back then.” But I keep wondering:

Do you look back at that kind of period and regret it? Or do you treat it as something that just had to happen in that phase of life?

Curious how others think about it - emotionally and practically.

Like old coworkers I wasn’t even that close with. Some I didn’t even really like. Yet sometimes I get this strong urge to find out what they’re doing now, what happened to them, whether they changed, etc. And at the same time, I don’t even want them knowing anything about my life.

Why does this happen? Is it nostalgia, curiosity, unfinished business… or just the brain being weird? 😂

I know this sounds crazy, but does anyone else get intrusive thoughts about being randomly shot somewhere in public?

For some reason, this scenario pops into my head at the weirdest moments. The thing is, I don’t even live in a country where guns are super common or easy to get. I actually live in one of the safest countries/cities, statistically speaking. But my brain still creates these awful “what if” scenarios. Like some unstable person with even just an air gun randomly choosing me as a target.

What makes it worse is that I especially hate sitting with my back turned to people. For some reason, that’s the biggest trigger for me. My brain immediately jumps to the idea of being attacked or shot in the head from behind, even though I know how irrational and unlikely that sounds.

Oddly enough, I feel much calmer when I can actually see the area and the people around me.

I used to struggle with this before, but it recently came back after moving to a big city. Weirdly, crowds make the feeling much stronger for me.

Has anyone else experienced this? Especially people outside the US?

And if you managed to calm these thoughts down, what helped?

For me it’s always the left shoulder. I swear, i keep readjusting it every 20 seconds and it drives me insane 😭

Why does this happen? Is it posture, uneven shoulders, the way you walk, or what? And is there actually any way to fix it?

Like instead of writing down actually useful stuff you don’t want to forget - “clean my shoes when I get home,” “buy groceries,” etc. - you catch yourself filling your head (or notes app) with random questions or overthinking things that most people probably wouldn’t even dwell on.

It’s like your brain decides this is the thing we need to analyze right now, even though logically you know there are more practical things to remember.

And then there’s this weird tension of: “Should I really be focusing on this?” vs. “But what if I forget this thought later?”

Does anyone else do this, or is my brain just running its own weird side quests?

Like on a train, at a store, crossing the street. Eventually somebody has to give up first, right?

Are any of you like that? Have you ever had one of those weird accidental staring contests with a stranger?

I usually look away after a few seconds because it gets SO awkward 😭

At some point I feel like I’d either start laughing, panic internally, or accidentally start a lifelong rivalry with a random person at Lidl

Not fully talking, just like… mumbling the words super quietly to yourself while reading posts/comments/articles.

I’ve noticed it actually makes it easier for me to focus and process what I’m reading, especially with longer text. My brain refuses to just silently absorb words like a normal person 💀

Like seriously, eventually somebody has to fold first, right?

Are any of you that kind of person? Have you ever had a situation like that?

I usually look away after a few seconds because it gets SO awkward 😭

At some point I feel like I’d either start laughing or completely malfunction.

Like seriously, eventually somebody has to fold first, right?

Are any of you that kind of person? Have you ever had a situation like that?

I usually look away after a few seconds because it gets SO awkward 😭

At some point I feel like I’d either start laughing or completely malfunction.

I thought maybe that platform just hated me, or that every subreddit had insanely strict mods.

Then one day I finally decided to actually check my settings/profile... and apparently my account itself was marked as NSFW 💀

So basically Reddit was auto-tagging almost everything I posted.

Please tell me I’m not the only person who randomly lived with this for way too long without realizing you can literally turn it off 💀

Not even because I really need to go that badly, but because it’s basically the only place where nobody expects anything from you for a moment. No talking, no tasks, no pretending to look busy. Just sitting there like a medieval monk hiding from society 💀

And honestly, if I manage to at least poop a little bit, I weirdly feel less guilty about occupying the toilet when someone else might actually need it lol

I started wondering if this is actually common, and also… can it be unhealthy to do that regularly? Like straining or trying to make yourself go when your body doesn’t really need to?

Curious if other people do this too or if workplace survival has just evolved me into a bathroom goblin.

Not even because I really need to go that badly, but because it’s basically the only place where nobody expects anything from you for a moment. No talking, no tasks, no pretending to look busy. Just sitting there like a medieval monk hiding from society 💀

And honestly, if I manage to at least poop a little bit, I weirdly feel less guilty about occupying the toilet when someone else might actually need it lol

I started wondering if this is actually common, and also… can it be unhealthy to do that regularly? Like straining or trying to make yourself go when your body doesn’t really need to?

Curious if other people do this too or if workplace survival has just evolved me into a bathroom goblin.

Liike “Do you allow access to…?” - and before your brain even loads, your finger has already tapped Allow or Deny 😭

And then 5 seconds later it hits you: “…wait, what did I just agree to?”

Or even worse. When you tap Deny and suddenly you’re like: “Wait… was that actually important?? Did I just break the app??” 💀

Now you’re just sitting there overthinking like: Did I just give access to my camera? My contacts? My entire soul?

Especially on apps like TikTok, where it pops up out of nowhere and disappears just as fast. I swear, half the time I don’t even read it. Just pure instinct, click, done.

Please tell me I’m not the only one doing this, lol 😂

Like sometimes I think about how long it existed before I actually gave it a real chance, and now I’m like: “Wait… this genuinely could’ve helped me with SO many things earlier.”

I started using it like… probably 2 years later than the early users.

Studying, overthinking, random questions at 2 AM, learning stuff faster, organizing thoughts, even just having something to bounce ideas off of.

And now it feels weird realizing I ignored it for so long because I assumed it was just another overhyped tech thing lol

Like instead of writing down actually useful stuff you don’t want to forget - “clean my shoes when I get home,” “buy groceries,” etc. - you catch yourself filling your head (or notes app) with random questions or overthinking things that most people probably wouldn’t even dwell on.

It’s like your brain decides this is the thing we need to analyze right now, even though logically you know there are more practical things to remember.

And then there’s this weird tension of: “Should I really be focusing on this?” vs. “But what if I forget this thought later?”

Does anyone else do this, or is my brain just running its own weird side quests?

Like my brain gets weirdly uncomfortable not knowing who’s behind me, what they’re doing, what they might have with them, etc.

Meanwhile at the back I can see almost everyone and my brain instantly relaxes like: “Okay. Full map awareness achieved.” 💀