u/deadbiscuit

I’ve had a GME position in my Public brokerage account showing “Cost basis is unavailable — please check again in 1–2 business days” for over a year now.

At this point, it clearly isn’t a temporary processing delay. The app shows my share quantity and current value, but no total cost, average cost basis, or unrealized return.

Has anyone else had this resolved after waiting this long? I’d especially appreciate help from someone at Public who can escalate this to the brokerage operations or Apex cost-basis team.

Public team: can someone please help me get this manually reviewed instead of receiving another “wait 1–2 business days” response?

Any difference? I’m looking to try ketamine therapy to help with depression and constant rumination, I’ve stopped SSRIs after 10 years and I’m 5 months in so wondering if there a pro/cons to determine what is the best fit for me.

Looking for real feedback. My site requires you to enter your domain and spits out an editor bulksheet. I’ve documented my 10 years of experience across numerous verticals on what works and what builds a great account - DM me if you want to try it out and give me feedback!

I’ll be upfront: I’m the founder, this isn’t a stealth ad, and I’m not selling anything in this post. I’m looking for honest, even brutal, feedback from people who actually run home service businesses.
The problem I kept seeing: great plumbers, HVAC techs, electricians, and roofers losing jobs to worse competitors purely because those competitors show up first in Google and “near me” searches. The owners doing the actual quality work are often invisible online.

So I built [your site name] to help with that — [one plain sentence on what it does, e.g. “it audits your Google Business Profile and local search presence and tells you exactly what to fix to rank for jobs in your area”].

What I’d love feedback on:
• Does the problem even resonate, or am I solving something you don’t care about?
• Is the output something you’d actually act on, or is it noise?
• What’s confusing, missing, or a dealbreaker?
If you run a home service business and have 5 minutes, I’ll drop the link in a comment / send it via DM so I’m not link-spamming the sub. Roast away — blunt is more useful to me than polite.

This also stumps me and I talk in circles.

Looking for advice because we are honestly exhausted by this situation.

About a year ago, my wife found out there was a federal student loan under her name for the University of Phoenix. The problem is she never attended University of Phoenix, she attended the University of Georgia and paid for her education through legitimate means.

We have been working with Edfinancial to dispute the loan, and they are asking for things like an identity theft affidavit, a police report, and documentation showing her actual college history and how she paid for school.

We’re overwhelmed because it feels like we have to prove a negative (“she didn’t go there”), and we don’t know the most effective way to approach this to get it resolved as quickly as possible.

Has anyone gone through a fraudulent federal student loan identity theft case before? What documents did you provide? Did you involve a lawyer or a CFPB complaint? How long did it take to get the loan removed and your credit fixed?

Any advice or stories of successful resolutions would mean a lot right now. This has been hanging over us for a year and has been incredibly stressful.

I’ve worked in digital marketing/performance marketing for years, managed large budgets, led major initiatives, and have a strong track record. Yet I’ve been interviewing recently and just keep getting rejected.

I’m starting to wonder if I’m bad at interviewing or just not explaining my experience well. It’s gotten to the point where every rejection makes me question whether I’m actually good at my job, despite having a lot of real-world success. I’ve even talked to direct competitors where I made a huge impact on my current company and didn’t get past a recruiter for one and then got cut after a chat with the CEO for another, which hurts my confidence even more.

Has anyone gone through this where you knew you were capable but couldn’t get the job? How did you improve your confidence, interviewing, or ability to tell your story?

I’m also curious — is the job market just this difficult right now, even for experienced professionals?

I’ve been in paid search/digital marketing for over 10 years and feel really strong in practice — managing large accounts, building strategy, testing, incrementality, YouTube/Reddit launches, etc.

But in interviews, I feel like I struggle to explain things clearly and end up underselling myself. It’s been messing with my confidence, especially after a few rejections.

For senior paid search/digital marketers: how did you get better at interviewing and explaining your experience? Also, does the recruiter/job market feel way harder right now?

I’ve been in paid search/digital marketing for years and feel really strong in practice. I’ve been managing large accounts, building strategy, testing, incrementality, YouTube/Reddit launches, etc.

But in interviews, I feel like I struggle to explain things clearly and end up underselling myself. It’s been messing with my confidence, especially after a few rejections.

For senior paid search/digital marketers: how did you get better at interviewing and explaining your experience? Also, does the recruiter/job market feel way harder right now?

Does anyone remember these or have a picture of them? I always wanted to cop one but they sold out

Has anyone gone back on SSRIs after coming off them and relying on Xanax temporarily?

I was on different SSRIs for about 10 years total and most recently stopped 20 mg Prozac about 4 months ago after being on it for ~2 years. My PCP had prescribed Xanax to help during the transition because my anxiety shot up after stopping.

Since then I’ve been taking Xanax almost daily for around 3–4 months (usually 0.25–0.5 mg). I don’t feel addicted and I’ve skipped days before without major issues, but I also don’t want this to become my long-term solution. At the same time, I started a new job and the stress has been rough. I’ve noticed the Xanax mostly just makes me feel calm and like myself again.

Talking to my PCP this week about possibly trying a different SSRI and getting off Xanax. Curious if anyone has gone through something similar - especially if anxiety came back hard after stopping SSRIs and whether restarting or changing meds helped you feel like yourself again.

I’ve been dealing with pretty intense work anxiety lately and it feels like it’s affecting my ability to think clearly. I work in a director-level role, and even a simple 1:1 next week is giving me anxiety days beforehand. I used to feel sharp and confident in conversations, but now I constantly feel mentally foggy, slow, and afraid I’ll sound stupid. Even small things like adding and introducing a direct report on a weekly call feel overwhelming for no logical reason. It honestly feels like my brain is stuck in fight-or-flight mode all the time and I can’t relax anymore. Has anyone gone through something similar from burnout, stress, or anxiety and actually recovered?