u/imtrepid

i'll start by saying i have some pretty significant dental trauma history. i needed braces as a kid, but was neglected into never getting them, hence why i have them now.
paired with legitimate malpractice that required extensive correction years later, and a list of mouth abnormalities, its just always been crazy in there, so i'm no stranger to dental work.

all things considered, i apparently have pretty good teeth. i am good with brushing and flossing. but i have insane protrusion caused by lifelong tongue thrust. i dreamed of getting braces, and finally, i got them put on. im only two days in! and i have to tell you -

THEY HURT. so bad.

im. miserable.

my inner upper lip was being butchered until i caved and used generous amounts of wax. i can manage the pain sometimes with ibuprofen, or a popsicle. i found an oral peroxide to swish with and try to alternate with that or mouthwash. i actually enjoy the hygiene piece of it because i love meticulous routine but i absolutely loathe the discomfort and aches.
i have been salivating so much and my mouth at times felt too numb to talk. i'll admit i 100% pushed it with something crunchy and learned to never do that again LOL.

i have a high pain tolerance but ill admit i have always buckled when it came to mouth pains. i see so many people say it doesnt hurt too bad that i can conclude that it must be my sensitivity, which is okay, ill admit im being a baby.

i feel all of that context is important to give you an idea of the position im in.
so now i'll ask, because i seriously need to know:
does this get better? tell me this is worth it. what did you all do to mitigate pain and discomfort?

I am somebody with no family to name. I am staring down the cusp of financial freedom with just one hurdle left. I am attempting taking out a loan so that I can take some time to build finances in between these repayments, and also use it as a chance to boost my credit.

I'm willing to pay somebody $250, which is the monthly repayment rate that I'll be looking at to finish my loan off in a timely manner.
The $250 is just kind of to show you that I'm not in a position where I can pay my monthly fee/I want to put your mind at ease anyway I can! It's a big ask, and I don't want anyone to do it lightly or seem like I'm taking this lightly.

minimum 700 credit score is what they're looking for, and I've made some past mistakes before I understood Real World Consequences that currently prevent me from having that. I'm proud of where my credit is going, it would be super appreciative to anyone who's willing to take a chance on me.

thank you so much in advance, if anybody considers this.

Trying to improve my investment with the cards I know are "more valuable" and wouldn't be super bad in my pocket.

Atm, I am looking to offload a handful of cards that would yield about $150 at 80%. Altogether though they are about ~$180 and some change.
Someone offered to do 70% which brings it down to ~$130; the highest valued card in this "sale set" is worth $78.

Now, I have seen and even secured my own sales at 80%, and have even sold for 100% on ebay. So I know ultimately, I can always go to ebay if nothing else - but this is much faster than ebay is.

I don't want to be "stingy", and I know people gotta profit, so I am trying to look at this as fairly as possible.

Basically, would I be settling?
Or is this realistic? I want to know for this transaction and also transactions as I move forward. I am NOT selling from this post and will not be providing links or anything - just trying to get my money and my knowledge up.

Thanks so much in advance!!

i feel guilty for being so sad.
to my understanding, the therapist had a health emergency that had them in the hospital. i've been immensely worried for them, and got a call that they will be holding "termination" sessions. i have struggled for a long time with avoiding emotional encounters but i agreed to this one because it's meant to offer closure.

but even as im typing this, i keep tearing up and feel so immensely sad.
im very relieved they are, at the very least, alive and well enough to be holding these sessions. i don't think ive ever been able to say Goodbye before in a way that wasnt abrupt or healthy. im happy i can get the opportunity, sure. but, its sort of like...

i'm not really sure how to express my "attachment" to this person other than they are the first therapist i have ever felt "understood" by. not in a weird way, but in a way that if i explained a thought or feeling, our next session would have resources or guides to perfectly address and help my problem area. it just felt they were listening.

we were just finally getting into the depth of things that have haunted me forever, and now i have to say goodbye. im struggling not to feel cosmically responsible, even if i know it isn't rational.

i have struggled for a long time to find a therapist i can trust enough to open up to, and not only did this person offer support and accountability, we worked well together. i have a lot of guilt over missing our last session. over any missed session, even if it were few.

my therapist has a list of people they trust to be a good match but in a messed up way, i dont want to start over Again.
i have grown enough to know that i cant fairly say "i only want to work with X".

im just struggling to handle it i guess. the circumstances feels sad and unfair. but i dont want to go into our goodbye session tomorrow complaining about how THEIR accident has hurt ME. so can i please get some advice on how to cope? what can i do, or should i do, to feel better?

i swear i've to find guides and resources that are comprehensive to me, but i think i am also finding outdated DNS codes and am becoming overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information that's out there.

if you are kind enough to take pity on me, you can even just redirect me to the video or post that presently worked for you instead of you having to find a way to explain it yourself.

your kindness will have an eventual payoff i promise. i create a public spreadsheet that will have the dates for mystery gifts and stuff so people can accurately date their system and etc.

i just need to understand how to do the thing. if it helps, I have a 3DS and currently have an iOS hotspot available to me. i may not be able to connect with a 3DS, iirc. but i would appreciate any confirmation of what systems/devices i might need : ) tysm!

my employer let me go immediately after i gave my 2 weeks (classic small org), and my new job doesnt start until june 1st. better pay, better hours.

too short on gas to even doordash, which i intend to do to bridge my temporary wage gap. i promise im looking at all the ways to solve this.

req is for my gas tank and my medication ($20/script). will pay back sooner if my finances align. thank you immensely for considering.

i evolved my Zubat into Golbat, and he immediately evolved into Crobat the next time it leveled up. what would cause a friendship level to go up so quickly? or does Crobat meet its requirement quickly?

edit: solved, imma get it

i used to be so so sooo big into comp pokemon back in the 2010s and fell off around the SuMo era. i have always loved and still love Pokemon showdown.

that said, i know people who loved L:Arceus but haaaated L:ZA. i have also not been in the competitive scene in so long i know i would basically be relearning after so many new pokemon + abilities, nerfs, buffs, etc...

but what i really want to know is, what would you say the learing curve for Champions is like? are people enjoying themselves? i was never too familiar with evs/ivs as much as i was good with gimmicky movesets, so i guess i wanted to know if its more like showdown, or more like "throwback comp" like during the ORAS era?