u/inkthesquid

Just looking for some commiseration here...

Anybody else who has periods have like enhanced nausea during menstruation? I had nausea on my period before I got GP but now with both it's enough to lay me out. Cramps also make me feel even more nauseous on top of that too. Thankfully I dont actually vomit (I am emetophobic so that'd be a whole other issue) but it makes daily life for a few days during the first half of my period fucking miserable.

I can take some pain killers for the cramping but then I risk exasperating the nausea. Can't win 🤷

Edit: In my exhaustion last night I wrote a week for duration of cramps when I meant to specify the first half of my period.

So sometimes when I listen to music I get this lump in my throat and I get teary eyed. But its not sad music. The reaction has no emotions linked to it (not consciously anyways). It feels strictly like a physical reaction to hearing a certain part of a song. It isnt only the first time I hear a song either, it'll happen repeatedly.

Does anybody else experience something like that?? Of the folks I know nobody else has.

I tagged this venting bc I think it fits best but I would also be open to suggestions here.

I have been working somewhere for a couple months and when I first started I had so much to do because the systems were a mess. This job seemed like it was going to be great. I love solving problems and building systems. But I have more or less fixed the broken systems and now I am left with maximum 1 hour of work a day to do. I do mean genuinely almost no work, its a very small office and there's no opportunity for me to help someone else or busy myself with office management things/cleaning/etc.

This place doesnt pay well, offers no benefits, and again I have so little to do. I have my own office tucked away and nobody talks to anybody. I'm looking for something else but while I am stuck here I feel like my mind is melting. It makes me feel like I would rather not have a job at all than be stuck here, isolated, doing nothing.

Anybody been in a similar position? Any thoughts?