u/mehmehwoofwoof

Bonjour,

Il y a certains entre vous qui passent par DoktorABC pour Mounjaro?

Apparemment, il peut me faire un livraison chez moi depuis un "pharmacie partenaire". C'est la verité?

Il faut leur envoyer des photos, des documents, faire un vidéo? J'ai rempli mes mesures et j'ai répondu à des questions de ma santé ; l'étap suivant est la paiement mais je voulais savoir plus de vos experiences. ça me semble pas complet, ce processus

Je vous remercie.

Hello,

I used to have a great sleep routine. A year and a half ago, I moved to a country that has a late socializing schedule. Run clubs often meet at 7 or 7:30pm, people meet for drinks at 8pm, etc. And when we are with family, which is more frequent than I'd like, I have no choice - we all eat dinner at 9 or 9:30pm and it's really hard to sneak away and go to bed early. Or it would be super awkward and weird, everyone would think I'm sick or pregnant, and I would also rudely not participate in the cleanup afterwards. For me, ideal bedtime is 10:30pm.

I'm seriously struggling as, very unfortunately, disruption to my sleep where I go to bed late can causes a lot of mental health problems the next few days.

I'm not sure how to balance everything. There are situations where I can't go to bed early (family), and I also can't turn down every socializing opportunity or suggest brunch instead, at least in the beginning. Everyone else in this country my age seems to go to bed around midnight or later, even on weekdays. For reference I'm 30, but I'm going back to school so will be socializing with students.

Any advice?

Hello,

My mom died suddenly when I was 16, which set off another tragic string of events that have left me today a depressed, lonely 30yo woman with poor coping skills.

I spent my 20's sprawling and figuring out what to do, dropped out of college, a couple psych hospital stays. Always pushing forwards.

Currently I'm married, have a dog, moved to another country and learned a new language, and will start university here for my dream career in September. However, I'm still so fucked up. I've seen so many therapists and read so many books, and while I have changed an awful lot and I appreciate my perspective- I am still miserable. I honestly feel doomed to have an awful life.

My main problems stem from cripplingly low self worth, depression/anxiety, never feeling able to relax and have fun, poor coping skills involving binge eating, and I tend to get anxious/avoidant with my partner. I feel so stuck. I wish I had a positive voice in my life. I feel so alone all of the time.

I wish I'd had it easy in life and could just feel normal in my head, and act normal and lead a normal life. I'm constantly stressed.

How have you guys managed, those who have lost their mother?

Bonjour,

J'ai une situation inquiétante avec l'attente de mon Titre de Séjour et ma vie professionnelle...

Je suis Américaine, mariée avec un français. J'ai fait mon 1e demande d'un titre de séjour le 10 avril à la préfecture de Bouches-de-Rhone ; mon VLS-TS ayant expiré le 20 juin. Il y a une semaine, je me suis installée à Grenoble avec mon marie pour commencer mes études.

J'ai contacté ANEF 2 fois (j'ai reçu des messages automatiques), et j'ai fait une demande pour une Attestation de Prolongation le 23 julliet.

Cependant, je dois faire une stage le mois d'Octobre en hôpital pour mes études. J'ai très peur de ne pas avoir le droit d'y faire si je n'ai toujours pas ni Titre de Séjour; ni API.

Qu'est-ce que je peut faire dans ma situation pour faciliter l'obtention d'un document qui va garantir mon status en France pour mon stage? On avait contacté un avocat avec notre assurance habitation qui nous a dit il y a pas grand choses à faire.

Merci beaucoup en avance pour votre aide.

Hello,

I may need to have my friend bring me the package on an airplane and trying to work out if it's even feasible, given the refrigeration requirements, security, and not wanting her to lug something massive just for me. I also feel a bit embarrassed about the nature of it but I don't feel I have many other options.

This is from the US to France for context.

Hello,

I'm currently up early eating my breakfast of date paste with peanut butter before a run and I feel compelled to tell you about it.

If, like me, you have a sensitive stomach but need to eat before running, there couldn't be anything better. It's super cheap, and easier to eat than dates themselves. Add nut butters , nuts, salt, etc and you basically have yourself a deconstructed Lara bar. On this note, if you want to create bars and not just eat it with a spoon like me, it's way better using this than wrecking your blender with whole dates.

Anyways, off to run now, just have to promote this banger of a breakfast. I can find it in the middle eastern section of my local grocery store here in France, try something like this or a middle eastern grocery store 😉 here it is "pâte de dattes"

Hello, as the title says I'm no longer going to try to recover. I'm just going to focus on myself and my depression and, above all, being kind to myself.

Ever since I was 16 and my mom died tragically, I've suffered from bulimia, anorexia, and now BED for all over 10 years. Thankfully I have dropped some of the most harmful behaviors since a few years, but the binging has been destroying my life (social life, professional life, enjoyment of my sport, my body, etc).

All these years, I've been trying to recover and to unlock the secret to The Perfect Way of Eating that will prevent me from binging or manipulating my intake. I've tried EVERYTHING, and I really mean everything. Countless methods of recovering on my own, plus treatment, doctors, therapists, inpatient, DBT therapy, and psychiatric medicine (Vyvanse). Hundreds of techniques to relax, refocus, reduce my appetite, reach out to friends, journal, blah blah blah

Well, I just decided I'm going to stop trying to recover. I'm just going to accept I'm not perfect, and I'm going to focus on other things in life, rather than trying to be some perfect entity. It consumes so much of my time, the binging and the endless cycles of hope and disappointment as I "recover" for periods of 2 weeks, or 5 months, or once even a whole year... I'm done.

I guess what I will be doing is akin to intuitive eating, but I don't even care enough to read about IE or get through the book. I'm totally done reading and researching about all this. I just want to lean into the other things I enjoy in life, because thankfully I do have many passions though they have been squashed by all the time and energy I put into my ED.

I'm ready to live my life. I start nursing school in a month. It will be stressful, I'll deal with it, who knows what will happen, but I'm not going to even think about relapses or whatever, I just don't care, I'm just concentrated on school. I want to be curious about the world again.

I'll try to report back in a few weeks, or a few months, on how things are going. Courage to you all <3 <3

Hello,

Soon I'm moving from Marseille to Grenoble.

I am married to a French guy. My visa expired June 20 and I sent my TdS application early April. I am currently located in Marseille, but I will be moving to Grenoble to begin school. I will have a stage on a hospital in October, and I'm assuming I'll need a valid TdS at this point.

- I contacted ANEF once, 3 weeks ago, about receiving an attestation of prolongation. They said they're getting to it .

- should I go ahead and get a lawyer now? I don't want any problems for school

- should I update my address to Grenoble, moving my file to this préfecture? Or would it be clever to use my husband's parents' address in Marseille

Thank you for any advice or anecdotes

Moved to France with my French husband. My mother in law doesn't ever make>!diet specific comments!<but she is always talking about how she's full, ate too much, we have to eat less the next meal, etc. As when I am with them we eat literally every meal together, so we eat collectively the same stuff mostly. And I feel like she is so conscious of how much everyone is eating.

Today for example, my husband and I got ice cream together at a cafe after lunch with in-laws. Later tonight, 6 hours of driving back to my in-laws house (we don't live with them but stay there more than I would like) I was feeling depressed so my husband served him and I ice cream at home. My mother in law didn't say anything, but she kept talking about the fruit she was eating, I could feel her looking to see how much what I was eating, and she said in a shocked voice "You guys finished everything??"

Makes me tired, makes me sad for her and others than have this constant diet culture, also makes me angry to be monitored/controlled. I already hate having everything I eat out of my control with them.

I guess I was lucky to grow up in circles that were gracious about what and how much I did or didn't eat

For various reasons, we end up spending time at my in-law's every other weekend. Currently we're on a 10 day vacation of sorts (attended a funeral with the entire extended family and now have to tag along with my in-laws for a week as we return home).

My spouse doesn't have the best relationship with their family (especially his dad is a difficult person, very opinionated and critical), but our time just ends up like this... extended family in town so we go to his parent's house for the weekend, we often end up at their house for favors or to escape the city, etc...

I'm going nuts. My partner knows how I feel and we've discussed it a lot. The general culture is much more sociable here, with less alone time. I feel like I've completely destroyed myself to be this perfect cheerful partner with all of his family, extended family, etc (in a language I learned to C1). And I am beginning to feel more and more resentful. I want my own space, I want to dictate my own time, I even have this feeling like I want something in 'return'. I can't explain how much I am turning my skin inside out to be sociable and gracious. I do pay attention to get alone time in, but it's not enough.

Thankfully we are moving out of the city soon, so we will be further, but I'm already dreading people visiting us.

Sorry I sound crabby and bitter, I'm in the middle of the 10 day vacation with in-laws and I just learned that my partner's brother is visiting so we will have to stay at their parents house for an additional few days...

Hello all,

My partner is a French urbanist. We are considering relocating to Portland OR in the next 5-10 years.

Would it be impossible to integrate professionally due to the different systems, or would there be an interest in his background working in France? He works specifically in outdoor activity infrastructure/administration.

Thank you!

Hello,

I am American but bilingual and my partner is French, we are considering locating to Portland in the next 5-10 years. I was curious about the francophone population, and for example if speaking French would have any professional opportunities. Or if there are any groups/clubs to frequent.

Thank you!

Hello,

I'm a US citizen and will be attending nursing school in a western European country. I may eventually find myself back in the US to work as a nurse (after passing the NCLEX and whatnot).

I was curious how you foreign nurses found your quality of education. I realize my question is vague, but I'd be happy to hear about your experiences in any country 😊

Thank you!

edit to add, I am located in France

Bonjour everybody tout le monde,

Je vais bientôt déménager à Grenoble avec mon mari. Moi, je commencerai mes études en soins infirmiers à la rentrée.

On est tous les deux très sportifs, et je voulais savoir si vous aviez des conseils pour les clubs de course à pied, les itinéraires classiques, ou toute autre recommandation.

On cherche un appartement vers Saint-Martin-d'Hères, car j'ai l'impression que c'est à la fois proche de l'université et des sentiers pour s'échapper un peu de la ville. J'ai beaucoup d'espoir pour la vie à Grenoble, par contre j'avoue que je ne suis pas très ville.

D'ailleurs, je serais contente d'avoir vos avis sur Grenoble, surtout en tant qu'étrangère. Je ne suis pas très bar non plus, donc j'aimerais rencontrer des gens qui aiment courir, faire du vélo, de la randonnée, boire du cafe etc et éventuellement le bouldering, si les salles ne sont pas trop bondées. Je parle anglais et français.