u/quartzqueen44

Hi everyone. I’m so glad I found this sub Reddit. I had never heard the term glass children until now and I was amazed. This was my life and dynamic in my family system to a T.

I’m working with a therapist now and we’ve started to get into my childhood. I think one of the biggest triggers for me as I’m healing is the differences in the ways that I was treated in comparison to my brother. My brother was infantilized after receiving an autism diagnosis and I was parentified. My mother was the primary parent in the household who favored my brother. With me, she took everything I said or did as an attack. Any independence or boundaries I wanted she took as rejection. It truly felt like she had no concept of reality with the way her mood swings would cause her to create false scenarios about things that I did, said, even thought or felt. My dad was the conflict terrified enabler who worked all the time. He loved me, but he didn’t protect me. He benefited from me being expected to parent my brother, appease my mother, and take care of the household.

What stings the most is that my brother had zero responsibilities. When it came to me, I could never do enough to please my mother. She was never happy, always saying I never helped her ,which blew my mind every time. My brother did nothing. I did everything. Despite this, my brother and I have a healthy relationship. He has begun to see how toxic our upbringing was. But the differences in how we were raised still makes me grieve deeply for my inner child. I sometimes wonder if I’ll ever make peace with it.

Okay all I’m curious, what’s everyone’s thoughts on Vivienne Fairchild and her involvement in the storyline? Particularly when it comes to MC/Riley. I have about three right now:

1. She’s being shady. All of the gifts and proximity to the Fairchild’s circle is a plot of some sort.
2. Vivienne is projecting her grief onto Riley, but has no bad intentions.
3. She genuinely cares for Riley and is trying to show empathy because of her difficult past and now Lily’s passing.

I love to hear everyone’s theories!

Hi, all! I’ve been getting a ton of ads for the Intake Breathing nasal dilators. I’ve been looking for relief for my chronic sinus headaches for years that seem to be connected to congestion and inflammation. I’ve tried nose spays, a variety of different antihistamines, decongestants, allergy injections. At this point I’m considering looking into surgery, but I’d love to avoid that if possible.

I spoke to the team at Intake and they told me some people do get relief for sinus issues with their product and they have a return policy if it doesn’t work.

I’m curious if anyone here has any experience with Intake or other nasal dilators brands? Thank you so much!

Hi, all! I’ve been getting a ton of ads for the Intake Breathing nasal dilators. I’ve been looking for relief for my chronic sinus headaches for years that seem to connected to congestion and inflammation. I’ve tried nose spays, a variety of different antihistamines, decongestants, allergy injections. At this point I’m considering looking into surgery, but I’d love to avoid that if possible.

I spoke to the team at Intake and they told me some people do get relief for sinus issues with their product and they have a return policy if it doesn’t work.

I’m curious if anyone here has any experience with Intake or other nasal dilators brands? Thank you so much!

Hi, everyone! I noticed a pattern with my symptoms. I always seem to flare around big events. Holidays, birthdays, sometimes even events that I was looking forward to. I just started going back to school this year. I’m in my second semester and at the beginning of both semesters I came down horribly sick both times and struggled to catch up.

What I usually experience is a mixture of dizzy spells, chronic fatigue, heart palpitations, blood pressure spikes, G.I. issues, headaches or migraines. Sometimes I’ll also get nasal congestion, coughing, muscles aches. My asthma may exacerbate as well. It’s so frustrating.

Sometimes this goes on for a couple of weeks, sometimes it is a month or longer. I just never know. It’s so frustrating and I’m wondering if anybody else can relate?

Hi, everyone! I noticed a pattern with my symptoms. I always seem to flare around big events. Holidays, birthdays, sometimes even events that I was looking forward to. I just started going back to school this year. I’m in my second semester and at the beginning of both semesters I came down horribly sick both times and struggled to catch up.

What I usually experience is a mixture of dizzy spells, chronic fatigue, heart palpitations, blood pressure spikes, G.I. issues, headaches or migraines. Sometimes I’ll also get nasal congestion, coughing, muscles aches. My asthma may exacerbate as well. It’s so frustrating.

Sometimes this goes on for a couple of weeks, sometimes it is a month or longer. I just never know. It’s so frustrating and I’m wondering if anybody else can relate?

Hi everyone! I’ve been dealing with Long Covid for about four years now. I noticed a pattern with my symptoms. I always seem to flare around big events. Holidays, birthdays, sometimes even events that I was looking forward to. I just started going back to school this year. I’m in my second semester and at the beginning of both semesters I came down horribly sick both times and struggled to catch up.

What I usually experience is a mixture of dizzy spells, chronic fatigue, heart palpitations, blood pressure spikes, G.I. issues, headaches or migraines. Sometimes I’ll also get nasal congestion, coughing, muscles aches. My asthma may exacerbate as well. It’s so frustrating.

Sometimes this goes on for a couple of weeks, sometimes it is a month or longer. I just never know. It’s so frustrating and I’m wondering if anybody else can relate?

Hi, all! Wondering if anyone can help me with advice or just supportive words? My grandmother passed three years ago. I was her full time caregiver and lived with her until the very end, even when hospice came in to help. She was my maternal figure, my best friend, and the grief has been so hard.

When I moved out of her home to move back to mine I placed all the boxes in my bedroom. I haven’t been able to unpack any of them. My room is small and now I have piles of things everywhere. I can hardly get into my closet. Every time I try to unpack I just burst into tears. My heart aches. I know I need to get into them. At least some. I have a ton of my clothes in there. Some of my favorite decorations for my room. Even pictures of her and I. But I just can’t bring myself to unpack.

What can I do? Start with one at a time? See if someone can sit with me while I unpack? I feel lost and I know I need to do this. Thank you all!

Hi, all. I’ve dealt with body dysmorphia for most of my life. I just recently turned 35 and I’ve had Long Covid for four years.

I lost a ton of weight unexpectedly due to Long Covid attacking my gut and causing me to develop several GI conditions. Once I started to get some relief last year and could begin to eat again somewhat normally, I began to put the weight back on. That didn’t bother me. I expected it. But now for some reason I can’t seem to stop gaining weight. I’m guessing it’s probably because of the lack of physical activity. I’m basically bedridden from Long Covid.

My doctors keep encouraging diet and exercise. I tell them my diet is pretty healthy overall and I’ll try to be more active but I’m unsure what activities I can truly do with Long Covid. Anything that requires bending and twisting causes me to experience extreme dizziness to the point of feeling faint. My heart races, I became sweaty, I have a hard time catching my breath (I have asthma). It’s like my body is reacting as if I was doing some heavy aerobic exercises. I believe I have POTS which is why I’m reacting this way. I’m going to see a specialist next month to get evaluated.

Going from having a pretty active life where I was working jobs that had me always on my feet to being bedridden and unable to handle simple exercises makes me feel unsure of how I can solve the weight gain. I’m trying to pay attention to my diet and be healthier in that way, but my doctors keep pushing exercises and I don’t know how to properly exercise right now. Does anybody have any advice or can relate? Thank you so much!