u/scheduling911

We are heading to the dealership tomorrow to hopefully purchase an Outback Touring XT. We have been eyeing our dealerships inventory and feel pretty good about it—we will be trading in our 2021 Crosstrek limited towards the purchase price.

Curious what this community thinks about the dealership add ons they try to upsell you as your sitting there getting ready to sign the papers? When we bought our first Subaru I didn’t quite know what to expect and ended up buying a service to get our leather seats water proofed and a special coating to prevent rock chips on the paint. In hindsight I think they weren’t necessary.

I do plan to ask what it would cost to get a hitch installed. Thanks!

Long time lurker on this form. I’ve really appreciated everyone sharing, and wanted to also share how Zepbound helped me.

Six months ago my FibroScan showed F2/F3 fibrosis (9.7 kPa) and S2 steatosis (CAP 275). At the time I weighed 223 lbs.
I started Zepbound and focused on weight loss. Today at 198 lbs I had a repeat FibroScan and my numbers were 6.5 kPa and CAP 219. Essentially putting me in F1 fibrosis and S0-S1 steatosis.

I cannot believe how much of help this drug has been for me. It’s very expensive but I feel like it was money well spent.

Six months ago my FibroScan showed F2/F3 fibrosis (9.7 kPa) and S2 steatosis (CAP 275). At the time I weighed 223 lbs.
I started Zepbound and focused on weight loss. Today I had a repeat FibroScan and my numbers were 6.5 kPa and CAP 219. Essentially putting me in F1 fibrosis and S0-S1 steatosis.

I cannot believe how much of help this drug has been for me. Sharing this news for others, especially if weight loss is a nice effect, and the goal of Zepbound is to help with fatty liver disease.

Hi forum. Long time pure OCD sufferer here. I thought I would share something that I’ve been experimenting with that I’ve found helpful when I’m experiencing high anxiety.

It basically has to do with the premise that if I’m mentally thinking of things that I’m grateful for, like really striving to visualize things/people throughout my day that I’m thankful for I find that my body starts to relax a little bit— I start yawning like crazy— and the anxiety in my stomach starts to shift a little bit.

As a practice, I usually do this at the end of the day sitting on the ground. I’ll make a note maybe on a piece of paper next to me on a scale of 1 to 10 how bad my anxiety is. And then I close my eyes and try to visualize things/people that I’m grateful for one at a time and really examine them. If I were to time it, it probably takes me about 5 to 8 minutes. I find that after I’m done doing this my overall anxiety level has gone down.

In states of high anxiety, I was never able to do mindfulness (focusing on my breath, body parts, etc.), but I do find that I still have the ability to visualize so I actually find this practice more helpful.

As a functioning—sometimes barely able to keep it together—Pure OCD sufferer for like 17 years now… the only thing I can say for certain is that when I finally get that certainty my mind is craving about the topic I’m currently obsessing over, my mind will find another.

Pattern such as:

What if I’m wrong about my religion? Oh I’ll spend days researching until I have a satisfactory answer. Maybe I’ll get a day or two of relief and then the following will hit:

“Does my wife ACTUALLY love me?” And then spend the weekend where we should be having fun, analyzing her every move “checking” for certainty that she does.

This syndrome is so tiring. I know the key to this is to stop seeking certainty. Train my brain. I’ve actually done this before and had like 3 months where I stuck to it. My life changed so much for the better.

But then you are hit with another scenario that feels like if you don’t solve it, it’s literally doomsday. UGH!!