u/stanbot3304

i’ve been through roadside RBTs, but have yet to see a roadside drug test station. do these exist in the ACT? or is it done entirely through targeted tests via patrolling cops?

hello! first time poster. i’m a 20 y/o woman living australia. i’ve been suffering with GAD and OCD for a very long time. didn’t realise that OCD was a factor until the last year or so.

i get very, VERY sensitive and worried about my social situations and i can’t figure out why. i’m constantly doubting whether or not i have good, solid friendships: comparing myself to others CONSTANTLY: and feeling generally self conscious and lonely. this was never really an issue until a few years ago. now it plagues me all the time.

i view all interactions with my friends through this scope of “is this a good interaction? are we close? will we stay close?” etc. it makes it very hard to enjoy any social situation. and i usually come out of them thinking over my interactions obsessively. it’s exhausting. “do i hang out with them enough?” “do i actually have a good support system?” “am i living my life to the fullest?”

i don’t understand why i have this. i think it’s my long-lasting fear of being lonely. i have a decent amount of friends, see them fairly often, and most importantly, i’m in a 5 year healthy relationship. we talk about our future together all the time. by all means, i should feel satisfied and grateful for what i have. but i can’t help but obsess over this. i’m really, really tired of it.

i got on stronger meds a few months ago and my mental health was amazing for a bit. i felt so satisfied with everything, and these thoughts didn’t come up once. however in the past few weeks, coinciding with university going back, i’m back in the same pit.

sorry for the long ramble. would appreciate any and all advice, or even just solidarity. i’m sick of this OCD bullshit.

went up to perisher yesterday, with the intention of skiing over to blue cow terminal. i remember you take the “perisher quad express chair” up to the top of perisher mountain, then it’s a fairly easy ski alongside the top of the mountain to the top of “pleasant valley quad chair”. the trail is called “blue cow express way” and is supposedly a green, groomed run.

instead we had to get off our skis and trek up the mountain, following the occasional snow poles, on an un-groomed uphill trek. was absolutely painful in ski boots, the snow was DEEP. had a bunch of other people doing the same trek with equal confusion.

did we just completely miss the “blue cow express way”? or did that run disappear? i swear i remember it being a flat, easy trail.

(half PSA, half vent) if you are bringing your dog into your local bunnings or pet store, and it goes to the toilet or throws up in said store, please just tell the staff!

- i promise we won’t be mad
- you and your dog will not be banned from the store
- we will not make you clean it up
- we will be very grateful that you told us at all

i slipped on a dog’s mess the other day while stacking shelves. the dog was on a short lead and the mess was absolutely huge, so there’s no way the owner didn’t notice. this is unfortunately extremely common.

that is all, have a good day!

hello! i own a 27 litre tank with a betta, and this is my first ever tank. it’s about 3 months old and fully cycled. fish is happy and healthy.

my substrate is fluval stratum with a thin layer of aquarium gravel on top. i haven’t been very careful with my fluval while moving things around the tank, and it’s all mostly been squished into mud. this is a problem because:

1. my plant’s roots starve and die

due to limited oxygen flow (i think?)

1. every time i move anything slightly, a ton of dust clouds my tank

and it irritates my betta’s gills

1. my entire tank is constantly covered in fluval dust

i’m also just not all too into the look. i prefer the look of sand only substrates, and want to swap it all for sand. so my question is, how can i do this safely without crashing my cycle?

i have a large bucket i can use as a temporary home for my fish, but i only have one filter and heater. should i move the filter into the temp tank or keep it in the main tank while i switch the substrate? and do i swap it all at once, or in parts? the aquarium store worker mentioned doing it by gravel vacuuming, but i didn’t fully understand what he meant, and he said it was “high risk”. he also said to be very selective with the types of plants i use, which is fine. any sand-only plant recommendations would also be wonderful!

any help is much appreciated, thank you!