What's Bothering You?

[Dunquixote]

Spoiler: a little disappointment about the event

I’m a bit bummed about my collectible entry. I wish I had used a bigger canvas and resized it when I was done :/. I don’t think it would have won considering how some entries got 20+ likes and I only got a few (I’m very grateful that there were a few people that liked it even with the blurry details).

I’m tired of cliques too.

No comments or discord replies please.

I’m doing fine even with this; this is a small disappointment and frustration since I didn’t enter with expectation to win. I got some digital practice out of this and I had a lot of fun. I just am kicking myself for not working with a bigger canvas .

 

[-Mars-]

Spoiler: Mars is having computer problems for the umpteenth time ahaha

I swear to god if my computer says this or anything else along the lines of "something is wrong logging into your PC" one more time I am seriously going to have a ****ing panic attack and a mental breakdown. Do you have any clue have stressed out it makes me when something is alarmingly wrong with my PC? I already lost my old laptop back in 2023 and lost every single file I had on it, thousands and thousands of files gone forever and I had to spend nearly all the money I had saved up to buy a new one. I don't want to even begin to think about me getting locked out of my current one, and my 12,000+ files will be lost, the $30 I spent buying games will be wasted, I can't log in to any of my accounts or games, can't talk to my friends etc.

I can't believe I needed to wait 3 goddamn hours to have a chance to enter my pin-code again because Microsoft thinks it's hilarious to lock me out of my own computer.

Does my computer have any more panic-inducing start up messages to show me or can we be done with this forever?

do not reply to this, I don't want advice or consoling I need to vent.

 

[Halloqueen]

No biggie, but...

I don't know how I'm going to carve my pumpkin, draw a tatoo and a frightened axolotl, and finish Unreal Estate between now and bedtime on Wednesday night (because I'm definitely not doing any of this on Halloween itself) but I sure am going to try.

This event sure has zipped by this year. Or I need better time management skills. Or both.

 

[Snap Crackle Pop]

Dishonesty is what bothers me, and it sucks when you find out things the hard way but everything works out in the end.

 

[VanitasFan26]

I've had this nasty cough and sore throat since Saturday. My voice is all messed up

 

[Suguri]

~

 

[chocovelvetcake]

*deleted*

 

[Croconaw]

-snip-

Have you considered martial arts as an alternative? It's a form of exercise and more beneficial than any sport you could possibly participate in, at least in my opinion. It's good for confidence, as well.

Sorry if you didn't want suggestions. This is just an idea you could run by them as an alternative if they're insistent.

 

[Midoriya]

Deleted.

 

[-Mars-]

-snip-

Spoiler: Continuation

Microsoft:

Me: Okay *restarts device*

Microsoft: *shows this screen for some reason*

I got my Microsoft log-in pin code that you need to enter every time you either log into my laptop or preview my passwords in google password manager so I can copy paste them changed to something less case-sensitive and symbol heavy so hopefully now I can stop hitting the wrong keys too many times from switching caps lock on/off and using shift key too much. Sincerely hoping I don't get locked out anymore

 

[Suguri]

Boy, does it feel so terrible being lonely. I'm probably repeating myself (especially with another thread) but it hurts.

 

[VernalLapin]

I’m not gonna be able to finish my tattoo design in time. But i still love it and made good progress on it, so I will definitely finish it when I get the chance!

As for creature feature, I got really ambitious with the drawing idea so there is no way on earth I could fit my internal idea in to my packed schedule, but I did write a description so I will post that just for fun ^^ And maybe a really rough concept sketch of what I wanted to make.

I’m glad I was able to make a collectible design though! Very proud of how mine turned out, especially given that I have virtually no experience with pixel art XD

 

[Kitsuragi]

hummm i haven't been on the site for a few days. kind of a reason why.

Spoiler: mental health talk

i was diagnosed, formally, with OCD. i have known i have hypochondria for a while, but wasn't well aware that hypochondria is TECHNICALLY OCD, despite the new name for hypochondria being "health anxiety." it follows the same obsessive and compulsive patterns as OCD, and my therapist has taught me several ways to "pick up" on my other compulsions to see if i notice them. there is a lot of them. constantly checking locked doors to make sure theyre REALLY locked and cant be pushed open, checking that my bank & uber balances aren't beneath $25 or else i get really stressed, etc.

the worst thing though is the health anxiety, and most unfortunately, i'm going through another episode right now. i start some new type of therapy soon i've never done which is basically exposure therapy, and im not sure how its going to work because my health anxiety is about a ridiculous specific problem that can't really be replicated. so that's going to be interesting. never the less, i HAVE to get it back into remission. the last 5 months have been worried about some invisible boogieman of a condition that I DON'T HAVE, yet it's causing me such horrific distress that you'd think it's real. it's not. and it's not even the end of the world if it was real, it would just hurt a lot.

just needing a place to get it out i guess. i wish i had the desire to participate in the last events more, like the fair and the halloween event, but this is just really holding me back :[ maybe next year.

 

[Giddy]

I've been trying to finish my story for the acitvity and I keep getting distracted ;_; hnnnnnn

 

[ZeldaCrossing64]

I've been having chronic headaches for a while now, and it's really bothering me. At this point, they feel more like migraines than anything. Thankfully, I'm seeing my doctor tomorrow, but I also work so I'm gonna be late. My manager also hasn't answered when I called, so I'm getting anxious.

Also...

Spoiler: Death

I found out today that one of my coworker's boyfriend died recently. I only had one shift with her so far, but she's been really nice with me. My stepmom also knows her personally, so she felt upset about the news as well. As someone who's dealt with loss, my heart goes out to my coworker.

Generally, I'm just not having a good day off.

 

[Halloqueen]

The past few days haven't gone as planned. I'm not going to complete all of the event entries I wanted to but I'm going to enjoy tomorrow anyway and not let it bother me then. I just hope I can afford everything I'm aiming for.

 

[SkyKnight03]

My mother is upset because I got a two week jury duty summon and I don't have arranged transportation. (I can't just not go. The penalty, at least for here, is imprisonment).

The irony is that the jury dates are directly before I become eligible to take my driver's license test. If it were just a little later this wouldn't be an issue. Because I could just take myself to the court each day.

The most I can do is try and write an appeal letter. It's all just really bad timing.

 

[skarmoury]

my anxiety has been in and out the past week and i am unproductive
dad's in the hospital & my uncle isnt able to eat properly yet (he keeps throwing up) so me and my mom have just been kinda all over the place?
the other night i was watching over my dad in the hospital, he's feeling fine but still lots of labs to do since theyre trying to pinpoint the cause of his infection. mom's with him now, im at home since they discharged my uncle and i have to be with him but he's been throwing everything up so we might have to readmit him
im just trying my best to be calm so. yea. idk

on the plus side: i finally got checked for my stomach pains yesterday and doctor said it could be IBS. he gave me a med that actually worked for once? ive never felt better. maybe it could be IBS lmao

 

[Croconaw]

Never mind.

 

[bestiepango]

Just feeling a bit frustrated at the moment since my parents decided to rearrange the whole house while I was at work. My bedroom is already in the backyard basically so I have to go up the back steps to get into the actual main part of the house, but the way they've rearranged their bedrooms now makes me have to go around the whole block and go through the front door instead every time now, which it was already awkward going up the stairs at night but now it's even more awkward.

Honestly not even that big of a deal, I've made myself laugh a little cuz I'm realising how silly that is but it's just a frustrating thing to come home from work to ig lmao