What's Bothering You?

my mother and i share a dyson hair dyer and it suddenly stopped working this morning. i don’t know if these hairdryers are just prone to breaking or if ours broke down due to daily usage. i’d basically do anything to fix it because these things are MEGA EXPENSIVE and plus it’s only a year old + it was a replacement to our first one that also stopped working.

i think there’s lint stuffed up the filter which is causing the issue so im going to try to get it out with a toothpick or something.
Do you still have the packaging? Sometimes they have warranties.
 
I am stressed. Stressed over changes to my morning routine, stressed over my decision to participate in this April Fool's event, stressed over my classwork, stressed over everything. Nothing is helping. There's no escape, and not even a full-on hiatus from the forums can save me from this dumpster fire.

I just don't know anymore. There's a line in one of my favorite songs and it goes, "I get stuck when the world's too loud and things don't look up when you're going down." That should sum up my thoughts at the moment.
 
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Just disgusted with political situation in my country right now. Especially hearing how special elections went today. Nearly makes me ill so many people are still believing in that 🐂 💩. I'm so sick of it. I don't know if I can stand 4 years of this.
Local clinics stopped taking health insurance now. That's going to hurt so many of the poor out here. The sad thing is most of them voted for it. Many still believe in it. Stupid. 😩
 
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I've been super stressed lately due to how much work that I've been recently tasked with. It's at the point where working 50-60 hours a week isn't enough to keep up with the amount of work. They've recently taken stuff off of my hands that ended up being distributed among four other people which is insane to think that they wanted one person to do all of that to begin with. Thankfully the pay is great, but I'm hoping that things start to slow down so that I can enjoy more time outside of work again.
 
I was surprised to find out that my county is hosting a last minute Hands Off protest. I want to go, but I am a bit apprehensive because:

1. Hispanic
2. 1/3 the local population is racist and/or MAGA
3. My job

When I have it listed out like this, it’s even more terrifying. Whatever bravado I had hours earlier has left my skin.
 
I’m going to a funeral this afternoon, but what’s bothering me is that all the people I’ve known growing up on my street are slowly dying. It's so strange not to see them pottering about in their garden or working on a car. There have been two deaths in just over 4 months and it might sound selfish, but I can’t help but think of my Dad. He’s absolutely fine apart from his poor mobility, but then I think my Mum was fine apart from her mobility and how sudden she passed. Everyday I wake up and pray that he survives another day, as I know it has to happen at some point, but I don’t want it to happen for a long, long time. He is my rock, best friend and everything all rolled into one. I feel as if I can’t enjoy my time with him properly as I’m worrying about him passing.
 
I'm supposed to be getting ready for work, but I feel so sick. I'm worried that I can't take any cough syrup or ibuprofen because I don't want too much acetaminophene, which could cause severe repercussions and I'm not sure if I can mix them with my current meds. I have a day off tomorrow and I'm going to the pharmacy anyways, so maybe I can ask someone there. Either way, I really don't wanna work today... Though not like I have a choice. My head hurts more than ever and my throat is killing me. Genuinely. Why did I have to get sick the week when my manager is on vacation.
 
A little worried about something stupid. Whenever I get too comfortable socializing, have too much, or get too exited about something, I often mess up by overdoing something like when I’m trying to joke. my humor is dry is not good. so, I kinda wonder and worry that I’m doing it again and annoying others. Maybe I should have refrained from talking much. 😔.

I’m feeling quite a bit better than I was earlier, though now thinking about this is making me feel embarrassed and a bit depressed. Probably time to try to get some sleep.

No comments or replies please.
 
I’m going to a funeral this afternoon, but what’s bothering me is that all the people I’ve known growing up on my street are slowly dying. It's so strange not to see them pottering about in their garden or working on a car. There have been two deaths in just over 4 months and it might sound selfish, but I can’t help but think of my Dad. He’s absolutely fine apart from his poor mobility, but then I think my Mum was fine apart from her mobility and how sudden she passed. Everyday I wake up and pray that he survives another day, as I know it has to happen at some point, but I don’t want it to happen for a long, long time. He is my rock, best friend and everything all rolled into one. I feel as if I can’t enjoy my time with him properly as I’m worrying about him passing.
I am so sorry for your loss. I know how you feel every time I hear about a death it worries me more about my mom. She is my rock and I can’t imagine life without her.
Everytime we have a Dr appointment it worries me we are going to get more bad news. It’s definitely hard when you’re always worrying about them.
 
This evening has felt extremely stressed and agitated merely by what's going on at work.

For two days, I've had them ring me up well after my shift, because no one not even the actual boss has keys. The first time I had to actually walk halfway to work to give them my keys, and wait to hear when someone was dropping them off.

Today makes it a third, despite thinking all would be fine, it wasn't. Got another call about them having my keys to close up shop. But it's gonna take longer as my bosses ex was driving my boss to the airport. My mum even suggested cycling to my work to drop the keys off, which would work better as then my mum can bring then back home again. But no, they said that was lovely for her to consider but no, My coworker is just waiting for the bosses ex to arrive, so I feel like I can't really get on with things properly, can't put headphones on incase I don't hear a call.

Takes till like 9pm when I decide to ask him what's going on, and he says, oh its sorted....why didn't you guys tell me then. Are you serious.
What makes it even crazier is that the chef has keys...but he comes in after me and leaves two hours before closing, this doesn't make sense.
So I haven't been in a great mood, as I was making more of my diy project I snapped a piece in two which I think was because I was so stressed.
 
I'm kinda sad the Pet Peeve thread got locked. It was a good place to vent about things that weren't totally personal.

For example:

I'm sorta tired of everything being over monetized. Buying a game and running into deluxe edition, premium edition, ultimate edition, sorting out 10 DLC packs.

Or just wanting to play chess online and being walled out of features because of subscription tiers.

I already caved and bought YouTube premium lite because I like browsing YouTube on my phone. (it helps if I expirence anxiety at night). The alternative is sitting through dozens and dozens of ads for every click. I'm not tech savvy enough to hack my phone and implant an adblock either.


It's impossible to escape. Even when you've already taken a subscription, your pressured into buying more.

"We see your enjoying Netflix. How about upgrade to our family plan or try our ad free tier".
 
I already caved and bought YouTube premium lite because I like browsing YouTube on my phone. (it helps if I expirence anxiety at night). The alternative is sitting through dozens and dozens of ads for every click. I'm not tech savvy enough to hack my phone and implant an adblock either.

I also caved and bought YouTube premium and it's one of the subscriptions I feel the silliest for having but I use it a lot. I love not having ads on my phone & my roku when I'm watching on there. I also love the feature for the phone where you can have a video playing when my screen is turned off. I love listening to people re telling stories lol and it's nice to do that with my screen off to save battery.
 
Nicholas had his bone infusion yesterday and one of his levels came back like STUPID HIGH. My reaction was just… head spun. A normal range for Alkaline Phosphatase is 30-120 ish, his usually hovers around 180-190….it’s 5,223. And that’s a re-test! Yesterday it was 4,327 and she had me go get it redrawn incase it was an error.
 
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