What's Bothering You?

[SkyKnight03]

I've been worried about a friend dealing with a physically abusive spouse.

Granted, she's now out and in a safer place. (she acted quite promptly towards his aggression and reached out to me and others for support).

I hate that this happened at all. I'm still heavily concerned.

 

[Reginald Fairfield]

Yep. Took about 7 seconds to find the full-sized image and reverse search it in saucenao.

I was looking for someone else's art narrowed down to a deactivated twitter account. I originally saw it in a youtube slide show set to a One Direction song. The Kiwibon art. How would you go about that one?

I eventually found their website, thanks to their large signature, and someone else looking up their name on a weird new search engine.

 

[Dunquixote]

I probably need to step away. Anxiety is bothering me so much right now. I’m not sure what happened or what is wrong with me. I feel kinda sad, frustrated and maybe a bit out of place again.

Please no comments or replies.

Edit: Feeling a little better. I drew a little and it helped calm me a bit down.

 

[Devicho]

The way people act online, especially on social media, is so frustrating that it's impossible for me to not become a misanthrope. I very begrudgingly maintain a Twitter account, but it's really only because Japanese users love it for some reason, and I'd like to keep in touch with them. Sure, Japan isn't some drama-free paradise, but I have never once had an issue with a Japanese user. Can't say the same for the Anglosphere, where it frankly feels like everyone these days is in a contest to be the worst person possible. At this point I desperately wish I could just filter out all English-language tweets unless it's from an account I follow, just for the peace of mind.

 

[Doo]

I’m so stressed, anxiety is spiralling, I’m running on almost no sleep and it feels like everything is going wrong

 

[Chris]

Now that it is interview day I am very much stressing over it. Is this a good idea?

Without knowing how my review is going to go next week I'd be stupid not to attend. Plus it is only a first round interview so it is not like there would be an immediate job offer if they do like me. But still, nerves!

 

[Disneyfangirl23]

I don’t think anyone is going to help me get the eggs I want on here

I am offering to trade all my collectibles and tbt for the my Kiki egg & Lala egg but no one seems interested / no one wants to help me out
It’s like they want me to be upset forever

I wish the egg hunt was on a bit longer

 

[Cetoddle769]

Credit artists.

source: lulubuu on pixiv / deviantart / Twitter who specifically states to not repost her art.

Oops. I didn’t know that. My bad.

 

[Disneyfangirl23]

My brother’s wife had a miscarriage

*crys floods of tears on pillow*

 

[.: Meri :.]

trying to get my surgery scheduled and the doctor's office called me riiiight before they closed the other day, saying to call them back. it has been two full days of getting nothing but the voicemail box since OTL
and GOD I hate how much I missed that call. I've been practically glued to my phone for days waiting for it, had to attend to something, and missed them by less than 15 minutes

update: complaining into the void WORKS I finally got ahold of her aaaaaa

 

[-Mars-]

As an autistic girl myself, the first part makes me really angry. The second part I TOTALLY agree with. Just because someone is autistic doesn’t mean they aren’t normal. Being neurodivergent is very cool.

Autism also isn’t a disease or disability. It just means your brain is wired differently. Autistic people often get way into things they’re interested in and are really knowledgeable about them. Autistic people see the world differently. And often, they tend to notice things and small details that neurotypical people don’t. It’s also amazing that autistic people can hyper focus on things they love.

To prove Robert wrong: Back in 6th grade, I wrote a poem and entered it in the youth poetry contest. And guess what? I won. First place!

Autistic people are capable of amazing things. I don’t see my autism as a disability, I see it as a superpower.

Someone else already addressed your post but I also wanted to reply because I cannot just ignore this after reading this.

Personally I believe that since Autism is a spectrum and every Autistic person has different experiences with how their Autism affects them and how they interact with the world, that every Autistic person should be allowed to have their own opinions on their Autism.

If you seeing your Autism in a positive manner and seeing it as some kind of "superpower" for you personally that's fine because that is your own unique experience with your Autism and every Autistic person is different.

However, I sincerely hope that when there are people who are confused about what Autism is and need to have it explained to them that you don't go prancing around telling people that "Autism is this wonderful thing to have" "It's not a disability at all" and "It's some kind of superpower"

As a whole I believe that Autism as a medical condition should be viewed in a neutral light, viewing Autism as some negative, shameful thing to have and that people should be treated differently because they are Autistic is ableist and really harmful, viewing Autism as some positive thing that "is a blessing to have" and "Autistic people are very smart" and "Autism is a superpower" is very harmful to people who's Autism severely impacts their lives and makes them struggle so much, it also tries to paint Autism as some "black and white" concept and not some complicated medical condition. All Autistic people are not either "smart" or "dumb" there are Autistic people of all different kinds of intelligent levels, skills, abilities etc. I've had people think that just because I'm Autistic I either must be "mentally incompetent" and "unable to think for myself" or "I'm highly intelligent" and "I must be like Albert Einstein" and that's not true at all because I'm neither of those. Autistic people should be viewed as a person first and foremost and not divided up into categories of "cool Neurodivergent people" and "not cool Neurodivergent people"

Personally as someone who sincerely wishes I was never born with Autism and I wish I could just be Neurotypical and who's Autism has caused me so much suffering and pain throughout my entire life reading that "Autism is cool, it's not a disability and Autistic people are capable of amazing things" is really hurtful to me as someone who is stuck on 504 plan and is not capable of performing at a "academically expected or desired level" someone who needs to have a occupational therapist to help me live a normal daily life because I can't live normally all by myself, someone who questions if I can ever get a job and actually properly maintain it and not need to quit my job or get fired. Someone who has received nothing but bullying and negative experiences for being Autistic, someone who has a history of horrible mental breakdowns due to me being Autistic, Someone who got diagnosed very late in life and lived almost my entire life questioning why am I different and not normal like everyone else and if I'm a burden to the world and it would be better without me.

I'm really braindead tired today and honestly lately in general, I can't really articulate my thoughts and feelings properly and I'm really sorry if what I said makes no sense or if I sound like a broken record or if this comes off as offensive.

 

[Suguri]

So we went to my cousin's house today because they got a puppy and we were about to adopt it tomorrow, but there's zero chance of that happening now. My parents got anxious about how we would raise it, so we had to scrap the idea.

I'm pretty devastated because I haven't had a dog or anything furry before, and it would have been my one chance to develop the skills needed to care for other pets in the long run (such as cats) and post a billion pictures of it to TBT. It kinda makes me feel like the "odd one out" because most people I see here have pet dogs and/or cats, and then there are only two people (me included) who have an aquarium.

On second thought, I'm not sure I have the chops for anything like that when the opportunity does come. Especially with me approaching adulthood and the current economy.

 

[. Rarity .]

I spent a full day at the hospital. I'm so happy to be home again.

 

[Chris]

Brain is braining. Please make it stop.

My mind is trying to convince me that because I've not heard back about the interview yet I must have done badly. But that's unreasonable - it was only yesterday! I've waited weeks to hear back about an interview outcome before. My current job was a month I think, and the role before that three weeks.

I wish I had thought to ask when to expect to hear from them. When it was my turn to ask questions I was more preoccupied with things like team structure, training, etc.

At least I know from previous applications to this company years ago that they do actually tell you if they're not considering your app further rather than just ghosting.

 

[Disneyfangirl23]

My Nan isn’t good

 

[Devicho]

It is immensely frustrating watching people who weren't there for something try to insinuate things about it, when it was something I was actually there for and know they are completely wrong. Especially when people believe them because they either have clout, or are saying what people want to hear.

It's also very frustrating watching people repeat the same arguments that I've seen ad nauseam, just with a new coat of paint. They always insist that it's different this time and will never in a million years acknowledge that they're just falling for the same nonsense all over again.

 

[VanitasFan26]

Spoiler: My Housing Crisis these last 8 months.

I've suffered for the last 8 months. In September 2024, I'll lose my home because my mortage lender kept charging me more and more money. As a result, my parents and I could not afford to keep our home. We were in a bad spot, and we went to a bankruptcy lawyer, and all they told us to do was to sell our house. Which we did around September 2024. However, we were told by our Realtor that there were Liens put on the property, and as a result, we lost the chance to move into the new home and The realtor told us to take our stuff and put it in Storage, to live at an Airbnb, and look for an Apartment. For the last 5 months, this whole thing was a nightmare. We kept looking for apartments, only to get rejected because we didn't meet certain requirements.

After living at 6 Airbnbs and wasting money, we were able to get an apartment thanks to Relator, but as a result we were forced to give up most of our items and donate them because the Apartment we picked was small had only 2 bedrooms and 2 baths a small living room and a small kitchen. Now my sister, who has been helping us out since August 2024, moved back home to New York by March 2025. As of April 25th, 2025, when I'm writing this, I've been traumatized by this whole experience. Suffered from depression and of course I kept wondering "What could've I done better and if only I just got a high paying job this would never happened"

 

[lasagne_of_death]

Deleting my post because LOL I have no business being that depresso espresso on an AC forum (not saying you can't be, but honestly I'm not gonna do it myself)

 

[mogyay]

this is SO minor but it's so annoying/depressing grocery shopping when you live alone lol, like I haven't bought a loaf of bread in like 2 years because I'm never gonna eat a loaf of bread before it expires, even just buying some apples is a risk

I was rly craving pitta tonight and now I'm forced into it for the next week

 

[Aronthaer]

this is SO minor but it's so annoying/depressing grocery shopping when you live alone lol, like I haven't bought a loaf of bread in like 2 years because I'm never gonna eat a loaf of bread before it expires, even just buying some apples is a risk

I was rly craving pitta tonight and now I'm forced into it for the next week

being able to plan out a few different meals for the week using mostly the same ingredients helps me a lot! so if I need to buy a whole english cucumber, I'll have a few things cucumber could go in or with! also most produce you can get individually, and its also really cheap when bought in one person quantities.