Having a Bad Day?: Get 'yer Hugs here!!

[Sunbird she/her]

I hate dealing with doctor's offices so much. I tried to call in a refill on my anti-anxiety meds at my pharmacy last week except it was expired, so I asked the pharmacy to fax the Dr for a new RX. A few days later I check back at the pharmacy and find out they faxed the wrong doctor, the one I haven't seen in several months, so obviously the prescription was denied since I'm no longer a patient there. So I called my current Dr to ask for a new RX, and now they're refusing to write me one until I've had an appt specifically for anxiety, even though they offered to write an RX like two weeks ago when I was in for something else and I declined because I thought I still had plenty of refills!

Doesn't help that I'm an emotional wreck because I've already been going without the meds for almost a week now. Hugs please?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

17 minutes ago, Sunbird said:

I hate dealing with doctor's offices so much. I tried to call in a refill on my anti-anxiety meds at my pharmacy last week except it was expired, so I asked the pharmacy to fax the Dr for a new RX. A few days later I check back at the pharmacy and find out they faxed the wrong doctor, the one I haven't seen in several months, so obviously the prescription was denied since I'm no longer a patient there. So I called my current Dr to ask for a new RX, and now they're refusing to write me one until I've had an appt specifically for anxiety, even though they offered to write an RX like two weeks ago when I was in for something else and I declined because I thought I still had plenty of refills!

Doesn't help that I'm an emotional wreck because I've already been going without the meds for almost a week now. Hugs please?

Hugs now. Pugs when I'm off mobile. 

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

10 hours ago, Sunbird said:

I hate dealing with doctor's offices so much. I tried to call in a refill on my anti-anxiety meds at my pharmacy last week except it was expired, so I asked the pharmacy to fax the Dr for a new RX. A few days later I check back at the pharmacy and find out they faxed the wrong doctor, the one I haven't seen in several months, so obviously the prescription was denied since I'm no longer a patient there. So I called my current Dr to ask for a new RX, and now they're refusing to write me one until I've had an appt specifically for anxiety, even though they offered to write an RX like two weeks ago when I was in for something else and I declined because I thought I still had plenty of refills!

Doesn't help that I'm an emotional wreck because I've already been going without the meds for almost a week now. Hugs please?

*hugs. Anxiety is a horrible thing to go through.

I always knew doctors were secretly bureaucrats. 

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I've been having this storm cursed shoulder pains for the past few days. And what sucks more is the fact that my parents are doctors and couldn't care less.

[Sunbird she/her]

@TwiLyghtSansSparkles and @Darkness Ascendant, thanks for the hugs. I needed them. Thankfully I was able to get a doctor's appointment this afternoon and pick up the medication a few hours later, so things are looking better.

Sorry to hear about your shoulder, DA. Do you have some Tylenol or Ibuprofen (or other household painkiller) on hand? That might help with the pain until you can see a doctor.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

3 minutes ago, Sunbird said:

@TwiLyghtSansSparkles and @Darkness Ascendant, thanks for the hugs. I needed them. Thankfully I was able to get a doctor's appointment this afternoon and pick up the medication a few hours later, so things are looking better.

Sorry to hear about your shoulder, DA. Do you have some Tylenol or Ibuprofen (or other household painkiller) on hand? That might help with the pain until you can see a doctor.

No worries Sun, good to hear that the docs are actually doing something.

I don't take painkillers unless I need them. And I rarely need painkillers because I am used to pain. Doubt I'll see a doctor about it, since the one's in the household don't give a damnation. I think I'll just attempt to stretch the pain out and perhaps apply some ice.

[A Budgie she/her]

@Sunbird I'm a little late, but *hugs* anyways. You can never have too many hugs.

[Sunbird she/her]

Thanks, Budgie.

[Delightful]

I had a crap day at work and I'm arguing with sexist Jews on Facebook and......it's making me feel better? send help?

[Mestiv he/him]

5 minutes ago, Deliiiiiightful said:

I had a crap day at work and I'm arguing with sexist Jews on Facebook and......it's making me feel better? send help?

[Delightful]

IT GOT BETTER NOW THEYRE MANSPLAINING THAT IT ISNT SEXIST ITS PARODYING SEXISTS!

 

Edit: told the guy off for mansplaining and he apologised. 

Edited March 8, 2017 by Deliiiiiightful

[Kaymyth she/her]

8 minutes ago, Deliiiiiightful said:

I had a crap day at work and I'm arguing with sexist Jews on Facebook and......it's making me feel better? send help?

Well, you'd probably have to add me on Facebook and point me to the thread, but...

Oh.

You meant help you stop.  Sorry, I am of no help to you there.

[Delightful]

1 minute ago, Kaymyth said:

Well, you'd probably have to add me on Facebook and point me to the thread, but...

Oh.

You meant help you stop.  Sorry, I am of no help to you there.

Its also in half yiddish. I am tempted to screenshot, anonymise and translate though

 

[Kaymyth she/her]

Just now, Deliiiiiightful said:

Its also in half yiddish. I am tempted to screenshot, anonymise and translate though

 

My inner crem-stirring core is warring with my responsible Moderator hat.

(Seriously, I think most of you would be a wee bit astonished to see me unfiltered.  Illusions would be shattered.)

[Delightful]

1 minute ago, Kaymyth said:

My inner crem-stirring core is warring with my responsible Moderator hat.

(Seriously, I think most of you would be a wee bit astonished to see me unfiltered.  Illusions would be shattered.)

I have already screenshotted. You tell me yay or nay.

 

I fb messaged a friend to send help. She also replied "Sure I'll join! Which thread!"  

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Well, I'm the wrong person for that. I just block the cremholes.

[Kaymyth she/her]

5 minutes ago, Deliiiiiightful said:

I have already screenshotted. You tell me yay or nay.

 

I fb messaged a friend to send help. She also replied "Sure I'll join! Which thread!"  

Eh...probably nay.  It's likely to be pretty politically charged, and that seems to be the one subject realm that the Shard can't handle.  This just isn't the place.

On FB, though...heh.  I shared a post a couple weeks ago, expressing my anger at a racially-motivated shooting in my town.  The post I shared hit the trending feed, and thus my share was accessible to zounds of people.  I had some fun for a few days.

3 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Well, I'm the wrong person for that. I just block the cremholes.

Hee. I somehow manage to get blocked by cremholes instead. I think they can't handle it when I'm happier about their trolling than they are.

[Delightful]

......aaaand he's trolling. I have just Fed The Troll.

But it did make me feel less like murdering someone?

 

 

.....oh that didn't actually post. Anyway. I think I'm ok. Hugs, people?

 

Edit: Two of the guys actually PMed me wanting to know what was offensive. So maybe some good will come from this after all.....

Edited March 8, 2017 by Deliiiiiightful

[Oversleep]

@Deliiiiiightful, sending hugs your way.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

…could I get hugs, please? 

I've just been feeling lonely and stressed out. It's like….I guess I'm realizing that I don't really know how to make friends. Even if someone else and I hit it off, I never know if they want me to call them, or if we're "stop and chat for a few minutes when we pass on the street" friends, or if they were just being polite. And I've signed up for meetups online, but most of the events they schedule are on nights when I work, so that's a bust. I know church is an obvious place to meet people, but….I don't know if I'm ready to go back yet. Or if I even belong there anymore. I could just pick one and go, but…I don't know, it feels dishonest. 

On top of that, SpongeBob has been getting more hours, not less, so I'm seeing more of him. He has this horrible habit of breaking policy to make people happy, so that when I follow policy, I look like the ogre. So that leaves me wondering if I'm secretly getting mountains of negative feedback; and even though the higher-ups would probably dismiss any criticism of me for following policy, the patron could still write something about me being rude or difficult. 

And then there's my family. I've always gotten along decently with my siblings, but their lives are carrying on back in Spokane while I'm here. I'll get texts about some random thing that's happening that they're all privy to, but I have no idea what's going on. And….sometimes I feel like I'll say the wrong thing around them. It's harder to tell over text, which doesn't make it any better. 

I just feel like I'm stranded right now: I have my family back in Spokane, where I've never really fit; and I have a city here, where I don't know if I fit. And I'm alone. If something went wrong, I'd be miles away from anyone I know. And I don't know how to change that, because I feel like every time I try, I'm shut out either by schedules or by rules I don't know. 

[Hemalurgic Headshot he/him]

Twi, here are hugs.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

42 minutes ago, Hemalurgic_Headshot said:

Twi, here are hugs.

Thanks.

[Delightful]

*hugs*

its late and I'll probably mess up the how of saying this but 

making friends, any relationship is a risk. You're risking rejection but you might gain an awesome friendship. And friendships take time. But you also have to try take it from one step to another. If someone is a say hi in the street friend, invite them out for a coffee or whatever. Either it's awkward all round and fine, or you enjoy spending time with each other, your bond deepens a little, next time you offer to go for coffee or a dr who marathon or whatever it's less weird. Make excuses to do things together. If they don't want to they'll have conveniently pre booked things and oh darn that time doesn't work. Spend time with people. Open up a little about your life, not super personal to begin with, like a funny story about Bruce or something. Let them into your world a little and listen to them talk about theirs and laugh and be sympathetic. You gotta be vulnerable so you do it slowly and test the waters. Like at this point I know you'll forgive me for the ramble. I would never have done this my first week or month on the Shard. 

Speaking of which before my brain actually shuts of *hugs*

[A Budgie she/her]

*hugs*
ALL THE HUGS
And if you ever feel sad, just remember that galahs go into their nesting boxes/treeholes by bending their heads backwards like they're doing limbo into it and it's the cutest thing.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

5 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

…could I get hugs, please? 

I've just been feeling lonely and stressed out. It's like….I guess I'm realizing that I don't really know how to make friends. Even if someone else and I hit it off, I never know if they want me to call them, or if we're "stop and chat for a few minutes when we pass on the street" friends, or if they were just being polite. And I've signed up for meetups online, but most of the events they schedule are on nights when I work, so that's a bust. I know church is an obvious place to meet people, but….I don't know if I'm ready to go back yet. Or if I even belong there anymore. I could just pick one and go, but…I don't know, it feels dishonest. 

On top of that, SpongeBob has been getting more hours, not less, so I'm seeing more of him. He has this horrible habit of breaking policy to make people happy, so that when I follow policy, I look like the ogre. So that leaves me wondering if I'm secretly getting mountains of negative feedback; and even though the higher-ups would probably dismiss any criticism of me for following policy, the patron could still write something about me being rude or difficult. 

And then there's my family. I've always gotten along decently with my siblings, but their lives are carrying on back in Spokane while I'm here. I'll get texts about some random thing that's happening that they're all privy to, but I have no idea what's going on. And….sometimes I feel like I'll say the wrong thing around them. It's harder to tell over text, which doesn't make it any better. 

I just feel like I'm stranded right now: I have my family back in Spokane, where I've never really fit; and I have a city here, where I don't know if I fit. And I'm alone. If something went wrong, I'd be miles away from anyone I know. And I don't know how to change that, because I feel like every time I try, I'm shut out either by schedules or by rules I don't know. 

*hugs.

We are all alone in this world

But we can all be alone together

Sorry. It's just. storm. I am a horrible friend. He's so hellbent on hating himself. Why can't he see I love him?

Edited March 10, 2017 by Darkness Ascendant

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

4 hours ago, Deliiiiiightful said:

*hugs*

its late and I'll probably mess up the how of saying this but 

making friends, any relationship is a risk. You're risking rejection but you might gain an awesome friendship. And friendships take time. But you also have to try take it from one step to another. If someone is a say hi in the street friend, invite them out for a coffee or whatever. Either it's awkward all round and fine, or you enjoy spending time with each other, your bond deepens a little, next time you offer to go for coffee or a dr who marathon or whatever it's less weird. Make excuses to do things together. If they don't want to they'll have conveniently pre booked things and oh darn that time doesn't work. Spend time with people. Open up a little about your life, not super personal to begin with, like a funny story about Bruce or something. Let them into your world a little and listen to them talk about theirs and laugh and be sympathetic. You gotta be vulnerable so you do it slowly and test the waters. Like at this point I know you'll forgive me for the ramble. I would never have done this my first week or month on the Shard. 

Speaking of which before my brain actually shuts of *hugs*

Thanks.  

And…I know there's a risk involved; I'm just afraid to take it. I mean, I've taken that risk and had it turn out badly before. And since I still don't know if it was me or them (but I assume it was mostly me because not only is that how I roll, but I haven't had the best self-awareness in the past), I usually wait on the other person to make the first move, because I want to be sure they're actually interested. Which means that either nobody is interested, or they're all waiting on me to make the first move. It's like, I know there's no way to get a guarantee….but I know that if I make the first move and get turned down, then things will be awkward between us from then on. 

2 hours ago, A Budgie said:

*hugs*
ALL THE HUGS
And if you ever feel sad, just remember that galahs go into their nesting boxes/treeholes by bending their heads backwards like they're doing limbo into it and it's the cutest thing.

I feel better already.  

47 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

*hugs.

We are all alone in this world

But we can all be alone together

Sorry. It's just. storm. I am a horrible friend. He's so hellbent on hating himself. Why can't he see I love him?

Thanks.  (That's a good Fall Out Boy song, by the way—"Alone Together.")