When panicking, use a grounding technique. My favorite is to look around you and pick five items, then imagine what it would be like to lick them. What would it taste like? Feel like? Smell like? Would it make a sound?

It’s stupid but it has worked for me many times.

A quarter oz is $40-$70 at dispensaries in my area (medical legal state)

I was diagnosed with PTSD but my doctor never went into detail about what it means or offered any support beyond antidepressants. I experience every single issue laid out on this board, and it’s helpful to see that it’s “normal” for folks like me.

I gave up in the first episode when a pair of cops drew their firearms, and the one said to the other “safeties off”. And the other cop just brushes the slide release because he was holding a Glock, which famously does not have a safety. I just couldn’t take it seriously after that.

I think they were using the karma count to show how much they utilized the platform, emphasizing how big the gesture of deleting their account was.

When I was deep in the Reddit hole I was obsessed with getting upvotes and avoiding downvotes. It was a dopamine hit. When I moved to Lemmy I joined an instance that doesn’t allow or show downvotes, and it has been a breath of fresh air.

Exactly this. I would be ecstatic if my employer paid for my cert tests. I pay for them myself and study on my own time, then leverage them during annual reviews to show why I deserve promotions and raises.

For context, I went from homeless to six figures because of this kind of hustle. If you want to just tread water then do so, otherwise you need to put in the work on your own time.

I used this Wallpaper back in the Windows 8.1 days. It’s a great vibe.

I work in IT. My favorite part is focusing on a difficult problem that no one else can solve, and fixing it. My nickname at work is “the tank” because they can point me at any issue and I’ll fix it. I’ll also toss in the paycheck. I had a recruiter tell me 2 years ago that my skill set isn’t even worth $65k and now I’m making more than double that.

My least favorite part is the occasional late nights. Worked a 20 hour shift the other day for a particularly difficult major issue. This happens maybe twice a year. I’m at an age where it takes a toll.