vent thread 4 all

people taking objects of significant religious importance and using them as decoration or just because they "like the vibes", essentially reducing them to pretty trinkets or ornamentation.

it happens to all religions, but some examples specific to Catholicism: wearing a rosary as jewelry, Eastern Christian icon imitation/collection, Our Lady of Guadalupe candles but with celebrities, most of the costumes at the 2018 met gala, splicing sacred chants (like Angus Dei) into hip hop "because it sounds cool", the horror genre turning st peter's cross into a scary symbol, etc.

generally stuff specifically created by and for religious followers to aid in practice, but is then used/treated flippantly by a non-follower simply bc they think it looks cool.

Me too (referring to the chronic migraines). Might even be genetic for me (if that is ever possible) since my mother has them as well and so did my maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother. Welcome to the club!

I haven't had a job that I'm happy at since April. I've been through so many jobs since then. I'm in clinical burnout I'm intensely annoyed by every single thing whereas April me would've just brushed it off. I can't do hobbies anymore I don't have the concentration I can't even daydream anymore that takes too much. Therapy is expensive and I don't have the money. Living in a capitalist work design sucks out the ass. Theres something going on with me internally I've been getting dizzy and weird headaches that don't go away. I want to go back to the way things were but even now I know that wasn't healthy for me bc I was working 60 hour weeks driving an hour and a half each day. I want to be content.

I hate storms
I am so scared of them

maybe it was literally stuck in transit. like wedged in a car’s wheel well /hj

Dɾҽαɱƈʅσυԃ I sure hope you reported that, those kinds of things do not fly here. Especially when many users actively struggle with mental health issues. On top of the fact that that language is against proboards tos to and is illegal in most places.

I did report it and the situation has been dealt with. That user deleted their own account before the mods took care to delete the two threads which they had created and where they had commented utterly vile things on after getting questioned on being a troll. Quite a confirmation to that accusation if you ask me. They also sent me 7 PMs with various more insults and repeated baiting which I was thankfully able to delete but still had to click on and read them before being able to do just that. I know this was "just a troll" but getting told such horrible things still triggered me yesterday and today when I deleted the private messages sent to me by this person from the day before.

I just heard about this and I'm terribly sorry this happened to you. I sincerely hope that karma comes to bite them in the ass.

If you need to vent or want support, my DM's are always open.

Thank you so much so much for the offer! I feel as though talking about it with someone face to face (I told my mother, my godmother and my sister about it today at our second advent family get together) has already helped me and will help me finally "deal" with having received such messages for the first time online. My mother also said she wants to talk more about that with me tomorrow since today was just rather busy with our family gathering. Thank you again for offering me to talk about it with you as well though! 

Dɾҽαɱƈʅσυԃ Sorry you went through that. Some people are just awful. ):

I'm tired of explaining things to people. Whenever I act as the messenger, an answer to their question, no bias or opinion given, just the straight facts, point A to point B, if it causes an emotional response and the recipient gets outraged, they may lash out at the first thing they see. The wall, a pillow, the messenger in front of them. I'm just done, and completely tired of it all. Even if someone asks for the weather, I will just tell them to look it up themselves. If it's going to be snowing outside tomorrow, or I tell them how much money greedy corporate executives make, or that x event happened, apparently it's "my fault". Maybe it's the first stage of grief: denial.

Note: This wasn't based off of anything recent (in fact this comes from over a half-decade ago), just years and years of being treated as the verbal punching bag by literally anyone because I chose to answer a question they had. Nah, I try not to do that anymore. Got a question? Google it. (Or whatever browser you use.)

also my head hurts and i'm all out of prescription migraine meds hooray

I honestly swear we are living double lives. This describes my former and current experience perfectly. 

For me, it's like eternal character stagnation. x_x