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Hey all,
Lived in NY state Jan-Jul 2022, and in WI from Jul-Dec 2022. My federal w-2 box 1 says 87k, and my state w-2 box 16 for NY says the same amount 87k. Then my state w-2 box for WI says 47k. When filing on H&R block it says I owe about 2500 in taxes to NY? Shouldnt my NY W-2 box 16 be federal minus WI wages?

My father has NPD and was verbally and physically abusive to my mom and me growing up, I haven't spoken to him in 3 years. I have enough c-PTSD and have been to therapy for 3 years now on and off and have been doing pretty well.
My past relationships have been secure, and this was my first time seriously dating someone off a dating app. I met him 5 months ago, he immediately struck me as insecure since he couldn't give ANY compliments unless he was returning them, would brag about women he dated or had sex with (throw in lines like I dated an OnlyFans model once randomly in the middle of a convo). But I was Okay with having something not so serious with him. Slowly he convinced me he wanted to be serious, and I thought, Sure let's see. I'm way above your league but as long as I'm having fun, I'm willing to try too.
Three months in he started tearing me down - my house was too messy (after he'd create a mess), too disorganized, Is that what you wore to office?, You need better clothes, wear better colors, You don't invest in good things, 'You actually look good in that top/I actually like that top on you' like it surprised him. The best one was he said Your kettle and showerhead suck, I need to buy you the Costco one. for two weeks, until I found a return receipt from Costco for $250 where he returned among other things he'd used for a whole fucking year, the showerhead he talked about so often. I didn't comment, people can live the way they want, but a week before he'd said that People who return things to Amazon after using them are jerks when I told him I met someone who did that*.* Before I said anything about the receipt he said It's not the most moral thing but it works. LOL.
After I threw him out two weeks ago, I realized even though I SHOT BACK at every bad comment he made (I would reason : is he trying to add value to my life? Then realize there's a better way to do that too), even though I knew HE MUST BE HELLA INSECURE about himself to talk like that, though I even knew that this man lives a shit life (lies about having a Master's degree to get dates, tries to come off better than he is) I did slowly internalize some of it though I knew HE WAS WRONG. It was like my dad had come back to tear me down.
I hope that I got my mom (who entertained and is still married to an asshole) out of my system. I'll never again date someone who doesn't deserve me, even FOR FUN.

My mom abused me (physically, emotionally, verbally) behind closed doors, while keeping a mask to people outside. Not a single adult could see that. No one cared or saw anything strange about my family: my dad died, I had no siblings, and it was just me and my mom.
My mom kept around a close circle of other predatory people who treated their families the same behind closed doors and vulnerable people who were were easily manipulated by her. It was all well-masked to people outside. I was isolated. For years, these were the only people I was surrounded with. They gaslighted me; they said I was a terrible child who should be grateful for being abused. I gravitated to bullies at school, bc how they treated me reminded me of how my mom, and I saw that as normal and "love".
By middle school, I lost my voice. I went through trauma responses and dissociated from my own body every day. Adults would always ask why I was being so "serious" and "quiet". I would get singled out, and in one year my teachers contacted the school counselor. It baffles me that these adults were looking at a CHILD going through trauma responses from abuse and NEVER picked up on that. I got low participation scores for not talking in class and singled out to go see the school counselor with "problem" students. I felt like I was being punished and made out to be a problem for being abused by my caretaker.
In high school, the same thing continued. I was so emotionally dysregulated from the constant emotional, verbal, and (until 16) physical abuse that happened at home, that I completely lost the ability to study. I contemplated suicide. My mom would through crying fits in front of people outside and tell them that I was "creating problems" for her, while continuing to abuse me behind closed doors.
For college, I made the mistake of staying at home. It got worse. She policed what I wore. I was manipulated into doing pre-med/medical school, and attacked and manipulated whenever I suggested wanting to do anything else. She barged in on me doing homework one time, and started looking at it while yelling and screaming at me and calling me stupid. She policed my entire schedule. She would yell and scream at me for not getting haircuts how she wanted. Plus the subtle backhanded insults and put-downs every day.
Kudos to all the people who enabled my mom's abuse. Kudos to all those who said that I should be grateful for her. I now have no voice. I now attract abusers outside home. I've even been told on subs like this that an adult should have "played both sides" and been a "mediator" with my mom. To all of you enablers and "both-siders": fuck you. You're not the one who's taking responsibility for my trauma responses. Or the one giving a flying fuck about the fact that I attract abusers. If my life gets ruined from your advice, you still get to live comfortably and not give a flying fuck about the damn consequences. Fuck off.

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This means muni bond bought was purchased at significant discount so the principal gains or appreciation will get ordinary taxes instead of capital gains tax.
However, if this muni bond bought under de minimis rule is from the state or county or city you live in, will it still be subject to any tax? My understanding is muni bond is not taxed at IRS level, but only taxed at State/local level, but if you buy the bond from your home state or local jurisdiction, it's not taxed at state/local level as well.

I most likely made a mistake here, but I'd be appreciative of any info I could get, thanks!
I live in NJ, had Oscar insurance, and the 31st of October was my last day of work. My previous employer went out of business, but mentioned they'd continue paying health insurance for an unspecified amount of time.
Mid November, I contacted the insurance company and they said the premiums were paid. When I mentioned that the employer no longer was in business, they said they'd notify me if the plan was terminated or behind on premiums. End of November, I was still receiving emails about EOBs and miscellaneous plan information. In January, I received a 1095B stating I had coverage for all 12 months of 2022.
Time, and the open enrollment window, passes. Last week (March 20th), I log into my online portal to find my plan has been cancelled without warning. The date of cancellation is set as June 30th, 2022. On a call with Oscar support team, they mentioned how there were no late premium notices or termination letters sent to me at any time and suggested to submit a grievance report. The grievance report will take over a month to process and I'm not entirely sure if that would help me.
I called GetCoveredNJ, trying to qualify for special enrollment under exceptional circumstances: plan/program error. They denied the request, stating that not being notified didn't prevent me from signing up for insurance during open enrollment. Since it's NJ, I can't sign up for short-term insurance plans.
My questions are:

• Do insurance companies need to notify customers that the plan is terminated or behind on premiums?
  • If they are required, is there anything to be done when they don't?
• Am I stuck without insurance until the open enrollment window in November?

I realize I should have made use of the open enrollment window in November, but I trusted too much that they'd notify me of changes. Thanks again for your help.

Looking for 3, with a solid roster that includes several 6r3+ champs so you can contribute in AW and AQ concurrently and provide useful defenders. You're at least Thronebreaker, preferably Paragon. You play daily and can log in to use energy in AQ and AW regularly. And you can hold a conversation. You like hiking and dogs and have kind eyes and a generous natur.... Err... Wait, wrong website.
Ok, you need most of that stuff. We are the Nerd Brigade and we try to bring in people who will be friends, not just a set of pixels adding points to events. We have an active chat server, and good communication is 2nd only to meeting minimums as far as what we expect from members. And we treat people with respect. In the entire 6+ years of our history I can count on 1 hand the number of people we’ve kicked without ample warning. Sometimes life gets busy. You don't suddenly suck because of that.
We're mostly overachiever types that need some game/life balance, so we run a hybrid war type. You place assigned defenders every war, but you only need to join half of them for offense, and we keep ourselves at tiers where joining offense is pretty cake. Just post on the days you plan to fight so we can see how many we’ve got in each BG. Of course if you want to join offense every single war, all the better. Over half of us do. We encourage no item use in AW. We operate around T7 through T11 most often so the nodes aren’t difficult for our level of rosters and it’s a much more chill experience. And of course we also demand all members have a 6r4 sig 200 Cyclops to aid in AW dominance. Lots of people use him very effectively in AW you know...
In AQ we hit the 300 to 350 million mark each week. We actually run a pretty laid back AQ map set but still score over 300mil each week because we largely have deep rosters and high PIs giving us a higher than normal AQ score for the maps we run. You're welcome to choose map 5 or 6. If you like map 6, but can't always commit, you can move in and out of BGs as life's demands change for you. Is it your week to shovel the extra sticky shit at work and your significant other is being clingy? No problem, BG3 for you! Said significant other took the kids to their mom's for the week and you're living that sweet, sweet single lifestyle bingeing C-list Netflix shows and microwaving every meal? BG1 it is!
Communication: We use Discord for chat, it is a requirement. Always tag the person you unlinked in AQ so they know they can move. Let the group know when the next section is open if you kill the miniboss. Post in the "Unable to Play" channel if you'll be unable to move in AQ for half a day or more so we can make BG changes if needed. Post all your badass crystal openings so we can have revels. Everyone likes revels. Also post your super shitty let downs so I can bring up getting pre-buff Juggs as my first ever 6 star and whine about it some more for the 3rd year running. And always remember to tell RealmJumper to SAVE IT, randomly call Akkarin a horse abortion, and if you're wondering who to use on a particular piece of content, ask in the general channel, but be prepared for Clif to just tell you it's AA. Again.
We stopped event minimum requirements long ago because we’re active enough that we get top milestones no matter what, so no worrying about having to grind EQ at the end of the month or pop crystals you don’t need right now.
We have members who have been here for 5+ years. It's a good group of people. We tend to keep ex-members in Discord chat because whatever may cause a player to need to move on, we appreciate the relationships we build here and the camaraderie that comes from shared goals. If this sounds good, reach out on Discord or in game.
In game name: rjaf08 - or preferably use rjaf08#2303 to contact on Discord.
In game name: Rustyoneil - or preferably use Rustyoneil#2052 to contact on Discord.
Discord user handles are case-sensitive.
PS... just kidding about Cyclops.

Quality of life. There is apparently no interest in quality of life at Ableton HQ. The last great update was MIDI capture. 5 years ago. Since day 1 I've wanted to change the default key binds for the software. It's been 7 years since I began working with Ableton and the closest I have is LES + AutoHotkey with Oversampled's script which only covers most of the bases of what Live could potentially do. Max 4 Live has been a lifesaver as well for many of the features which Ableton STILL lacks. Granular, AZ Lab's Pad slicing mode, and Push 2 Arrangement Mode to name a few.
I still can't get over the fact that they haven't added a control + highlight feature after people have slowly been realizing the lack of it over a span of 10 years or so. It's not a necessity but it's little things like that which pushed me away from mouse and keyboard to the simplicity of Push's workflow (pun intended). I also was really hoping when the cloud feature was announced that it would finally allow us to easily share projects with each other by collecting all and saving with the exception of only needing to freeze/print tracks with plugins that others might not have. This would've been a game changer for me and my friends when we want to share the stems of our projects without the use of dropbox or google drive and the hassle that comes with that.
The Note app is a great addition to Ableton's lineup but the integration with other mobile/tablet applications is extremely limited and its features are so limited in general that it barely serves as a musical sketchpad. I've had plenty of other gripes about Ableton's software in the past about a lack of features as new technology is released such as integrating stem-splitting AI as an audio effect or max 4 live device. This is a feature on a handful of mobile music apps like Koala which I frequently have to set up when working in Ableton. I'll leave it there for Ableton's software.
I've had a Push 2 for a couple of years and it's been great for creating and getting ideas down without tediously clicking in piano roll or drawing automation lanes- that sort of thing. It's an amazing device for sampling and so far nothing beats the possibilities of the "hardware DAW". I have many other praises and reasons for preferring the device to anything else on the market to this day but that's not why I'm here. That being said, I can't stand the lighting power options. I understand USB C wasn't popularized until after the development of Push 2 was completed but this is no excuse for not having a rerelease or new model almost 10 years later. This seemingly simple solution to a major flaw in the device is what has me writing this portion of the review in the first place. After purchasing Push it seems like every change I've made to my home studio revolves around getting the thing to be more flexible. I purchased a MyVolts cable in order to power it from a power bank. I originally purchased a laptop and portable speaker for mobile production until I recently purchased a steam deck and set up VBan with my phone so I can use the Push anywhere I want with minimal issues getting audio on any speaker I want and close to 0 latency. Another note, its size. I can't take it anywhere unless it's the only thing in my bag. I have to be extra gentle when carrying it that way because the only solutions to travel are glorified tupperware (Decksaver) and Analog Cases (the standard in bulky but reliable cases since forever). I purchased an Analog case and I rarely use it because it has to be checked on a flight and it's way too bulky to make it on any road trips. No way around it when packing. Nothing new here, music equipment will always be impossible to haul for a number of reasons. Maybe it's not in Ableton's best interest to continue with Push development but it sure would've saved me a lot of headaches and money if they did. Not to mention the other issues I have with the device.
There are so many buttons on Push which, coming from a company that prides itself on creating software with fully integrated UI, is ridiculous. I understand a lot of passion and hard work went into creating the interface of the device revolving around the software. There's a reason the creators have their signatures on the back panel of every device. However, they did not meet the mark when it comes to conciseness and ease of use. It takes multiple button combinations to accomplish what can be done with a single mouse click in the software. I'm aware of many people who have the same complaints in their reviews of the Push. I also understand that this device was intended more for live performance but in my opinion, they targeted the wrong audience. There is also a major lack of functionality when it comes to changing parameters and many important functions of Ableton and VSTs alike. So much has to be MIDI mapped before Push is even remotely close to being a full solution for mouse and keyboard. As someone who takes pride in owning a Push, it is becoming increasingly difficult to justify the price combined with a lack of flexibility and native Ableton features. I haven't recommended it to anyone in a while even though it truly has a monopoly on Ableton hardware integration for obvious reasons.
With the steam deck I purchased, I was able to map almost all of the features of the Push (plus a few software features that it lacks) onto a controller with around 80+ total inputs/ combos which are all easily accessible on 16 (give or take) buttons of the device using the activator options through steam controller mapping. I've playtested these controls with a few friends and we made them at least twice as intuitive as Push 2's interface. This covers almost all of Ableton's necessary features and provides a great handheld and portable solution to music production for half the price of Push 2. Push only accomplishes a similar feat on around 60 buttons with a handful of combinations on top of that totaling around 70 possible inputs/ combos. This is obviously leaving out a lot of the draw to Push being mostly screenless and having a lot of buttons to accomplish exactly that. My argument for the deck is portability and ease of use. I could go on but for the sake of anyone reading this far, consult experienced people before purchasing a specific piece of music hardware, and don't make the same mistakes that we do by not studying up before making purchases or you'll be extremely let down by what you receive.
Edit: forgot to mention the lack of audio drivers in Ableton. The reason so many people come to this subreddit with audio device issues. ASIO is great and most audio interfaces solve the problem entirely but it still baffles me why they wouldn’t create their own like many other DAWs have. Quality of life.
TLDR Ableton is a groundbreaking DAW with plenty of near-necessary features which other DAWs don't provide, but it will quickly be left in the dust if they continue to slow development and procrastinate listening to customer feedback. And when the right group of software developers comes along they will easily take Ableton's place in a heartbeat. Push 2 became outdated the day it was released and continues to become more of a relic to own today. New technology and hardware on the market makes a good argument for the discontinuation of Push, but nothing beats the feeling of a well-designed piece of music hardware when developed by a forward-thinking team. Hopefully, others will agree that while Ableton does a lot of the heavy lifting for music producers, they need to take development and updates to the next level in order to stay ahead of the game. Thanks for reading!

I (F29) began dating My boyfriend (M29) around 6 months ago long distance and he is in his M3 year. I am an attorney and never dated someone in the medical field like this so I had no clue the process besides the general understanding of grad school and medical school being somewhat similar (and slightly more difficult) than law school. My boyfriend is considering surgery or EM residencies for next year. He is very blunt and I do appreciate that about him but he has made some comments that are concerning while being super angry at me (for truly no reason other than stress). 1. I apparently have no hobbies or interests or passions: even though I’ve taken and passed 3 bar exams and work a full time job that requires travel while living with my brother and our dog who I help take care of. Both me and my brother are super into sports and we live in an area where we attend many sporting events on our off days. We also travel to our alma mater almost every weekend for football games in the fall. The passion part is what throws me off. I’ve never been claimed to not have passion-I’ve done so much in my career by 29 that it’s almost a laughable accusation that I am not sure where it came from. He demanded I give him a 5 year plan because he was concerned I don’t have one-even though I am the one with the job, the 401k and support myself. I am not sure if it is an insecurity or what 2. Demeaning my profession-i no longer technically practice law (no longer in litigation) but I am in the academic setting for law in a very unique and coveted position by many of my colleagues. Apparently this doesn’t make me a true attorney in his eyes since I’m not arguing in front of a jury (which I never did when I practiced but okay). I also work from home when I am not traveling a few weeks out of the month and apparently I can’t comprehend the stress and problems he is going through and he wished “he could be an attorney cause it would be so easy”. He won’t let me give him any opinions or advice on anything because I just have no clue or couldn’t understand. But he has no problem bragging to his friends and family he is dating an lawyer. It’s just an odd thing to demean a person on.
I understand he is stressed but these “concerns” (more like insults) seemed to have been bothering him for a long time and it came out when we were fighting one night. I just don’t know if this is something others have experienced or if anyone has any advice with dealing with stuff like this. It would be greatly appreciated

I dated this guy for 5 weeks 20 months ago. We got back together 6 weeks ago. During that time i was 100% single and LOVED my single life! But I'm crazy about this guy-i was from the first week. I'm really into road trips, camping, and hiking. I've traveled all over my last state (Arizona) and my new state (California, have lived here a year now) during those 20 months (and before that) on tons of solo adventures and never felt alone. Now we are back together, it's long distance, and I feel lonely. We have plans to see each other every other weekend, but it's somehow lacking. I am not going to break up with him. Any advice on how to deal with the loneliness?? Any insights on why I feel it more now but didn't before he came back in the picture?

Hi friends!
I've never made a post like this before but I figured, why not. :)
I'm 33F, and I'm looking for something that would lead to marriage!
I don't want kids, and I'm interested in a man who has a "happy wife, happy life" mentality! :)
I am an old school kind of girl when it comes to dating, though you'd likely never guess it by looking at me! It makes my heart melt when men bring me flowers, open the door, help me put on my jacket, and pull out my chair. I love when men take the lead in dating, it really makes me smile, and that's the kind of life I'm looking for.
I've done a lot of work on myself (tons of therapy, etc), am incredibly even-keel emotionally and very well adjusted, and looking for the same commitment to self-growth and self-reflection in a partner. Drug use other than weed is a deal breaker. If you hate your job that's a deal breaker.
I tend to look on the bright side of life and don't believe in/have time for folks who spend a lot of time being negative or complaining. I love spending time with people who elevate me, and that's what I'm looking for in a partner. I'd rather connect on dates over shared passions and inspirations, than waste time talking about failed relationships or bad experiences on the apps. What lights you up? What gets you excited? What's the best resto you've been to recently? What's the last wine you fell in love with? I love people who are interesting and interested; I value curiosity and integrity, and people who are living their dream/passion are my kinda people.
When I'm not working, I love tasting menus and challenging fancy restaurants to accommodate my wacky allergies. My favourite nights out this past year involved restaurants, rooftop patios, and Raptors games, as well as a film festival all about food and drinks! I see good food and drink as an event and as culture, and I'd love to date someone who also loves bonding over food and sees it as a fun activity rather than as just getting fuel/a waste of money. I love wine tastings, coffee tastings, cocktail making - anything culinary! All my other passions I've turned into my work/career, and I'll leave that info out of the post due to privacy reasons!
In terms of looks, I'm a white girl with tattoos and long nails - people tend to think I'm an OnlyFans girl or an escort on looks alone LOL, but alas I am not in that industry! No shade on women with those careers, I fully respect it, but it ain't me; I'm just not sure how else to describe my 'look' without referencing those stereotypes. I'm also saying this to get it out of the way as many people may be attracted to my look to hook up with only and not to date seriously - I am not a hook up girl, so if that's you, please don't waste either of our time by shooting your shot. I'm looking for serious men only, and men who will confidently bring a tattooed white girl home to their parents, if it gets to that point (saying this because I do date interracially and I know some cultures/parents can be a little less open minded/would prefer their sons marry within the culture/religion).
I know some reading this will think I'm out of line or my standards are too high; I assure you, I have a wonderful dating life and have had many great relationships with men who were happy to take the lead and treat a lady. I just haven't found my forever quite yet. :)
Happy dating, everyone!
xoxo

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Easterns

April 1-2 in partly cloudy Little River, SC
Livestreaming Schedule

Date	Local Time	UTC Time	Div	Matchup	Watch

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Men's Pools – Schedule and Results

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
#1 Massachusetts	#2 North Carolina	#4 Vermont	#7 Oregon
#12 Pittsburgh	#11 Minnesota	#8 Cal Poly-SLO	#13 Carleton
#24 NC State	#18 Northeastern	#15 Tufts	#14 Brown
#21 California	#20 Ohio State	#22 Georgia	#17 Michigan
Auburn	UNC-Wilmington	Wisconsin	#25 South Carolina

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Northwest Challenge

April 1-2 in rainy Seattle, WA
Men's Pools – Schedule and Results

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
#19 British Columbia	#16 Washington	Utah State	#23 Oregon State
#12 D-III Whitman	Utah	Western Washington	Victoria
Dartmouth	Washington State	Gonzaga	Chico State

Women's Division – Schedule and Results
The main women's division was last weekend, however, it looks like there will be at least one game between Portland and Whitman this weekend, as part of the Tier 2 division. Not sure if more teams are still to be added to the schedule.
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Huck Finn

April 1-2 in partly cloudy O'Fallon, IL (near St Louis)
Men's Pools – Schedule and Results

Pool A (Tier 1)	Pool B (Tier 1)	Pool C (Tier 2)	Pool D (Tier 2)	Pool E (Tier 3)	Pool F (Tier 3)
Washington-St Louis	Iowa State	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	#10 D-III St Olaf	St Louis	Marquette
Emory	Missouri	#6 D-III Grinnell	Illinois	Boston University	Georgia State
Cincinnati	Purdue	Chicago	Kentucky	Arizona State	Illinois State
Notre Dame	Alabama	Florida State	#9 D-III Missouri S&T	DePaul	Central Michigan
Vanderbilt	Indiana	#8 D-III John Brown	Michigan State

All teams can reach the championship bracket, but more spots are allocated to teams in higher tiers.
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East Coast Scrimmage Weekend

April 1 in rainy Ardmore, PA (near Philadelphia)
Women's Pool – Schedule and Results

Pool A
#1 North Carolina
#2 Vermont
#5 Tufts
#15 Yale

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B-Team Brodown

April 1-2 in partly cloudy Pittsburgh, PA
Men's Pools – Schedule and Results

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Pittsburgh-B	Penn State-B	#21 D-III Franciscan	#23 D-IIII Messiah
Ohio	Lehigh-B	Michigan-B	Ohio State-B
#18 D-III Rochester	Carnegie Mellon-B	Shippensburg	Case Western-B
SUNY-Fredonia	Ave Maria	Dayton-B	SUNY-Buffalo-B

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Atlantic Coast Open

April 1-2 in partly cloudy Axton, VA
Women's Pools – Schedule and Results

Pool A
Cornell
Liberty
George Washington
George Mason
Cornell-B

Men's Pools – Schedule and Results

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D	Dev Round Robin
Penn State	Duke	Rutgers	Cornell	Maryland-B
#3 D-III Richmond	Virginia Tech	Lehigh	Georgetown	South Carolina-B
#5 D-III Navy	Temple	Connecticut	Liberty	Virginia Tech-B
Johns Hopkins	MIT	VCU	East Carolina	Cornell-B
George Mason	American	Charlotte YCC		Georgetown-B
				George Washington-B
				American-B

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Top 25 Rankings from Ultiworld Top 25, but not yet updated for this week.

I'm about a week and a half into my experience of therapeutic ketamine and I've been journaling around each dose as part of my broader effort to be engaged in the "work" of it and really try to lean into the neuroplasticity it's (hopefully) affording me. Other people being transparent and communicative about their mental health journeys has been really impactful in moving me from the "I could probably benefit from therapy" stage to actually having a therapist—and now to beginning to integrate ketamine alongisde that as well. I thought I'd pay it forward and speak to my own experience so far as welll in the hopes that it might be similarly helpful for others and just generally be a positive way for me to reflect on it myself. Questions, tips, and whatever else ya'll might have are welcomed!
A little bit of context
I have anxiety and unipolar depression. I'm not sure as to whether or not I'd fall into the treatment resistant category or not as I've never tried "traditional" antidepressants, but the research I did on ketamine painted a picture of a potential therapy that had a safety profile and efficacy timeline that I was much more comfortable experimenting with as a first line treatment than that of SSRIs. Drug history wise I went into this with just a one-off experience with a pretty low key marijuana edible from college under my belt.
The treatment protocol
I've been presribed 200 mg ketamine doses in its RDT (Rapid DIssolving Tablet) form. My first two doses were half doses of 100 mg each and the next two I've done so far were the full 200 mg. The protocol throughout has been to hold the dose in my mouth for half an hour before swallowing.
The first two (half) doses
I went in on a mostly empty stomach—a couple small cookies a couple of hours before kickoff time to try to walk the line between a fast and not being so hungry as to be kind of faint or queesy from that. I'd taken a NAC (N-acetyl cysteine) supplement about 4-5 hours earlier in some fruit juice (the only way I was able to mask just how sulphiric and bitter that stuff is) and had been drinkning green tea throughout the day with another 15-20 ounces of it ready to drink post-experience. All of this in the interest of erring on the side of being too cautious when it comes to stuff that (maybe?) helps fend of potential bladder-related side effects.
I pulled up a POV nature hike video to play in the background took about 10 minutes to meditate (a simple mindfulness meditation on breaths in and out). and began the dose. After the NAC supplement the bitterness of the ketamine was nothing—it even struck me as slightly sweet in comparison. The biggest challenge by far was just holding my spit for a full half hour, but I made it through with just a few half swallows where I let my throat muscles do what they wanted to without letting (much) of the dose get carried out of my mouth.
Eye mask went on, recliner went back, and I started an ambient track from one of the many great ketamine therapy playlists out there. Over the course of the next (what felt like) ~15 minutes my body began to fade away (joining my mouth which had already been fairly well numbed from holding the ketamine). Visuals that had been pretty similar to standard patterns that might emerge from rubbing your eyes gradually shifted into a dark landscape that felt like it was made out of the music I had playing. I felt a distinct sense of accelerative motion. Nothing room-spinning like getting too drunk can elicite. More a sense of being on kind of a slow roller coaster.
By this point I'd left my body behind almost entirely. I rubbed my fingers together a few times along the way to reassure myself that I still existed, but was pretty comfortably detached, existing as a dissembodied conciousness after a shift that felt a lot like the moments leading up to anesthesia kicking in before a medical procedure. Zooming away from your body, except instead of nothingness and then waking up to the recovery room there was this whole new plane of existence.
As the experience continued I found that experiences and memories from my past were able to be kind of "projected" onto the landscape around me. I could inhabit them, but all the parts of myself that might have felt a visceral or emotional reaction to the more difficult or painful memories were just off. It was safe to observe them. Safe to imagine myself back in them. I was really struck by the implications of that for folks who have more significant and more serious traumas in their past rather than the more mundane slings and arrows I had.
Gradually the visuals faded away and my body started to fade back into existence. I called a friend who'd offered to be on-call if I needed support during the experience and, with a gradually increasing ability to communite effectively described much of the above to him over the next hour or so. The opportunity to reflect out loud to him really enhanced the catharthis I felt from the whole experience. I found myself grinning several times during the conversation, just revelling in the positive refreshed feeling I had coming out of it. I compared it to the brain equivelent of a long shower after a long day out at the gym or hiking or something.
The first full dose
One of the things I'd reflected on after the first half dose was that when considering the therapuetic value of the trip itself it seemed to me like it would have been useful to be similarly deep in it but to have had a longer experience at that depth. The full dose definitely gave me that, but involved a far deeper initial trip to get there—one that I think hit the level of full ego death.
Double the dose seems to hit like double the dose on every level. I was feeling some of the whooziness and far more numbness in my mouth within 5 or so minutes rather than 10-15. The half hour hold period was a blur, and the journey into the visual sound landscape felt more like 5 minutes than 15. Along the way into that space I saw my work calendar stretch, contract, and finally disintigrate in front of me, time became meaningless. So the next step up in intensity felt sudden. It just happened. Visuals became far more colorful, far more elaborate. Not necessarily the classic geometry of psilocybin or LSD that I've seen described, but definitely involving some elaborate fractals. I saw my life and my memories represented in front of me and like the calendar, they fell apart. They didn't feel real in the reality I was now in. I remember feeling momentarily alarmed a number of times throughout this process, primarily around key moments of realizing I didn't really know who or what I was anymore, but it was fleeting and I was able to continue to relax and give in to the trip. I could still get some limited sensory input from actual reality but I no longer really remembered what exactly what happening when I did something like rub my hands together. It didn't make sense as an input.
A little after peak intensity I was self aware enough to remember that outside the trip I did in fact have a body and that body needed to pee. On the half dose that had been pretty easy. On this full dose it was more involved. The first issue was that I'd fabricated a reality between the trip and actual reality. By that I mean that I pulled up my eye mask and sat upright before realizing that no, actually I didn't do either of those things and I was still in it. After I overcame that I found that I really didn't trust my legs to support me. They definitely worked, I just still felt so detached from them that it didn't feel like they would. So some crawling was involved to get to the bathroom and back.
The second half of the trip very much felt like the first half dose. I was in that gentler landscape of sound. Dissociated but not to the point of that full loss of self. Able to view memories in that safe detached way. As I was coming down from it I had a repeat of the initial debrief with my friend and again enjoyed that positive refreshed feeling—albeit alongside a bit more of a headache.
The second full dose
This one was unpleasant in a way that none of the others had been, and I think it was largely to my comparitively bad preparation in the leadup to taking the dose and taking it at the tail end of a day where I'd just been off. Low energy and out of it from a poor night's sleep the night before. As a result instead of going into it in a relaxed accepting post-meditation mindset I went into it with very little intention and feeling rushed to start before it got too late.
This led to an experience where I ended up with one foot in reality and one foot in the trip. Instead of the feeling of motion through the trip I felt like I was being stretched across realities. Instead of relaxing into it I was fighting it, including some anxiety that ramped up around the idea that my blood pressure would get too high and I'd die if I didn't stay in control and leading to me measuring it repeatedly (and then struggling to read and remember the results).
Being heavily dissociated but still trying to hold onto reality led to a trip where I was under the impression that I'd been some kind of pilot of my body, trying to live a life but ultimately failing by getting myself into the state I was in. It felt like I'd permanently lost control of my body and that I'd done so so catastrophically that my conciousness was also going to be permanently shattered and trapped between worlds. Dwelling on the failure in a kind of panic. This came through as a kind of pain that felt like intense pressure in my mind, contributing and probably feeding off that feeling of being stretched between worlds.
I rode it out to the less intense soundscape level but found that I was too shaken to really engage with it. I stayed up long enough to satisfy myself that I'd hydrated more than enough and went to bed. The next day was really a continuation of the last. Feeling out of it, feeling shaken from the experience the night before, plus feeling the more typical tiredness of the day after ketamine (something I got a little of on previous doses).
That said, today came with a lot more of the upsides back. Laughing more easily, feeling hopeful, energetic, etc... So I'm hopeful that even a bad trip still contributes positively to my mental health, even if on a slight delay.
Initial results and side effects(?)
The day I went into my first dose I wasn't in the deepest darkest pit of my depression or anxiety spirals. It was a pretty good day. So my most recent baseline of comparison isn't a maximaly stark one. That said, I definitely feel like I've noticed positive change already. I haven't had any kind of suicidal thinking, I haven't had an anxiety spiral get out of control, I've felt quite a bit less laid down and more able to feel hopeful about the future again. I've felt like there's a lower barrier of entry involved in doing things and making decisions, even at the mundane level of it being a lot easier to just wake up and get out of bed.
From a side effect standpoint I experienced some minor and brief bladder discomfort with the first full dose but I'm not sure whether to attribute it to the ketamine or some spicier than normal food I'd eaten after the dose. In either case, I increased the amount of watetea/aloe juice I was drinking before, during, and after the experience with the second full dose and the experience didn't repeat itself. So fingers crossed for continued smooth sailing there.
Reflections on preparation
Getting into a mindset of truly embracing the first few verses of Tomorrow Never Knows (and I suppose by extension the Psychadelic Experience) strikes me as really heavily involved with the positive experience of my first three doses. It's certainly a big part of what my third lacked. Going in accepting whatever it is I'll get and committed to taking the journey. Will I dissociate pleasantly and revisit memories in a healing way? Great! Will I experience death and have a really scary trip? That's fine too. "Turn off your mind, Relax and float down stream. It is not dying. Lay down all thoughts, Surrender to the void. It is shining." On less intense parts of the trips I actually used those lyrics as a kind of mantra; a reminder to, well, do exactly what they're instructing me to do.
I think that getting into that positive headspace (and being better rested on the day of a session) will be a harder criterion going forward for whether I'll go or no-go a ketamine dose that day.

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I started the process of breaking up with my bf of 2 years this morning because I wasn't happy with our relationship anymore. We're both 22 and long distance (like really long, USA to Japan), having met in college while he was doing an exchange program. The first year I spent with him was the best of my life, and I think about it often. But now it's different. We've met up 3 times since starting long distance a year ago, and each time has had a big blowout argument. He left me alone sick in a foreign country, literally sprinting away after telling me how he disliked me. When I didn't chase him he came back and complained how I was supposed to follow him, even though I had been afraid I'd puke like 10 minutes before. Another time while he visited we had a blowup argument because I'd said I'd be open to drive him and friends to a party. I'd said I didn't want to agree to a hard time, it's a college house party and it'll go late, but he gave them a time (10pm I think), and got really naggy and insisted that I leave my event to drive him. When I tried to tell him I wasn't ok with how the night went down, he insisted on having a shouting match outside the house, breaking down into sobs and begging me not to leave him. He then went back into the party and talked about the event with our mutual friends, while I went home and picked him up later. Another time we had an argument about my unfortunate hairline (I'm a 22 year old white guy with a pretty badly receded hairline), an argument we've had before and never really reach a conclusion on. Eventually he said he'd stop bringing it up if I promised to get hair plugs. I told him I didn't want to make a promise just to stop an argument, and we kicked it down the road again. We had plans to move to another country to live with each other for a year before getting married to get him a green card to live in the US, but now I don't want to move across the world and risk being unhappy and isolated. I started breaking up with him and told him my reasoning (the arguments, the fact that he isn't out to his family despite talking marriage, our mismatched libidos(we haven't had penetrative sex since he left 10 months ago despite meeting up and spending almost 2 months together)). He's hysterical, constantly texting and calling after our nearly 2 hours of calls, telling me how much he loves me and how he didn't mean the things he said about my hair and how he can't live without me. I feel so bad seeing him cry, and I know he's given things for our planned future (grad school testing, starting his career, etc). I don't know if breaking up is the right thing, he really doesn't want it and I don't really either. I love the memories we have together, and laying in bed wrapped around him is the happiest I've ever been. But I don't know if I can handle that level of dedication. I'm not sure whether I love him or just care for him and his well-being. I constantly fantasize about dating new people, and have installed dating apps to look around before deleting them out of guilt. We're clearly both a mess, I'm sick with a cold and exhausted from my lab work and college capstone projects. I'm planning to start therapy soon, so should I hold off on the breakup stuff? I feel like I'd be lying if I stayed in the relationship because I think I've fallen out of love, but idk if I'm having a mental health episode and if the urge to break up will pass.
I'm a mess, sorry for formatting.

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Hey, all. I have the most infuriating dilemma that's practically driven me to insanity.
On one hand, I have an apartment that I absolutely love and deeply consider my home. There's no part of me that would be moving... If it weren't for my neighbors. They have a tendency to be fairly noisy, mostly playing their TV loud enough for me to hear and I have an upstairs apartment. I've tried calling the office, thinking it's better for my apartment manager to talk to them than me. But, every single time. They seem to be okay, but a week or so later they're back at it. Maybe I'm overreacting, but it's an every day type of occurrence. There's more to their noisiness, but this is the current worst part to deal with. Most of the rest is excessive slamming doors, etc. Before them, I could enjoy my entire apartment in peace. Now, I feel confined to my bedroom and miss out on my living room/art studio space. But, maybe with my white noise machine, etc, I could deal with that.
Now, for the decision-making difficulties. A little over a week ago, I found a house that looked nice from the outside. I applied, even without seeing pictures. Why? Because my neighbor downstairs, the same ones who have been a huge bother already, is pregnant. I'm terrified that the baby could keep me up at night, bother me while I'm trying to work, etc. I understand it's a baby and they have little control over how it may act, but I need to consider my own life as well. I have no idea how bad that will be for me being above them. It could be horrendous. It could be no problem at all. Or anything in between. But, the house itself is fairly nice. Just doesn't quiet compare aesthetically in some ways to my apartment.
Now, this house has its perks. I want to keep my mountain views. It has mountain views upstairs. This is fairly difficult to find, even if the views aren't as good as I have it now. It's in the location I want, for a price I can mostly afford. It's just missing on a few things like I prefer hardwood in the living area, dark cabinetry with lighter countertops. But mostly I like to have blinds on my dang windows and they not only don't have them, but won't install them. It has the yard, the privacy, but missing on the aesthetic things that I most enjoy. I do like it for the most part and another home that I can afford in this very small area may not come along, but I'm not sure I even want to stay here longer than a year. Unless things change in my life and I find friends, etc, in the next year after already not finding that in the year I've been here, I might leave despite loving this state/area.
So, if you were in my situation, what would you do? Things to keep in mind - I work from home and I'm in my home frequently, so it's nice to have low amounts of noise. - The home could cost me about $3,500 in deposits and moving costs, closer to just $600ish just in moving costs. I should get most of the security deposit back, so I try not to think about those costs. Rent, etc is only about $40/mo increase, but utilities could me hundreds every month. Anywhere from at least $100 to as far as $400/mo increase, though I think closer to 200-300/mo. - While I do like the home, there's a huge part of me that wants to just put everything in storage and travel for several months or so after my next lease is up (a year from now either way, which can be a long time in either scenario). However, a year is a long time and I could end up changing my mind and staying and the house could then become a huge asset if the owners let me stay for at least a could of years and not just the one year lease. -My apartment manager has assured me that if the baby is something I can't handle and keeps me up, etc, that I can get out of my lease with no fees, etc. However, it's really hard to find a good home for a decent price here and especially hard to find one with a mountain view, even just from upstairs.
If anyone has any thoughts, please let me know. I'm back and forth in a way that would make anyone dizzy! I have probably the best apartment you can get, but crappy downstairs neighbors. I don't want to be chased out, but maybe a house is better for me? But I'm not sure it's worth the financial output. I'm just all over the place and any advice helps.
TLDR; I have the best apartment you can imagine with great mountain views and beautiful interior, but fairly annoying neighbors as is and they have a baby on the way. I can't predict how the baby will be and my manager says I can leave if it's bad, no fees, but I don't know if I should preemptively move to a house I'm less in love with for more money when it's nearly impossible to find a house here in my price range at all.
Should I risk it and stay in a home I love or go for the house that may be the best I could get when I don't know if I'd stay more than a year?

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my wife and I bought a beach house last June, it’s a 4 unit community that shares a pool and common area(lot of land) the community is made up of 2 sets of townhomes.
Information about the homes/ occupants.
Home A: couple in their 50s, wife is the HOW treasure.
Home B: our home, we bought and the home is in a trust that also include my parents. Basically the property is shared by my parents, my wife, and I. My mom is the current HOA president (explanation to follow).
Home C: elderly couple (late 60s early 70s) husband was former HOA president. He’s the asshole. Decided to list their home for sale, they also have a house on Florida, which they said they were moving to regardless of their home sells her by May. If it doesn’t sell they will just rent it out. He spends all of his day sitting outside because he hates his wife.
Home D: also bought around the same time we bought our house. Used as a rental property.
Back to the story…
We move in around June and aren’t there full time. But spend a decent amount of time there. We’ve always been friendly and helpful and tried to respect everyone. Husband of house C has always had issues with us, to many visitors, not leaving our outside lights on, and many other trivial petty things. Well when he decided to list his house back in OctobeNovember he said he wanted to give up the HOA president position (because he assumed his house would seek fast, even with him listing it 100K over what we bought our house for, which is almost identical, plus rising rate). He suggested the husband of home A take it on. Home A thought it wasn’t a good idea having the president and treasurer of the HOA in the same house/married to each other. So they nominate my mom.
Some Information about my mom. She has been a real estate agent for 20 years, has worked with HOA’s before, built up the rental and property management side of her company and has plenty of experience on what to do.
So everyone votes and elects my mom as president (she also asked the former president if they wanted to wait until he sold his house before taking over, to which he said no, go ahead and start asap).
Come to find out after my mom takes over that the last 8 years they’ve been engaged in this good ol boy method of taking care of bills/vendors/accounting. The former president let our liability insurance lapse and didn’t tell anyone. So my mom naturally is trying to right the ship and get everything taken care of. She got quotes for insurance and provided that info to the owners and the former president provided a new quote from the former insurance company that was more expensive and provided less coverage. So naturally everyone else voted for one of the quotes my mom got.
Our pool has had a leak for 2 years and the former president has just put a band aid on it instead of finding the cause. Every time she tries asking questions he gave her the run around. I get the vibe that he’s a misogynist and doesn’t like women’s in power asking him questions, he’s been totally useless.
Everything blew up this weekend…we have residential elevators, the manufacturer states they should be inspected yearly and the battery replaced every 3-4 years. They guy that services the elevators is the same one who installed them, and he has requested that all 4 home do it at the same time as it’s easier for him because he lives 1.5 hours away. My mom being a proactive president got all the information and his first available time and emailed it to all the owners. She didn’t commit to anything. There’s also a new law in place for rentals with residential elevators that she include. Home A and D agreed and were thankful/appreciative. Home C blows up in a and stars taking shit and just being a Dick to my mom. This guy has fought my mom every step of the way. He then threw up using spectrum for our pool phone without getting any quotes…but he’s the one use chose them in the first place.
This whole thing is ridiculous, none of the other neighbors like him and he’s a bully. My only hope is someone will buy the house so he can get out of here.
If anyone want to buy a beach house lmk, lol.
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I matched with someone on Bumble on Sunday and we have a date lined up for Friday.
Now here's the thing — I barely know anything about her, which is why i'm confused on why we're going on a date, or how I should interpret this. We decided to plan a date without much talking in the start (which is how i've heard it works in the US, but again this is Korea so not sure how to look at this).
The problem with this is I don't know if she's into me, which makes me question how to approach this date. I'm into her, and if she was into me, i'd lean into the flirty, a bit more testing-the-water kinda touchiness, but now I barely know what to do.
On top of that, she doesn't seem like a very good texter (she texts me every 1-2 hours but she does genuinely seem busy but she never stays and waits for me to finish typing a message) which is against what I heard (Korean women are possessive and a bit clingy?), and now i'm leaving out time to match the energy (i work a tech job so i get notifications and can pretty much reply immediately if i want to).
She definitely gives me more introvert vibes — def not a ons/fwb kinda person. I like her, I like her basic life values. But i don't know if she asked or knows enough about me to make me think she likes me a lot. and no i'm not a 10 like almost everyone on this sub. I'm in korea atm, and as a brown guy, you don't get a lot of matches which is doubly surprising — what do i do lmao.
Yesterday we were both working very late and i asked her if she wanted to get on a call (we have never done that), but she replied 'that will be awkward' — another curve ball thrown my way. how do i interpret this now. In the states, i never used dating apps and knew a vibe when i saw one which is why i'm not sure how to take this.
Is this like an english practice thing? idk how to look at this and it's driving me crazy. It's not even a random coffee date we have a date planned for the cherry blossoms at seokchon lake (romantic?) after dinner.
note: based on korea's beauty standards, i definitely don't think she struggles to find people if she wants to, but also she gives me introvert vibes so yeah. Also i'm 19, she's 21. Also I don’t speak too much Korean and have been texting her only in English.

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