Testosterone causes a higher body temperature in general and it causes you to sweat more than estrogen does.
Surely if we’re looking purely at function, it would make more sense for it to be the other way around. If men were the main hunters, surely their body temperature would make more sense to be lower seeing as exercise raises your temperature even more?
Probably only for the brits here.
When I was a kid coco pops tasted fresh and chocolatey, the milk would end up as chocolate milk.
Now? they taste of air and there’s basically nothing on them and they just go super soggy.
TW: Discussion of water and personal signs of early phobia
I have severe thalassophobia and I think I just realised a couple of childhood signs.
When I was about 3, my dad took me swimming in the sea with my little floaty and I SCREAMED my head off, my memory of it is purely just not being able to see anything but waves and I remember being in shock for the few days after that. I think it was one of the first times i’d been in the ocean and I don’t know where the fear stems from but that was a sign.
The other sign is when my mum used to take me out to walk the dog, we had to walk along this thin causeway (it’s like a natural bridge across a lake) and i was always TERRIFIED. I’d break out in a sweat. I was scared i’d fall in and I was also scared something else would jump out of the water at me. I’d refuse to walk across unless I was holding her hand.
Again, I don’t know where my phobia comes from but I have severe childhood CPTSD so maybe something happened in water too? I’m not sure.
I’m wondering if anyone else had any early signs of this phobia or any other phobia (if you’re comfortable sharing ofc).
What are our favorite episodes, scenes and seasons?
Personally, I love season 8. I think they developed the characters super well in the last season and there’s a lot more exciting moments.
My favorite early episode is when the car ends up in the kitchen (and i love how they did the scene the exact same with the same wording in Fuller House).
Favorite moments have to be Jesse singing Forever to Becky, Vicky and Danny meeting, and Stephanie’s wedding in the first season.
Hey guys, I’ve been looking at getting into some more masculine things. I don’t exactly have any specific personality or hobbies - I like sport, music, working out.
I want to be able to pass better as a stealth guy anyway but I need to also build up a personality because I literally don’t have a set one.
I like music, bands and concerts so I guess getting some posters for my bedroom wall and getting some band shirts couldn’t hurt.
I also want to invest in some dumbbells so i can work out at home.
I’m looking at getting some more instruments again (I play acoustic guitar but I want to learn electric, I also play piano and drums. But all I own is an acoustic guitar at the moment).
I’m trying to get into baseball and hockey partly because i’m moving to canada permanently in a few months.
Does anybody else have any ideas? My mother keeps telling me to watch Star Wars, I’m wondering what else cis guys like.
Also does anyone have any tips or resources for masculine makeup especially guyliner for when i go to concerts.
My music taste switches a lot but I mainly LOVE NF, I liked One Direction as a kid, I like Alec Benjamin, Alex Sampson etc. but I stick to the same artists so I need some new recommendations.
Disclaimer: No, i’m not trying to change myself or my personality. I’m trying to build one. I never really knew who I was because I lived in my imagination as a kid 24/7 and when i started living in reality, I hated myself and everyone else bullied me so badly I just did what other people did and never learnt to do my own thing.
I vividly remember the episode when Jesse is about to move in with Becky and he’s comforting Michelle. I remember him saying “it’s only a 10 minute walk down the road and 2 seconds by Jet Plane”. But I just rewatched the episode 10 years later and didn’t hear or see that part of it. I’m wondering if anybody else remembers this?
I recently changed my first, middle, and surnames but i’m not sure how to actually get used to them and identify with them.
Does anybody have any tips?
I’ve been trying to change my surname for ages but nothing feels right!!
Ideally it needs to work with the name Samuel/Sam
I love names that have animals in them like Wolf, Fox or Lynx.
Preferably it would be a medium-long length name.
I like names that have a bit of meaning and I’m looking for light french roots or deeper canadian roots if possible.
I really would like a unique surname not something that super common but I also don’t want it to be cringey and just sound like I got it off a fantasy website.
Thank you in advance!
(also if you have any middle names that would be helpful too thank you)
Hey so just a disclaimer that some of what i’m about to say is obviously nowhere near as bad as what other people have gone through nor is it close to what my biological parents put me through.
For context, I was adopted by these people as a toddler and have no contact with previous guardians - I am now no longer living with them.
We’ll start with the ‘dad’. I saw a comment on TikTok the other day that said ‘I had a father, I didn’t have a father figure’ and that hit me hard. I have never felt close to him even as a child. I have always felt so trapped especially when I came out as transgender (FtM), I actually made an anonymous post on a different reddit account a few years back when I came out venting about their lack of acceptance and how I planned to move out as soon as I could - they read that because they found it while stalking me online and proceeded to guilt trip me into apologising.
When I came out, he didn’t even say anything and just went straight back to watching the television which hurt me. He never respected my name or pronouns and still doesn’t. He says he accepts me but I don’t believe you can accept someone without respecting them. When I changed my name (all parts), he got angry and said I was no longer his child and he didn’t want to speak to me again. I had tried to contact him around a week ago to speak about something and all I got was insulted and interrupted, I couldn’t even speak. After an hour of not being able to speak, I shouted over the phone the exact words ‘Will you just listen to me?’ and he hung up and blocked me. I haven’t spoken to him since nor do I ever plan to again.
I know if they find this post they’ll know it’s me and I will add updates as that progresses as they do.
Now onto the ‘mom’. While I have that natural attraction to want her to care for me and the traumatized part of my brain wants to see her as a parent; I wouldn’t say I love her. I used to but recently I don’t see the point.
I can’t even remember how it started to be honest but three days ago, I was speaking to her over a phone call as we usually do and she kept interrupting me which, naturally, made me angry. As soon as I called her out for it, I got a whole earful of ‘This is why you need therapy’, and ‘Sort this out yourself’ (the situation being the fact SHE abandoned me and kicked me out of her house a year ago and left me with abusive staff that I have to live with). I hadn’t said anything wrong and for three days I have been trying to reach out and get her to answer my calls to talk through the situation. As I said to her this morning: ‘You can’t expect an apology if you won’t speak to someone and all you’re doing by refusing to talk it out is bringing both of us down further’.
I have opened up on many occasions about my severe depression and how I can’t see a future more than 2 months from now. I’ve had depression for 8 years and I’ve received no help.
As for where I currently live:
I’m not allowed to leave the building at all.
I’m not allowed anything like scissors (even safety scissors) to continue my hobbies like knitting and crafting; nor am I allowed anything to continue sewing which I also enjoy.
They have been told and I keep telling them constantly NEVER to mention food around me as it will trigger my disordered eating and therefore I will not be able to physically eat for days - all they do is either come in every 5 minutes and ask what food I want OR they come in while I’m asleep (which I’ve also requested to stop) and leave random plates of food on the floor then proceed to complain at me the next morning for ‘the messy plates’.
Ive barely eaten properly for close to 2 months and even if I wanted to, there’s no healthy food in the house and leaving my room feels unsafe, unsanitary, and loud.
They talk constantly as well as purposely cough and clear their throats whenever they walk past my room (I only have a problem when it’s what they’re doing which is forcing it and laughing at me when it causes me pain). For context, I have severe tourette syndrome and those sounds trigger it and if I’m stressed enough, it can trigger seizures.
I’ve been refused my emergency inhaler on multiple life-threatening occasions, I’ve been refused endometriosis and PMS medication because ‘of the way I spoke to them’ (I calmly asked multiple times for a staff member to leave MY room because he was shouting and slammed the door into me causing multiple bruises).
I haven’t included much information on my soon-to-be ex-parents but to give you an idea:
- As a kid I’ve been chased up the stairs and even after surrendering and apologising I’ve had my legs slapped until they’re red raw
- I’ve been disowned by one person due to my choice in legally changing my name (which i plan to do again soon as they now know the name I chose and I feel unsafe with them knowing that information given how easy it is to track people).
- I’ve attempted to take my own life and I’ve harmed myself on many occasions due to the pressure and abuse I’ve been through.
- (They don’t know this one so if they read this I’ll be in big trouble:) I developed an alcohol dependency between the ages of 14-16 and I developed a nicotine dependency between the ages of 16-17 and I also gave in multiple times to other substances but never developed a dependency.
- I feel sick and tired of being told ‘This is why you need therapy’ yet the same person won’t pay for my therapy (due to legal name issues and the fact i can’t leave this room, i’m unable to get a job but if any of you know an online job id be able to do, that’d be fantastic)
- I’m literally starving to death and have lost my cats, the family it turned out I never had to begin with, my sense of identity, my trust in people, and my opportunities of college.
If you’ve read all of this, give me advice on your attention span lol.
Part of me tells me I’m overreacting but the other part says that situations are all different and it definitely feels like psychological abuse to me especially as I never realised it until the age of 15.
If you have any questions or would like more context, please ask. Any advice would be helpful as I’m not able to legally be independent of them for another year. Thank you Reddit!