u/FinancialNeat3792

so i have general anxiety but the dental specific version is on a completely different level. i can get through most stressful things but the moment i'm in a dental chair my brain goes into full panic mode. racing heart, sweating, sometimes tears and i am 34 years old lol. i have managed to keep going because i found someone who genuinely adjusts to me, stops when i need a break, explains each step first. i currently see Dr Zadeh in Tarzana and she never makes me feel like i'm being dramatic. but even with a good dentist the anticipatory anxiety in the days before is still rough. what do you all do to manage the anxiety before and during dental visits? breathing, distraction, medication? want to know what has actually worked for real people

We’re having a nightmare with a fitness app where the background tracking gets killed on Xiaomi and Samsung devices but works perfectly on Pixels. We’ve implemented the standard "Don't Kill My App" workarounds, but it still feels like a losing battle. At 8ration, we’ve tried using various heartbeat patterns, but even those get throttled after a few hours. Is there a library or a specific service type that you’ve found to be more resilient against these aggressive power managers, or is the only real solution to beg the user to manually whitelist the app in their settings?

I love fruit. I eat a ton of it. But sometimes my sweet craving is specifically for something that tastes like dessert or candy, not a strawberry. And that's the craving that gets me in trouble because the only options I can think of are ice cream (250+ cals) or actual candy (300+ cals). What do you eat when you specifically want something sweet and dessert-like that comes in under 100 cals? Real answers please, not just ""have an apple"" because I've been having apples and they don't scratch this particular itch.