u/Major-Inevitable-365

I (M/25) just had a hectic move to a new house a month ago, in which I lost my prescription and was unable to retrieve it. And then, when I had another meeting with my provider to get more, they either sent my meds to my old house or never sent it at all. So I have been completely off my meds cold turkey for about a month now and I’m questioning if it’s a good idea to just get rid of my prescription. On the one hand, I’m a lot more active in going after what I want now and am not coasting through life, plus not having to pay for meds would be nice. But on the other hand, I am now feeling emotions way too hard; I got in trouble at work for being snippy with customers, I‘ve gone from crying once every 2 months for actual reasons to crying twice a day just from being stuck in my thoughts, and I’ve come to the conclusion recently that while I don’t want to end things, I do unironically hate myself. Idk if I should go back on my meds because of this. I do like feeling actual emotions, but I’m worried that it might go too far and lead to me hurting myself, so I’m wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience.

I (M/25) have a strange history with Addison. From the time she blew up on TikTok to only 2 months ago, I really disliked her and thought she was a vapid industry plant who had no right being as popular as she was. But after the story of her striking down that ICE video with her song in it and the pics of her at the Grammys came out, I started to change my tune and fully did when I watched various interviews with her and realized she’s probably the sweetest person in the world. I’m genuinely really interested in her as a person and I dig and relate to how she’s had so many setbacks, but keeps picking herself back up and smiling away. Like I read stuff about what’s she put up with in her past and I’m horrified, especially because a lot of people seem to respond by making up lies that she’s a coke-addicted MAGAt because I can tell that’s not true (I can 100% tell she has ADHD like she said bc I also have it). But for a while, I didn’t really listen to her music because I felt like it wouldn’t appeal to me. Not that I thought it would be bad, but I’m a straight white guy so I just didn’t think it would be my thing. Today, I finally listened to her album and…unfortunately my fears were correct.

I’m really sorry, but I didn’t like it. I didn’t HATE it mind you, it’s decently well written and produced, just not my thing and not what I would’ve expected if I solely knew her from her interviews. My problem isn’t the common criticism she keeps getting that it’s “inauthentic“, that’s BS, rather it’s that it seems like she has a lot of interesting stuff on her mind but isn’t too sure right now how to convey that in a way that feels uniquely to her personality. I’ve heard people say that she‘s working on her style and will evolve, but considering how commercially and critically successful her album was, I’m worried that we’ll just get more of that stuff.

But I feel awful that I disliked it because again, I LOVE her as a person and I hate the idea of not being able to understand why all of you enjoyed it so much. It genuinely makes me super sad, but unfortunately I have to say it’s not my thing, although I’ll always appreciate and love Addison :(

I‘m looking to make a horror short film where instead of being scary or gory, it’s more atmospheric and creepy and aesthetically pleasing, so it’s something you could watch on Halloween that everybody (mainly Gen Z tho) can watch without being scared or grossed out. The only points of reference I have for what I’m sort of looking for is Picnic at Hanging Rock and Michael Jackson’s Thriller, but I’m wondering if anyone has any other recommendations that might help

Would you rather have them discuss hot button issues or do you want escapism? How political do you want them to be? Comedies or dramas? And do you think there are already movies and stories out there that embody what you want to see in the future?