u/cookie_cat_82

is the sushi any good? I’ve heard mixed reviews in the past so wondering what people here think now. I have a busy work day on Wednesdays and often have to go grab something before my second job, or not eat until I’m home at 9:00 lol so i’ve been debating trying the sushi today since it’s $5 wednesday (ps I know I can’t do much complaining about $5 sushi LOL but just curious if it’s worth a shot)

should’ve mentioned this in my recent post lol sorry about the extra post

I meant to mention: sometimes I do still find myself masturbating when my bf isn’t around, but I still don’t seem to have an actual sex drive. Why could this be?

Was it your birth control? Intimidate / connection issues with your partner? A vitamin deficiency?

I’m 24 and I’ve noticed within the last 8-10 months or so that my drive has hit rock bottom. It scares me a lot because I worry it’s a connection thing with my bf, but I also wonder if it’s body related. I had blood work done a year ago and had low B12 levels. I just got my blood work done again a few days ago for the new year, and again, my B12 is very low. It all seems to correlate with when my drive starting going down. It kind of seemed like it came out of nowhere. I don’t think it’s an issue with my bf and I, but he thinks we have no emotional connection anymore (largely because of no intimacy). I also wonder if i’ve been more irritable lately and if it’s also an effect of the low B12. ***side note, part of the no sex started because I was taking a medication for my new diagnosis of a skin condition, and the medicine impacted the effectiveness of my birth control, so I didn’t wanna risk anything. Even after I finished that, I had no drive. I don’t know if it’s because my libido really IS low because of medical reasons, or if it’s a subconscious mental block kind of thing where I’m subconscious nervous since it’s been so long? Idk what it is

Not here for medical advice, just wondering what could be wrong with me :( (even just in an emotional sense). I used to love being intimate with my bf in any way up until around July/August of 2025, and then everything stopped. We’ve been together for 2.5 years now so I know it disappoints both of us that we’re feeling like we’re hitting rock bottom

Any other women ever feel this way? Was it an issue with something like a vitamin deficiency? An issue between you and your partner? Just seeking input and advice

**EDIT: I do still masturbate some, so why is my actual sex drive so low?

the one thing I wish we could do is “imagine” what a wallpaper or flooring looked like in a sample blank room before buying them at Nook’s Cranny — anyone else?

Or maybe, just maybe there’s a way to do this and I just haven’t figured it out yet LOL

this is gonna sound stupid, but I don't know how to tell what type of hair I have (like fine or more coarse/thick). When I've asked my sisters, they tell me fine. I wonder if it has to do with how greasy my hair gets; I wash my hair every two days, day 1 looks fine but by the morning of day 2, it looks so greasy as if I didn't just wash it not even two full days ago. Is this a fine hair issue?

Any tips for this? What shampoos or conditioners are best? Hair masks? (I have a wavy hair, the kind that's like a wavy straight medium, a little more on the wavy side with some more defined curls underneath).

do any stores let you switch the meat in the cool wrap? Really wanna be able to try the wrap with the fried chicken. I know you can always get the southwest veggie wrap and a separate order of chicken to do it yourself, but I personally don’t care for / want the southwest aspect of the wrap, and it’s not much cheaper even considering there’s no meat to it, so might be a little much to order it all separate

just curious if any stores do allow this :)

I’m sure they’re all roughly the same but curious what people here are taking daily?

I’m 23 but I’ve been noticing spots lately that seem to look like they’re balding / have less hair than normal. I especially noticed it because when I’ve been putting my hair up in a ponytail for the gym, I can really notice a spot where my hair parts a certain way and I don’t think i’ve ever noticed it before.

getting really nervous and don’t know how to solve it. I feel like it could be partly due to stress, but maybe also because of nutritional deficit? I’m not really trying to eat substantially less, but most days of my week are busy / late days where I don’t have much of a dinner, and my lunches for work are mostly just snacks (yogurt, cheese and crackers, maybe some overnight oats but that’s about it as far as things I make / prep).

I’m also mostly recovered / slightly still recovering from an ED I dealt with for a long time, so I stopped counting calories because it just had a negative connotation in my mind. But now I wonder if i’m not eating enough calories (if I had to guess, i’m most definitely eating a lot less than 2000/day).

It’s making me feel so anxious because of course I don’t wanna keep losing my hair lol idk what to do. Idk how to make sure I eat better / what to eat. Since living on my own, im terrible at getting things for meals when I’m grocery shopping and I never make lunches, breakfast, etc.

I’m a COTA and have been working in outpatient peds for about 2.5 years now. I’ve always wanted to get a school job but they’re so hard to come by. I did an interview today for a school position (although I think they wanted an OT..when I spoke to HR and someone from the “Exceptional Education” department, she told me she “wasn’t completely sure” if COTAs were being considered and to “ask them in my interview”). Just wanted to come here to vent a little bit and hopefully get some feelings off my chest and vent how it went:

Like I said, I was trying to go in with not super high of hopes because I figured they didn’t wanna hire a COTA, but I thought i’d give it a shot anyways. I interviewed with 2 people from that same department (one being the director and the other being the one who oversees the PT/ST/OT and who is/was an SLP).

I’m someone who gets very very anxious and worked up about interviews. Usually I’m just hard on myself and I don’t do *that* bad, but I’m just not a great thinker on the spot and not great at talking / answering interview questions. However, I started to feel a little bit better when I prepared and practiced different questions based on different blogs, what people on FB groups said they frequently got asked, etc.

Well, I did the (virtual) interview, and it was nothing like I prepared for. It was more like a screening than an interview, and I knew I wasn’t gonna be selected (still waiting to hear back when they let people know tomorrow).

They asked me at one point if I was a COTA, to which I said yes. Then, later on in one of the questions, they asked me about assessments I was familiar with / had administered. I explained that in my current clinic, we really only use the SPM, but that I have at least seen some assessments done in fieldwork / OT school like the Beery, Peabody, etc. Then, the woman asks me “and are you in grad school?” ….I know it likely wasnt intended to make me feel put down, but that’s how I felt in the moment. I had to respond with “…no, I’m just a COTA.” (and I mean no offense whatsoever and I know I shouldn’t use words like “just ___”, but I tend to be very self deprecating and tough on myself). Why would I be in grad school? I just got done saying I got my degree in X year and have been working in X ever since. But idk, maybe she was genuinely curious, but then it made me anxious the rest of the time because I knew they wanted an OTR and I didn’t stand a chance.

Then all the other questions felt odd to me, but again probably just because i’m a terrible interviewer. Questions like “how do you ensure / implement evidence based practice?” and I blanked and gave them an answer they probably weren’t looking for because I didn’t know what else to say :( to me, it sort of felt like a textbook question, whereas I expected more scenario based or work based questions like “explain the difference in school model vs medical” or “tell me how you’d deal with a student who did XYZ”, etc. I guess I just wasn’t prepared for the types of questions they asked.

It was only 6 questions and finished in about 8 minutes tops. What also kind of made me feel more discouraged and defeated, was that they told me at the beginning they’d have 6 questions for me and then I’d be free to ask them any questions if I had any. Well, when the 6 questions were up, they didn’t present me the opportunity to ask questions, they just basically said thank you and the call ended from there.

I sat and cried for about 15 minutes after. I felt so overwhelmed leading up to it because I hadn’t done an actual interview in over two years. Of course, I interviewed for my current job, but I currently work at a small private practice clinic, and my boss / owner is very laid back, and it was moreso a quick meeting to show me around and talk briefly rather than a full blown interview with questions. So this was my first one in a couple years, but I felt terrible about myself because I feel like I did so much worse as an experienced therapist than I did as a new grad interviewing for my first jobs.

I guess I just needed to vent this here and maybe hear some words of encouragement, as all i’m feeling now is discouragement lol I felt like I started to finally feel a tiny bit less of imposter syndrome, but now it’s all back because I didn’t know how to answer a few interview questions :( just very mentally drained from today. Hope I’m not alone — thanks for reading if you made it this far <3

ISO advice / input from any COTAs that work in hospitals / acute care and if you went in with no prior experience, or any COTAs that do PRN

I currently work in outpatient peds, and I'm considering picking up PRN in a different setting for Fridays here and there since I don't work Fridays. There's currently a posting for a PRN role at a hospital really close to my house, but I'm apprehensive about going for it because I have no experience in that setting. I've only worked in peds since graduating, and all of my fieldwork experience was in SNFs or schools.

I don't know if it's something that will be doable, especially if someone who's PRN has to be able to work pretty independently? Not sure how PRN works.

There are also some PRN home health opportunities, but again, I don't have much home health experience outside of a couple visits from my fieldwork time in the SNFs

Any input, information and advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

I’m a COTA and I’m interviewing with a school tomorrow. I’m still not sure if they’re only looking for OTs (someone from administration told me to ask them in the interview if they’re considering OTAs lol)

Anyways, I need some tips and advice for my interview. Any questions I might get asked? Any way to prepare? Feeling extra nervous because I haven’t interviewed, especially for a school, in so long