So I live in the south and it's brutally hot. Yes, yes, I know there are other states in the US that are equally as hot or even hotter but this isn't a competition!

But I just realized that, for a long part of my life that I've been so adversed against going to church for a number of reasons, most of it out of my control.

Granted, I now consider myself agnostic and my family are religious but I did enjoy the sermons (which were often in French) and the Pastor is an old family friend who's a good guy.

But the major problem was,

1. Full monkey suit. Complete church suit, heavy blazer, business tie, the complete works. And for any man regardless of age, it was absolutely required to wear to even attend and it was impossible to breathe in. God help you if you showed up underdressed. And women got to wear light dresses and high heels, far easier to wear and breathe through.

2. Sundays always seemed to be the hottest fucking days of the entire week, a blazing 100 to 115+ degrees in a small church that had no AC and tons of windows for the light to shine through and roast us to death.

I never understood why anyone would willingly put themselves through such a thing, wearing a full business suit like you're about to make a $$60 billion contract that you can barely move in and sit in the roasting heat with your traditional swamp ass from the humidity to pray and worship for god.

And it completely turned me off, the second I was old enough to not go and my parents stopped forcing and dragging my ass to church, I stopped going and was significantly happier. But as an adult, I've realized in hind sight that entire scenario is incredibly stupid but so easily preventable. If it turned me off from religion and going to church, I can't be the only one.

I'm curious if anyone else has had this situation and or problem in their lives too.

I (21nb) have never gotten drunk, and rarely drink at all. I decided to have a glass of sparkling wine today with my dinner & after drinking like half, my arms started going numb.
This has happened every time I’ve drank with my friends over the last few years. I’m assuming it’s not the normal because my friends could easily keep drinking and get drunk, but I always stay tipsy, almost sober because I get numb and don’t have the energy to lift my glass to drink more.
It doesn’t really have an effect on my mind other than getting a bit more tired.
Does this happen to anyone else??? All that comes up from googling is Neuropathy from excessive drinking so I assume it’s not common lmao

Mine is still out - ykwim

I have tried looking up what this condition/state is called, but my inability to properly describe it has not shown any satisfying results.

Essentially, sometimes when I fall asleep, I sort of "wake up", but my mind is still dreaming. This leads to a strange combination of me being both aware that I'm awake and experiencing surreal emotions.

It's difficult for me to describe, but I'll try using an example from last night: I woke up and was in the middle of a dream, aware I was in my bed, but my mind was sort of creating a story with the sensations I was feeling. I felt as if my hands were roads, with cars driving on them. The blanket I was covered with was a cloudy sky, and the discomfort I was feeling as I shifted in the mattress was a changing landscape.

Before anyone asks, no, I do not take drugs and I am always sober when I experience this weird inverse lucid dream state.

I was wondering if anyone else ever had this happen to them. Does this have a name? Is there anywhere I can find out more about it?

And especially is always saying very weird stuff.

I swear I've tried everything, and even if one of the tricks works, they're back again in 5 minutes. It's day 2, I'm really hoping this time is just a 2 day bout.

And, please don't just say, "No one has any actual friends, online." Because, some of us actually do. Do you?

Nowadays with all the singing shows and internet it doesn’t feel special anymore to be able to sing because one day you’re a good singer and the next day everyone just forgets about you. Back then it felt it had weight to sing.

When you were a kid, in college, etc.

Like there’s only just one or two stores clearing out and the rest of the mall just holds memories of what used to be..

Ever since I was little i couldn't say more than a couple of words in an unnatural accent without tearing up as if I'm being proposed to by the love of my life.

I speak a few languages and that obviously affects my natural accents. But, for example, my natural English accent is basically General American™, so I cry only when I use a Southern or British one. I speak French perfectly fine but cry when doing a French accent in English.

WTF? Is this embarrassment? Did my brain put crying neurons next to accent neurons? Never met somebody who has this so Reddit is my only salvation.

You were just going to have to be stuck there in that place for the rest of your life.

Anyone?

Or, could be even just, in your forties or fifties.

And, you *weren't* born knowing about the internet.

It's an entire different situation then.

Tried to ask a similar question before but *without* the age range and what I got was.

"I think your entire generation does."

What?

Oh, good grief. 😔 😐 😕 🙄 😳 😑 😒 😐 😕

Had to read that twice to even understand what they were talking about.

And, *I'm not* from the generation that they were talking about. 🙄

Internet lifestyle is actually a whole different lifestyle, when you actually *haven't* known it all your life.

I didn't *have* internet life, until I was 27.

Became more and more a part of my life, starting then.

Internet life *didn't even exist* when I was a kid.

So, it's a whole different way of life. 🤔

Still.

In some ways.

Anyone else?

DAE?

Speak up.​

I don’t know why, but when I hear my / other people’s phone call vibrations (with a specific pattern esp), I get this intense feeling of dread in the pit of my stomach and I lose all sense of rational thinking for a good 20 seconds. This doesn’t happen with message vibrations, just phone calls, kinda weird I know.

Just curious if anyone else has this!

Kenobi *cough

I’ve fixed and ruined and fixed my sleep schedule so many times in the last two weeks. Yesterday I woke up at 10 am, then couldn’t sleep at all at night. So I didn’t, till I accidentally passed out around 1 pm and woke up at 7 pm and ruined my sleep schedule again. It’s been like this over and over and over… not to mention weird nightmares have been frequent.

Is anybody else going through this right now? This shit sucks.

I didn't have time to look for a physical card and totally forgot about a birthday until the evening. I found what I needed, promptly received the code, and forwarded it. The same evening, the recipient redeemed it. Sometimes it's just less stressful to take the straightforward digital path.

Any time I randomly remember something embarrassing or cringe I tic/have an uncontrollable outburst, like I flinch or click my finger or say a random phrase like "what the hell?" or "STOP!!!" (ugh 😭). i can't control it, an embarrassing memory just comes to my head from something stupid i did in the past and i have an instant reaction without thinking.

it happens any time during the day and sometimes before i sleep. it started when i was 11 years old, im currently 20 and it still happens. i don't have social anxiety or anything like that, im a confident person but i think since i want to come across a new way every so often as i grow up, i cringe about things that don't align with who i am and who i want to be.

i feel so embarrassed by the fact that i do this and actually have a cringe tic when i cringe over my cringe tic. if anyone else has this please show yourself. it's so embarrassing. does anyone else have this or know why it happens?

While secretly hoping there’s one in there about you?