Beetle [hy/hym]

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Cake day: October 10th, 2024

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  • Idk if your brainfog is similar to mine, I have brainfog almost 24/7 and the only way to actually reduce it is to not use my brain periodically. If I spend 1 day doing literally nothing challenging, no doomscrolling, no reading complex texts, no people to talk to, lots of sleeping, mindless tasks like embroidering, lots of meditation. Then the next day my brainfog will be cleared for some time until I use my brain too much again.



  • I like the idea of someone having a lot of experience with something and teaching me their knowledge. I don’t like being told what to do either but I don’t think that’s really necessary for having a mentor. There’s just some topics where I feel completely lost (especially in politics, but also with gender) where I would love to have someone I look up to, to teach me how to approach certain things and how to be more sure of the decisions I make.

    Although maybe my idea of a mentor is too romanticised through tv-shows like avatar lol.



  • animal products

    What is a good way to deal with clothing/furniture that contain animal products? I have this dilemma where I hate throwing away anything that’s still usable but also I feel gross anytime I wear something made from dead animals, I think it’s morally wrong and it normalises killing animals for the making of products. I’m pretty sure the answer is to just throw it away and never buy any animal products again and I think I need some encouragement to actually do that (the throwing away part, I stopped buying such things a while ago).



  • If someone came up to me to ask about trans support groups the thought of them being an imposter would never cross my mind at all. But where I live there isn’t as much hostility against trans people as in for example the USA so it might be different in your circumstances.

    “Hey, you’re non-binary, right? I am trans, can you tell me about any trans meetups?”

    Sounds like a reasonable way to approach it to me. It’s almost exactly how I got introduced to a trans support group lol. Most trans people know what it’s like to be new and searching for support. My own philosophy is that trans people should stick together and help each other, I love it when someone comes up to me to ask about resources.