My life sucks

@Jynx no worries!

yeah, like during one of my acupuncture sessions that i had last year, the acupunturist asked me do i eat meat and i said yes, but the way she responded to that after i said yes she seemed pretty concerned about it.... o.o and yeah acne has been something i've been wanting them to like...disappear and go away for a while, but yeah definitely frustrating that it doesn't and the only way for it to go is to only rely on medications, which I know DAMN well that i'm NOT gonna take the risk of.

I was kinda thinking of getting microneedling next after my extractions, but when I do have the money to be able to afford for it again, maybe I might? maybe i might not...

oh, and extractions are really painful by the way.. i've read that microneedling isnt as painful since they use numbing cream in the procedure

@Jynx off topic, but this song is such a bop. I reckon you give it a listen when you can! It’s actually the song that comes from the YouTube ad, you might as well have come across it at some point recently 😄 I can’t stop playing it lol!

https://youtu.be/EMyissXiyew?si=J417WV8vJdc1CjFG

@Blackcloud I shall give it a listen in my break mayhaps!! Hehe

So wild about the acupuncutirst being wonky about meat lol. How did you find it? I have been considering getting some myself but I know so little about it, what to look for, does it ouch, stuff like that!!

@Jynx Oh yeah of course!! Let me know what you think about it when you do give it a listen later 😄

I find acupuncture to be great in a sense that getting acupuncture itself has some health benefits to it, like circulating blood flow, helps with your mental and emotional health etc. etc. it’s been like a year since I last had a session.

The main reason being is the costs, which I find that it’s now better for me to get them like once every 2 months or something (now that I think about it). second one is location as well so I’m gonna need to think about that if I do choose to go back to getting acupuncture again. Third one is, well…whenever I need to meet up with someone, it always makes me nervous for some reason when I think about it. 😄

acupuncture is actually not painful, except for some areas of the face (the delicate ones especially), but the pain level for that one (the face especially delicate areas) I’d say is like hmmm somewhere around like.. 3 or 4 out of 10.. but for everywhere else, the pain level is literally 0 to 1 out of 10.

You just only feel a little ‘pr!ck’ coming into contact to your skin (face and body) when they insert those acupuncture needles a little into the areas.

@Jynx By the way I’ve made the best decision to delete my accounts in all food delivery apps & deleting all those apps off my phone so that I don’t use them again. If I want to go get something to eat, then I can easily just go to that place and order it manually from there. Plus, relying on the apps and choosing the delivery options cost more than the prices of the meals if you ordered them at the actual restaurant yourself.

@Blackcloud oh nice, ty for the reassurance!! I'll let you know how I go if I end up doing it!!

Oooh that is so smart!! Good on you, great step to take for your health - both physical and financial hehe. Now I gotta do that but for streaming services ahaha

@Jynx Btw something about yesterday for me that I wanna mention as well is this:

So I've mentioned to my uni's disability services support via email last week regarding my difficulties on articulating my words properly everytime I need to actually talk to someone/people (whether its face to face, phone, video calls) no matter the setting that I talk to them at, and I asked if offering online placements was possible instead of placements that only involve having to actually talk to clients. But according to the staff that's in charge of the certificate (from what the disability support services team has passed the message onto me with), they said that what I've requested is unable to be permitted. I'm very disappointed... I was hoping that they would allow me to do online placements if I was to do this certificate..... 😕 but no, doing placements that involve actually talking to clients is a must for that. 🤦‍♀️

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Oh that is very frustrating @Blackcloud! Sucks not getting that understanding and desire to accommodate for your needs. I'm sorry to hear it hun.

Maybe it's just about getting through placement so you can seek out work that actually will suit your needs?

@Jynx I guess you’re right about that 🤔 but still, the thought of having to actually do something that I know isn’t suitable for my needs (in this case, talking to clients directly knowing damn well that articulating my words properly whilst talking to someone in general isn’t my forte & my greatest weakness of all time…) is actually really scary and idk what to even think about it at this point…guess I’ll have to wait and see what the placements (or whoever)team that I just emailed to after that response that I got yesterday, will say to me next week (about the requirements of the placements in terms of communication…).

I’m also scared about the thought of encountering at least possibly one client I might have to talk to directly during placement that would be rude and judgmental towards me about my skills…lol…

Do you know if the placement staff is gonna assess your performance during your placement shifts?

oh FYI this is about the Certificate IV of Mental Health and/or Mental Health Peer Work

@Blackcloud it can deffo be difficult to know what to do hey!! Hope the clarification helps you to decide!

I can't answer the other question tho lol cos idk if your uni would be same as what mine did, and I finished my studies years ago anyway so the requirements may have changed!!