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  1. Bev Thornton

    What are you listening to?

  2. Bev Thornton

    Strange Conversation in a Dating Site

    Outright lies, half-truths, and delusions are much easier to detect and interpret in face-to-face contact. Dating apps present a profile, and there is one idea of a person. Then, you contact the operator of that account and in chat or on phone then there is a different mental image of that...
  3. Bev Thornton

    What are you listening to?

    Probably. I don't follow any, though. Try this:
  4. Bev Thornton

    What are you listening to?

  5. Bev Thornton

    Christmas with CenotaphGirl

    Because it's a compensating behaviour that requires dissonance to do and that dissonance is stressful and tiring, mentally, requires a lot of effort. It's not your dream, not what you really want to do, want to happen. I'd suspect you're doing it in response to, "scared of being hurt on...
  6. Bev Thornton

    Massive Rant - I hate my race...

    It sure does. Sometimes, it even can look like an attack. Things just aren't always what they seem.
  7. Bev Thornton

    Massive Rant - I hate my race...

    hahahahahaha! Most of the world has no idea what is meant by "left wing" when it is being said by a person raised in the USA. I don't know about that. He was probably struggling with what was going on - him arguing with some racist relative. He probably doesn't want to go through all that, but...
  8. Bev Thornton

    Massive Rant - I hate my race...

    Race ain't real, but racism is. Eh? What is that supposed to mean, "not that black"? If you blew your top on the spot I don't think that would be an overreaction. Good idea. And there's another one. What in the world was that supposed to mean? This happened to my uncle and his wife. Hunky...
  9. Bev Thornton

    Strange Conversation in a Dating Site

    An algorithm was involved in that "match", a mindless machination that was developed in the interests of monetary profit by the dating site owners. That's a kind of scam. They don't want you to ever stop using the site, they want you screen-addicted - that is what all of those websites are...
  10. Bev Thornton

    Is social media causing more harm than good?

    "Social media" isn't very social, it's simulation of social experience mediated through various devices. The social aspects carried, communication in various forms, text, audio, video, are miniscule when compared to face-to-face communication. More like asocial media. The software involved is...
  11. Bev Thornton

    One positive thing you accomplished today...

    I washed dishes for a friend who is ill and drove them to the pharmacy and grocer and got them drain opener at a hardware store.
  12. Bev Thornton

    Do you change your physical preferences?

    I've never had any. It's only heart and mind for me. How that comes through in speech and movement. Sapiosexual.
  13. Bev Thornton

    Hi Everyone

    Slow down there on that. You're not even halfway, yet. Life can change and always does. I've been in that dark place twice, at 38 and again at 60. Stuff happens. Life changes. Stuff grows. What do you want out of life?
  14. Bev Thornton

    Do You Believe In "Karma"?

    I believe in "karma" as taught by The Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha. That isn't what is commonly understood as "karma" in popular culture. What do you mean by "karma"?
  15. Bev Thornton

    A guy in his late 20's with anhedonia looking for answers

    Sounds like a good idea, couldn't go wrong. It could be practice for landing in a new land or it could lead to enriching your life there so much that you don't need to move. Or you could land in a new land with a companion, partner, spouse, which would surely make it easier. You got a win-win...
  16. Bev Thornton

    Hi. I'm new here and going through a very difficult time at the moment...

    That's probably worth trying, the counseling for social anxiety. I'm in a similar situation as you, had gender assignment surgery at birth. Luckily, the surgeon guessed correctly. That's how I wound-up being a "boy named Sue" sort of thing. Gym class in adolescence was difficult. During a...
  17. Bev Thornton

    Retired Alone

    I was lucky on the things like hoists and slings because I'd done commercial and industrial photography and specialized in location work so I was used to moving things like booms with delicate parts on the end in environments where they didn''t really fit. One place, though, the bathrooms were...
  18. Bev Thornton

    Retired Alone

    I loved it, missed my calling for sure, should have been a nurse all along. Kind of weird that my first career was infantry, almost the opposite. End-of-life is the hardest of all, hardest on the heart and mind. Doing it for your significant other would make it harder, way heavy. Be proud of...
  19. Bev Thornton

    Retired Alone

    Yeah, live-in in-home care. I did it from 2010 to 2023 in three provinces. Spinal injury, dementia, and end-of-life. It's like a 24/7/365 thing, people doing it have pretty much no personal life. Now, I'm retired and find myself without a circle of friends. There are a few people I can visit...
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