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@rhys.sh

26, they/them, SWE, special needs caregiver, nonbinary, socialist, πŸ’™ @strikeryote.bsky.social

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From @cinnamonspots.com!

Been wanting stickers for nearly ten years. Words can’t describe how happy I am to have these!

29.05.2025 15:54 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I should echo this on here too. I'm non binary now. Thanks for your attention to this matter

08.03.2026 01:13 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i was practicing writing my name as a signature and it made me irrationally happy, maybe i need to change my legal name already

01.03.2026 05:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened 🫑

26.02.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 4205 πŸ” 997 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 10
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Do you mind? She's trying to read
#art #Isabelle

25.02.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 2835 πŸ” 714 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 1
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Sharing β€œgenderless burger experience” here for those who haven’t seen it

21.02.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 6395 πŸ” 2156 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 49
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hack the planet

19.02.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I will add that the politics of 2025 are a shared hardship. Even if there was less going on in my life, knowing the state I grew up in was being effectively targeted by a malignant narcissist was still making this a very difficult experience to be in Texas

16.02.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyway shit, I've been wanting to get this off of my chest for awhile now. Thanks for reading if you did. Mostly wrote it for my own closure

16.02.2026 05:05 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I didn't mention the stalking aspect but I'll just say this: I dealt with several threats from my abuser during my time in Dallas. I won't comment on anything for the sake of what might transpire. I'll just name that there were 4-5 different incidents.

16.02.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

However Texas gave me a newfound appreciation from where I grew up. It allowed me to figure out my health. It even gave me the lesser knowns, like the distance to reflect on intergenerational Polish trauma.

I do not regret it. Where I land after this stepping stone will make it all worth it.

16.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

While I do not regret moving out here for a second, I did not enjoy Texas. It's a complex feeling. It was an experience of intentional and drastic growth. A period where, while I'm still coming into my own, allowed me to take off the shackles that bound me.

16.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thankfully things started to slow down after this. Around this time I grew a serious contempt for this state from the actions of their national guard.

My dog of 15 years passes away, then I'm laid off the day after in November. Like a sick joke. I remember only caring about my dog that day.

16.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I had my surgeries back to back, and the hardest days after a septoplasty are typically having to breathe out of your mouth on the first few nights. After that it was pretty smooth sailing into the next. I ran my insurance about 90k in 2025 from expenses.

16.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's just one thing after another. I couldn't even find time to chat with people or make meaningful connections.

This was it for the year. Things started out pretty gradual in 2025. I had two surgeries within 10 days of each other, and barreled into it.

16.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have a severe deviated septum with a bone spur, enlarged turbinates, and chronic sinusitis. Literally no allergies on a blood panel.

This was around thanksgiving, my uncle passes away on thanksgiving of a pulmonary embolism. It happened so fast that I couldn't even book a flight in time.

16.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A few weeks after that? I buy a new Apple Watch to check for sleep apnea. I not only have severe obstructive sleep apnea, but I have a rare form called complex sleep apnea, of which has been impacting me since I was a child. I go to an ENT for a confirmation and guess what?

16.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I get diagnosed with ADHD but here's the fun part: I was told my liver enzymes were dangerously high. I get repeat blood work and I now have to teeter with getting screened for potential liver damage.

I was able to get this under control, but hearing this, and high cholesterol, was another layer.

16.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We're still furnishing an apartment in the midst of all of this. Around this point is where I'd say we hit finally having essentials.

Now we get into the health crisis.

I was talking with my therapist, and we went onto the subject of ADHD, and how he thinks I should seek a diagnosis.

16.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I remember calling my behavior dancing over a fire. I wasn't helpless during any of this, instead coping as best as I could.

The week after my car, though? My uncle is diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. My mom is diagnosed with cancer a week after that.

16.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A few weeks later I ended a friendship with someone who I still care about to this day. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. I won't go into specifics to remain respectful on the subject.

My car totals the week after. The entire break caliper eroded and I got hot brakes.

16.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I completely dissociated doing EMDR several times and resurfaced trauma I didn't even realize I had. There were a few years of my life that were completely wiped from my memory from how traumatic the years were. It was so intense that, I remember walking across a busy street and not caring/looking.

16.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I left at 12pm with my sedan of everything I could take, got at our apartment at like 3-4am, and started with a relocation stipend.

We couldn't even furnish our apartment fully before things started going off the rails. I started EMDR two weeks in, completely unaware of how intense EMDR is.

16.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

cw: childhood trauma, health issues, stalking
Since this chapter of living in Dallas is coming to an end, I want to reflect on my time here. This is gonna be along one

This was my first time living on my own, moving from the Chicago suburbs to Texas. I took it as an opportunity to grow, as a person

16.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Discord lied.

they’re now sending scanned IDs to persona, a third party company.

β€œfacial scans will never leave your device” -discord lmao.

12.02.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 8991 πŸ” 5214 πŸ’¬ 110 πŸ“Œ 236
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Meanwhile in Dallas

10.02.2026 03:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Every time Tycho is about to speak they should flash this image on screen beforehand

04.02.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 2467 πŸ” 796 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 4
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she would like to speak to the manager

04.02.2026 00:31 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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