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A VR psychology treatment lets you talk to yourself by switching roles (being both the patient and the psychologist) can lead to detachment from habitual ways of thinking about personal problems. It allows you to treat yourself as you treat others. When you sit in your new virtual body, facing Sigmund Freud, you are asked […]
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I’m having a hard time pinpointing a huge rumor that captured everyone’s attention when I was in school, but I think it had something to do with a girl in my class getting pregnant and having to leave school due to her parents’ shame.
And I honestly can’t remember if that was true or maybe that poor girl just moved schools for another reason and had to deal with all that gossip.
Schools are total rumor mills, in case you forgot.
Folks on AskReddit shared stories about big rumors at their schools that turned out to be true.
“That a 12-year-old 6th grader had gotten pregnant over summer break.
Our Los Angeles county suburb (it was a small and far-separated from LA itself, see how large that county actually is on Google if you are unawares) was so scandalized by this “rumor” that a newspaper article came out with a cartoon drawing of a pregnant girl in a pretty little girl dress and ribbon in her hair — playing with dolls and kneeling next to a doll-house — accompanied the story about the “little girl who got pregnant and planned to keep the baby.”
She was interviewed. I remember her name but it’s unnecessary— the whole town knew who it was.
What’s wild is that the kids in Jr. High actually had a baby shower for this 7th grader as she got close to full-term, and all brought in packs of diapers and formula for her on a designated day. With the teachers, principal, and probably the school district in support of this.
The year was 1984-1985.”
“In high school: that the biology teacher was growing weed in the environmental lab. Supposedly he did it for 30 years without anyone noticing. No one could ever prove it though.
Later on, I was assigned to be the agent taking care of some of his financial matters, so I went to his house to have him sign some paperwork. He had a hydroponic setup there, so I asked him about the environmental lab. It was like Han Solo in The Force Awakens.
“It’s true. All of it.” Then he offered me a brownie.”
“There was a rumor that a teacher had s** with whole basketball team.
Well, turns out it was half of the team.
Worst part is her son was on the team.
Her husband ended up divorcing her and her son left with his dad.”
“Our science teacher was having an affair with our science technician and regularly left class to do his thing with her in the technician’s room.
That rumor started on Day 1.
Four years, two divorces, and two very quick departures later it was confirmed and what was left behind was a technicians daughter in my year whose life had fallen apart.”
“In middle school, we had a “cool” Social Studies teacher. He loved the popular boys, especially the athletes, and not only ignored bullying in his classes of unpopular kids, he often took part in it.
He also offered up his services for tutoring to these boys. Everyone always thought he was a kiddie toucher, except the popular boys who would threaten you if they heard you talk bad about him. When we came back to school at the beginning of 8th grade, he was gone. As was one of the more popular boys in school. He transferred to an insanely expensive private school.
Turns out, sure enough, he was assaulted by the teacher several times during tutoring sessions at the teacher’s house. The school district agreed to pay to send the kid to private school as part of a settlement.”
“That this girl at my school who was maybe 16 was banging all the older kids who never left for college.
Well she definitely was and everyone found out when she banged one of the cooler guys still in high school and there ended up being a herpes outbreak at my school.
Nearly 40 people got herpes.”
“There was a family in my town that foster-to-adopted all their kids. They had a daughter of their own and then they adopted another girl her age when we were in 8th grade. They did NOT get along.
When the original girl developed epilepsy a few years later, her new sister claimed she was faking and everyone thought she was so mean and ostracized her.
Eventually, she had to fess up to faking the seizures all along when she signed up for basic training, which she never even completed. Unfortunately this was after we all graduated, so we never got to apologize to her sister.”
“That one of the students was actually a cop.
Turns out he was a cop and busted one of the actual students for selling handg**s in school.
If you thought 21 Jump Street was unrealistic, think again. The cop was a 33 year old male and undercover for like half the semester.”
“In Elementary (about 15 years ago), our favorite school teacher didn’t come back after a summer break. He was awesome: funny, sporty, cool, down to earth, never shouted. Just a great role model to have around when you are a kid.
Rumors went round that his wife and daughter d**d in a car accident. No one believed it. It was just what kids said on the playground. Somebody heard it from somebody who heard it from somebody.
Then I went to the local grocery store with my Mom a little while after school had started again. I saw my old teacher. He was a shell, a wreck. I was only 8 but even then you can tell when someone isn’t there anymore. I asked parents of my friends, and they confirmed the rumors.
I felt so bad that something as awful as that could happen to one of the best guys I ever knew and always looked up to. Turns out he committed suicide a couple of years ago. Same bridge that his wife and daughter d**d on all those years ago.”
“There was always a rumor that the head janitor was a huge pothead and would smoke with students in one of the storage sheds away from the main building.
I always figured it was bulls**t until my friend CJ sent me a pic of him and the janitor smoking weed while surrounded by folding chairs.”
“In my Catholic (Jesuit) high school, one of the priests and one of the nuns were very close friends.
We all loved them, and we could see that they were quite fond of one another (and they made a really nice looking couple). We used to affectionately kid them about “meeting in the tunnel” between the convent and the rectory.
A few years after my class graduated, they both left their Orders, got married, and had kids. We’re all happy for them.”
“We had a dean who “retired” one summer.
Turns out, he was busted in a huge sting by cops. He had 2 ladies of the night and coke in his apartment when he got rolled up; ended up pleading guilty to felony drug possession (a few others I can’t remember), and sentenced to 5 years of probation.
He was an advisor for the school’s Drug/Alcohol Task Force.
Nice enough guy. Really cool with all of his students, maybe too cool.
Always seemed to have super red eyes.”
“That one of the kids hung himself on a swing set in a local park.
They didn’t say who it was, and just thought it was a vicious rumor about the same guy.
Then four girls who were close to him came down the stairwell crying and ran out the front door and started heading in the direction of the park.
It was confirmed around noon, we were sent home after lunch.”
“Our freshman science teacher was a massive jerk to any girl, and would frequently throw the dress code book at girls for the slightest issue.
Everyone said it was because he was p**sed his daughter became a str**per… that ended up being true.”
“Some girl had s** with her half brother.
We all thought it was rumor until she got drunk at a party and told everyone.”
“I had a science teacher that was rumored to get a bo**r whenever he started shouting.
We thought it was a myth until we noticed it for real, he would always try put one leg up on a chair to hide it”
“At our school this one kid was rumored to be a son of one of the local gyms amateur boxer teacher.
None of us had no real reason to think twice about it. Once we got to high school this kid started teasing that kid. I had a couple of mutal friends with the bully so I warned the guy he might want to let up on teasing him. A couple days go by the dude didn’t stop. And the boxer’s kid proceeded to give this guy one of the worst one sided fights I have ever seen.
The bully learned his lesson and never bullied anyone else for the rest of our high school years. So it turned out to be true.”
“In middle school, there was a rumor my 7th-8th grade Social Studies teacher owned a pet donkey.
Turned out to be true.
The donkey’s name was Pedro the Donkey.”
“Paige WAS pregnant….none of us believed her.
We were 13 and we were just about to start S** Ed classes in a few weeks to learn about s** so we all thought she was making it up. Then she started to gain weight but she had always been kind of overweight and so no one really believed her then either.
Then she brought sonogram pictures in because she was sick of people not believing her. Most people believed her after that. Then she got taken out of school and this was back when FB was super popular and everyone was talking about her baby a few months later she had posted all these pictures.
Sorry I didn’t believe you Paige….I looked her back up when I was 15. She had a second kid.”
“There were rumors that there was a network of underground tunnels that connected every building on my college campus.
Didn’t believe it til I walked through them myself.”
“We had heard an underclassman (she was 15-ish) was sleeping with a local army guy, but nobody really believed it until the day our school got locked down bc her boyfriend showed up with a knife.
The boyfriend (in his thirties) was intending to force her go get an D&E, but our principal was a bada** who locked her in his office, then took the boyfriend DOWN and held him in a headlock until the cops arrived.”
“That the Biology teacher decided to use the scientific method to personally prove or disprove to himself that humans could photosynthesize.
He did this by laying bare a** nak** on his front lawn, landing him a public indecency charge.”
Were there any big rumors in your school that turned out to be true?
If so, please tell us about them in the comments.
We can’t wait to hear from you!
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There’s a lot of misunderstanding about different mental health disorders out there.
Especially when these disorders are misrepresented in TV and movies, right?
One example is Antisocial Personality Disorder.
People with this diagnosis can be described as sociopaths, but not psychopaths, as some people assume.
The two may share some traits, like recklessness and impulsiveness, but Antisocial Personality Disorder is treatable and doesn’t mean the person is dangerous.
Living with a diagnosis that others are suspicious of can be exhausting, as these 10 people will attest:
You know what’s expected, but having to fake it all the time will really wear you out.
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And suddenly even your family thinks they need to worry about you.
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Because what does a diagnosis really mean, at the end of the day?
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You can’t always give your family what they want and need.
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You don’t care how they judge you, you just don’t want them to judge you at all.
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People tend to stop at the label and not look any deeper.
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It’s never easy to have to pretend all the time.
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Forget what you’ve read and seen on TV. A diagnosis doesn’t turn you into a serial killer.
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But it’s at least a relief to know that there are treatment options available.
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A diagnosis is never easy–even ones that make you go, “Oh. That makes sense.”
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Those all make me feel a lot of empathy for people with this diagnosis.
What about you? Does it bring a little clarity to their struggles? Tell us in the comments.
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Get out and don’t come back!
Nobody ever wants to hear that, right?
But that’s what this person felt they had to do to a friend who was not respecting their boundaries.
Check out this story from Reddit.
AITA for telling my friend to leave over my weird obsession and to never come back again?
“I’ve been thinking about posting this for a while but I’ve held off.
Around 2 weeks ago, I invited a few friends over to my house to chill and hang out. Now, in my friend group, a lot of them think that I’m weird because I collect things; but for me, it’s an investment. I have a specific room where I have tons of old video games, dolls, baseball/football cards, and antiques, that easily total over 100k; and since prices keep rising, I keep collecting things I know will be valuable later on.
I have this really cherished antique that I, in all my trading, both buying and selling, have never even considered anything to do with it; an incredibly old Springfield 1861 musket, bayonet included. It was passed down from generations ago, and I still have it.
One of my friends asked me what “valuable junk” I have, and I decided to turn up my ego and told him that I had a genuine 1861 Springfield rifle. None of them believed me, so I told them that I would go up, take a picture, and bring it back down.
The guy who asked said that wasn’t enough, and that it could’ve been faked, and then thought it was his personal right to practically run to my room without my permission.
We all practically chased after him to stop him, and right as he entered the room he tripped over a bunch of baseball cards and smashed 3 pots that totalled around 6 grand. I told him to leave immediately and that I didn’t want to talk to him again, and that I was going to press charges. I still hold it against my friend for getting into the place when I told him no.
A lot of other friends are saying that I was way too harsh with it, that it was an accident. I then told them that it was his fault for entering when I specifically told him not to, and that those items were worth a lot to me, sentimentally as well, since I’d had them for over 10 years. They’ve been telling me I need to stop the legal action.
AITA?”
Okay, now it’s time to check out what the good folks of Reddit had to say about this.
A person said that this person was not wrong to act the way they did and that this guy caused some major damage.
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This reader said that the guy needs to prove how much this stuff was worth before demanding that kind of money.
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And this individual argued that the man was totally at fault and that if he doesn’t pay up, the writer of the post should pursue legal action.
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Lastly, this reader made it plain and simple: YOU BREAK IT, YOU BUY IT!
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Well, that was kind of wild…
Now we want to get your thoughts on this story.
Talk to us in the comments and let us know what you think!
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The stigma around therapy seems to be going away, but I’m gonna go on the record here and now to say that I think everyone, and I do mean EVERYONE, should at least give it a shot.
There’s nothing quite like talking about your problems to a complete stranger who is impartial and will give you level-headed advice about what’s going on in your life.
Okay, now that we got that out of the way, we’re going to make fun of therapy with these hilarious memes!
Does that sound like a deal? Let’s go!
Look in the mirror!
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That doesn’t sound right to me…
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They’re pretty good at this…
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Uh oh…that didn’t go well…
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And I think you also scared him.
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Also, I think that is a picture of The Situation.
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You’re speaking the truth…to yourself.
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Talk about sadness overload.
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He’s heard this one before…
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Big mistake…
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WTF is right…
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You gotta be careful…
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Okay, now we want to hear from you.
In the comments, tell us about any funny or interesting experiences you’ve had while going to therapy.
We look forward to it!
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The stigma around therapy seems to be going away, but I’m gonna go on the record here and now to say that I think everyone, and I do mean EVERYONE, should at least give it a shot.
There’s nothing quite like talking about your problems to a complete stranger who is impartial and will give you level-headed advice about what’s going on in your life.
Okay, now that we got that out of the way, we’re going to make fun of therapy with these hilarious memes!
Does that sound like a deal? Let’s go!
Look in the mirror!
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That doesn’t sound right to me…
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They’re pretty good at this…
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Uh oh…that didn’t go well…
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And I think you also scared him.
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Also, I think that is a picture of The Situation.
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You’re speaking the truth…to yourself.
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Talk about sadness overload.
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He’s heard this one before…
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Big mistake…
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WTF is right…
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You gotta be careful…
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Okay, now we want to hear from you.
In the comments, tell us about any funny or interesting experiences you’ve had while going to therapy.
We look forward to it!
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If you’ve ever seen a movie poster and thought, “I’ve seen that movie before,” it might be because there’s an art, a science, and a psychology that goes into the branding of movies.
Studios have found formulas that work, and there’s not much deviation.
One eagle-eyed viewer first noticed a similar pattern in Disney posters, and raised it on Tumblr.
Although the posters are from 3 different franchises: X-Men, Star Wars, and the new live-action recreation of old cartoons, users agreed, they color scheme and effects made them look like a single trilogy.
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User @metalgirlysolid explained that this was not just laziness on the part of the designer, but an intentional part of the marketing, using what’s known as Color Theory.
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The user then posted a series of thematically linked movie posters.
The first showed how teal and fiery orange tend to be used in action flicks, particularly with a sci-fi bent like Aliens and The Bourne Identity.
The next showed how often a red dress is featured in female-centered movies like Amelie, Frida, and Resident Evil.
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According to 99 Designs:
Red is the universal sign of excitement, passion and anger. It draws attention and makes you stand out from the crowd. Is your brand loud, playful, youthful or modern? Think red.
Next came a collage of more in the blue and yellow vein, but softer than the ones that screamed “action flick.”These had a warm, glowy quality, with wistful looking actors staring out at you or couples together.
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It featured dramas like Captain Correlli’s Mandoliln and City of Angels.
Apparently that’s because:
Blue symbolizes trustworthiness and maturity. You should use it for your brand if you want to be taken seriously.
Then @metalgirlysolid moved from color to imagery, showing all the gritty action movies that feature a domineering silhouette, usually from behind, getting ready to take on the world.
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This grouping included D’Artagnan, GI Joe, and The Hitcher.
Next came Rom Coms, where studios like to show couples standing back to back: Pretty Woman. Two Weeks Notice.
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It’s an especially good stance for the enemies to lovers trope, but studios aren’t too fussy.
Then there are the movie posters that feature a close-up of an eye. Color doesn’t matter, nor does the species of the eye.
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This style always evokes Requiem for a Dream for me.
Again there were more blue action movies, everything from Taken to The Firm.
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One particular style stands out as arguably demeaning towards women.
Often used for raunchy comedies, it features the “between the legs” shot.
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Personally, not a fan, but they’re not marketing to me.
And finally, the rather modern trend of black and white and orange for explosive action movies.
It seems to be a favorite for Nicholas Cage vehicles.
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99 Designs explains the possible emergence of this color palette as a dominant player.
Go orange to stand out from the crowd. It’s used less often than red, but still packs an energetic punch. Be cautious when using orange if your brand is trying to appear luxurious, feminine or serious, as orange does not invoke those traits to consumers.
They got that last part right.
Tumblr users were duly impressed with this knowledge drop.
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The user is right. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.
At least it helps to set viewer expectations, but no wonder everything seems so familiar.
Did this blow your mind like it did the folks on Tumblr? Tell us in the comments.
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There’s a lot to be said for feeling comfortable in your own skin.
History is filled with people who didn’t, and suffered for it.
But there have also been a great many people, and probably more than we know, who “passed” unnoticed, as the gender they identified with.
A famous example was 19th century Irish surgeon James Barry, renowned in his day, and serving the British military in the rank of Inspector General before he died.
It was only after he died and was being prepared for burial that people discovered the truth.
It’s a difficult thing. No one should have to announce who they are, but no one should have to hide themselves either.
Like James Barry, these 12 transgender people are hiding in plain sight.
But it can’t be easy to hide a part of yourself from the people who are close to you.
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No one likes to be talked about. But people love to talk.
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But, just like society has become more accepting of the gay community,
someday maybe the “stealth thing” won’t feel needed.
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Do you just put it out there? Bring it up on the first date?
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Even CIS people hate public restrooms.
Imagine what it must be like for the transgender community.
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As long as you can live your best life as yourself, I say go for it.
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Whether because you’re keeping a secret, or because you’re not living as your true self.
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You never know how people will react. And you can’t take it back.
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Especially if your aesthetic fits your form.
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Sometimes the hardest person to come out to, is yourself.
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The next step is figuring out how to get it.
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What better time to be yourself?
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These posts really show the different sides of being transgender.
Did we leave anything out? Let us know in the comments.
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I have this debate with older people a lot, but they are just absolutely horrified that marijuana is now legal in so many states across the country.
But ci**rettes and al**hol? Hey, those are no big deal at all!
And yes, as you all know, those are perfectly legal if you’re of age.
It’s just kind of funny how the stigma of things being legal or illegal influences the opinions of people out there.
People on AskReddit admitted what legal substances they’re addicted to.
Let’s take a look.
“Potato chips. Salt and vinegar especially.
I can eat entire family bags of them in a sitting. I’ve been making serious efforts to cut that out lately, I’ve been chip free for almost a week.
And yet the crisps call to me…”
“La Croix.
Specifically passion fruit and coconut flavors.
I go through about 3-4 12 packs a week.
This s**t is expensive too.”
“Diet Coke.
Hands down.
It’s a problem.
Or maybe it’s not.
Brb, getting some Diet Coke.”
“PLANTS. I talk to mine every single day and want to always grow more and more and more and more of them. My plants aren’t even mine!
Most are my friend’s. Him and his bf are gonna come get them when it gets warm but actually I might fight them now cause they’ve become my babies.”
“Flaming Hot Cheetoss
.
They’re terrible I know, but I’ve been eating them longer than I’ve known most my friends.”
“Marijuana.
Yes, I have been using more than I should.
Yes, you can abuse it.
No, it is not good for you in these quantities.
No, it is not easy to kick the habit.”
“Cheez Its.
I used to go over to my best friend’s home growing up and eat all their Cheez Its.
Every year for my birthday, Christmas, and any big event in my life, her parents would buy me a box.”
“Mountain Dew.
No, I’m not addicted to the sugar. Or the caffeine. I have tried substitutes. If I don’t have a Mountain Dew for about 48 hours, I will get MEAN.
I’ve lost a lot of weight and kept it off for like 6 or 7 years. One of my friends told me I’d probably lose another 5 or 10 pounds if I could stop Mountain Dew.”
“Lilikoi flavored Hi-Chews. You can only get them at this one chain of stores in Hawaii.
Luckily for me, as someone who lives in CA, my girlfriend’s sister lives in Honolulu and sends me boxes of them a few times a year. They’re heavenly. Kicks the s**t out of a Starburst.
Honorable mention to Sour Mambas. I really like fruity, chewy candy.”
“Red pepper flakes. Every time I eat pizza, I have to sprinkle a lot, knowing full well it will burn coming out.
The sensation is like I’m trying to s**t out the sun.”
“Video games. Sometimes it feels as if it’s as destructive as hard drugs. I’ll stop for weeks at a time but can never quit completely.
When I binge it feels like I’m wasting away my life and falling into a self destructive hole.”
“Nicotine.
I actually quit ci**rettes for a few months (was hell first few weeks) then suddenly bought a pack few days ago when was feeling really off, finished it then promised not to get back to it.
Aday later got news of a cousin passing away, so here I am sitting with my brand new pack. If you don’t smoke, dont start.”
“Trader Joe’s Peanut butter filled pretzels.
Two bags a week, would be more but I have to limit how many I buy.”
Okay, it’s confession time.
What legal substances are you addicted to?
Talk to us in the comments and let us know!
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Tacos. Chinese food. Pizza.
Those are my weaknesses.
And yes, I’m gonna go on the record today and say that I am 100% addicted to these legal substances.
I only eat them in moderation these days, but I can still dream about them as much as I want, right…?
Are you addicted to any LEGAL substances?
AskReddit users spoke up.
“Not so much anymore but I was very addicted to peanut butter.
It was somehow incorporated into every meal of the day for me for some time but one day I just stopped.”
“When I had a cold, I used this nasal spray that shrinks the blood vessels in the nose and makes it easier for you to breathe.
It is an over the counter drug store item and you dont need a prescription.
Once you stop using it, your nose clogs up or at least it feels like it because you used to breathe like a superhero for a week. The longer you use, the worse the withdrawals are.
I couldn’t properly breathe without it so I ended up using it for almost half a year.”
“Doritos.
I was a massive addict. I used to buy a couple whole boxes of them. I used to drive to Frito Lays to buy them directly from the factory because was the only places where you could buy this much without people asking questions.
What makes me stop was in one occasion i went to a “Colmado”(Is pretty much a 7/11 or mini market here at Dom.Rep). Told the guy “give me this just on doritos”. Was around 800 DPO, which is 14 USD One bag personal bag of Doritos is 25 DPO here.
Around 30 something bags of Doritos. The guy looked at me and told me “D**n. You just wiped my whole shelf. Now i need to call Frito Lays to bring me a couple boxes”. I looked at the empty shelf i was so embarrassed and disgusted of myself.
On my way walking home i started to gift them away to people. I kept like 3 bags, ate them and since them I slowly were reducing my numbers of Doritos at weeks for the next couple months. I stil love them, but I don’t have the impulse anymore.”
“Oreos… I can knock down a sleeve before looking down.
It only stops when the stomach pain sets in and even if it subsides for a moment, that moment will be filled with an Oreo.”
“Sweet Baby Ray’s honey chipotle BBQ sauce.
I had a bad accident as a kid from drinking what I thought was Koolade but nope, so a very good portion of my tongue and cheeks got scar tissue. Since then I haven’t been able to taste a lot of foods.
I literally can not taste most bread, crackers, light soup broths, a few juices, etc. The worst easily is that I can not taste most red meats…
But for some reason, I’m super sensitive to honey and Smokey flavors and that sauce was a godsend. I am no medical doctor, and I don’t know how to explain it(?) but when I use it on something I not only taste the sauce but can actually taste a lot of foods I couldn’t before. So I put it on everything like a weirdo.
In the same vein, I also keep a small bottle of ghost pepper hot sauce as well but mostly for pasta as chipotle bbq doesn’t seem to work with most red sauces but the ghost pepper does?”
“Chocolate.
I gave up sm**ing years ago and substituted it with an addiction to chocolate.”
“I’m not even addicted to caffeine, but to the idea of coffee, that larger than life promise of absolute comfort and solution to any imaginable problem that a cup of coffee holds.
Whether you’re getting irritated by politics, experiencing legal trouble, your boss pi**ed you off, your personal relationships are a mess, you’re pondering the pointlessness of existence or have a small practical task you just don’t feel like dealing with, a cup of coffee is the obligatory first step you have to take to figure it out.
You have to spread it out over 3 hours and have someone nodding their head in understanding too as a part of the ritual. Enlightenment should follow.”
“Thin Mints.
Lucky is the first Girl Scout I spot each season. I’ll tell them “stay right there, don’t go anywhere.” Then I’ll go home and get my van. Come back as quick as I can hoping the girl hasn’t left the area. I’ll pull up, throw a bunch of money on the table and just grab what I came for.
I’ll load my prize in the back of the van, secure it well and take off. I’ve got a special place in my home where nobody can find them, but it’s easy for me to get to when I want to treat myself. Usually they’ll last a few months. Then I start looking forward to spotting the next lucky Girl Scout.”
“Benedryl.
A lifetime of adult insomnia led me to search for stronger sleep cocktails and I took a Benedryl with Meletonin.
It got so bad I was up to a few every night but happy to report now I am down to a half and going to go down to zero soon.”
“Food. This isn’t a joke. It is 100% a real addiction.
When when you’re almost 400 lbs and unhappy with yourself, your brain still convinced you unhealthy eating is the answer to happiness. That’s a fu**ing addiction…but an addiction you need to feed into in order to survive.
Imagine being addicted to m**h, but you needed to take “healthy” less potent meth 3x a day to live. It would be impossible to overcome. That’s how I feel about food.”
“Unintentionally, Codeine. I’ve had to take it for around 7 years now for a chronic pain disorder.
I don’t like crave it in the way people crave a ci**rette for nicotine but if I have a good pain day and I don’t need to take as much I get itchy and really irritable and dizzy.
So that’s fun.”
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