Kattiydid

I don't know about a metal cord protector but here's a different solution just in case it doesn't exist. when my cat wouldn't stop chewing on cables, I got bitter apple spray, collected all the cables in my house, put them all in my bathtub and sprayed them all very liberally with this bitter apple spray, let them dry then plugged everything back in. Now the only time I have a cable get chewed through is when I just got something and I forget to spray it cuz I guess she still tests them just to be sure they taste awful. And believe me, it tastes awful. I highly recommend wearing disposable gloves while handling the stuff, especially while it's wet and then washing the bathtub and your hands thoroughly once the cables are dry and back where they go. Blegh!

Say the whole thing. With your chest now, loud and clear, say exactly what you think is worthless. You're a big they, I believe in you, use you words.

Fair, I tend to think in terms of affinity rather than ranking, i have high affinity with some people and less with others. it's not about rank, it's about... Vibes? I guess? There's probably a better word but codes it what comes to mind.

Borderline personality disorder is a whole ass beast and I'm so sorry you've been struggling with it. I've heard there's a specific version of cognitive behavioral therapy called Dialectical Behavioral Therapy that's been modified from CBT to address BPD specifically. I'm not a mental health therapist so past personal experience I feel limited in the advice I can give. I have had some success thus far working with a therapist who specializes in my specific mental health needs (late diagnosed ADHD and Autism) that I've developed a decent relationship with. We're working with CBT and it's been helpful in catching the runaway anxiety spirals I've struggled with since childhood, as well as reprocessing general negative lines of thought about myself and the people around me.

I hope you find peace and balance in your mind so the need to hide from yourself with the company of others is diminished. Not only because learning to give yourself grace is healing, but because It's so much easier to find genuine connection with the people around me when I'm not driven by fear.

Isolation is painful, I know that very well. There is a vast difference between having no one in your life and feeling incapable of being ok without company. People need community, we are social beings. The best advice I have for seeking friendship is to join groups you have affinity with. If you're particularly interested in politics, art, music, movies, gardening, anime, 3D printing, TTRPGs, whatever it is you love spending time doing, find people in your area who get together to do those things and try to join them.

If, on the other hand, you have friends and community but still can't stand the time you spend alone, address what about being by yourself creates that anxiety? What are you getting from constant company that you don't have alone?

Are you your own favorite person? If not, why not? What qualities about yourself make you feel like you're not worthy of being the person you enjoy spending the most time with? If you are your own favorite person, why does it matter if someone else feels like they'd rather spend time with you over anyone else? I feel if you enjoy your own company when you're completely alone then the relationships you develop with others become more genuine, because you actually enjoy spending time with those people, rather than just being desperate to not be alone with yourself.

This is the way 🏴‍☠️

Purple!

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This is the way. Thank you for your service!

If you'd like the tldr, basically the month they compared to in the graphic was the month that they were out of town for 3 weeks so they used significantly less energy that month. When compared to a previous year 's data they saved 89% in energy. It did cost more though, because electric prices are increasing and electricity costs more than gas in their area.

Definitely something to keep an eye on and understand if you're trying to electrify, if you're doing it for savings, not for the health of the planet, make sure that your energy usage in gas would not be cheaper than your energy usage in electricity for the same amount of heat. Probably worth it for them in the long run because they caught that the furnace had a issue with the exhaust being pumped into the crawl space under the home which would definitely cause health problems later on, which in America would be very expensive healthcare wise.

I'm not sure what word would properly describe your situation however the definition of the term over-employment both by the actual definition and in the common vernacular is for someone to have two jobs that they work simultaneously for double pay.

Your situation sounds like it sucks because you are basically being forced to waste 20 hours of your time every week. if you did the entire job in 20 hours but you still have to sit there for 40 that's dumb. However, it doesn't make sense to me if you were arguing against being forced to do this thing, which you called over-employment and some might call being overworked or forced to waste your time, I'm not sure why that would be censored In an anti-work community. Again I might suggest trying to restate your original argument here so that people can fully understand what you were trying to say and then provide actual feedback. Without the original argument I cannot say for certain what the moderators might have been thinking.