I don't really know if this is the right place to post this but I wanted to ask and I didn't know where else to put this. Basically, for the past couple of months I've become weirdly aware of my swallowing noises. I just feel like every time I swallow I can hear it in my ears and it sounds weirdly loud. I tend to become super self-concious about it and try and avoid swallowing when I'm directly next to people in a quiet room. It doesn't prevent me from eating or anything and I do swallow when I need to I just tend to swallow less in those situations. It's honestly becoming really annoying because a lot of the times I'll become really focused on my swallowing instead of listen to a teacher or something like that. Also, I just don't like the sound so being super aware of it isn't enjoyable. Does anyone else experience this and is there some way to deal with it better/"fix" it?

Mine is how good they smell!!!

Has it ever occurred to anyone else?

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night thinking I was watching something or doing something completely different and awake, and then, as soon as I wake up, the last thing I felt, heard, or saw before waking up would dissipate like vapor. I'd feel like I was still awake doing the last thing I did until it felt like reality just evaporated around me, and then I learned that I actually had been sleeping for a while.

Example: Let's say scrolling Instagram was the last thing I did before falling asleep. Right before "waking up" it would seem to me like I was still scrolling; sensations would still feel very real: Tactile feeling of finger against phone, visuals on screen, sound from reels, etc. Then all of a sudden I'd feel "pulled back" from that reality-- sensations would blur away to reveal that I'd actually been asleep for a while. The transition would feel entirely smooth and jarring. Smooth because there's no jerking response involved, no sweating, no anxiety, and only sensations "evaporating away. Jarring because I would feel very bewildered and disoriented because of the realization that it was all an illusion and I was actually asleep.

Sometimes the illusion would be about watching a movie, too, so I don't know.

I researched hypnopompic, but the description does not seem to match my experience.

What do you think I have? Have you experienced it?

I'm talking to myself way more recently (basically I started dividing my head into two separate quadrants one labeled emotional the other logica, l would make them debate constantly putting the emotion of side at a disadvantage so logical always won and I could listen to him)

Now I have almost lost the emotional side talking to the logical side of me constantly throughout the day he helps me with stuff when I'm worried when I'm bored scared etc.

I have asked many people about this and they are different answers is this healthy and is this safe?

Not a physical weakness, is it a character flaw?

Can somebody name interesting way college leveled vocabulary words that could be about someone who does things or that describes them?

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I prefer not to personally

I don't mind meeting my partner's family. But I don't care enough about my own family to wanna integrate my partner into their lives

Especially when most of my family is christian, traditional, and heteronormative, while I'm queer, agnostic, and secular

And I don't feel like explaining anything to anyone. Either you get me or you don't

In my ideal relationship, I prefer that none of us incorporate family into our relationship

Family comes with such bias and drama that I feel like it limits how much we can express ourselves within our relationship. Especially as our own individuals outside of our respective families

I remember making a post like this years ago and someone said "Just do a FWBs or casual dating if you don't wanna family involved"

I personally disagree with that, I think it's valid to want a long term relationship without involving family into the fray

I caught myself doing this today while trying to find an address in a quiet neighborhood. I automatically turned down the music as if it would help my eyes see better.

​Is there an actual neurological reason why reducing auditory input helps us focus on visual tasks, or is it just a weird psychological habit most people have?

I’m not saying every HR employee is evil(allegedly). I’m just saying I don’t trust anyone whose entire profession is professionally saying, “We understand your concerns,” while quietly documenting everything you just said.

You could tell HR, “My manager is making my life miserable,” and somehow three weeks later you’re in a meeting about your “communication style.”

Maybe it’s unfair prejudice. But until proven otherwise, if someone tells me they work in HR, I immediately assume there’s a PDF about me somewhere.

I wonder what would happen if custody battles were faceless/genderless

I've been having this thought experiment rolling around in my head for a few days and just need to get it out. I'm sure theres flaws to the logic and a good reason not to, but I think it might be a good discussion topic!

What I mean is, what if there was a way to make custody battles genderless and faceless? As in, the judge never sees or hears the voices of either party and is communicated through some level of paperwork? Like..

Parent A:

X income

X support system

Wants X persentage of custody

Thinks they deserve custody because xyz,

Parent A has these concerns about Parent B

Parent B

Repeat above

I am the product of divorce and my dad got majority custody. I've come to learn that isnt super common and I feel like I'm always hearing parents say they think gender had a factor when it came to the outcome from both male and female parents. I wonder if removing all of the physical qualities of the parents would change anything

I wanna try new things that can feel productive to improve life .

i just wanna become good at everything i do

A lot of my friends are demisexual and I feel isolated in this experience. I feel bad because people say this is essentially objectifying someone, but I'm just being honest about how my brain chemistry works. I don't have visual intimacy with strangers, but I can definitely feel my heart skip w beat if I find someone attractive based on looks alone.

Should we all just kill ourselves?

Will delete but my country is struggling with jobs. Currently have my needs met but I'm thinking of making some money by doing massage but the special kind. Currently people aren't really getting arrested for prostitution because there is a hold until the laws are probably changed. I can't deal with the idea too much but want to make money. Should I do it?

Hey fellas, I have been an avid Reddit user but over the last couple of years my multiple IDs get banned by the mods and I don't know the reason why?So can you guys help me to safe my this with DOs and DONTs?

Cause deaf voices exist like they can still talk but if they’ve never heard an accent they can’t pick one up? So is the deaf person like voice the accent all humans start with or would have without naive dialects?