Hey everyone, i have been digging around the internet for hours now and trying to find a way to update my account, but not even creating a new one works, it somehow sees that i have a vpn enabled or something. Has a new way come to do it surfaced yet? Could you share it if so?

So I made another post here about how my libido has been low for a number of reasons, original post here i mentioned that there’s an issue with foreplay but wanted to talk about it in its own post so this is that post. Basically my (29F) partner (29NB) stopped putting effort into foreplay recently and I feel like it’s contributing to my lack of desire for sex because I’m dreading this part of it. Basically they just go straight to rubbing the living hell out of my clit and I guess because they don’t have a vagina they don’t realize that doing so doesn’t make things lubricated down there. I’ve tried straight up telling them to not go straight there right away and do other things first but that did not work and they keep doing it. I’ve tried moving their hand away and squeezing my legs together but they just force there way back to it.. what do I do? I tried telling them and stopping them but they think it’s necessary to get me ready. But what would really get me ready is what we used to do, which was more fun foreplay. Of course now things don’t work as well as they used to like kissing isn’t effective in making us horny because we do it all the time and so we’re pretty much desensitized to it. And my partner is pretty vanilla and stuck in their ways so it’s really hard to get them to try things. Also sometimes I just don’t want to put it that much effort either. So what do I do? Any advice? Don’t say breakup please I don’t want to do that.

I posted recently about this incredible woman I’ve been seeing. It’s hard to write this, I’d say I feel heartbroken in this moment. I told her how important she was, and still is, to me and I told her that although I’m not sexually attracted to her YET, I am deeply attracted to her in every other way and I’d love to see each other exclusively while we navigate this. She said no. She said we can keep hanging out and she has no expectations for us. She says I’m important to her but sex is something she will need eventually (which I understand) and she can’t commit unless she knows with some certainty that a sexual relationship is in our future. I feel rejected. I wish I could give this to her, but I just can’t make promises at this time. Losing her to someone else would be so painful and to be honest I hate being a demisexual. It makes me want to give up on love altogether. She doesn’t pressure me for sex ever, in fact she’s very respectful. I guess I just didn’t expect her to say no. Maybe I’m just venting, maybe nothing has changed. She isn’t actively dating other people, and has no plans to, but dating an allosexual, no matter how patient they may be, feels like a constant looming threat. Maybe this is all just my own insecurity playing out. Does anyone have any advice? Should I even keep seeing her?

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Transcript: https://www.johannadraconis.com/episode-81-100

Intro [0:00]

Hello my dears! My name is Johanna, and I welcome you to the Johanna Draconis - The Deconstruction Of C-PTSD podcast.
In this episode we will talk about trauma again, this time about where to separate them and when they are actually belong together. Because these guys just won’t come in matching colors. Sarcasm set aside it is difficult to distinguish them.
It is important though, because this way you know what kind of trauma you are dealing with and how to treat them. So let us talk about it.
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Prelude [0:33]

Sometimes I miss the time, when I had the position, that no matter the trauma, I either had C-PTSD or I was well. I didn’t saw a point in distinguishing between the traumas, as it was all PTSD either way - so, why bother?
But sadly the more I studied PTSD and the more I discovered, the more I lost oversight and had to admit, that I at least had to separate the different traumas. It was otherwise just a huge jungled up mess.
And the Achilles heel of PTSD is as soon it is fully exposed - it is at its weakest. It is a creature that hides in the darkness and strikes from there, but doesn’t really has much of a defense besides that.
That is why spreading the information and gaining knowledge is SO important. Though I will admit that at one point I just stopped counting, because the list was already too ridiculously long and I no longer really needed it.
But I do know the struggles of disentangling your own experiences and trying to figure out where and how to place them. I plan a chart, hopefully also a flow chart and the like for this reason - among other things.
Usually the trauma get separated by the time that passed between them and then what form the trauma took. So we first talk about common vs sporadic and then how different form of abuse result in different form of traumas.
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Common vs sporadic [2:08]

So let us start the common vs sporadic segment by repeating what was said in episode 95: A trauma is as long as the situation lasts - even if it takes years, even decades. Also multiple traumas can happen at the same time.
More to that in the second part. We are solely focusing on the time aspect for now. So the trauma lasts as long the situation holds on and you are affected by it actively. Like being in an abusive relationship.
But what about the abuse you might wonder? You usually don’t experience the abuse non stop. This is where we need to separate between common and sporadic. Which is interestingly enough depending on the interpretation of your brain.
But in general, if it happens on a regular basis it is common. If the insults come daily, it is common. If the violence outburst are here and there - then it is sporadic. And would just be added to the cluster that is an abusive relationship.
I would even go so far to say that once a week is borderline to sporadic. The key question is, do YOU remember a type of abuse as being a regularly and common experience? Or is it more something that happened sporadicly?
If it is the second, than each sporadic event counts as its own thing. Be it a small ball trauma or a small ball in the cluster.
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Different form of abuse = different form of traumas [3:38]

Which leads us to the second segment - in which we talk about the different form of abuse that result in different form of traumas. We first separate between a dangerous situation and actions of a person.
A life threatening situation is traumatic and as longer it lasts the bigger the trauma gets. As long as the threat remains the situation is still ongoing as is the traumatic experience. The same goes for abusive relationships. Or any traumatic situation.
If we stay in the abusive relationship, then having your life under threat at all times and the abusive relationship itself are two different traumas. If it is an occasional threat to the own life or yours it belongs either to the trauma or is its own separate thing.
There is a different trauma for violent abuse as it is for verbal one. They each belong to their own category. As does neglect and abandonment. Everything that damages the soul in a different way is its own trauma - even if both ways are via violence.
A slap on the hand and a punch on the face are very different levels of threat - on a baseline. In context a slap on the hand can be a death threat. So key in the separation of the violence, is, the theme they fall under. Which once again your brain decides.
Examples of themes are life threatening, threatening, reminder to stay in line, punishment, part of the daily interactions and so many more. The important part is how you perceived those actions against you and if you can put them into one group.
So to recap: We separate traumas depending how much times passed between experiences and under which theme these experiences happened.
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Outro [5:32]

That was it for todays episode, I hope you found it helpful. Hope you are safe and well. And as always, if you have any questions or feedback and the like, please let me know at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).
More information and transcript you can find as usually under johannadraconis.com/Podcast, information regarding therapy you can find under johannadraconis.com/Therapy and links are in the description.
I hope to see you next time. Watch yourselves and have a wonderful time.

I had a hard time with finding a Unique way to celebrate today! But we are wearing blue and yellow and matching sweatshirts! My client loves McDonald's so that is our after-school treat! Next year I want to make cookies and do something in the community sense he will be out of HS! Anyone have any traditions or ideas to share?🫶🏼💛💙

Hey all, first time posting in here. Want to start off by saying I’ve purchased a 2014 bmw 328d wagon with 150,xxx miles and has been great for a year now, so far it’s went to the dealer for the EGR cooler recal which I got a new transfer case as well as EGR cooler, last November I had a code throw a cel for the NOx sensor and I’ve talked to my tuner about it “car has kerma TDI stage 2 tune” and he said we can delete the ca not have the car consume def and it would solve this issue. Never got around to doing the delete and this week the car threw a code and message on the I drive system for drivetrain check so I scanned my car and I’ve got these codes being thrown.
NOx sensor before kat failed NOx sensor after kat failed Sensor canbus has turned itself off Particle system maximum distance traveled
Information from the tuner “Your latest codes show all 3 sensors with CANBUS communication down. There's no way you have 3 failed sensors at once. They're on the same power supply and on the same network.”
What he told me to do was unplug the NOx sensor which threw the first code and see if the other 2 systems respond because they are all on the same canbus line. Due to being at school in a different state where I live “in college” how should I go about this with very limited tools that I have?

As the title says, will be abroad until mid-autumn if not until the literal end of year. Have a cheap but decent/reliable diesel car at the moment, and just wondering what's the best course of action.
To sell - pros)
Sell the car now and avoid maintenance costs, either the one that I need to do now, plus the one that may come my way if I leave the car without running for some 6months. Got an offer of about 75% of what I paid for it some 3 years ago, which is fairly decent.
Additionally I will be benefiting from the high prices of used cars. Will also avoid insurance costs even if SORN'd. I can then buy a new one when back, and get something betteyoungeless mileage.
To sell - cons)
When coming back i will obviously be without a car, plus without a transport to even search for a new car. it's even worse if i end up coming earlier by some unforeseen issue. Additionally, nothing guarantees that there will be cheaper used cars by the end of the year. Maybe everything will become even more expensive?!
An additional con is the fact that I know this car, have kept its maintenance properly, i know that I can rely on it. No guarantees that the new used car will be as easy....(having said this, there are a couple of weird sounds lately, so probably some maintenance costs are coming my way regardless)
To SORN - Pros:
keep the car in a underground parking garage so it's safe and protected; Have it available when I come back, no change of situation, no stressful search for a new car, it's a nice cheap to run and reliable car in a good condition.
To SORN - cons:
need to pay insurance against theft (plus the excess if something even happens), risk increasing my maintenance costs due to leaving the car stopped 6months+; almost surely will have to get AA/RAC to come help me jumpstart the car when back, etc etc.
What does everyone thing about this? If it were you, what would your decision?

I'm having trouble removing brambles from my plot.
Bit of history, this is the third year I've had my plot, which a double plot 25m x 5m. When I took it on, it was COVERED in brambles, which had no fruits on at the time but my allotment neighbour says they are raspberry canes which had spread over the whole plot. There were probably hundreds of individual plants that had been let go for years.
It was a lot of work, but in the first year I strimmed them all down to the ground, and spent months going over the plot digging out as many of the rootballs and roots as I could. I then covered my veg growing areas with thick cardboard, and lots of manure which we get free delivered from a riding school across the way. I put a thick layer of manure down, maybe 10cm over the cardboard. I didn't really grow much my first year as I was trying to get the plot into shape.
Second year on the plot (last year), I found a lot of the brambles had regrown and needed digging up again. I did my best but know I didn't get every single root, but several wheelbarrows later I had a clean plot again. More manure on top, and had a decent growing season. I visited the plot maybe twice a week to water, and I often saw little shoots of brambles coming up despite all my effort.
This year, I've noticed that after the winter there are just so many new bramble plants. There are probably 20 plants 3 foot high.
My allotment neightbour tells me to spray them and that I'll never get them out by digging, but I don't really want to as it is against the allotment site rules to use a spray and I don't really want to use chemicals anyway.
How can I tackle this issue? I feel like I'm making no progress at all and they are going to keep coming up for ever!

Not too long ago, while I was trying to print a model the printer bed read as being 300 degrees. I turned off my printer and ordered a new printer bed as well as installed a new thermistor in the hot end. When it begins printing, it takes about a minute of print time until it shuts itself off. I've tried a second and third thermistor so I'm certain its not any of those.
Ideas I've had to maybe remedy it:
Cover the thermistor wire sticking out of the hotend hole in thermal paste so that way its more insulated from the ambient room temp?
Maybe purge the current creality touch screen UI in favor of something Marlin so that way it can be controlled better? (the simple screen on the ender 6 is kindof a downer ngl)
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Otherwise I'm really not sure what to do. It was working for a couple of months but now its been an expensive headache im disappointed in having ever bought. If anyone can point me in a direction since there isn't a whole lot of ender 6 support out there, I would greatly appreciate it!

Hi all, I have a modified DSM running an aftermarket turbo (BW S256), recirculated BOV (Synapse), and all the supporting mods.
My problem: Cruising along, boost at 0-10psi, throttle at 20-50%, I lift off the throttle ever so slightly, and the BOV starts to flutter like mad, and the car shakes violently. The only way to stop it is to close the throttle completely. This makes cruising difficult since I need to either be on the throttle or off it completely. I'd like to be able to cruise at 0-10 psi while modulating the throttle without the car feeling like it's going to shake itself apart.
What could be wrong? I have the BOV pre load set to minimum. Should I increase the pre-load on the BOV? T-ing off the intake manifold. TY
EDIT: 1995 Eagle Talon TSi (Mitsu Eclipse)

State of Instagram Reels In 2023

We kicked off 2023 with some serious announcements from Instagram’s CEO confessing that Instagram pushed more reels than photos. And they will settle things back to normal meaning pushing every single piece of content at the same rate.
After that Meta’s Earning Report 2022 came out, In the statement regarding Instagram. Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that to make people create & watch reels they tried to give new format a boost until 2022. Now, reels can grow on their own.
And that brings us to current state of reels, which is reels aren’t as organic as 2021. But the time spent by Instagram users is increasing, now more than 20% users spend their half of the time on reels tab.
That’s why IG reels needs to be part of your overall Instagram strategy.

State of Tiktok 2023

Changes to Tiktok algorithm are bigger than Instagram reels. Increasing the arguments regarding Tiktok Vs Instagram strategy, here’s what you need to know regarding these changes.
First Tiktok recently announced a new monetisation feature called “Tiktok Series”.
Tiktok believes in quality content & they have mentioned these priorities over and over again. This time with “Tiktok Series” the platform wants creators to create long-form content to make Tiktok users more engaged within the platform.
The creators can charge upto $190 for content series. Your Tiktok series can have upto 80 videos with length of upto 20 minutes.
This new era of paywalled content on Tiktok will bring more engagement & money to creators.
Second TikTok’s Creativity Program aka “Creative Fund 2.0”
The platform introduced a new creator fund called “Tiktok creativity Program” and creators can apply for monetisation of video content. But this time there is a change to help deserving creators make more money.
In creativity program, creators apply for monetisation for a specific Tiktok video and the video has to be over 1 minue length or minimum. Plus, Tiktok will review Originality & creativity of video to consider monetisation.
Final Take, What these changes tell us?
These changes tell us that Tiktok wants original & long-form content to exist on platform. Tiktok was know for trending sounds in 2019-2021 and it still represents that part of social media. But now the platform seeks originality & wants to be a content hub like Youtube.

Understanding Instagram Strategy

I’ve advised 1000s of marketers, SMBs & creators that only reason Instagram never dies is because it’s the most personal platform & middle child in the family of Social Media Platforms.
The audiences on Instagram want to see memories, highlights & content from their friends, families & connections. And they discover new creators & businesses based on what Instagram knows about them. And Instagram gets the knowledge from who they follow, what they or the people they follow like. It’s all interconnected.
And that’s different from Tiktok. On Instagram while creating reels, you have to remember to make sure you focus on creating content more valuable for your existing followers.
When you create valuable content for them. You will get better engagement from them and as Instagram’s audience is interconnected & the platform knows the interests through the audience. You will go viral & get more engagement.
Meaning key to a great Instagram reels strategy is focusing on fulfilling your current audience with value to get more engagement from non-followers. To do that, you need to be more focused on understanding your followers how they react to different posts. After that you need to find what other creators & businesses are doing to find what works.
Both of these will help you in creating content within your expertise, without any pressure to jump on trends. Why? As you now understand what strategies & tactics work for your audience better than those Instagram fast growth gurus.

Decoding Tiktok Strategy

Above I mentioned Tiktok is different with context about how Instagram’s audience is interconnected & existing followers make a huge impact on virality.
Tiktok is opposite, People use it to discover new solutions, trends, Ideas & businesses. They aren’t interconnected with most of their friends. Unless Tiktok asks you to connect contacts & 70% people usually don’t follow their friends after connecting their contact lists.
Tiktok users are on Platform for new content discovery. You see content based on what you like, the personal connections doesn’t matter as much as they did on IG.That’s why brands on Tiktok try to create content that targets a broad share of platform. Because people are hear to build new interests, and discover new businesses.
First, Brands try to create content that appeals to 90% of people interested in X topic to go viral or gain exposure.
For example, @Bose on Tiktok create funny reels about their new products to reach most of the audience.
Second, They create educational & focused content to keep the existing followers engaging + connected with their brands.
To explain Take @schick on Tiktok creating story-focused content to make sure the connection between newly gained audience starts building.
Third, Brands try to stay relevant by discussing points that audience mentions in comments. To make people believe they are listening to everyone.
For Example, McDonald’s Tiktok manager replied to a follower who said nobody will read this. This act shows a lot & the screenshot of this comment gathered 13k likes on Twitter.
Showing how engaging in comments can also impact your audience + you can end up gaining more attention on Twitter or reddit.
Packing all this up, Tiktok strategy For Brands & Creators is a mix of broad content to target new followers & insightful content to keep the followers engaged. And engaging is similar to Instagram, It’s important on both platforms.

Instagram Images Vs Tiktok Carousels

In the state of Instagram reels, I mentioned that IG is back to prioritising every single format equally. What does that mean? It means that Instagram Imagery content is here to stay & it is gaining organic reach.
Comparing it to Rival Platform, now we have carousels on Tiktok. And this feature is highly organic when we compare it to Instagram carousels.
Tiktok carousels are an amazing way to post imagery content on platform and you can share more than 10 slides with ability to add sounds. On other hand, You can now add sound to Single images on Instagram but regarding carousels you can only have upto 10 slides with no sound adding feature.
Instagram carousels seem to take a loss here in terms of organic reach & Format freedom. But this format is one of my favourite to build an engaging audience as your audience tend to spend more time consuming your content.

I have a problem with tunnel vision, especially when im under preassure. It affects me in my home life when i cant find something i need that i just happen to pass by, but recently it has been affecting me in my social life.
I go to university and sometimes when im running late i get nurveous and tunnel vision when i enter a classroom trying to find an empty seat, and i miss someone saying high to me. Of course they later confront me about it (in a nice way) and i just have to say that i didnt see them but i dont know if they believe me.
Something similiar happens to me when i run into someone in public transport or while walking in the hallways, with a similar comment from the person that was trying to talk to me next time i see them. I even had someone wave both their hands to call my attention which was somewhat embarrasing.
Anybody have a similar problem? Are there any tips you could give me that would help with this?

18 Months Gone
You finished your Mission
completed your last Tour of Duty
but this time, you didn’t come home
and I remain alone
It’s been 18 months since I went to wake you for dinner
found you had gone on a long journey ahead of me
I have found a way to live one day at a time
I am thankful we both had programs ..
you AA me Alanon ... more than 40 years for both of us
not only did they make for a rich marriage ...
Program has helped me move through this wasteland of widowhood
I have learned to go to the grocery store again without flinching
well most times anyway
found how to live on 60% less income ... your money died with you
Program helped me only need Nyquil to sleep for 2 weeks ... then I stopped that drug
I haven’t learned how to take care of the house
Things you did effortlessly, competently, knowing the “right” things to do
I haven’t a clue .. until something goes wrong
and then .. find a handyman? and how do I know he knows his job?
and will “it” stay fixed? is the price he charges reasonable?
Like I said: I haven’t learned how to take care of the house right
Relationships are different now
Friends are the same .. but they have their own lives
busy about their spouses and kids and work and vacations and projects
Those directions for me? Pretty much stopped with your death
They still check with me and I with them
but we have less and less in common
I think I need folks in my same directions
but finding them? not so easy
Perhaps if I were younger or had a job or felt your loss less
Perhaps...
I think it’s kind of like when the power goes out at night
and stays out for a few days
First you’re completely disoriented ... bang your shins on tables
fall over rugs ... feel your way along walls .. till you find a flashlight
the flashlight helps a lot ... but it’s limited
you don’t bang into tables any more
and don’t have to feel your way along walls
but doing things with one hand is hard
making a sandwich with the flashlight perched on the counter
and finding the makings in the dark fridge
cleaning up .. sorta
well, you get the idea
it helps a lot ... but limited
When the power is out for a day or two or three
you adjust
you find the ice chest and drive to the store and get ice
go to bed at dark and rise with the sun
do as much as possible in the day
write checks and mail them .. no internet banking
if you’re lucky the cell phones work
Eternal power out
that’s how your death seems to leave me
I manage
but it’s not simple, not graceful, and takes me a long time to do stuff
I am exhausted
which is good for sleeping
Every night I hope not to wake
Every morning when I wake ...
I am disappointed
Wish I could report that 18 months have left me happy, joyous, and free
[to quote The Big Book]
but they haven’t
One Day at a Time
still the best advice I got
and still the best advice I can give
Be gentle with yourself
We deserve it

Saw a tiktok of one of the stories on this sub and figured it would be a good way to well.. get it off my chest. Throwaway and on mobile.
For a very long time I (17f) have known about my attraction to women. For an even longer amount of time I’ve questioned whether or not I’m actually into guys. I’ve had my fair share of girlfriends but no boyfriends because I could never really find a guy I liked.
Two weeks ago this guy approached me and told me he liked one of the keychains on my lanyard. We talked for a few minutes about the movie it’s from, and since I had to go I decided to give him my number so we could talk more later. I didn’t intend to start a relationship or even the beginnings of one, I just thought he was cool and wanted to be his friend.
And we were, for about a week. We texted every day, pretty much all day. We have so much in common it’s kinda scary, we’re like the same person. I was really happy to find a friend I relate to like that, looking at our friendship from an outside perspective it looked like a perfect match. Then he started to flirt more around the week mark, since I liked him so much platonically I flirted back, I had a little crush on him anyways.
But now it’s been a week of flirting, he’s explicitly expressed an interest in dating me and even has a date planned out. But I just don’t feel attracted to him as much as I should. It’s like I had a tiny crush on him when we were friends, but as soon as it was more than that it just disappeared. This happens with every guy I talk to like this and I don’t know why.
I’m hoping that when we see each other again it’ll help, but I don’t think it will. We haven’t seen each other since the day we met. He’s a good guy but I think I only like him as a friend. It sucks because he’s exactly what I thought I liked in guys, but now I just. Don’t.
I have no intentions to lead him on, our date is on thursday, and if I still don’t feel any attraction to him I’ll tell him.
I was so excited to finally meet someone. I’m homeschooled and I live in the middle of nowhere. I don’t have many friends and in the past me meeting a romantic interest was pure luck. It just sucks that this could ruin our friendship, because I can see us being very good friends.
Just needed to get my feelings out there. Thanks for reading, if you did.

Hi, new here. Does isha offer anything for someone who wants specific guidance? My enrgies have become way too intense, i thought i would keep them at vishuddhi but the kundalini has risen too much and a small portion of energy is around the crown. I have been doing yog mudra with eyes closed for 8-9 months(inconsistently)and it all has happened too fast. I don't think i will be able to handle this. I don't want to do something stupid and make my parents hopeles. I will stop doing any sadhana but i have been in this situation before as well (3 months ago) and thought i would prepare the body to slowly rise this energy. But i failed to find anything significant that would prepare the system and started again and now have reached a similar point. Last time i got scared because i heard sadhguru say ,"you would not be able to hold onto the body". I don't take instructions from anybody so when i say "find anything significant", i mean to find through my own experience. It is not scare anybody but maybe i have bypassed some steps. Nothing wrong with my body as such but once the energy finds somewhere to flow, i know i will have zero to little control over this upsurge. So 🤷‍♂️. Does any one know Isha foundation doing something? Sadhguru you told us that you are here to disturb the hell out of us. I guess he is not wrong but he also promised that he will be there if you genuinely long. And dont worry about whatever i wrote. It is gossip at best

So perhaps you saw my in-depth test drive of a Sebo E3/K3 yesterday and wondered if I'd do a Miele C3 test drive. Turns out YES, yes I would/did/am. Now when reading these comments please remember my use case - 80% hard flooring (but moving in a couple years and who knows what the flooring might be at the new house). 3000 total square feet. Three levels. And two rag doll cats that shed their undercoats of fine, fluffy fur EVERYWHERE. Here's yesterday's thread:
https://www.reddit.com/VacuumCleaners/comments/11ww74l/test_drove_a_sebo_today/
So I went to the OTHER vacuum shop in town, which again sells both but primarily Miele. And as expected, they recommended the HomeCare+. First the pricing: $1200 with a bunch of extras (and of course the 5 year bumper to bumper). They also would include: multi-floor, SEB228 power brush, the oversized horsehair dusting brush (with multi-way articulation), the two-foot-long flexible crevice tool, and the parquet twister.
First Impression - build. It's also pretty light - a touch bigger than the E3 but they weigh almost the same, by my measurement. The canister itself feels roughly as well built as the Sebo from the outside. The hose is longer, and the wand is MUCH beefier. I know that in practice the Sebo's wand is probably easier to fix/maintain but the Miele's aluminium telescoping rod just feels beefier. Also no exposed wires. Don't know if that matters. The Miele felt nicer to hold - the handle grip was slightly larger which worked better for my XL hands. The onboard tools are not any better than the Sebo, TBH. Just pretty basic.
Second impression - it is also quiet. Maybe a touch louder than the Sebo, or the store could have been quieter than the other store. Definitely still REALLY quiet. But, to be fair there's no air belt AND it's fully HEPA - which the Sebo is not. The SEB228 head is in fact louder than the ET-1, but nowhere near as loud as some videos might suggest. Maybe they're having QC issues? One thread suggested that their old one was quieter than the new one, and that they tried one at the store that was also loud. Well, this one wasn't.
Third impression - suction. The low is lower than Sebo's low, but the high is much higher than Sebo's high. So that's a thing. Bigger motor, I suspect. Low is specifically for drapes though, so they might actually have purposely geared it SUPER low for a reason. I'd say it works kind of like:
Dyson v8 low < Miele low < Dyson high < Sebo low < Sebo high < Miele high.
Fourth impression - attachments. The parquet twister is just as awesome as everyone says. Edge suction is STELLAR on it. The SEB228 is far better than you'd think - even on bare floor. It also does include the auto-shutoff in the newest iteration (he sucked up a towel to demonstrate). It was, however, HEAVY. Like "glad it's self propelled" heavy. Twice as heavy as the ET-1. That's a thing. The turbo pet tool ($50 extra for the non-Miele-branded Wessel Werk) was great.
He didn't have an SEB336 head out to test, so I can't give my impressions of that. The multi-floor tool is... super unexciting and unlikely to ever be used. The fancy dusting brush is significantly nicer than Sebo's. The crevice tool is ... long and flexible.
Fifth impression - service and warranty. If I buy the Homecare+, it's pretty much the same as the Sebo. Tune-ups included, 5 year bumper to bumper. And while I was there a lady came in with a 15 year old Miele that had lost some suction. They quoted her $99 to tear it down, overhaul it, and repair the suction issue. She was worried it would be more, and he jokingly said "well if you're really worried a new one is $350, I won't overcharge for labor!" and quoted the lower rate.
Sixth impression - filtration. Well, here's the thing. This guy DID know HEPA from S-Class. And it IS better. A little noisier? Yeah, so is a HEPA air purifier compared to non-HEPA. The real question is "do you need HEPA", not "is this a good filter". Those of us that want to see PerformanceReviews magic zero emissions... may want a Miele:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f9Q74FFRVo
(Bear in mind that the ambient is 150k, and Sebo brings it to around 7k or even lower, and that's all particles down to 0.2micron... also bear in mind that dust mites and their droppings are much larger than that, and 100% blocked by both units. So is pollen, and pet dander.)
I will, however, say that the auto-closing bag flap is nice. Not that you open the bag compartment much, but when you do Miele auto-ejects the bag slightly and closes the flap so you don't have to fumble around for it, discover it broke off and fish it out of the body cavity all while compressing the bag and pushing dust out. So that's a win for the Miele.
Seventh impression - fit and finish. I'll say that it's close. The Sebo is probably a LITTLE more snugly built, if I'm being honest. When I opened up the Miele, it was easy to take the cover hinge off its tracks and remove it entirely. But it went right back in, so maybe this is a design feature rather than a flaw. The HEPA filter is sealed really well. The bag seals really well. The pre-motor filter is more substantial than I was expecting. And the bag is a SERIOUS THING. Sebo's bags are good, but the bag on the Miele is REALLY GOOD. This unit was smooth like the Sebo, but in a more "aluminium and strong materials" way than in a "industrial plastic and lightweight" way. The hose and wand together are probably heavier than the Sebo, so if I did the ceiling fans a lot it'd likely be a consideration.
Verdict: I need to talk it over with the wife. If the filtration was equal, I'd be buying the Sebo no question - my gut reaction is that the Sebo's build quality is just higher. But since the Sebo would cost nearly $1400 to kit out, let's do the math on the Miele - $1200 plus the turbo pet tool ($50) plus the Soniclean-branded Wessel Werk RD285 for $40. So I'm at around $1300 in Miele land. So roughly the same, or even slightly cheaper, than the Sebo.

Hi, I’ve only had one psychiatrist so I’m not really sure if this is something I can change psychiatrists for. I have ADHD and was diagnosed about a year or two ago.
For the first two months, I was prescribed Adderall but then stopped going for some months because I was dealing with other stuff. When I started seeing the psych again, I was prescribed bupropion which didn’t work and then atomoxotine for some time which worked but also made me very irritable and would cause me to constantly wake up from my sleep. She was hesitant to give me adderall for some reason but eventually did and prescribed 5 mg. It was working perfectly fine for the first few months. However, it’s been several months now and there’s basically no difference compared to if I don’t take it. I brought it up with her today and in our prior session and she said she won’t be raising it, said I don’t “really” need it even though I have ADHD, said I’m not special enough to need more and that I probably took it too much, to find a way to motivate myself to enjoy my work, then made some bad analogy about a car and making due with what you’ve got.
Is this a reasonable thing to change psychiatrists for? I’m a college student, and the first few months that the adderall WAS working let me focus so much more on my schoolwork and not procrastinate. Now, the 5 mg does basically nothing and I’m not sure what to do.

The run in question, for those interested. Features: The Fighting Lion, Sub-50 minutes, Sleep Deprivation, commentary in Fireteam Chat, Strange Music, no Wishender Cheese
 

• Brakion has way, way, way too much health in the third phase. I think changing the health splits from 30/30/30 to 45/45/10 would go a LONG way towards making that encounter feel better. A high-damage, high-durability enemy that endlessly rushes you with no reprieve or mechanic outside of a stagger that can happen exactly once isn't fun or interesting, it's just frustrating - especially when it comes at the end of a long and intense activity. It'd be a lot more tolerable if his health reflected that you've been beating the milk out of him for two phases, making his stagger more accessible and giving you a greater chance to capitalize on it to end the fight.
• Alternately, just turn off his gun for the third phase. The Void Fire attack hurts, but it CAN be dodged, and it causes him to stop for a second instead of engaging in more relentless pursuit. Plus, he's been using a single-fire weapon in burst-fire since the second phase started - it's gotta be overheated or something by now, right?
• gosh the fighting lion is SO buggy. not a single aspect of that gun works properly or consistently right now
• It's funny how much more tolerable spawns are when you're running solo instead of in a group, and I actually appreciate how in duo+ "add clear" goes from a job to a career because the adds are actually dangerous and there's just so very many of them.
• Controlled Demolition adds Volatile to Sentinel attacks but not Volatile Rounds to Weapons of Light??? Throw me a bone here
• Wyverns are made of bastard.
• No Champions is SO nice. Please do the rest of the game.
• When Asher Mir physically returns to us, I want the option to hug him. I want to see him turn into a furious spluttering mess over being welcomed home as a dear friend.
• Speaking of Asher, I wonder if he's up to trying his Synthetic Light experiments again. Maybe Splicer tech will make them work this time?
• Despite the Fighting Lion dealing more damage than usual to Red Bars, it doesn't make much of a difference in the big scheme of things - most noteworthy thing about it is being able to down Wyverns in one shot instead of two shots, which really isn't that significant when they can be downed quickly with other weapons. Keep it IMO.
• I don't know why I got the second catalyst when it's supposed to be on a weekly lockout but I'm not complaining since that's the only catalyst I actually care about.
• One of these days I need to clean out my music library.

 
Good luck to everyone else who attempts runs of their own!

Metamorphosis, changing into something new. Fat hungry green caterpillars turning into vibrant lively butterflies that can fly to heights only those on the ground could dream to have. However, colors tend to describe liars and cheats. Those who can fly do it and avoid the ground as if it were a calling from the reaper of death. No one can stand to see such a magnificent butterfly next to the roaches and rats. A butterfly may flap its wings until the very parts that allow it to do so start to tear and rub against their bodies never wanting to be a caterpillar again. I don’t know what I am. Butterfly, caterpillar, rat... maybe even just dirt. The ground has always been my home in fact my being. This dirt feels week and malleable the rain making it weak and unpredictable. My thoughts and eyes work against their purposes. I see what I shouldn’t and hear, think what I shouldn’t.
Extending into the air raising quickly I pull down one of the beauties from their grandiose flights. Gushing and weaving my dirt through each wing feeling the squirm of the legs and silent cries. Is this not my nature? So, the butterflies say... In the past for years and years I have tried to let them fly with no abrupt change; however, as a result my soil flows with no nutrients, no life. Why must I suffer? But in change has come judgement as always.
Maybe my roots. My leaves, my body shouldn’t continue to flourish for it only causes pain. However, the only way I could meet the infinite abyss is by starving. Why within this cycle am I the last expected to starve? Because everyone else would suffer? A baseline for survival is my sacrifice. When I question, I am seen as cursed, angrily so, unaccepting of my duty to the ecosystem.
The butterflies being the greediest of the bunch. I wish to give more to the roaches and the rats; however, I am unable to give to them. In fact, the offer itself has become a taboo that only anger, and bitterness is produced from the exchange.
No more bitterness. No more judgement. No more hate. No more soap boxes.
I will starve.
Shriveling, turning brown, looking up at the sky I see the clouds and blissful trees. The trees that cannot see the ground, feel the shifts, and turns that occur from the day to day. From my earlier days, wanting to help becoming ingrained into the idea of living correctly and in such a pursuit my own home has become a pit in which I cannot dig up from. As everyone seems to get closer to the warm rays of the sun, I have only sunk closer to the unforgiving pull of the earth.
Accepting my wants I drift my face towards the dirt, towards my roots, hugging the ground. Cold and wet.
Taking my final breath, I see the storm approaching over the horizon. Dark grey clouds consuming the light blue sky. Raining, pouring, windy, and overwhelming. Holding onto the ground I begin to let go absorbing into my home. Face melting, melding with what had given birth to me many years ago.

I currently have no friends and the thing stopping me from making friends is not knowing how to interact when I’m not like them. For example, what am I supposed to do when they ask why I’m not currently dating or haven’t dated before? There’s no easy way to say “I don’t think I deserve to be loved”. Especially when it’s someone you’re only just forming a friendship with. I could just make something up about being busy but that feels like starting a friendship on a lie. And I struggle with feeling like none of my friendships are real because I keep the relationship shallow and them at a distance.
Disclaimer: I am on the autism spectrum, so that could be why I’m not understanding.

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