Microplastics were first detected in humans in 2018, but how long might they have been present in our bodies?
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Work is destroying me and nobody understands
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I always subconsciously try to make surreal things make sense. Could this be an autism thing?
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Rant: Occupational Health report has fucked me
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My friends are friends with a terrible gossip
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3 months and 3 weeks post-lap: hello proctalgia my old friend
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Long recovery from surgery getting me down, and need to get something off my chest
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(Possibly unpopular opinion) I need people to stop calling fingerless mittens "fingerless gloves"
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Applying for a 4 month humanities postdoc -- is this kind of project proposal appropriate?
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Might need to move back with my parents at 31. Tips for not getting stuck there forever? Anyone able to share their success story?
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Finished all my gift knitting! Sophie Hood for me + Bunnahabhain Stiuireadair
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Black Lines Oat Nog to fortify the last few rows of my mum's Christmas present
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Abdominal migraine? New pain since surgery
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Is this overstimulation or something else?
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Finished weaving in the ends and celebrating with a hot toddy
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NHS England -- accessing pelvic floor therapy?
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Books like Into the Uncanny & Atlas of Paranormal Places?
How do you know you're done healing when you've never been well?
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First period post-lap. Tell me it gets better 🥲
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Earl grey & fugue tam
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Spearmint tea + Ingrid baby sweater
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Not drunk but definitely fizzy from prescription pain meds the day after successful excision surgery for endometriosis 🥳
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Those of us with mums/close female relatives with endo, was their endo in the same place as yours?
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