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So, this is actually kind of cool - Your smart phone has a "phone" function where you can dial a "phone number" which, if you're in the US, is 10 digits long, and it will send a signal over your mobile network and 'ring' the other phone of the person you're intending to dial, and, if they answer, you can speak with them directly and in real-time. And if they don't answer your call, it will go to an automated message where you can leave them a "voice message" (kind of like sending a voice text) where they can listen to it later if they feel like it.

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As a short hair dad, my daughter thanks you.

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"Most of us" might have meant globally. Some people think a bit wider when they're on the internet, since they assume that they're talking from people from different places in the world.

This. It’s a good way to prevent sciatica.

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Could be god… or someone broke into your house and is hiding in your closet, waiting for you to go back to sleep.

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Retro 80's orange and red will most certainly match, or at least complement the puke!!

This. PTSD here, and went to a therapist who used bio-feedback and trigger identification to calm my jittery butt down. One of the techniques was to put a sticker anywhere you got stress, so it would cue the meditation learned via biofeedback. You should've seen my monitor at work.

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It is important to choose your battles but this is also important too. Can't let them think they're always getting their way or they'll expect that, even as they get smarter

This makes me sad. Black dogs are the least to get adopted and people who pick dogs based on just fur color is just… wow. If you’re commiting to getting a dog, commit to all of it including managing it’s fur!

The real answer is...."you don't know". And that's okay. You don't have any evidence that supports it being something supernatural. You just don't have an explanation for it. It's an unknown, that's all. Trying to attribute it to the supernatural is trying to fill in the gap of knowledge you currently have about the subject. Nothing more, nothing less.

Humans inherently want to understand things and we're very inclined, by our brains, to seek patterns and connect dots. If we can't really connect them in a way we can prove directly, we'll come up with something that somewhat fits, even if it's not supported by the evidence.

When humans didn't understand the orbits and rotations of the solar system, but saw patterns like the sun moving across the sky with different paths that correlated to the seasons, we came up with gods like Shams (Arabic, before Muhammad), Helios (Greek), Apollo (Roman), Tonatiuh (Aztec), Inti (Incan), Taiyang Shen (Chinese), Surya (Hindu) and Ra (Egyptian) and many others via various older religions. When Copernicus enlightened us as to what was actually happening, we moved away from believing in those gods because we now had an answer that satisfied the patterns we saw and was actually provable.

Your situation is similar. You experienced something: a loud noise that you could not explain while you were discussing something. You're connecting those dots, though there's no evidence to support a connection, because you want an explanation for what happened. If/when you find out what caused the noise, you'll no longer make that connection because you have the answer.

Conrad?

What law requires a private company to consider all applicants?

Breathing excercises, 4 seconds in, 4 seconds out. Make sure you do a longer exhale if needed.

Self-talk: dont always react to the first thing in your head. Always reflect on what you think. Dont be too hard on yourself or others. When speaking to yourself, do so with respect.

Remember this is an imperfect world, but your emotions are the one thing we can control. Controlling our emotions is like building a muscle, it takes practice and time. You will make mistakes along the way, and you won't be fixed over night.

Let it all go and focus on you. You can do this

I just don't answer calls from strangers.

Or people I know.

Someone may have already suggested this to you before but an immediate short term action to stop anxiety asap is to either get your face or chest very cold and wet. Dunk your face in a cold wet water. Or a very cold wet wash cloth on your face neck and chest.

"The voice on the subway was not God"

This is very simple:

1. You have to see a therapist

2. you should ask your doctor about anti-anxiety medication.

Recognize that both take time, they don’t work overnight. You may have to change medications until you find one that works. The other things—journaling, mindfulness, etc are great, but should be done with the guidance of your therapist.

There is evidence to support psychotherapy and medications separate and combined.

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