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Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by nyokodo »

granshaw wrote: post #219
spacedcowboy wrote: post #196

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Take heart. My wife almost died early this year from a hospital deciding to rush her Sodium level restoration because beds were scarce and profitable. She now suffers from extreme anxiety, her previous life as a happy, well-balanced mom is over, and as I write, she’s in the next room chattering in nonsense to herself because it’s how her brain copes. It’s worse in the mornings, gets better, briefly, in the afternoons…

That sounds awful, I’m so sorry to hear that and do hope that she can make progress. If I may, this is a point I’ve been thinking a lot of lately though - as in, is the “oh there’s many people out there who have it way worse, so be thankful for what you have” mindset actually healthy? Of course there will always be others worse off… and the inverse advice is also widely accepted: “never be the smartest person in the…

> is the “oh there’s many people out there who have it way worse, so be thankful for what you have” mindset actually healthy?

It’s not always healthy to compare yourself to others but it’s always healthy to be grateful for what you have and what you can do.

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Post by culebron21 »

skinkestek wrote: post #214
timeon wrote: post #72

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> Western folks I'm from Eastern Europe and we celebrate already on 24th.

I understand Ukrainians celebrate Christmas officially now for the first time. (If I understand correctly last year it was some kind of transition.)

They did celebrate it before, but on January 7th (which on Julian calendar is December 25th, because it lags 14 days). This year their Orthodox church switched to Gregorian calendar.

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by tuantruong »

spacedcowboy wrote: post #196
geuis wrote: post #76

This has been an awful year for me. Unable to find work, having to sell off important assets. And for some reason iOS autocorrect is still terrible. Here's to hoping next year will be better.

Take heart. My wife almost died early this year from a hospital deciding to rush her Sodium level restoration because beds were scarce and profitable. She now suffers from extreme anxiety, her previous life as a happy, well-balanced mom is over, and as I write, she’s in the next room chattering in nonsense to herself because it’s how her brain copes. It’s worse in the mornings, gets better, briefly, in the afternoons…

Merry Christmas and thanks for an inspiring story. I have been through so much chaos, struggles in 2023, but comparing to you, it is just nothing. I will forever take heart gratefully in whicheve life will hit me at. Hope things will get better with your wife and you, I guess it could only be better from here. Thanks, you made my day and best wishes to you from Vietnam

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by mock-possum »

I largely left Reddit with the fall of Apollo, and now here I am instead. Is this better? It’s different, there’s less variety in some ways, but it’s nice not having to constantly downvote + report for off topic posts (thank you dang)

I’m certainly not sad to be here.

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