This sounds like a plausible thing that actually happened.

You don’t have any Retroachievements because you’re bad at video games.

I don’t have any because RetroArch sucks and also I’m bad at video games.

What does this app do?

This is really disappointing. The Working Designs translation is nostalgic, sure, but it’s also garbage.

Holy shit, they remembered Eternal Blue exists.

What do you propose as the solution, then? Without any up-front disclosure of the triggering content being present, how can anybody make the choice whether or not to expose themself to it?

There’s evidence that trigger warnings actually worsen anxiety and are counterproductive

I’d be interested in seeing these studies.

The way to treat anxiety is to face the source of anxiety to try and change your relationship and reaction. The best way to do this is via controlled access that exposes one to the trigger gradually in a context that has no risk of harm (eg a media depiction, discussing the concept, building up to discussing the source of trauma that led to the phobic response if applicable)

Trigger warnings enable active avoidance. This sensitizes one to the aversive stimuli and makes the phobic response stronger. As a result when one encounters the stimulus (eg a friend, family, celebrity etc commits suicide, suffers an eating disorder, etc) your resilience to the trigger is now even lower and the response is more likely to be more significant than it was before.

These two paragraphs seem to contradict each other. Controlled access in a safe setting like a media depiction sounds great. That’s exactly what trigger warnings are for. How can you possibly do controlled exposure without knowing if the content is there or not?

Trigger warnings enable active avoidance.

Incorrect. Trigger warnings inform you that the content is present in the media you’re about to watch. What you do with that information is up to you.

I was reading Matt Parker’s new trigonometry book and they made some remark about triangles in spherical geometry and I went “wait, what if you did this”

They’re not curved; the space they’re embedded in is curved.

I didn’t even think of that. Another good question!

I’m not asking about a Dorito shape.

I don’t think that can be a thing.

Are they actually worse, or are they just not what you’re used to?

“Grow up and live in the real world” / “Life’s not fair” / other thought-terminating cliches used to shut down anyone who wants the world to be a better place than it is. Like, I fucking know it’s an unfair place. The whole point is that I would like for it to be less unfair.

Beans and lentils are great for protein as well as being much cheaper than meat. You should definitely have them every day.

If you have the time and energy to do so, get dry beans and soak them overnight then cook them; they’ll have less sodium and give you less gas that way.

Oof, that’s rough.

First of all just keep in mind that intrusive thoughts aren’t a measure of who you are as a person. Everyone gets them. In fact, the more you think about how much you hate them, the more likely you are to get them. So try not to worry too much over them.

Maybe ask your parents if there’s anything you can do about giving you and your sister space apart from each other. You’re teenagers, it’s healthy to have separate rooms. If you can’t afford that, which I’m guessing from your description you can’t, even just putting up a curtain or a partition between your halves of the room might help.

What about Tetris?

What do you mean by “misandry”?

If you mean “women venting about their experiences in a male-dominated world”, then I don’t give a shit. I just try not to be the reason they’re complaining.

If you mean unrealistic emotional expectations for men, like we’re not allowed to cry or be sensitive or feel any emotion but anger, it frustrates me. I don’t really know how to handle it.

Cheap and easy food storage.

Make a dozen extra servings of whatever I’m cooking and just leave it in the pot on the stove. When I’m hungry in the future I’ll come back and serve myself up another bowl. When I take the last serving, I leave a note saying when I came from so I know to prepare another batch by then.

I just open it.