Character List & Updates

din's picture
ACTIVITY NOTICE:
My muse for this game has been lacking for a long while. I visit TEFC here and
there, but do not play the game much if at all anymore. I'm doing great if you
all are wondering, I have just found other things that take up my time. Add me
on steam if you want to see me around more! I am @marissablondie but my profile
may show up as mars or dinamoozers : ) If you want to reach me privately, feel
free to send me a quick email at dinamotef @ gmail.com as I check it often.

Also, as this has happened a few times, please kindly do not ask for any of
my pictograms. If you have followed my updates over the long period of time,
I do plan on returning and playing this game more often as the Unreal Engine
update is released. Right now, I am just right smack in the middle of my college
courses and do not have the time. Thank you so much for understanding! : )


  • Player Updates

    October 1, 2021

    idk what happened but hi i'm here hello


  • Main Characters

    Characters with linked biographies have updates listed there:

    Pêche - Bio. - Picto. - Swan pelt, Whistling mask & Space Beluga antlers.
    Titano - No bio. - Ref. - Picto. - Monarch pelt, Crying (ToB) mask & candle antlers.
    Dinamo - Bio. - Picto. - Mini, Grey pelt, Crying (ToB) mask & DOTD antlers.

  • Secondary Characters

    Characters with linked biographies have updates listed there:

    Beravenon - Bio. - Picto. - Magpie pelt, DOTD mask & DOTD antlers.
    Rumba - No bio. - Ref. - Picto. - Nightfall/Beluga pelt, Skull mask & Real Deer/Candle antlers.
    Au - No bio. - Ref. - Picto. - Nightfall/Beluga pelt, Skull mask & antlers.
    Colbalt - No bio - Ref. - Picto. - Peacock pelt, Skull mask & antlers.

Mjrn's picture

Goverment teachers, I have

Goverment teachers, I have found, are either really cool or really scary. Most of the ones I've had were cool though. Liking your English teacher, nice to know someone out cares a little, haha.

The sculpture class sounds really fun. The last time I ever did anything like that was way back in earlier high school. I always sucked at it, rofl. I still have it though, and I have a ceramic thing I made back in Elm school that's just as hideous. I have no artistic talent smh

Nothing wrong with that college plan though, would rather you try and figure something out first before jumping headfirst into something you're still unsure of. Senior year isn't too bad though, at least you don't have Regents exams lol. Good luck with everything. ♥
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thelittleraven's picture

Nnnoooo don't buy the Sims 4.

Nnnoooo don't buy the Sims 4. It's a huge downgrade from 3. The sims themselves are a little more interesting and they look better but the rest of the game suffers for it hugely. No doubt because EA wants to make dat bank selling a gazillion expansion packs just to make the game enjoyable.

There are no more pools. NO POOLS! And house building in general kinda sucks; all the furniture is less detailed than it was in 3 and it's all weirdly polygonal and generally unpolished. There are all these stupid borders between houses, like... if your Sim is right in front of a house on the sidewalk and wants to go onto that lot to visit someone you get a loading screen. A short one, but... tl;dr there is no more open world like there was in all the predecessors.

It might be cool eventually with all the expansion packs and stuff and the Create a Sim part of the game is super cool, but it's not worth $60 right now. Wait until it's older and goes on sale so it doesn't blow a hole in your wallet for basically nothing.

Also hiiiii ilu <3
din's picture

racey- yeah! overall im super

racey- yeah! overall im super confident with my classes and schedule. it seems like it will be a good year, as long as i stay ontop of my gov stuff, haha. ALSO senior picnic is this thursday! were going to waterworld and im so excited, omg. im just so pale i hope i dont blind people sob
thank you so much!! it just feels..nice right now. comfortable! btw what are regents exams?


rav- NoooOOOOooOOH i should have checked here first i literally just bought it AKJFLW literally 3 minutes ago god :C well i hope its fun at least! origin does have a return policy thingy that i could do if i dont prefer it.. but im hoping i like it ;-;
I HEARD THERE WERE NO POOLS though why would you take away that?! the physics of pools were the best omfg the glitches too haha

but seriously i dont know why (maybe from watching the creatures hElp) but suddenly i want all the games. IVE SUDDENLY BECAME SO INTERESTED like..csgo man..csgo. i want it so bad I WOULD SUCK BEYOND SHIT AND WASTE SO MUCH MONEY BUYING STUFF BUT STILL
also just redownloaded steam and tf2 because who needs a life anyways. i dont know how in the world ill balance all of these games and tefc and life and homework and getting a drivers permit and a gun liscence and just UGH BUT I WANT TO DO IT ANYWAYS HELP

also hiii too ive missed you ♥
Mjrn's picture

A picnic, already? We never

A picnic, already? We never did fun things until the end of the year at our school, lucky you. At least you get to have a run in the water park before it closes?

The Regents exams are a series of required state exams (I believe they're only in New York state though.) that take place during junior year in high school. They range from math to chemistry (Though the ones like chemistry and physics you only take if you chose those electives.). You have to get a 65 or better to pass, and if you fail, you're basically screwed and have to stay back a year. The Regents have to be passed no matter what. Bless the people who chose A.P. Physics.

Since they take place during junior year (And people generally take the AST and SAT exams during sophomore/junior year), senior year doesn't have any major state exams that have to be passed. You can basically just coast through it.
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Hum's picture

The saddest thing the world

The saddest thing the world has ever known. I'm fairly certain many of these things were removed simply because they build it from the ground up, rather than use the base they'd set with 2 and 3. They wanted to improve game speed and performance due to slowness complaints with 3 (for good reason!). Unfortunately, building anything from the ground up takes a lot of resources, and I'm sure their bosses were pressing them for a release date. That said, money certainly likely also came into play: what isn't in the base game will entice players to buy those expansion packs, as well. Though, as far as I've seen, the Sims development team doesn't seem entirely lost to the wiles of money. Despite the cash cow methods they've used in the past.

Best of luck, friend. I really do hope you enjoy it. I'm sticking with the CAS4 free demo for the long haul until I can get this shit for way cheap. I'm sure one day I'll get it (and cry), but not for that price with so many things cut. <A>
din's picture

l- i know! it is very verrry

l- i know! it is very verrry early this year, all of the previous years they were way later. but i guess cuz one, its still warm, and two the water shortage? idk if water world would even be open next year, its so terrible..but still yay! awesome to have a fun break right after starting, haha.

holy crap! those sound soooo intense omfg. @____@ they sound kinda similar to SAT/ACTs to me. ;; i didnt have to take them either since im going to a community, but praise for not having to do any of those intense tests, omg. i would be dead aaklshlfldhg. did you have to take them?


humana humana- THAT LIST depresses me ;A; i heard that there was so much removed from the sims! i understand they had to balance things and give and take but omfg theres so much missing!! despite that im still really enjoying the game. the only thing i disagree with is the fact that it has to load to go into a different lot or area thing.

i know i should have waited, but im impatient and after seeing a couple of playthroughs i really wanted it, so i did and here i am.. dont really regret except for the fact that its two paychecks for me, but money right now is okay, and i just started working again so it will be paid off soon. bla bla bla

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Mjrn's picture

Yeah, I had to take the

Yeah, I had to take the regents, along with the SAT and ACTs. All were terrible lmao I just barely passed my chemistry regents, though I did decently enough on the math regents. I'm just glad we got a week off senior year before of the regents, the school's closed during it save for the people taking it.
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Poppyflower's picture

Hope you don`t mind if I

Hope you don`t mind if I suddenly pop in here |D but I`ve had to take Regents exams at the end of each year, starting from my freshman year (I`m a junior now). It might be different depending on the type of school you`re in, though. And yea, the stress put on you in the months prior to the Regents isn`t fun ;; by the end of the third one I had to take this June, I was mentally drained :c The good thing is that school-for me-ends earlier (about midway through June) and then we have the Regents. It wasn`t so bad last year (we had two Regents exams for the two days following the last day of school) but during sophomore year they were more spread out, and it sorta "shortened" the summer in way.
~Poppy~
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Mjrn's picture

Our Regents exams were in mid

Our Regents exams were in mid January, though some courses had theirs in mid June. Most were in January though. And we only had Regents junior year.

And yeah, there's a lot of pressure prior to the exams, and it's not fun at all. I was in a public school in a tiny district.
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din's picture

oh dang, that sounds so

oh dang, that sounds so intense! like i said im so happy i didnt have to take them, omg. really thankful that i dont have to endure that extra stress. thats kinda cool how they close for a week for prep nstuff though.. be glad you passed though!! haha

do you guys think, in your opinions, that theyre worth it to stress over?
Mjrn's picture

SATs and ACTs? ...Nah, not

SATs and ACTs? ...Nah, not really. They're good for college applications, but that's about it.

Regents on the other hand? Yes. They're a requirement in New York, and if you don't pass them, you don't get to move up.
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Kaoori's picture

I know the feeling, I really

I know the feeling, I really do, but it's nice to see you still stop around. Smiling
din's picture

lung- i agree about the

lung- i agree about the sat/act dudes. god damn though new york what made you so high and mighty? ;u;
what happens if you fail? whats the process? dont grad, do you go to adult school?
sorry for random 20 q's im just interested haha


kims- yeah its kind of a weird feeling.. really nice to see you around too ♥
Mjrn's picture

No, no adult school. You're

No, no adult school. You're just held back a school year. Basically it's "keep trying until you pass." I've seen kids held back for three years because of things like that.
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din's picture

wait wut you can be held back

wait wut you can be held back in high school there? (or am i misunderstanding? derp)

we cant here, either you get the credits no matter how you can (summer school, 0 or 7th periods, online courses, stuff like that) or you dont graduate. if you dont have enough, you have to move on to adult school and get a ged there. no extra or held back years in high school..
i always thought is was the same everywhere omg ;A;
new york wtf
Mjrn's picture

Yeah, you can. It's common

Yeah, you can. It's common practice around here. Again, I've seen plenty of kids get held back. Most of them dropped out eventually.

Huh, interesting. That's why I got confused when you mentioned "adult school," we don't have those around here, really.
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Mjrn's picture

Hold a revolt because how

Hold a revolt because how dare government strip you of your freedom.
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din's picture

right? and i just learned

right?

and i just learned that were allowed to, so long as its peaceful
i say we ride Lacie into the capital and petition homework ya?
Mjrn's picture

Dude Lacie would just charge

Dude Lacie would just charge straight through and fuck everything up lmao She ain't got no time for people who (probably) won't listen.

My old boy Chain would be a good steed though.
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Mjrn's picture

I LIKE BIG BUTTS AND I CANNOT

I LIKE BIG BUTTS AND I CANNOT LIE
YOU OTHER BROTHERS CAN'T DENY
THAT WHEN A GIRL WALKS IN WITH A ITTY BITTY WAIST
AND A ROUND THING IN YOUR FACE
YOU GET
SPRUNG
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din's picture

oh god. not to mention the

oh god. not to mention the songs, but the music videos???? i absolutely despise what "trendy music" is becoming


bump for a message too, freaking iOS 8 wtf man.
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Aww man, my brother lost all

Aww man, my brother lost all of his contacts too. I haven`t updated to 8 yet, though, so I`m still good. I wonder what`s going on, though.

And yea, I`ve always disliked most of today`s music. It`s got a good beat, sometimes, but the lyrics never appealed to me much. I swear if there`s one more song that begins with the words when I walk into the club
~Poppy~
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din's picture

my mom told me there were

my mom told me there were reported problems with losing contacts, but my friend updated and all of her contacts stayed so i thought i was fine! oh well i guess, i got some back from my mom and posted on facebook so i hope ill be able to get most back, haha.

i mean i love music nowadays, but those select trashy artists that have to be half nude and sing about having a large behind or the fact that they move their hips well are what frustruate me. ah well, theyre popular so i guess theyre doing something right?
thelittleraven's picture

They're not doing anything

They're not doing anything right. The vast majority of people are just really easily entertained.

That said, I try not to shit on people's music tastes too much and pass judgement. Ke$ha makes that kind of party music, for example, but she does it for fun, mostly. She's got a genius level IQ and basically just makes music for the heck of it. Her unplugged performances are great, if you ever get a chance to hear one.
din's picture

yep. and neither do i, not

yep.
and neither do i, not at all. even i have found myself bopping my head to a song of nicki minaj, but just the recent influx of pitiful songs like anaconda or booty, jesus pls save that kind of music industry. i agree too though, kesha does have that crazy sort of stuff, but i havent really seen her glorify herself like some other people do to look more "attractive" or to get more "popular". really music is free to make whatever the heck you want, but i really believe its all in how you present both the song, and yourself.
Poppyflower's picture

my anaconda don`t want

my anaconda don`t want none

Though seriously, I do agree with you. I honestly can`t quite find the appeal of songs such as that. I saw the music video for Anaconda and just wHAT

It didn`t quite...make sense to me, so to say. I mean, I understood what it was about, butts defying the laws of physics but I just couldn`t understand its purpose. I suppose the "when I into da club and c ur booty" songs are popular nowadays along with the boy bands that last for all of five seconds, so perhaps people just try to cash in on them. Of course, there`s nothing wrong with a honest and fun song with a good beat, and there are a few "popular" songs that I do enjoy ("Treasure" by Bruno Mars being an example). I just wish that people would make songs with more substance and meaning rather than jumping abroad the let`s get polluted in the club bandwagon. /rambles on and on D8
~Poppy~
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Mjrn's picture

#reasonswhyidontbotherwiththe

#reasonswhyidontbotherwiththeradioanymorelmao
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din's picture

exactly poppy! i cant seem to

exactly poppy! i cant seem to find a meaning either..and i find the best songs have meaning behind them. same with the boy bands too though haha theres so many omg. i agree, songs are fun and meant to be liked but they can be taken too far. there are definitely very many new songs that i enjoy, but all of those are at least mildly tasteful. artists are free to make what they choose, but i do second you. create some nice song about the love of your life, rather than making a whole song about seeing a random girl with a big butt at a club, doing her once then never seeing her again???


lacie im starting to wonder why i still do ;;
Poppyflower's picture

drops a song here 8D But

drops a song here 8D

But yes, I especially agree with your last sentence. I don`t think people really realize it-they`re just so used to it. I`m mostly referring to younger people who "grew up", so to say, with this type of music. I can`t really remember when the "want ur booty" began, but they`re all over the place now. And then there are those songs where the person`s literally just repeating one phrase over and over again before the dubstep comes in and everything just gets reduced to fluctuating chainsaw noises. Not that dubstep can`t be good, of course.

It really is the music videos I tend to detest, though I don`t watch them very often. I just don`t understand the whole "hey let`s shake my butt at the camera in a somewhat rebellious fashion I`m sure this will attract thousands of teens" attitude. Though apparently, it does.

I just wish the things on the radio today consisted of more than getting hot in the club and sappy love stories. Not that it wasn`t like that in the past, but those songs were more "slice of life"-esque. Now club music is all you hear on the radio. ;;
~Poppy~
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AlisonRobin's picture

/wants to jump in the

/wants to jump in the conversation
/takes a deep breath

I haven't listened to the radio seriously in ever.

I just wait for music to come to me, or sometimes I copy music off of others' computers to try new things. So new music is rare for me. I like songs that tell stories a lot so I'm often looking for those, but they're usually hard to find since I think most music is more emotional.

I did recently fall in love with a band called The Protomen that my partner got me into. They do a rock opera vaguely inspired by Megaman videogames, but their version has a story that makes sense. It was the first new music I'd listened to in ages and I spent a few days just listening to them on loop and drooling, enjoying that feeling of NEW MUSIC.
Kaoori's picture

'equivalent of the amber

'equivalent of the amber alert and slender man's noise for about 5 seconds.'

ROFLMAO OMFG
din's picture

WASNT JOKING omg it scared me

WASNT JOKING omg it scared me so beyond reasoning augugh
Echosong's picture

omg It broke your

omg

It broke your headphones? Hope your ears aren't broken also. XD
din's picture

yep ;A; i mean i go to drag

yep ;A; i mean i go to drag races and concerts so it wasnt that bad but it was very freaking loud!
more than anything it really surprised me..i mean like those random loud ass screams that are in the video when watching youtube vids and you have headphones on with volume all the way up kind of surrpised "AUUGH NO RIP ME"
thelittleraven's picture

As someone who's always had

As someone who's always had better than 20/20 vision, I can't quite imagine that feeling, but it makes me happy that you're seeing more clearly. We humans take vision for granted. It's truly an amazing sense.

Also yes update those biographies so I can drool on your characters.
din's picture

i agree - we take alot for

i agree - we take alot for granted. sometimes my chest will hurt really bad or because of my ibs my stomach will hurt, and every now and then when i feel perfect i remember what i could be feeling like and take a moment to be thankful that im not!
but im not 100% if this is the right prescription for me since i still see a bit blurry far away (and close up both when im not directly looking at something and right as i look at it, but then it focuses and gets better), but after a week i will go back and see if thats the case. right now im at 2.75, haha. im suspecting it may just be my right eye getting used to working and seeing far away again..

ah yes i have to ;; goodness reading colby and dina's bios i just CRINGE some of the things i said
haha you actually motivated me now! hopefully i wont get sidetracked but HERE I GOOOO
Mjrn's picture

Ahh, so glad to hear. ? 3D

Ahh, so glad to hear. ♥

3D movies are pretty damn cool. I've only seen one, and it was an adventure thing in a park somewhere, but it was insanely awesome.
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din's picture

&hearts; i love 3d movies.

♥ i love 3d movies. and omg i cant wait to go to one now and see if theres any difference
i think my favorite was a 3d movie seen at universal studios where they had wind blow and the chairs shake. maybe it was 4d? idek but it was soo realistic haha it was awesome
Echosong's picture

&hearts;! Congrats on the

♥!
Congrats on the upcoming birthdayyy
din's picture

thank you!! bump for my

thank you!!


bump for my sleep apnea stuff?
not 100% if thats what it is but id love some insight from anyone who knows
ApoideaBee's picture

Remember to not

Remember to not self-diagnose. I know it's your body and you are the one who knows what is going on, but don't get yourself hyped up over things before you go to the doc, okay? Be calm and listen to what they have to say. If they think you diagnosed yourself, it makes things difficult for you. Sad
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Deyna's picture

Sorry to hear about your

Sorry to hear about your sleeping troubles.
There can be several reasons for it - I think sleep aids are the worst offenders.

I remember a few times while I was half asleep I suddenly realized that I wasn't breathing. It wasn't like my body was suffocating though or sending panic signals - It was just the thought that startled me. I never had any trouble struggling to breathe, and it hasn't happened since.
Just to help relax, you might take a few minutes to sit or lay somewhere by yourself so you can focus solely on taking some deep breaths. Also, sleeping on your side helps, at least for some people.

Good luck!
Poppyflower's picture

The most important thing for

The most important thing for you to do right now is calm down. I have some anxiety myself, and quite a few sleepless/near sleepless nights have come out of it. Like Deyna said, just take a few deep breathes-in through your noise, out through your mouth. You`ll be conscious of your breathing, which I think will help in this case. ♥

Just remember to keep calm. I realize it must be quite frightening to be in this situation right now. I would be worried, too ;; But of course, just remember that it might not be sleep apnea. It could be something else entirely, or nothing at all. If you truly believe that this might be it, however, then you have every right to ask your parents about it. If it really is a problem, then it will resolved. I`ll be keeping your in my thoughts ♥
~Poppy~
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RikkaChan's picture

Hi, dearie. I just thought to

Hi, dearie.
I just thought to drop by since I am a person with sleep apnea. Reading through your personal blog, it does seem to me that you are suffering similar symptoms as I do. I can't say for sure, but I definitely recommend checking it out at a doctor's or a sleeping clinic anyway - just to be safe, y'know?

The symptoms I have are:
Exhaustion
Louder snoring, and talk a lot in my sleep. (lol)
Episodes of breathing cessation
Insomnia
Attention problem
Morning headache
Dry mouth and sometimes sore throat

Now.. I didn't want to put that there to scare you or anything, but you wanted info, right? ;; Don't panic though, because it will make it worse. It's not as scary as you might think it is, but a sleeping clinic will definitely be a convenient place to start first.

(sorry for all the edits)
Mjrn's picture

You really do need to go to

You really do need to go to the ER, that's absolutely terrifying. Crossing my fingers for you hun. ):
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Naamloos's picture

I'd see the doctor definatly.

I'd see the doctor definatly. However, don't be too affraid about the sleep apnea: it's also possible that the soft tissue at the roof of your mouth (where that round thingy is that can you touch and get an instant gag reflex, sorry my English is very poor ; A; ) may be (partially) covering your airway when you sleep.
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thank you so much for

thank you so much for commenting guys, prepare for a wall of responses, sorry if i mix up or miss anything, i am still super sleepy. and theres more of an in depth update of what happened since in my box above. i just dont feel like typing it all out again, sorry. ;;


apoidea - im really trying not to.. ;; but my mom is borderline sleep apnea and sleep apnea is common when a relative has it, so idk. im not definitely saying i have in until i talk to the doctor, and i honestly hope it isnt; but out of what ive experienced and read, i firmly believe its what i have.

denya - ive never taken any sleep aids (long time ago i took melatonin once, but thats unrelated haha). but thats exactly how i feel. its different from when i hold my breath when im awake and i feel my chest get kind of..tight, but when im falling asleep i have no reaction other than me snapping up from my dozing, out of breath. ill take a couple more breaths then if i start to doze off again, it will happen again. really a vicious cycle when im trying to fall asleep. what is really weird is when im awake (like right after my nap yesterday) and focusing on something else then realizing im not breathing. thats what worries me. and what really worries me is how quickly this started. i mean ive had it happen like once or twice that i remember over the past weeks, but its weird how it just started last thursday and has continued to happen since. does sleep apnea start out like that, so suddenly? thank you so much, though. definitely from freaking out yesterday ive learned that i just need to take a deep breath. im still alive and thinking just fine (and smiling while i write this), so im okay.

poppy - haha it definitely helped, and ill know now on if thats what happens, what to do. overall i hope its not sleep apnea. part of me hopes its something else so it can be dealt with, and part of me wants it to be nothing at all so it will go away. thank you ♥

rikka - mm thats good to know. i looked it up on mayo clinic and found that i had similar symptoms too.. ive definitely had exhaustion, episodes of breathing cessation, insomnia, morning headache and a sore throat that goes away after i wake up and move around, but nothing else yet. kind copying what i said to denya but what really worries me is how quickly this all started. i mean ive had it happen like once or twice that i remember over the past weeks, but its weird how it just started last thursday and has continued to happen since. in your experience and knowledge does sleep apnea start out like that, so suddenly? im fine today, still a bit worried but much better than my little episode yesterday so no worries. i really appreciate it, rikka ;;

mjrn - thank you so much lacie. really just hoping that it all works itself out soon. ugh

naamloos - oh yeah! theres not a question in my mind - im definitely going to see my doctor. and im not super worried since i know im still fine after suffering from it for a few days, so i know ill be okay. and thats definitely a possibility: my mom has that happen every now and then and thats why when she got tested they said she has borderline sleep apnea. i just want to know whats going on as soon as possible.
Mjrn's picture

Sucks too that this is all

Sucks too that this is all happening so close to your birthday. :/
You're in my thoughts ;__;
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ApoideaBee's picture

I'm not saying I don't

I'm not saying I don't believe you, Din. I do, very much believe you know what is wrong. I just am worried that if the doctors get wind of it from anything other than family history then they will label you as having hypochondria like one of mine did me. It took a long time for that to get removed from my medical records and gave my future doctors a lot of mistrust. I don't want it to impede your ability to get a good diagnosis from your doctors so you can get better. <3
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&hearts;. Thinking of you.

♥.
Thinking of you. Can't imagine how scary it would be to just stop breathing like that.
Hope everything will be okay, try to keep us updated? Don't stress about it, though. Look after yourself first.

And you'll be turning 17! Exciting, if a little bit scary, I imagine.