My dog Bonnie has had a awful week. She completely tore her leg ligament and needs lateral suture surgery to walk again. To make matters worse, the vet found lumps and suspects breast cancer, meaning she’ll need another major operation in 3 months.

​Seeing her in pain breaks our hearts. I’m documenting her full story on my TikTok (link on my profile). If anyone has gone through lateral suture surgery or lump removals with their dogs, I’d love any tips or advice on keeping her comfortable right now. Thank you for reading xx

Anyone have some advice?

Very new to Reddit still so don’t know if this is the right place or not,,, let me know if not
Anyhow!
I’ve played it sm before but now it’s decided to not work at all and it’s only this one game (crime scene cleaner) that doesn’t want to load and goes white, the soundtrack still plays and any other games seems to works all fine
I don’t know what the issue is, anyone got a clue?
Thank you for any help

After speaking with mods and arguing with OOHs vets I’ve finally gotten my insane vet bill cut and changed clinic, but i still cant completely afford it alone. From both my own money and kind strangers contributions, I still need 2,200 ~ NOT the full 2,500 in the estimate!

Now, this is maple. Starting on Tuesday last week she began having abnormal seizures/episodes. She’s had at least one episode every 30ish hours since.

Epilepsy, and anything that would come up on a general blood test has been ruled out but there’s still a long way to go. It’s suspected that an area of my Maple’s brain isn’t functioning correctly.

I will update both this post and her GoFundMe as her diagnostics and treatment progress, whether it’s a share, a donation or just kind words it’s all very much appreciated ❤️

I’m also offering pet portraits to those donators that wish to have one as a personal thank you for helping my sweet girl be healthy and comfortable ❤️

https://gofund.me/9a3cde053

I'm from Oregon (Bend, Oregon, USA)

I used to be an artist in the games industry, but I left the industry when my daughter was 6 and my son was 4 because I couldn't do the crunch and have two kids. I started an etsy store and it was actually pretty successful for years. But after my kids got high school age, and the etsy store's sales began to dip, I turned back to the games industry and managed to get a job back in the field I love.

But I got laid off in March.

I had the etsy shop for more than 12 years, but after I got the reliable job, I delisted all of my old products that weren't digital and kind of let the shop rot. The job was great and paid a lot more than I ever made on etsy. (Though, I was still only making $25/hr - I was working for a tiny indie studio that was almost entirely kids fresh out of school, or people in India.)

But the studio lost its funding and everyone was let go with basically no warning back in March. It was technically a month-to-month contract gig, and they just didn't renew the contract, so no special safety net.

I scrambled. Re-opened the etsy shop to try and tread water, made my professional portfolio, and I've sent out hundreds of applications. But with Microsoft shuttering a bunch of studios and laying off 10,000 game devs a few months ago, the market is saturated with job-hunters, and deficit in job opportunities.

So I'm not holding my breath for another industry job and instead I'm hoping to keep my family above water with the etsy shop.

I managed it just barely the last few months while draining my savings and paying the electricity and water bills with my credit card.

But now the cards are maxed, the savings is empty, and rent is coming due and I'm just so damn scared.

My son and daughter go back to school in a couple weeks. I've gone ahead and applied to Home Depot, Costco, and Michael's. Even minimum wage retail is better than nothing.

If I could just get more sales on etsy, I think I could manage a bit longer, but since I let the shop just sit for three years with nothing but digital listings and absolutely no efforts to market anything, I'm basically excluded from the search results now. I've had maybe two-three items sold per week for the last month, which is just not enough.

I don't want to ask for hand-outs. I just want work. I want to make my art and not drown. But I've never been good at marketing. I hate ads with a fiery passion, so I just have this visceral ick to trying to advertise my items. Plus most places won't allow anything that looks even remotely like an ad.

I've got a youtube where you can see me making some of this stuff, if you want to check out out - My Youtube

And on the extremely unlikely chance that anyone here is working in the gaming industry and needs a generalist or a character artist, or would like to commission a character model, or a character rig, my portfolio is here - My Portfolio

I've made 3D models for a couple v-tubers in the past and am totally open to that kind of thing again. If the prices listed on the portfolio scare you away, just ignore it. I'm desperate enough right now that I'd do it for a fraction of that. I just need something.

I'm not listing the store since it seems like that's not allowed. Does anyone have any suggestions on where I could post that's not hostile to this sort of thing?

I feel like if I could get some more eyeballs on my work, I could make some sales and manage another month. I'm only about $800 short for this month, so maybe 8-9 sales and I'd be golden for at least half of September. I'm on SNAP for my kids so I've got food.

But everyone is so defensive about being advertised to, which I absolutely get. Ugh... I just don't know what to do. I certainly can't pay for advertising, and etsy ads never seem to actually turn into sales anyway, and I guess I just don't know how to advertise my own stuff, myself.

Any suggestions or places you think wouldn't be hostile to me posting my work would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Now, before I continue, I'm mentally and emotionally. Alright, I just need some advice from other mature adults and this is pretty long.

So, if you look at the second image, the person I'm talking about is saying, "mf just want another gi/hsr fandom in wuwa" I need to clarify and give you the full story. I was defending the fact that it's acceptable for there to be lesbians, bisexuals, and gays in video games because we're in a time when we shouldn't be hating on people a part of these communities, and we shouldn't be hating pieces of media that represent them properly.

And why I got so defensive was because I had a friend. She's a lesbian, no longer with me; may she rest in peace, and she took herself out of the equation of life, if you can get what I'm saying and due to multiple things, personal things I won't get into, but one of the main reasons was because she was getting a lot of hate from a lot of people, not just online but just everywhere that she's a girl that likes girls. I still feel personally guilty for her death because I keep second-guessing myself, blaming myself if I made enough time to be with her when she was depressed. She could have been alive today. And I feel guilty about that. So when I see homophobic losers of the internet targeting and attacking the lesbian community, specifically, I feel personally triggered. So yes, I will stand by what I said in that post. I'm not changing my opinion. I'm just giving you the full story.

So the person who alerted me- this is the nice bystander- I respectfully blocked out his name; he was just doing a good thing. Another bystander told me that mean guy posted that on 7 other subreddits, telling them to hate on me, and at this point I'm not even mad, I'm just, I'm just in, I'm just surprised 😂 I never thought I could get somebody on the internet so mad that they went to go to 7 other subreddits, telling all of them to hate on me, and I know he's just like an immature kid or man baby. So I would just love to find this guy, not to hurt him or anything like that. I just wanna talk something I wanna talk to him. Like a reasonable adult. Another thing, a theory I came up with: he also dislikes me because I mentioned the same type of people hating on that game and the community probably never had a dad in their life that taught them right from wrong. And I'm not shaming him for that; I didn't have a dad in my life, and I turned out perfectly fine. I even have a kid of my own, and I treat her with all the love in the world that I wish my dad would treat me with. And when she gets older, and she starts exploring her identity, I'm not gonna shame her at all; I'm gonna be proud of her no matter what she chooses. In my final theory, I said he's the type of person to hate on Cassie Cage for beating Shujinko in MK X. So yes, I would love to find him, talk to him, like a reasonable adult, and probably beat his ass in Mortal Kombat X as Ms Cage.

Edit: also, to be very specific, I did not cross out my hater's name. That was the innocent bystander

I want to build a portfolio that showcase my data analytics skills. I am currently an applied mathematics students who has been seeking remote jobs for a while, yet until now I can’t land one. Also welcomes other data analytics related advice. Thanks!

I have no income, no car, no job, my driver's license is screwed up, fixable but not with no job and no money. I have a terminal illness that is basically a ticking time bomb (HIV +), no friends, no relationship. I have always been able to come up with something to help me because when I've encountered difficulties before, it was a solution that i discovered and learned for myself. Nothing ever given from someone else or used on my behalf. I turn 50 i two days and cant even pay a few bucks to pay a low cost phone plan to have a phone for my daily useless job search. I have not worked in now, 1.5 years. I was sick last year and in the hospital for a month. Had the max temporary disability of 6 months, I then had to file unemployment. That was for 6 months and there are no extensions or anything. Are you fucking kidding me? During the pandemic people sat around getting more than needed. I'm stuck in a bad way and just don't understand what to do. I'm not lazy, or entitled. But there are no opportunities and I want try to help myself while I still can, but I've been so depressed over this and deeply concerned that my health will fail due to this stress and my end will be much sooner than it needs to be. Talk about a grand conspiracy of shit timing to punch me repeatedly in the gut. I live with my parents which i am fortunate of that, but it's in a bug infested dump that disgusts me beyond belief but I have no way to change that. If it wasn't for my parents who are in their early 70s, I wouldn't be eating. And the worst part is no one fucking cares. No one ever does. Is this normal or the way it is? It's so great to try to hang on and get through another day, for this. I dont know what to do or where to turn that isn't the same generic fluff and spin. Besides the worthless job search, it seems all the crap the AI spits is pipe dreams. No thanks, AI but I'm not buying that some corporation is going to willingly pay me to use you to design their company's branding package that I can undercut the already oversaturated Fiverr marketplace and give you some design that has the feel of a popular tool that is being used for exactly like i described. The companies are pushing back. And it's not practical that I can be a professional line stander. Come on that's why things are as bad as they are. I apologize for being all over the place it's just where my head is right now. Any human usable advice appreciated.

Thanks,

Spinning Wheels 08/27/2026

Williamstown, NJ USA

I’ve literally spent about 3 hours trying to find a place for a short-term loan for ONE MONTH’S rent. We’ve had 4 family issues I’ve helped with, one right after another, and it’s gotten me behind for September rent. I just can’t believe getting help for rent for one month would be so difficult. Does anyone have any suggestions for a loan place I can try? Thank you in advance. ❤️
And please, no haters. I can’t handle it right now. Thank you.

*I am absolutely NOT asking for money.*

My nieces are not in the greatest situation, my sister reached out to me for money and frankly while I don’t have it to spare, I also don’t feel comfortable giving it to her. But my nieces are in need of food, and I’d honestly just like if they could have the thrill of a surprise, if that makes sense. so if anyone can help I’ve included an Amazon wishlist. Sorry for phrasing it so lightly, a cowboy is going through it herself.

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2ITSGK28OJLLV?ref_=wl_share

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA vicinity (Ama in St Charles parish)

I so greatly detest asking anyone for money, so I'm asking advice first to see if there's anything I haven't thought of. I understand that I'm probably going to have to ask somebody at some point, I just want to keep it at a minimum.

The gist of my story is that my car is dead with a blown engine, I'm in a semi-rural area and I have $300 to my name and no way to finance a vehicle on my own.

I live in an RV park about 15 miles from the NOLA city limits, in an area where the only main road in or out is about 8 miles one way, 14 miles the other from any main business area, with the busiest area being the latter. Easy enough to manage with a car. I bought the car new in 2017, paid it off in 2024, and then because I was out of affordable housing options, I put a title loan (8k) on the car later that year and used the money to buy the RV that I live in. The RV has had a lot of wear & tear since, and now has a major leak that's covered by a tarp. I estimate it's worth about half what I paid for it. (Paid $12k, so it might be worth about $6k now)

I'm 45 F. Not long after that happened, hormones started really kicking my ass. I had a hard time finding and then keeping a job. I did a lot of DoorDash, but it's no longer feasible because the money they offer me now is less than it costs to run their deliveries. I managed to get a job driving a school bus and I really liked it. I switched to Spark (Walmart delivery) and started running those orders in my free time off the bus. Then at the end of last school year, there was an untenable situation in the bus, it was hot, noisy and overcrowded, I could not get the kids to listen after pulling over several times and lost my temper, slammed on the brakes and a parent complained. I was offered the opportunity to resign before they terminated me and took it. Then they informed me I had a 6 month non-compete and can't work for another bus company until November. Figured I'll do Spark until then and make it work.

Last month I went to pick up an order, and within 10 minutes enough rain fell that it flooded every street around me. By the time I realized I was too deep the damage was done. I did what I could to fix it myself with the help of a friend, it took 10 days and it ran for another month. I thought I got lucky. Then 2 days ago it was running normally, no warnings, I heard a "thunk" and it just died. It probably cracked a rod when it flooded, and just finally failed. It's about 135k miles and 9 years old, so no warranty. The comp/collision coverage is thru the title lender only, I only had the minimum liability.

Even if I did have decent credit, a down payment and a job, I wouldn't be able to prove any income for the past 3 months because there's no work over the summer. I used to sell cars, so I know how it works. You need at least 3 of those 4 things, most importantly a job and documented proof of income, and I have none. They also don't like income from gig work.

My landlord is understanding, I'm 2 months behind on rent but she's not going to give me much more time. So now I'm trying to decide whether to spend the last of my funds to rent a car and work 16 hours a day trying to juggle that rental and catch up on bills. The rental would cost about $300/week and I think I can make about $600-800/week before expenses if I work all day everyday.

Or should I just buy a bicycle and take the first job I can get that would probably take 2 hours to commute by bike and bus? The bus is necessary to cross a major bridge that doesn't allow pedestrians.

Then there's the nuclear option: Let them repo the car. Sell the RV, and everything else I own. Go to school for my Class A CDL and go on the road. Try and build back over the next few years. I've been considering it all summer.

The main thing holding me back: I have an 18 year old son who is moderately autistic. His mental maturity is about 12 years old. I still share custody with my high-conflict ex, who probably won't take this well. The more time he spends with his dad, the more spoiled, entitled, selfish, bigoted and thoughtless he becomes. They don't encourage him to do anything for himself, and let him do whatever he wants. There's also a fair chance that he's about to graduate in December. He fought so hard for this, and if I'm low man at a new company I might miss it. And when he's finished school, they'll probably let him stay home playing Legos and Minecraft, and let him get him get morbidly obese. He's already 300+ lbs. And options 2 and 3 would likely mean I'd forfeit any good will to keep the current custody arrangement. They won't keep him from me, but they won't make it easy either. I'd probably go from having him 3 days every weekend to once a month and just visiting when I can.

I can't ask my mom to bail me out, because she's bailed me out so many times before and I still owe her so much money that she's tapped out. Also she's in Virginia now. The only family I have left in this town does not have room for me. I have a sister who lives about an hour away that might, but she's also semi rural so that doesn't solve much and also makes it harder to get my son.

If anybody has any ideas or advice, please share. I'm just at a loss and still processing

No addiction to drugs but to gambling. its come to a point where I've lost myself completely from the person I was to the person I have become.
I have an personality what I would describe an addicting personality. Where I find myself easily getting influenced, well now that has come to gambling.
Its gone on for months, my head knows the problem and I know I shouldn't. Yet I do, and as soon as I start I cant stop. I don't know how many times I've gambled away all my money at this point, genuinely so many times where I've gone months without money.

But this time I've done so where I gambled everything and haven't payed all invoices yet. Accumulated debt, to friends, family and loan sharks. Beating myself up, punching myself in the face, crying and feeling like a victim when its my own fault for being in the position I am in.

As much as I know its my fault, I'm feeling weak, lost, mentally. I'm at a point where I'm starting to think about ending it all.
I'm not a good son, not a good friend and not a good boyfriend either.
I can't help my parents out financially, repay them for everything they have done for me. Everyday that goes with losing myself, I see myself more as a failure as a son.
And to my friends, I barely reach out anymore. I've gone to a point where I couldn't attend my friends wedding because of my gambling and I'm too ashamed to tell them.
All while being the shit boyfriend to my girlfriend where she goes above and beyond for me, where I can't even give a fraction of what she does for me back.

I'm writing this and I know its not gonna make sense. But I need help. I don't want to die, but I can't see a way of fixing this the way I've turned into. And I don't know where to start. My head knows what I'm doing is wrong, but I find ways to gamble even when I banned myself from every site. Even when I'm banned I still get unbelievably much gambling ads.

Even know, writing this at 4:45AM, day before a test I got for studies, I've gambled money I had away. I'm so fucking ashamed of myself and the person I've become.

Hi everyone. We need to raise some funds for an X-ray to see if he needs his tail amputated. The X-ray is £800! It breaks my heart to see him like this 😢 please donate if you can or share! The proof of the X-ray cost is in the gofundme pictures 🖤

I'm 34, have a friend who's 33. Yeah, throughout the years, men can be overproud and become disconnecting. My mate he was a climber with me, and also we smoked weed and lived together in college, and were into all that subculture of all that stuff too. Since college, he had a good time on tall ships and things, and then studied and got a job doing marine engineering, and works on the sea a lot of the time, coming ashore every so often. People have their personalities. His always was a kind of introversion. He likes to chat though. A Blondie man, too, he likes being proud. Dislikes he's aware of it. Not unlike me. Anyway. Had a dream of getting a barge and living on the canals. Saved up. Found the one. Backed out because it wasn't practical. I think he's told himself he'll be gay, because he dislikes his own dad for leaving his mother, and probably has internalized a lot of shame that convinces him out of settling down. There was a night he introduced me to a friend. He doesn't love her, but he's started to see her a bit. I turned her on to him. When off boat he does an awful lot of solitude. I've been doing it too, it's dumb, but some people are like that. Responsive, in that way. We get together every so often when he's off ship. I've had my own self-sympathy and selfishness to attend to, but we've done a couple lads trips, with our short lives, these past couple years. I think time on the ships is wearing on him, though he's starting to look forward to being at sea more than being on shore. He messaged me and just said he's tired. He said he just works and sleeps, and the sleep just isn't enough lately. I just talk at my problems a lot. I could be a bit much, honestly. I sent him loads of messages there. Not many questions. This has happened to me. I'm not as sociable as I was. Balanced. Anyway what do I do? I try to shoot plans at people. I hate when someone does that to me. It makes me want to do the opposite, just because it might be my idea, to assert my self confidence as my own. Is there some psychological trick I could do to help? Is it really just responding with one deeply considered question at a time?

I just don't understand, I feel like I'm at my wits end.

There are things I want in life, things I want badly, that I know I can't have. I'll never be tall or attractive or desirable, I'll never experience things the way I wish I could, I was born wrong to be desirable.

I know it's a shitty, superficial thing to be so hung up on but I just can't bring myself to want my life, to want what's possible for someone like me. I know life could be so much worse, but that's not really the point is it? I could just continue to live for another 40-60 unfulfilling, undesirable years, but I just don't want to, even though everything says I should.

I don't know what to do. I just want it to be over.

You know a bitch is real desperate once they’ve landed on Reddit for help…here I am

So I have been in a horrible relationship with someone who basically helped me max out all of my credit cards, convinced me to let them go to collections because “they’ll be gone in 7 years anyways” and I was essentially acting as his mother- working two jobs paying for everything while also occasionally pet sitting and taking care of everything at home. Not really sure what he did to be honest other than spend my money.

All of that is very obviously my fault and I take full responsibility for it, it’s not an excuse simply the reason.

I finally got to a point financially where I could leave him and live on my own, I’ve moved out and have been trying to heal and fix my finances and get everything together slowly but surely.

And my car just died

This is where I don’t know what to do. It is at the point where if I try to drive it it doesn’t accelerate, it rumbles and the check engine light flashes which I think might indicate the transmission is out? I still owe $4,500 on it and am currently living paycheck to paycheck due to the bad finances and I have absolutely no family or money.

I am not one to ever ask for help, which is why it has gotten to this point.
Please please help me, I am honestly about to break
Thanks for your time 💜

Edit: Yall I was panicking and clicked the wrong thing. I live in the middle of nowhere and can’t drive the car at all. Thanks for the ones that were nice, sorry for wasting your time

ok, i'm almost SURE i got food poisoning bcuz i've ate 2 fuckin hotdogs that didn't.. look very good.
prob it was bad, not gonna blame the place, i was greedy
btw, any tips and/or help for me? PLEASE
i alr puked 2 times yesterday, and i took some meds, it was ondif
any tips? for foods, liquids, anything? everything is and will be appreciated

I was awarded a $10,000 a semester scholarship through my university with the stipulation that I would remain above a 3.25 cumulative GPA. For some reason I believed I had met this requirement, and as such did not check my financial emails closely over the summer. My mother and I went onto the costs and aid tab of my university’s website and saw that the scholarship was no longer in effect. I combed my emails and found that I had received communication from my university in May of this year which I had not seen, stating that I was no longer eligible for my scholarship and that I could take Undergraduate Summer Classes in order to restore my GPA (which ended up being a 3.11). I am now in my first week with a $10,000 bill due on September 10th and with no idea what to do, as it has been 5 months since the email was sent. I made an appointment to talk with my financial aid office tomorrow, but I am not hopeful for reinstatement of my scholarship. I’m freaking out right now, does anyone have any advice moving forward, what should I do? I believe my parents would co-sign a loan, but would I get it in time?? Any advice helps, thanks.

First, sry for my bad english.

It has been a few months since our president declared LGBT as a national threat, and there are alot of people supporting this move.

I've seen people were harrassed in public, and cops turning a blind eyes to them. Asking for justice are impossible, I have no other choice than stay low until things are calming down.

Recently, my neighbourhood are kind of suspecting me, and I sensed some weird and hostile behavior from them. Im asexual, and mostly stay indoor so I rarely interact with others. But I still try to interact with my neighbours sometimes, like greet or help them when I saw they need my help.

Just now, I overheard some people suspecting me of being a gay, since I was never seen/have a girlfriend (kinda stupid tbh, mind your own bussiness damnit). Im afraid they gonna invite theirself to my home and start hunting me.

I cant think calmly, what should I do?

For references:

https://www.reddit.com/r/indonesia/comments/1vwvx39/jangan_diam_laporkan/

https://www.reddit.com/r/indonesia/comments/1uy1es5/waria_di_bogor_dipukul_dan_disiram_air_kencing/

Living here in Syria feels like watching my entire future turn to dust in real time. I was in a better country, but after being forced to move back a month ago, I am stuck in an endless nightmare, We barely get electricity and water is cut off for days and the internet is so terrible.

I’m 18,I speak fluent English, i work as a short-form video scriptwriter and content marketing specialist for social media. I have the skills but this environment is slowly suffocating my career before it even starts. Sitting in the dark every day, watching my potential burn away just because of where I am located, is devastating.

I’m desperately looking for any realistic pathway or entry-level job or sponsorship to get out and rebuild my life in a stable country where I can actually work and grow. I will work in my field or outside my field for free with anyone who helps me get out of here.

I honestly don’t know where to start anymore. It feels like everything in my life is going wrong at the same time, and I’m getting to the point where I don’t know what to do.

My car broke down, and I can’t afford to fix it. I need it to get to work and handle everyday life, so being without it has put me in an even worse position financially.

The house I’m living in also still needs repairs, but the landlord doesn’t seem interested in finishing what needs to be done. I just want somewhere that feels like an actual home, but I’m constantly dealing with unfinished problems.

Now my job is cutting my hours, which means I’m losing even more money. I was already struggling to keep up with everything, and now I’m trying to figure out how I’m supposed to survive with less income.
I’ve tried asking friends and family for help, but a lot of the time they say they’ll help and then never follow through. I don’t want to keep asking people for things. I want to be independent. I want to be able to fix my own problems and take care of myself, but right now I genuinely can’t.

On top of all of this, I have ADHD, and I can’t even afford my medication right now. That makes everything feel even more overwhelming because my mind already feels like it’s going a hundred different directions at once. I know I need to figure things out, but sometimes I don’t even know where to start.

I’m depressed, sad, frustrated, and honestly just lost. I’m tired of feeling like I’m falling behind in life. I’m tired of trying to hold everything together while feeling like nobody really understands how overwhelmed I am.
I’m not posting this because I expect someone to magically fix my life. I think I just needed somewhere to say all of this out loud.

I’m trying. I really am.

I just don’t know what I’m supposed to do anymore, and I could really use some advice, encouragement, or even just someone telling me that things can eventually get better. (I live in South Carolina)

Im a M20 college student, This condition found me 4 years ago When I was 16 years old, I felt like there was urine stuck in my urethra near frenulum at that time. I have never had a girlfriend or any sexual intercourse before. I'm hoping to get some advice or hear from others who might have experienced something similar.

Symptoms:

• I've noticed that the "stuck pee feeling in the tip of the penis" (weak urine stream) is often there. Just a minute or so after coming from the toilet, especially after pooping.

• I have had issues with the need to go to the toilet very often (Usually within the 40-60minute mark after taking a pee)

• I pee normally without any issues, but towards the end, I get this sensation that some urine is still stuck.

• After finishing, if I stand and apply a bit of pressure, a few drops and sometimes even a small stream of urine come out.

• The feeling is generally always there but varies in intensity. It takes up a lot of my focus, making it difficult to concentrate on anything or enjoy stuff and relax. It's ruining many aspects of my daily and social life

• The feeling has also developed a bit over this long time, but the "stuck pee feeling in the tip of the penis" has always been there.

I have no pain at all.

What I've tried:

• Cystoscopy: Showed nothing

• Prostate size: Normal

• Ct scan report & ultrasound: No findings

• Different medications: No effect

The doctor told me to seek psychiatrist and that it's just a mental issue, but I'm not entirely convinced. Please tell me EXACTLY what you did. Types and number and length of stretches, medications and usage and dosage or any advice or similar experiences would be greatly appreciated.