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Why does the app for my robot vacuum cleaner need access to my photos and contacts?

Your vacuum is inhabited by the soul of some social media/phone whiz, who wants to tweet pics and selfies of its cleaning after a job well done.

Or it's seen your pics and thinks it can do better?

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Three Weeks and counting.....

Oh gosh, good on you -- not only for the hard work, but for presently having therapy sessions and seeing a mental health advisor. My mental and physical anxiety symptoms started almost immediately after I finished my final college semester and I didn't see a therapist until this month. Even though 6 weeks of counseling at my college would've been free. Whoops?

I'm so glad for the positives you're able to list. Sleeping again. No smoking. Working through some issues. Partying. Interview opportunity. Wishing you the best of luck on that! Apparently routine is great treatment for anxiety.

Also, people may flock to all corners of the world, but good friends always find their way back. My brother's high school best friend came back to Indiana this weekend (under unfortunate circumstances) and they had a great time partying it up! All's not lost with your uni friends. But like Orchid said, even if one door shuts, another opens.

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Gift card guilt.

Went to said store on Sunday, issued a charge back to my credit card at the POS as a manager suggested. And now we play the waiting game.

Thanks to all for the encouragement! I'll try to take it to heart. It's my firm belief that it's our job as customers to show similar grace and gratitude toward the people providing a service, but sometimes my anxiety and hyperempathy can take it too far. Just glad that the problem is possibly over. (As soon as my bank shows the reimbursement)

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Gift card guilt.

I figured as such. Our landline doesn't have caller ID (I /know/) so if I say hello, hear static silence for 3-5 seconds, and then what we call "boiler room noise" before the hello, I hang up. So much easier to do to someone when you've never seen their face!

My favorite exchange:
telemarketer guy: (says something about my computer being at risk)
me: "oh um i'm sorry, my computer's already in the shop"
guy: ".....you said there is a problem with your computer?"
me: "uhhh...." (hangs up)

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Itโ€™s been a long time but itโ€™s nice to see that some people came back.

I hear you. Posting a bunch of encouragement on an anxiety forum helped me into a good mood after a panic attack/good cry a few hours ago. It's amazing what you'll say to a good friend (or a stranger you treat like a good friend) but you would never think to say to yourself.

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Gift card guilt.

Starting to wonder who's a baby boomer here and who's a millennial! ๐Ÿ˜„

This store isn't exactly Wal-Mart I'm talking about in terms of building and staff size, but I hear ya. They've apologized plenty and thanked me for my continued patronage, and the gift card is "additional" to the yet-to-be-posted credit fix, so I'm gonna wait and maybe call my bank or card first before I throw out the "sue" word. My family likes the place!

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Itโ€™s been a long time but itโ€™s nice to see that some people came back.

I saw my therapist this Monday, mentioned my long-lasting anxiety mindset of "it's okay for everyone else to do this thing, but not me," like I am the exception and if I do the thing, I'll be doing it the wrong way and get in trouble. She asked me, "What makes you the exception?" I didn't know why, but the odds always seem to be against me. So she asked me to think of instances where I'm a positive exception. I was able to think of how I'm really good at writing fanfic in character.

What about you? Why are you the exception where you personally don't deserve to be happy? Or rather... can you think of positive exceptions about you? You like music and you're into marketing, so you must be kinda creative.

Also, careful with just going off your medication. I know you've been dealing with this stuff for years and know what you're talking about with depression and medication; it's just that I've heard some horror stories re: my sister.

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Gift card guilt.

Dude....!

Did you know the operator option still works?! Pressed 0, got an operator, he connected me to the gastro office. God bless. (Talk about retro cool!)

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Gift card guilt.

Rotary phone, yes! Plugged in? Nah. I just went through an antique phase. (Actually one of them used to be plugged in in my room -- scared the crap outta me every time it buzzed. I'd say I prefer the jingly rotary noise, but I set it as my iPod Touch's alarm clock effect back in high school and... that's exactly how you ruin a sound)

Man, the world is changing. My brother and sister's apartment has no landline, and they watch Netflix and Hulu instead of tv. Not that I'm complaining, my channels don't have 7th Heaven or constant SVU.

If only it were that easy! Tried that, "long distance access code" was the response.

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Gift card guilt.

Yep! New day, new problems. Apparently now a number for a gastro hospital/office a city over needs a "long distance access code." This is landline discrimination ๐Ÿ˜’

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