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Duckswithmoose
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Number of ratings66 Number of reviews21 Listens toTeens & Over 18 LanguagesEnglish Listener sinceApr 5, 2017 Last activeover 6 months ago GenderMale PathStep 443 People helped110 Chats986 Group support chats391 Listener group chats220 Forum posts113 Forum upvotes161
Bio



Hi, my name is Tate.


For Members

Topics I'm Most Comfortable With:

Disabilities
LGBTQ+
Anxiety
Friendly/Casual Chats
Personality Disorders
Substance Use

Anything you say to me will stay in our chat, and I will do my best to support and affirm you. While I might not know exactly what you're going through, I hope I can relate on some level, and although I might not solve your problems, I can try to make you a little happier in the mean time.

My Involvement

Verified Listener
Group Mod (once upon a time)
Peer Supporter (once upon a time)

About Me

I enjoy math, videogames, music, and books. I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and I've been teaching kids for about 5 years. I’m also studying special education.
I've spent most of my life living with POTS (a chronic illness), Anxiety, ADHD, and Depression, in addition to some other more personal matters (feel free to inquire).
I’m also a member of the LGBTQ+ community (Ask me more about this!)

Shoutouts

Shoutout and lots of love to @Moosewithducks rest in peace little guy

"Keep shining, because you might be the lighthouse in someone else’s storm."





Recent forum posts
What's your threshold for calling the ambulance? (possible trigger-intense symptoms)
Disability Support / by Duckswithmoose
Last post
 November 29th, 2017
...See more Before I start, I'd like to say I'm going to be okay. About a week ago, my symptoms (lightheadedness, fatigue, headache, etc.) started getting a lot worse, but I struggled through, even managing to go to school most days. Yesterday, about half-way through the school day, I passed out. It was brief, and I've certainly passed out before, but something was different this time. I felt like I had faded reality, and then I received a powerful jolt of adrenaline. Apologies to the anonymous friend whose shoulder I grabbed onto for dear life. I was able to walk down to the nurse's office, where I sat for about 10 minutes until I couldn't sit any longer. For the first 15 minutes of lying down, I was sure I'd get better soon enough. I took my meds and I waited. That's when the nurse left the room. Had I not asked her to leave the door open, things might have gone very differently. I began to slip from reality again, losing feeling throughout my entire body. I was barely able to yell for help, which came in the form of a teacher. I was scared for my life. Each minute that passed was like an eternity, and I had to slam my fists onto the floor to keep semi-conscious. The teacher asked every few minutes if I needed more immediate medical attention (my mom was already on her way). I tend to be a rather stoic (and resilient, if I do say so myself) person, so I refused several times. Finally, my breathing was labored and my abdomen felt like it was being squeezed from every direction--I needed to go to the hospital. So, my question to you all is: when do you call (or have someone else call) an ambulance? At what point are things bad enough?
POTS
Disability Support / by Duckswithmoose
Last post
 January 7th, 2019
...See more Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome sounds pretty intimidating, I know. But it's better known by the acronym POTS. Let's break that down: Postural- When I stand up, my symptoms get a whole lot worse Orthostatic- Kinda redundant, means "relating to an upright posture" Tachycardia- My heart rate goes through the roof when I stand, and shoots back down when I sit Syndrome- It's just a collection of symptoms, not necessarily with a root cause How does it affect me? Well, for starters I'm on more meds than I care to admit (we're talking double digits). It also means that I can pass out- a lot. Without getting into too many specifics in this post, I have missed quite a bit of school, been in a lot of pain, and frequently can't get out of bed. Hope this was a little bit informative. :)
Olfactory Reference Syndrome - Ever heard of it?
Anxiety Support / by Duckswithmoose
Last post
 February 10th, 2018
...See more Hi, all. Part 1 My story begins in, well, as young as I can remember; I've always had anxiety. However, starting in ninth grade, after a small surgery, I began to smell odd things. I don't mean that I would go around sniffing things. I mean hallucinations... For the first week or two, it was total confusion. I had no idea what was going on, and I figured that something must have gotten on my backpack. I didn't have enough insight at the time to realize that the smell was 24/7, and my backpack was only near me 6 hours a day. It was halfway through the second week that I started to think, "Maybe this is me. Maybe *I* smell." Everything went downhill from there. My average anxiety level started near a 5 out of 10, but by the time a month had past, I developed full-fledged paranoia. I went to 13 different doctors, each one telling me the same thing: "You don't smell, and nothing is wrong with your -insert body part here-" I had to go to school. Even on the worst days. I had to go, and it was torture. I could hear people whispering about my odor, but no one ever told me directly. Because, of course, it was a conspiracy (or so I thought). If you want to hear more, let me know... Thanks for making it this far
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