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Is it normal to trip and fall all the fucking time? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It makes me feel like a fucking idiot every time. I never see a fucking adult trip and fall like I do, and don’t tell me it’s OK or whatever, please—I want to know if it’s normal.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It is not a "weird first conclusion to draw" when talking to a chronic drug abuser. And I say this as a fellow addict: I was not aware that neurological symptoms like that could persist post-withdrawal—even for years!

I'm posting from a place of concern and comradery, not judgment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How do you know you're talking to a chronic drug abuser? That's the weird conclusion

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Because I know who the person I'm talking to is, and I have a memory.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Follow-up: I said what I needed to say, addict-to-addict, and discussing it further won't be productive. I am disengaging.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Okay, I don't on both counts and a lot of people here may not either, so it's maybe not appropriate to bring up if OP hasn't