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8 Tiny Signs You’re Abandoning Yourself To Please Others

8 Tiny Signs You’re Abandoning Yourself To Please Others

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Anxiety feels different for everyone who experiences it. For some people, anxiety manifests in their minds, making their thoughts loop and worst fears echo. Others hold anxiety in their bodies, their hearts racing and stomachs twisting, finding it hard to breathe. Georgie Collinson, an anxiety therapist in Australia, posed a thoughtful question to Instagram, wondering if anxiety, though distinctly unpleasant, is actually a message that lets us know when we’re abandoning ourselves for the sake of making other people happy. “What if this pesky, annoying inconvenience of anxiety was actually a friend beckoning you to come back home to yourself?” Collinson asked. Here are 8 tiny signs you’re abandoning yourself to please others: 1. You’re always doing what’s nice for them, not right for you If you often find yourself compromising your own needs for those of other people, you’ve likely lost touch with what makes you feel fulfilled. RELATED: 10 Ways To Say ‘No’ Without Feeling Guilty, According To A Psychologist This can come up when a friend asks a favor you don’t actually …

Underrated British city Londoners are abandoning the capital for where houses cost £230k | UK | News

Underrated British city Londoners are abandoning the capital for where houses cost £230k | UK | News

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An underrated British city has become one of the top choices for Londoners who are desperate to leave the capital because of sky-high house prices, it has been reported. Several people living in London are looking to buy homes in cities such as Leicester, Glasgow, Sheffield, and Bradford, reports MailOnline.   Leicester is known for its diverse industries, including professional services, finance, advanced manufacturing, engineering, life sciences, space technology, and digital technology. According to a significant national industry report, Leicester has been recognised as the leading city in the East Midlands for both living and working. The average house price for the area is still below the national average at £232,324, but more expensive than nearby Birmingham at £228,877 and Nottingham at £192,298. Leicester’s industrial growth happened during the 20th century, mainly due to the success of its hosiery and footwear industries. Even though manufacturing has declined in the UK in recent years, Leicester has seen the rise of many modern industries beyond its traditional textile sector. Leicester is situated on the River Soar and lies at …

Teen Accused Of Abandoning Her Stepsiblings Because She Plans To Move Out

Teen Accused Of Abandoning Her Stepsiblings Because She Plans To Move Out

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Many eldest daughters take on the inherent role of caring for their younger siblings, which can cause them stress and anxiety. Unfortunately, it’s not exactly a responsibility they can easily walk away from. However, what if you’re an only child and your dad chooses to remarry a woman with three young kids? That’s the exact dilemma one teen girl was faced with when she was forced by her dad and stepmom to be their full-time, unpaid babysitter. The teenager took to Reddit to share her plans to move out so she will no longer be responsible for babysitting her stepsiblings. In her Reddit post, the 17-year-old explained how she’s never had a strong connection with her dad, and he’s often acted in selfish and careless ways.  “My dad was never a very good dad to me. When I was a kid, he was really absent from our house,” she wrote in the post. “He left raising me to my mom and would show up when others were around to make it look good. But he never got involved …

BBC blasted for ‘abandoning Christianity’ over controversial Easter schedule decision | UK | News

BBC blasted for ‘abandoning Christianity’ over controversial Easter schedule decision | UK | News

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The BBC has been accused of “abandoning Christianity” over the decision to not broadcast the traditional Easter service. The programme filmed in King’s College, Cambridge, has been dropped in favour of religious coverage on other BBC channels. Critics have said that the broadcaster is deliberately abandoning its Christian audience. Andrea Williams, the chief executive of Christian Concern, told the Telegraph: “The BBC’s motto, ‘Nation shall speak peace unto nation’, is Biblical in origin. “The more the BBC seeks to forget and minimise the primary role of the Christian faith shaping this nation, the darker all things will become. “Easter reminds us of Christ’s victory over death, which is a good-news message for us all.” The BBC has rejected the claims that it is abandoning Christianity after dropping the King’s College Easter service, which was shown on BBC Two last year and had been on television since 2010. It said its 2024 Faith and Hope for Spring season will “showcase a vibrant mix of programmes across TV and radio channels, shining a spotlight on faith at …

Birmingham’s cuts reveal the ugly truth about Britain in 2024: the state is abandoning its people | John Harris

Birmingham’s cuts reveal the ugly truth about Britain in 2024: the state is abandoning its people | John Harris

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Four years ago, I saw something on a computer screen that I have never forgotten. The UK was six weeks into lockdown, and I was working on a series of Guardian videos based on raw footage from around the country, most of which had been filmed on people’s phones. We had made contact with a community activist from Alum Rock in central Birmingham – and he had captured an unbearably vivid signifier of what people there were faced with. First, he showed us a car park outside a mosque, where six or seven rectangular white tents had been put up. Then, he pulled back the flap that formed one of their front doors to reveal a sight that left him silent: stacks of coffins, each awaiting a janazah, the Muslim funeral. In June 2020, Birmingham was identified as the UK’s “coronavirus capital”: the first local authority area in the UK to register more than 1,000 deaths from Covid-19. Just under a year later, I went there to report on the pandemic’s aftershocks – among them, …

Dad Responds After His Daughter Accuses Him Of Abandoning His Family To Become An Amateur Breakdancer

Dad Responds After His Daughter Accuses Him Of Abandoning His Family To Become An Amateur Breakdancer

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Comedian Madi Hart creates content that focuses on dating, attachment styles, and finding lightness in dark situations. She recently posted about how trauma can sometimes be funny, sharing a story about her own childhood that revolved around her dad leaving to become a breakdancer when she was 5 years old. She shared the story of how her father abandoned the family to become an amateur breakdancer — and he responded with a video of his own. “My dad abandoned my family when I was five years old … And then pursued amateur breakdancing,” Madi shared. “And he got really good. He blew up. He became a D-list celebrity-status viral breakdancer. He became the oldest actively competing breakdancer in the world.” She laughed as she showed footage of her father dancing on morning talk shows, noting, “This guy wouldn’t pay my medical bills.” RELATED: 9 Tiny Signs You’re Screwing Up Your Kids During Divorce “There was no split custody or anything, like, he just left four kids to do that,” she explained.  She referred to that part of her life as …

Elon Musk Hits OpenAI With “Breach Of Contract” Lawsuit For Abandoning Foundational Mission

Elon Musk Hits OpenAI With “Breach Of Contract” Lawsuit For Abandoning Foundational Mission

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Elon Musk claims in a lawsuit filed Thursday evening in the San Francisco Superior Court that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman, among others, have breached the artificial intelligence startup’s founding agreement that puts humanity over profits.  “These events of 2023 constitute flagrant breaches of the Founding Agreement, which Defendants have essentially turned on its head. To this day, OpenAI, Inc.’s website continues to profess that its charter is to ensure that AGI [artificial general intelligence technology] “benefits all of humanity,”” the lawsuit reads.  It continues: “In reality, however, OpenAI, Inc. has been transformed into a closed-source de facto subsidiary of the largest technology company in the world: Microsoft. Under its new Board, it is not just developing but is actually refining an AGI to maximize profits for Microsoft, rather than for the benefit of humanity.” Besides breach of contract, Musk argues that OpenAI also violates fiduciary duty and unfair business practices and asks the startup to revert to an open source model to better humanity. The billionaire requests an injunction to prevent OpenAI, Altman, …

Woman Accuses Boyfriend Of Abandoning Her On Her Birthday By Going To The Super Bowl

Woman Accuses Boyfriend Of Abandoning Her On Her Birthday By Going To The Super Bowl

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There comes a time in every romantic relationship when a turning point is reached, and one-half of the couple reveals their truest self. For one woman, that moment has come and gone, as her boyfriend decided not to invite her on a very big trip. The woman accused her boyfriend of ‘abandoning’ her on her birthday because he was taking his best friend to the Super Bowl and not her. Megan called into Kiss 108, a Boston radio station, to tell her tale of woe. She explained that her birthday is February 10, one day before Super Bowl Sunday, the hallowed day when the players of the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers smash their bodies against each other at full force.  In a surprising turn of events, Megan’s boyfriend, Derek, won two free tickets to the Super Bowl in Las Vegas, which, she claims, “Is essentially on my birthday.” RELATED: If He’s Doing These 12 Things, He’s Not 100% Sure About You “He’s abandoning me and taking his best friend instead,” she exclaimed. “Let me …

Abandoning Ukraine now would be ‘an own goal of historic proportions’, CIA chief warns | Politics | News

Abandoning Ukraine now would be ‘an own goal of historic proportions’, CIA chief warns | Politics | News

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Failing to provide Ukraine with weapons to repel Russian forces “would be an own goal of historic proportions”, the head of the CIA said. William Burns said arms must continue to flow to Kyiv as the war is at a “crucial moment”. He said Ukrainian commanders should try and “puncture Putin’s arrogance” by ordering more long-range missile strikes and sinking more Russian ships in the Black Sea. But Mr Burns admitted this may lead to Vladimir Putin threatening to use nuclear weapons again. He said: “Ukraine’s challenge is to puncture Putin’s arrogance and demonstrate the high cost for Russia of continued conflict, not just by making progress on the frontlines but also by launching deeper strikes behind them and making steady gains in the Black Sea. “In this environment, Putin might engage again in nuclear sabre-rattling, and it would be foolish to dismiss escalatory risks entirely. But it would be equally foolish to be unnecessarily intimidated by them. “The key to success lies in preserving Western aid for Ukraine. At less than five percent of …

Concerns rise over abandoning landlines as petition gains traction | Politics | News

Concerns rise over abandoning landlines as petition gains traction | Politics | News

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Thousands of people have signed a petition urging ministers and the telecoms industry to delay the switchover to a digital system. BT, Virgin and others say the new technology will be easier to maintain and perform better. But campaigners say 999 calls will be impossible if there is a power cut as the new “Digital Voice” phones only work with a household electricity supply. They also rely on broadband, but 1.5 million homes are not online. Dennis Reed, director of the campaign group for the over-60s, warned: “It is no longer good enough for the Government to leave this major infrastructure programme to the Telecom Industry. “BT and the other telecom giants are driven by commercial considerations and are doing the bare minimum to support vulnerable customers.” “The companies do not have comprehensive lists of vulnerable customers and we have already had cases of people living with dementia having their landlines cut off.” Mr Reed said the Post Office scandal should serve as a warning to the government. “Politicians must learn the lessons of the …