Lost Turntable

Lost Turntable

@lostturntable.bsky.social

Tokyo-based human. I like old music and movies. Also, games. I no longer suffer from severe chronic pain. I have a teddy bear named Kuma. He's pretty cool.

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For years I was suffering from a debilitating condition called Sleep Related Painful Erections. I may look happy in this picture, but I was in living hell. Content warning: I get into graphic medical detail, and discuss suicidal thoughts. (Reposted with better header) medium.com/@jameseldred...

medium.comMy Penis Tried To Kill MeContent warning: This post deals with graphic depictions of a medical condition that involves the penis, the prostate, and related body…
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I've gotten in the habit of telling people in these positions things like, "this is why immigrants laugh at your systems, every country is better than Japan at this" or "you refuse to update this just because your government is racist," "you're hurting immigrants with your outdated systems"

They never know what to say, sometimes they get mad. Usually they just get embarrassed. They didn't even know the website for me to get the form! They had me google the name of it so I could find it that way!

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My old company created (without my consent) an account in my name for an Immigration website. I cannot get that account name back. The only way for me to delete that account is to fill out a handwritten form and deliver it to an office in person. Hilarious.

I have fallen into a hole in which "Kafka-esque" is too clear cut. Imagine if David Lynch directed Brazil and it was written by Alejandro Jodorowsky. That's the level of nonsense I'm stuck in at the moment.

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They called me. I missed the call and was literally outside the bank so I figured it would just be easier to go inside. Japanese bank phone menus are intense. Foolish me.

One of my workers smells like cat piss EVERYDAY and I'm not in the mood. If I don't stabilize soon I'm just gonna come in with a gallon of febreeze and pour on the stinky witch's head.

Side effect of being extremely emotional unstable and menally unwell: I have much less empathy for people who seem to have to together who can't do basic shit like fucking shower. I spent half my morning crying and my shoes match my shirt, what's your fucking excuse for smelling like poop?

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Twice in a week's time friends have had to convince me not to mix my multiple benzos and bottles of whiskey. I'm getting really fed up with everything my body wants to dish out to me. And I'm no longer optimistic about the future, I'm terrified about what my body might decide to do to me next.

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They give me an emergency suppository NSAID and do some weird magnetic charge therapy that helps a bit. Prescribe more NSAIDs and some muscle relaxants. They don't bother to tell me how long this will last, but the internet says a week or so.

It doesn't sound like much, but ever since I wrote that blog post describing how I overcame my SRPE, its just been one fucking calamity after another - complications from a benzo taper, multiple anal fissures, fragmented sleep, anxiety attacks, and now this debilitating pain.

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The boyfriend and I manage to find a doctor open. He said that taking off my jacket in the small stall probably triggered a muscle spasm. Fun fact. A spasm doesn't always have to be a short, sharp pain. It can be a sudden contraction that causes intense pain over a large area of of your body.

I break down again in the doctor's office. My boyfriend tries to explain that I'm on a benzo taper, but they look at him like he's speaking Greek (spoiler, they both are speaking Japanese) doctor cops an attitude with me because I'm so emotional.

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Was in so much pain I had to take a taxi home. It cost over 10,000 yen. I can afford it, but still. On the way back, the pain just keeps getting worse and worse. Every bump in the road is agony.

The benzo taper makes me extra sensitive, so I had a good 20 minute emotional breakdown this morning. That was fun. But I thought i should go out and go somewhere, get some fresh air. Bad thoughts have been going through my head again. Figured I'd go to a far away Disk Union.

Very bad mental health morning. But I'll be okay. Kuma and I are gonna go shopping. (It's raining so he's in my backpack,I can't hold him but I know he's there and it helps).