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Light and sound can physically hurt people. It isn't a matter of preference, and when someone says it's painful, they are not exaggerating or using the wrong words.

I spent most of my life in unexplained pain until I finally realized that something as simple as a bright meeting room could cause full-body pain and a meltdown, or that a sudden noise could trigger an unbearable migraine. Understanding this helped me learn when to say no to things I can't control, allowing me to find a bit of peace in this loud, chaotic, and bright world.

I just want to say, if someone tells you that something hurts, please don't dismiss them. Instead, ask how you can help and try to accommodate them. It might be a tiny change that means nothing to you, but it could make someone else's life a lot better. 

Be Kind.

A sudden, sweet scent that seemed to bloom from inside me and I feel my head expanding like a balloon.

I didn't panic. There was no pain or pressure. Instead, I felt this strange, elastic lightness. It started at the top of my head, a subtle stretching, like my thoughts weren't trapped by bone and skin anymore but were living in something soft and pliable.

I could feel it happening. My head was like a giant piece of bubblegum, slowly and rhythmically expanding. It wasn't an explosion, it was just a bloom. It felt exactly like that moment when a blocked nose finally clears after days of feeling stuffed up, and you can suddenly breathe again. That feeling of air rushing back in, comforting and open, but happening in my head.

As the bubble grew, the walls of my perception stretched with it. The room didn't get smaller, but the space inside me just opened up. I felt my consciousness drifting outward, filling the air, merging with everything around me. All the hard lines of who I am and where I end just stretched thin.

It was the most comforting feeling in the world. I spend so much of my life feeling tight and wound up. But in this moment, I was just expanding. All that tension was finally popping.

Everything felt revealing. I was becoming part of new world. It was wonderful.

I felt a complete reset, like a deep relaxation had washed over every part of me. I felt brand new.

I found Best Practices for Building Better Websites by Darek Kay when going through Coding Otaku's Blogroll, which is very useful for someone like me who started learning website building. I started implementing a few things in my website after reading the blog.Darek has many more interesting blogs on accessibility that I have yet to explore.

Now, I am visiting some awesome websites with web rings and blog rolls that I did not see before with search engine results. It feels like a new world unlocked.

When I was developing this website, It was a feat to make my website have the same look and feel in mobile or small screen devices as it is on my desktop. I had to compromise and make a few decisions to achieve it (I hope I did).

One day, when browsing, I stumbled upon Eduardo's website. The moment I saw this website, I fell in love with the styles and the colour scheme. It is so soothing, and the feel of the newspaper made me subconsciously immerse in the site. Then I shared it, and the person opened it on a mobile phone, and he did not understand what I was talking about. The mobile view for this site is good, and it is responsive design, but it did not do any justice to the desktop site. I felt sad as many did not experience what I did and might not even know that other version exists.

That day, I realized that many of us might be missing some wonderful things on the internet when we get stuck with small screen devices.

I like to believe most people are in favour of organ donation as it can save lives, and if not donated, organs are useless. The fact is, there are always more people waiting for the organs. When I think about it, maybe many support the idea, but because they never got to sign for it, organs are not automatically used to save or improve other lives.

Then comes the debate whether organ donation should be opt-in or opt-out. I might say it should be opt-out, as I can not comprehend why anyone not want to donate after death, but I know there can be reasons beyond my understanding.

So, the only solution is educating and spreading awareness about organ donation and letting individuals decide what is wrong or right for them.

If you support organ donation, not only signing up for it (if you are in a country where it is opt-in), but also talking about it whenever you can, might make a difference that you might not even realize. I wish the government and educational institutes add it to the curriculum so that people can decide early in their life, but as I can not control that, I will do what I can and hope you do what you can.

I had some outlook backup files and I wanted to open them in Thunderbird. I spent some time figuring out how to do it. So, documenting it here. There might be better ways to do it, but it these steps worked for me.

1. Convert PST file to MBOX using PST converter tool like libpst (search in your package manager, and you will find it).

2. Create a folder in your system, this will be used to store the mails.

3. Copy the MBOX file to the folder you created and if it has a file extension, remove it.(e.g., example.mbx to example)

4. Repeat the above step if you have multiple .pst files

5. Add the folder you created to Thunderbird. Settings -> Account Settings-> Account Actions -> Add Local folder

   

   (If you don't see Add Local folder, install LocalFolders Extension).

6. Close and open Thunderbird, and you should be able to read your Outlook mails.

I pledge that I will:

• tell someone if I need help;
• be aware of the suicide warning signs in others;
• ask directly about suicide if I’m worried about someone;
• listen without judgement and do what I can to keep them safe;

Source : https://stopsuicidepledge.org/stop-suicide-personal-pledge/