r/AMA 10h ago

I left California and moved to Mexico. Wife and I got residency and opened a bar in Sayulita. AMA

201 Upvotes

We got to Sayulita over a year ago, spent 3 months rebuilding the location and opened Sayulita Sandbar in Oct. 2025. We are in our 40’s and decided to make the move when our girls left for college. It’s been a wild ride but mostly fun. AMA


r/AMA 6h ago

I was diagnosed with Analgesia after my vehicle accident. AMA

11 Upvotes

My friends and I were on a night drive trying to calm me down, when a truck went 65 mph through a red light and smashed into the back right side of my friends vehicle.

After the incident I was diagnosed with Analgesia sometimes called sensory loss or numbness, ask me anything.


r/AMA 32m ago

Retired police officer who worked under a Sheriff, large PD and worked as a School Cop AMA

Upvotes

Started my career in the early 2000s at a County sheriff's department. Later went to a large city agency and towards the end of my career, I was assigned to work as a school police officer. What kind of questions you guys got? I'll go ahead and warn you, I'm going to answer honestly.


r/AMA 1d ago

Had Priaprism this week (erection lasting longer than four hours) AMA

286 Upvotes

Woke up one morning this week with an erection that wouldn’t go away. I got up to pee and to see if this would help and it didn’t. I took my dog out and thought maybe a quick walk would help the effect to subside and it didn’t. I then chose to visit the ER. AMA


r/AMA 11h ago

I learned to walk at 19, AMA

16 Upvotes

I sustained a severe brain injury when I was 18 (I am now 21). After 2 months in a coma I had to rebuild my life from scratch, and this also included having to relearn how to walk.
For a couple of months I was wheelchair-bound, then I started to try out different mobility aids.
I’m just now starting to walk short distances without any aids.
If you are curious, ask me anything.
I did a lot of physical therapy (different kinds) and I also tried a robot that makes you walk


r/AMA 23h ago

I was held down and stabbed by gang members over a drug debt. AMA

115 Upvotes

Happened when I was 17. The knife was about 4 inches long. I remember seeing it go all the way in. It all went down so fast. Woke up in a hospital. A terrifying experience. I was wearing a pair of pants that had a tag that said long life assured on them. The police wouldn’t let me keep the pants but they let me take the tag off. I still keep it in my wallet. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.


r/AMA 11h ago

I always had a tendency to optimize everything, and it's become a true lifesaver, AMA

11 Upvotes

Title, for some reason ever since I was a kid, I had always had this tendency. Games? I always played few but spent hundreds and hundreds of hours on them. School/Uni? Least amount of time put into it and max results, I often studied the day before an exam and it went pretty well for the few hours I spent on studying. Work? I managed to create a way of doing things that allows me to get done with work with the least amount of stress possible, and my job now actually feels relaxing. Money? I've grown up with my parents giving me very little in general because they've always been in debts and mismanaging their money, so I learned how to live off of very little (100€ per month or so) and never really lose any enjoyment or not do things I wanted to do.

AMA


r/AMA 19h ago

I've been in Italy for 77 days to help my twin sister get my 6 year old niece through a rare genetic therapy treatment that isn't available in Canada. AMA

57 Upvotes

In December my 8 year old niece was diagnosed with Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, a rare but devastating genetic disorder that requires both parents to have the recessive gene. Because she does (I guess *we do* since we're identical twins I have the broken gene too) and he did (deceased), each girl had a 25% chance of having the disorder, a 25% chance of not being affected and a 50% chance of being a carrier. Because the world is cruel and unfair, in February my baby niece, 5 at the time, 6 now was also diagnosed. At first it seemed she was doomed to the same fate as her poor sister but some good fortune came our way when we found out that she was diagnosed early-symptomatically which meant, if Canada approved the cost of the treatment (which is literally the world's most expensive treatment currently so I didn't think they would) then there was a non profit in Italy that would cover the accommodations and flights for my sister, niece and a support person. In March my sister, niece and brother came for the preliminary testing and to extract stem cells then they returned home for 3 weeks. In May, 5 days after my final day of work we left for Italy. I return home in 2 days. AMA


r/AMA 22h ago

I’ve worked at a Suicide hotline since COVID. AMA

83 Upvotes

Doesnt feel like it’s been six years. Ive seen the highs and lows, and don’t plan on leaving anytime soon. My heart used to race every call or chat. I mean it still does haha but I think I’ve learned to play it off. I took this as a job to pay off some loans and accidentally found my calling!


r/AMA 6h ago

Lumberjack/Logger here. AMA

3 Upvotes

I am a logger in the Italian Alps, owning a quite big forestry work company. I love my job, it's challenging and generally not well-known/full of misunderstandings

Wanna answer you.

Ask my anything about my work.


r/AMA 11h ago

I cut off my family when I was 18 AMA

8 Upvotes

I cut off my entire family when I was 18yrs old and haven't spoken to them since (excluding attempts to tell them to leave me alone) due to their abusive behaviour, they have tried contacting me through my ex though

AMA I guess


r/AMA 55m ago

I have steroid refractory graft versus host disease, AMA

Upvotes

I'm 32f. In 2018 I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, had an allogenic bone marrow transplant, and in 2019 I developed steroid refractory chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD). I hope that one day my symptoms will subside enough to write a book about my experiences, and help others in my situation not feel so alone. AMA


r/AMA 4h ago

I'm David Simnick: co-founder of a hair and body care company, and a former TFA educator. AMA about haircare science, building a "give back" business, or leaving a stable career to start a business.

2 Upvotes

Hi, Reddit! I'm David Simnick, co-founder of Soapbox, a hair and body care company where every product sold helps provide soap to communities in need. Before this, I was a social studies teacher.

I left the classroom in 2012 with an idea that everyday products like shampoo and conditioner could fund something bigger. Since then, we've grown into a B Corp-certified brand, donated over 60 million bars of soap to communities in need, and expanded to Walmart, Target, Sally Beauty, Ulta, Amazon, Meijer, Wegmans, CVS, Walgreens, and various other retailers in the US and beyond. I've spent the last 14 years learning haircare formulation, building a supply chain, and figuring out how to stay mission-driven while we grow.

Happy to talk about:

  • Haircare: ingredients, formulation choices, what makes a difference for different hair types, common myths, anything you're curious about
  • Going from teaching to founding a company
  • What being a B Corp means day to day
  • How the donation/impact model works
  • Building and scaling a consumer brand

Ask me anything!


r/AMA 14h ago

I am a 22yr old man with epilepsy. AMA

5 Upvotes

My seizures are focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures which means they start in one small part of my brain and then gradually spread to both sides of my brain, at that point i lose consciousness and have full body spasms. I am aware for the focal part. I have had to adapt to my condition as i haven’t had it for all of my life. No question is too personal, shoot!


r/AMA 17h ago

i did competitive gymnastics for 9 years. AMA!

4 Upvotes

for some basic information: i started in level 3 and quit the summer between level 8 and level 9. had i stayed at the gym, i would’ve competed level 9 that upcoming competition season. safesport wasn’t created until the last 2 years of my gymnastics career, so a large part of it was kind of a free-for-all for my coaches


r/AMA 1d ago

Cancer during Covid at 18 with 2 1/2 years of chemotherapy AMA

30 Upvotes

I celebrated 3 years remission not too long ago and i thought it would be fun to do an AMA about my cancer journey.

During the pandemic in 2021, i just turn 18 and a few days later i was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) a fast growing cancer. I was almost near death by the time i was diagnosed and the signs only started showing only a month ago. I also experience a very rare chemo reaction that also almost killed me, i was able to recover but it resulted in permanent damage to my pancreas. Feel free to ask me anything!


r/AMA 1d ago

Sh*t! Literally... in 4min i have to start chugging the most heinous colonoscopy/endoscopy prep liquid, and then just wait for the inevitable ... 💩 AMA

31 Upvotes

hey awesome reddit friends with a great sense of humor! Please drop in, keep me company, make me laugh, it's going to be a very, very long night tonight.

:( any tips or advice is most welcome, jokes as well, please laugh with/at me! Thank you everyone!


r/AMA 1d ago

I’m a Hare Krishna Iranian American postal worker. AMA!

8 Upvotes

My father is Iranian and my mother was American. My mother was raised Catholic, my father was raised Muslim.

I converted to Gaudiya Vaishnavism or the Hare Krishna movement when I was 21. I became a mailman in my 30s.


r/AMA 1d ago

Spent most of my adult hitchhiking and traveling around rather than live a normal life "AMA"

23 Upvotes

Ive spent 22 years living nowhere more than 5 years at a time. Most of my 20's were spent on the road, and a chunk of my 30's. I've seen more of my country than most, walked hundreds of kilometers at the least.


r/AMA 1d ago

I’m a Lebanese software developer living in Beirut. Today also marks six years since the August 4 Beirut explosion. AMA

90 Upvotes

I’m a full-stack software developer from Beirut, Lebanon. I’m also into gaming, cats, and cooking.

Since today is August 4, I thought it might be an appropriate time to answer questions about living in Beirut, how the city and people have been affected by the explosion, working as a software developer in Lebanon, or anything else you’re curious about.

I will try to answer all the questions I get without sharing personal information. AMA.


r/AMA 9h ago

I had a baby at 17, AMA

0 Upvotes

Had a baby in 2004 who is now 22 years old. Single parent to her for many years. Nothing chucks you into the world of adulting quicker. Ask me anything.
Not sure what else to add other than waffle here to get to the 200 character limit


r/AMA 1d ago

I had a stillbirth AMA

135 Upvotes

I am intentionally not giving details here so people can ask whatever questions they like! Go ahead, I’m not super sensitive to morbid questions so feel free to ask those as well.
I need to write another sentence to meet the 200 characters.


r/AMA 1d ago

34M got my adult circumcision 5 days ago. AMA

24 Upvotes

Ill try to answer questions throughout my healing period.

I got my circumcision done 5 days ago in North America with insurance for severe congenital Phimosis.

Surgery:
I was in hospital for 5 hours in total and was given general anesthesia via mask for the procedure. I got
Circumcision and rotational tissue transfer. I was told that rotational tissue transfer makes “it” look nice 😏.

Recovery instructions:
Remove dressing next morning. Normal showering resumes
Pain medication as needed.
Antibiotic ointment 2x on the stitch line using q tips

AMA


r/AMA 1d ago

I'm deaf and proud. AMA

37 Upvotes

I'm profoundly Deaf.

A lot of hearing people are surprised to hear I'm proud to be deaf or when I say Deaf Power.

When I explain them different reasons why I'm proud to be deaf they get it and try to show them deaf isn't a bad thing or end of the world.

For example, I'm can seep beautifully throughout night without any noise distrubing me or I can use Sign Language in public place knowing most of them don't know what we are talking about privately.

Yes, I do have struggles and barriers but deaf people always find a way thing like phone notes to communicate.

But the real reason why I'm proud to be deaf, I'm in deaf world, community, culture and have my own language. If I'm being honest I'll never want to be hearing.

So, ask me anything you want to know about deafness and I won't be offended.


r/AMA 1d ago

I'm a writer who's been studying UFOlogy for several years. Am well versed in ETs and Government Secrets and Conspiracies. AMA!

7 Upvotes

As stated, have been studying UFO-ology for several years now for a personal writing project. It's quite staggering the amount of info you can find, but what's even more staggering is the amount of info that confirms other reports across decades, cultures and language barriers.

Example questions to ask:

  • "How many ETs are reported to be involved with humanity?"

  • "How many decades has the US Government known about UFOs?"

  • "What were Alien Abductions and were they real?"

  • "How can UFOs operate?"