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You know, being neuro-stable(?) is becoming increasingly more difficult. I'm starting to more fully understand my neuro spicy brothers and sisters. The anxiety isn't in your head. And I'm here for you.
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Anxiety in my head: “Something extreme and urgent and unjustifiable is going to happen and nobody will respond proportionally to keep you safe”
The fucking news: “Something extreme and urgent and unjustifiable has happened for the 11th time this week, and 49% of the country is cheering for it”
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The trick is learning you're not important enough for things to happen to.
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I mean, lot of the anxiety is in my head.
But not all of it, and that part just keeps growing! It's going to outpace the internal anxiety soon!
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being neuro-stable(?) is becoming increasingly more difficult
being neuro-stable is to have a clear plan of how you're gonna live your life day-to-day for the next 50 years. that was possible in the (post-WW2) 20th century where people were just expected to have jobs and go to work day-to-day. There was no uncertainty in that scheme, so being mentally stable was significantly straightforward. Today, that scheme doesn't work anymore as the job market is falling apart and people are uncertain how they're gonna live their lifes.
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Having such a detailed plan sounds neurodivergent as fuck.
Being stable can be as simple as being relatively centered while chaos ensues.
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I don't take any meds, do any recreational drugs, or drink caffeine. My horse, on the other hand, is very high.
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That is such a good joke, props to you :P
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palms some blotter paper and eats two bars of the most disgusting chocolate you can imagine
We have ways.
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That show The Studio has a scene where a star eats some mushroom chocolate mistaking it for normal chocolate and I'm just wondering if Hollywood has better chocolates.
Is the secret money and attractiveness?
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You can get pretty good, abd the best ive had was actually in LA. Rather; a train headed to (long story).
But the best mushroom chocolate I've had was 'almost tastes like shitty chocolate'. Like i didnt gag while eating it. It was still obviously what it was.
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Does it count if I just smoke weed?
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Hell yeah.
I'm on several prescriptions and two of them are from my psychiatrist. So for me it's not just the weed. And my response to it can be pretty strain-specific.
But god damn does it help a lot.
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Does beer count?
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Yes beer, and whisky
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This guy lifes
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What about beer, whisky, taquila, vodka, rum, and whatever else the bargain mart has on sale?
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I self-medicate with caffeine and sugar. 👌
(It's losing its effectiveness as i grow tolerant. Send halp)
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Halp is on the way! He’s bringing Celsius
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Secret ingredient is increasing caffeine from time to time.
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I had to stop when my heart almost exploded.
now I'm on antianxiety meds until I decide it's not worth it to be alive anymore.
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Therapist suggested I speak to shrink about anxiety pills, I replied with "with everything going on, shouldn't I be anxious?"
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A non-dehabilitating amount, sure.
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Right of course, shut up and take the pills, remain calm, everything will be just fine.
You have your copay, right?
Oh.... lost your job huh, oof, thats rough.
: (
Well we have a debt based payment option available if you talk to the front desk!
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Oh, well I’m definitely not doing this right then
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Only hypertension inducing, nothing that more pills can't fix.
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Anxiety is useful for when you need to react to something jumping out of the brush to kill you. Not so much for slow existential threats that take years to play out.
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Can't afford a diagnosis for happy pills, can't afford weed or alcohol. My last paycheck turned the power back on. I'm just happy out of spite.
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If you can find an acid guy it's just so much more bang for the buck with minimal health downsides and no physical addiction.
"Oh but your trips last so long"
Fucking and? Good. You get to get high and watch a whole season of nature documentaries.
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Does pot and alcohol count?
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Self prescription
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No. But for some, yes.
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Self medication is the best kind
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It's called weed.
It's the cheapest drug there is!
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You don't want no part of this shit!
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It turns all the bad feelings into good feelings. It's a nightmare!
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Medication is too expensive. Booze is cheap.
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Weed is cheaper.
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... decline of man
More so just the decline of america (I hope)
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The decline of America is certainly very visible, but if you look at a lot of trends, we're heading to a bad place. Climate catastrophe is coming for us, and with that, we have the rise of unrest in areas that are becoming more food insecure and/or are being disastered out, creating climate refugees. We've got an increase in bellicosity from rich powers trying to stake out claims while they still have time, and the billionaires are all building expensive bunkers...
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It is tbh at least the decline of the west. We (germans) are not far behind the U.S. even if there is a different rethoric around in our home. Social spendings are cut, investment into renewables is cut while weapons spending increases. The strongly xenophobic narrative of our far right is willingly taken over by our "moderates" all while ignoring our complicity in the horrors perpetrated against Palestine. If we had any shreds of decency (and thus imo hope for reform) left in our society our governments should be able to put at least the tiniest amount of pressure on the israeli government. Yet we do not. Instead i have to read on our "most neutral" (tagesschau) news source that while the atrocieties are not justifiable, it is ok to continue the support of israel with weapons like atomic submarines because those might not be used against Palestinians. I am not kidding you.
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The USA is but one country of many.
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Lol. Lmao, even.
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I've never drink alcohol or taken any drugs in my life.
Later years have me seriously looking how to buy weed and considering taking it because they say it's good for anxiety. Sadly is not legal here and I'm too asocial to even know people who smoke it.
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don't do drugs alone.
drugs can be fine🤷 - but alone it can just make shit way worse; especially modern weed's got way too much thc (which increases anxiety) and too little cdb (which decreases anxiety)
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It sucks. Can confirm.
No smoke, no pills, no sip, no nothing. I don't recommend it.
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Just under 1 year and 9 months sober. Its pretty tough rn
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Heathcare tied to my parents, don't have a license to drive, scared of public transit (too many people and weirdos/criminals and also I'm afraid ICE is gonna start raiding busses and I'm not white). And my mother don't trust medications.
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666th upvote! Hail Satan!
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Username checks out.
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Not going to lie, it's pretty rough, I'm currently between jobs too... a double whammy of unpleasant awareness.
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hugs my lorazepam bottle
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I'm diagnosed and had a prescription of some form in 2007 but stopped part way in from what I thought were side effects and the process of getting back on it in my mid-20s after realizing I'm a dead weight without them is like pulling teeth.
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If only they could see us today..
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The hubris to think one is living at the end of history. We are in the middle of history hopefully just the beginning.
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One can decline without ending.
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that's my take as well. humanity is probably going forward into a looong future, it's just the beginning of it. today, really, is not only the end of times (as the christians say) but the beginning of the future as well.
it's just that there's still going to be a significant downturn before it goes up again.
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Yo!
I have never taken any meds for mental problems.
I have taking it soo far that I have even refused to take my psoriasis medication because it was a medication that can affect the mind and I can't quit if I don't like it.
I don't want any medication that affects my mind.
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Kombucha, 30% strains and 50tb media collection
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Sambuca, 38% dilution and 58tb media collection
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I don't have any meds or smoke or anything like that.... but every now and then... every month or two I take like 6-7g of magic mushroom and goto fucking space.
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I self medicated as a gen x'er with alcohol...kratom ... Thc and the knowledge that there is a surety I will either die early because of a 9k deductible or homeless and in a tent. That's how we do.
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"What do you mean, you've never had a Gucci purse?" Energy
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Again, can't go to therapist. Don't have time/money.
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Arguably won't be that helpful anyway
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I've never done any drugs or alcohol or anything in my life. I'm in a lot of pain and life is miserable but I have no desire to put poison into my body either.
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Mate, I'm going to urge to to try cannabis gummies. Your body actually has natural cannabinoid receptors that help regulate your mood and pain management. Cannabinoids are 100% natural. I wouldn't recommend smoking, because I feel you on trying to avoid poisons and such, but cannabis is such an amazing and natural pain reliever for chronic pain. It's also anti-inflammatory so it helps massively for burns, bites, scrapes, etc. It can also help boost your mood.
If your worried about "getting high", CBD gummies do the same thing but minimize the psychoactive THC from the mix. Let me know if you have any questions.
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Jesus?
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Raw dogging that shit is not what matters but looking at what you care for can help in any case.
Our governments, media and sadly often enough the people around you try to convince you that nothing can be done. Wrong. There are people everywhere around the world bringing positive change to their communities, even if it won't do any systematic change over night or at all.
Our governments will crumble and our society will change and i am convinced that this will bring us all closer together. Don't let hateful bots tell you otherwise.
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(Irrational?) lack of trust in the medical system and its data security in the face of a hostile government.
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Couldn't find a doctor who could fit me in for a refill appointment and had to wean myself off them last year. It's been...interesting.
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With copious amounts of both caffeine and sugar.
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And that was three years ago
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Nothing else besides being balls deep in dungeon crawler Carl.
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Maybe gaming is a way of self medication.
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Some of us don't have a choice. We aren't even given that much.
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Beyond nicotine, uh, me, me, I am!
Yeah, you think industrial society is gonna collapse and... you will... still be getting all your pills from... where exactly?
How you are you going to afford them?
Yeah.
Good luck everyone!
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you will… still be getting all your pills from… where exactly?
How you are you going to afford them?
grow weed in the garden, or in your apartment if you don't have a garden.
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I mean, generally, I support this, but ... doing that is not exactly totally clearly legal in much of the US...
And also, weed is not the same thing as a whole gamut of potential mental health or other kinds drugs that are often unimaginably expensive without insurance.
Most prescription drugs in the US targetted at some kind of mental disorder... if not literally all of them, will tell you should not mix them with any amount of weed or alcohol.
Not that most people actually follow that rule, but maybe worth pointing out.
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It may be time to start...
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"Drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn, my senses finally blurred." -The Drinking Song by Moxy Fruvous
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As someone with ADD this is when I thrive the chaos calms me lol
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no future, just compliance pills and weed
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I have great confidence in my base state of mind that any form of alteration would make me lesser.
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I dunno. I'm definitely funnier sober.
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How many eggs have you had today
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I haven't eaten eggs today.
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Me. But only because I don't find the energy to get a new prescription.
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Medication? In this economy?
So I kind of wonder what would happen if a country just decided to ignore all patents and copyrights one day. Like just gathered all the intel they could on making all the medications out there, spin up a factory making their generic version then just only used those moving forward for their country. Maybe even selling it to other countries as well if there is demand. Clearly companies would be pissed because it would undercut their profits but what can they really do. Sueing them only works if the country cares to pay, and I don't see many people wanting to go to war with another country because they brought the costs of medication down.
They'd have to get other governments to try to sanction them, but if my options were to sanction a country, or buy medications at a much lower price thereby bringing down healthcare costs and increasing access to healthcare for our population.. Maybe enough countries would just let it go and other countries would join in on making their own ignoring the patents as well.
Many countries do that. Countries like India have limited patent protection. It's why medications are so cheap there.
Literally how the generic pharma industry works. Companies specialising in generics often push against the limits of IP and/or ignore them to bring cheap generics to market, and deal with lawsuits (or not) later. See Israel, India, and Switzerland.
You basically described China