TimewornTraveler @ TimewornTraveler @lemmy.dbzer0.com Posts 2Comments 257Joined 1 mo. ago
i see an entire congress failed yet again to represent my best interests, and i see it done in such a way that people are more mad at each other than at congress.
we know. you've made that clear. you're on team blue. you bought into the theater.
im not denying that there's genuine good guys on the blue team, i'm just saying that there's also going to be a significant number on team blue who are super fucking relieved that republicans shut it down. that's pretty dangerous, dont ya think?
being aware of when we're being pitted against one another is NEVER a fruitless endeavor. you may not like that we're not playing the red vs blue game and that's fine. but you're going to keep getting screwed if you only get mad at half of congress for failing to protect its people.
yes, those are the fall guys. that's in the interests of the capitalists, that you only hear that part, friend. the red vs blue culture war is theater.
don't get me wrong: if you or me wanted to run for house of reps and change things, we'd probably be signing up as blue. there's probably some good-hearted farmers doing the same, signing up for red because those are their cultural "good guys".
we'd all be naive and we'd all be drowned in the corruption, most likely.
this sounds radical until you realize that "reality" being a factor in mental health is like saying "air is a factor in breathing."
although I guess the opposite would be fantasy, that fantasy is a problem in mental health, which... well, it is! but fantasies are also just another part of our reality (and a significant one at that)
maybe this is challenging the folk wisdom of "my brain is broken, chemical imbalance" and while I'm sure that would spark lovely debates over nature-nurture / mind-body, the boring truth is always this: it's a combination of factors
as far as those struggling most: i work with that population, and thank IRS for Medicaid, they actually can afford Dx and Rx. the real trouble is their medically recognized mental health disorder (SUD) is literally a fucking crime, and the local govt pays its bill through recidivism fees.
Check out "The Dao of Pooh", it discusses a lot of themes of mental health and recovery through a Daoist lens iirc. or maybe it just talks about daoism and i forgot how to separate that from mental health practices lol
It's not about blaming the Democrats. It's about remembering that it's rich vs poor not red vs blue, and there's a lot of fat cats wearing rags in blue too.
Democrats don't have to block it if they know Republicans will. The votes are for show and they're all in on it. Or at least a significant number of them are, either by direct involvement or complicity.
irony is for nerds
wait are you telling me SEVEN people died of the plague when OBAMA was president?!
hmm... could this be politicized news? 🤔
Jerry "Sealing Wax" (Siegallack)
holy shit the nazis always had 4chan humor even in the 1930s
ugh. "collectivist" is a word coined by western chauvinists. that's not a real dichotomy. your fucking Abrahamic countries are far more collectivist than us soulless confucianists
alt headline: one min wage employee struggles to keep up with 1000 phones
oh no are you telling me that the breakup between fascist A and fascist B was just play theater?! who could have ever seen that coming omg.... what a surprise this world is
well said thank you. you might enjoy some of my replies to them. idk how to tag on lemmy or id have
here's a quick cheat sheet of current DSM criteria for a SUD: ::: spoiler spoiler
1 increased amt used
2 desire/failure to reduce use
3 lots of time spent on it
4 cravings for it
5 life obligations unmet
6 social relationships disrupted
7 reduction in recreational activities
8 use even in dangerous situations
9 use despite medical risk
10 building tolerance
11 experiences withdrawal
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you need at least 2 to meet mild criteria (very easy to meet mild!) and 6 or more to be considered severe
so let's look at oxygen addiction:
we dont increase our use over time, we have no desire or failure to reduce use (even if suicidal it's not about the oxygen), oxygen requires very little time to get, we generally dont crave it cuz we always got it and without it there are no cravings anyway, it doesnt disrupt obligations, doesnt impact relationships, doesnt impact recreation, we don't put ourselves in dangerous situations just to use it, there's no medical risk to consuming it, and we do not build tolerance. we DO experience w/d. so 1 out of 11 aint cuttin it, sorry!!
addictions counselor here, can confirm Rooskie91 has a pretty accurate response
I'm guessing where you get caught up is in the fact that it's a behavioral addiction , right?
well the medical community isn't far off. gambling disorder is only now just starting to become recognized as an addiction. there's trouble too, because "addiction" isn't an appropriate medical term anymore -- it's "substance use disorder" which encompasses a much wider range of problematic behaviors. and yet! if someone comes in with primary Dx Gambling Disorder, we can't bill that as SUD services because it's technically not a substance lol
behavioral addictions are very similar in how they work and how they're treated. tbh the main difference is just the lack of risk from acute intoxication / withdrawal. gambling disorder can and does completely ruin lives.
Excuse me, NO, this is deadly medical misinfo. Detox is individualized, first and foremost. We don't know what an individual patient is going to experience when they detox or what complications they could have.
Furthermore, we have no idea what this person is drinking in a day. All we know is that they're having two to four times the alcohol than the average person drinks when they get sent to detox while drinking in the mornings before their appts with me. 4 just to get to baseline is indicative of severe use disorder, though we cant tell without more info.
You have to remember, someone drinking four drinks in the middle of work is easily drinking "a bottle" a day as-is. Work is when they tone it DOWN.
how much did you care about Hunter Biden's laptop
yep. needing 4 drinks to get right, that sounds quite severe too. even needing 1 is a massive red flag. when the body shakes the morning after drinking, it can be a sign that your body is no longer able to function without alcohol.
detox will need to be medically managed at that point as cold turkey is now life threatening; quitting drinking will seem impossible and yet has now become more urgent than ever
it's all fine and dandy until the weeds grow into your foundation and start to crack it!