TheDag
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TheDag
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2hr ago
I agree with extremely strict scrutiny, I guess I would just say don't discourage people entirely. There are genuinely good practitioners lurking out there.
It's not just alternative health though. I'd say 95% of legitimate therapists are total shit and may even make things worse for their patients.
It's a similar ratio for alternative health.
TheDag
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6hr ago
Also dude you're going off about UAPs downthread but talking shit about alternative health rabbit holes up here? Come on.
TheDag
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6hr ago
Disagree it's all scammers. Many chronic diseases are much more complicated than we take at face value. I have personally overcome chronic issues I've been told repeatedly by dozens of doctors were permanent.
It's difficult but can be done.
TheDag
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6hr ago
Alternative medicine may sound crazy, but that sort of thing has worked for me. There is obviously a lot of crap out there, but don't take the Western medical model as God's own truth. If you keep trying many things can be healed that our medical views say can't be.
I'm sorry to hear about your daughter.
Also, dogs are amazing. I love dogs. Great choice.
TheDag
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16hr ago
What are your plans for Halloween? Going to party or trick or treating with kids?
What are your favorite things about this season?
TheDag
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17hr ago
Have you tried SSRIs? They really helped me out of a low spot. I was against them for a long time but glad I changed my mind.
TheDag
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17hr ago
Do you think there's any likelihood of the managerial power being legitimately broken?
The lack of respect for academia seems like a pretty serious blow.
TheDag
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17hr ago
I'll go for a more psychological take, and I'd be curious what @coffee_enjoyer thinks as well.
Generally though I'd say that Trump's personality represents the aggressive masculine behavior that is most repressed in the modern PMC / progressive class. Direct confrontation, bravery to go against the crowd, and immunity to personal attacks and shaming are all extremely destabilizing to the progressive psyche.
There are complicated reasons for this, but the most basic way I can think to put it is that feminism became a strong force because the masculine side of world society went way overboard with WW1 and WW2. Society psychologically needed a balanced and reacted strongly with fear of the masculine, fear of anger, fear of aggression, etc.
When you see something or someone that represents parts of yourself that you repress, it often creates really judgmental or shameful feelings in you. This is sometimes talked about as projection but that's a whole nother complicated thing.
I think on the flip side the reason the Clintons pissed off the Republicans so much is that the demographic that hated them was also repressing what the Clintons represented - namely rich, cosmopolitan, intellectual, and polished coastal elites. But that's a bit more complicated as well.
TheDag
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21hr ago
How is your life falling apart man? It seems to me like you're going through the normal struggles of a young adult.
TheDag
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1d ago
Gratitude stuff never worked for me tbh. I resonated much more with allowing myself to feel whatever emotion I was feeling
With gratitude I always ended up beating myself up for not feeling it hah.
TheDag
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1d ago
If with a snap of my fingers, I got all the technical know how and a steday source of money, some progress on my startup stuff, I would instantly be happy so just ssris wont fix this.
I don't mean to be cruel, but I don't think this is true my friend. In my experience these sorts of external things often do not make for true happiness. It takes a change in the way you process the world and your relationships.
Peterson is a good place to start, I agree. Good luck.
TheDag
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1d ago
I'll give an unorthodox answer - figure out what you really want in life, what will make you happy and genuinely not jealous of anyone else, and pursue it relentlessly.
If you think it'll be 5-10 years before you get it, try to reprioritize what you want a bit and see if you can be satisfied with something easier to get somewhere along the way.
Working with your desire instead of fighting it is useful. Then you can reframe envy into admiration, and incorporate it into your goals.
TheDag
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2d ago
oh I just buy decaf. haven't heard of kukicha but I might try it.
TheDag
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2d ago
hmmm I'd like to try some of those.
Where do you buy them?
TheDag
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2d ago
I don't think that you're anywhere near that point my friend, although I do agree that people can get there. Trust me though you're nowhere near rock bottom. I've seen a lot of people at or near rock bottom.
Don't trust your memories. I've struggled with depression. It tricks your brain into thinking you were never happy, which is a lie. Go on anti-depressants if you haven't tried them already. They get a lot of shit but they can help quite a bit if you're motivated to work through your issues.
Good luck, and godspeed.
TheDag
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2d ago
I like chamomile tea, and decaf green tea.
I also like anise, black tea for caffeine, etc. I'd recommend going to an indian or middle eastern grocery store as teas there are usually way cheaper than at the standard supermarket. And yeah, teabags are fine. Don't believe the snobs.
TheDag
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2d ago
Supplements are fun dummy. I don't care about health I just want to explore!!!
TheDag
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2d ago
Anybody here take supplemental mushrooms? Not the trippy kind, but like lion's mane and such that are supposed to help with general functioning?
TheDag
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4d ago
The zero carbon agenda is the road to national self destruction. Deindustrialization and shutting down energy sources are a terrible idea. Green parties that have such an agenda must be investigated to see if they are funded by foreign powers which includes things like oikophobic ideology which is also disloyalty to your people's future well being. European countries should not agree that they should subsidize the developing world's adjustment, or that Europe should sacrifice its own energy needs for the sake of climate change goals.
Yeah Europe is really shooting itself in the foot, when it's already stumbling economically. I really do worry for the future of the EU.
I think another reason you don't mention that makes a lot of sense is the time to build, and the political polarization. If another party can get elected and just shut the whole thing down it makes it highly unfeasible.
The way I see the mechanism is basically stored emotional trauma "causes" almost all chronic disease/illness so. I disagree.
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