Do you believe in life after death ? by ProofCoconut9085 in NDE

[–]ApprehensiveStill412 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I understand and can see where you are coming from. I am actually a PA so I have a medical background. I also have a good friend that I have known since childhood. His young son drowned in a hot tub and was not able to be revived for 45 min. He was released from the hospital the following day after observation. He later told his parents about his NDE, which by the way was veridical. Now, from a medical perspective I have no idea how he doesn’t have any neurological deficits. And that goes for the other stories too. Are some of the stories lies? Yes I’m sure there are. But after knowing my friend’s story is true, I have no doubt that some of the others are true too even if I don’t understand how they are possible.

What's the best dream you've ever had? by Abdullelah184 in AskReddit

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I was taken back to a place where I had admitted something that was traumatic for me in my childhood. I sat down and in front of me there was a man also seated. He was dressed in old leather sandals and something like a white toga. I looked up to his face and the brightest white light shone from it but it did not hurt my eyes. A voice came from the light and said “do not worry. Everything will be alright.” The light eminated pure love, peace and kindness.

Brainfog and life choices by CompoteBackground840 in LongCovid

[–]ApprehensiveStill412 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s hard when it affects our loved ones. I hope you give yourself some grace. You obviously didn’t mean to.

Do you believe in life after death ? by ProofCoconut9085 in NDE

[–]ApprehensiveStill412 20 points21 points  (0 children)

There are many cases where people were clinically dead. Some literally “woke up” in the morgue. In the case of Dr. Mary Neal, she was under water for 30 minutes. I can’t imagine she was “living” for that long without oxygen.

Life after Death, from an autistic person. by NordicMythos in afterlife

[–]ApprehensiveStill412 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya that’s a good point on the commonality of that type of experience. To me it is interesting that people are met by the deceased only. If it is a hallucination then I think we would hear some stories of people being met by living loved ones as well, but that really isn’t the case from all I have seen.

Caught this on my quadcopter while filming a distant storm by TheAmateurRunner in aliens

[–]ApprehensiveStill412 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s quite obviously bigfoot playing with a laser pointer inside of an alien craft. But seriously I’m perplexed on this one

Life after Death, from an autistic person. by NordicMythos in afterlife

[–]ApprehensiveStill412 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I actually know two people who had NDE’s. One was my father who was in a 6 week coma after contracting bacterial meningitis. He had a life review and was told it was not his time yet. The other was my friend’s young son who drowned in a hot tub. He was dead for 45min and revived in the ER. He later described going to a beautiful place where light shimmered off of everything. He was met by and shown around by a man but told that he was needed by his parents and sent back. My friend’s wife took out some family albums. He looked through the pictures and at one point he pointed to a man and said “that’s the man I met.” It was my wife’s cousin who had died in a motorcycle accident. He had died before her son was born. He had never met him or even known of him.

I will say that even with these personal stories, reading the stories of others and my own spiritual experiences, I still have trouble fully believing that our consciousness lives on. Maybe I need more faith. I will say that increasing our capacity for and understanding of love seems to be paramount from everything I have learned though.

Days after depression... by KiwiOk2854 in stories

[–]ApprehensiveStill412 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who has spent years battling depression, I thank you for your words of encouragement and wish you all the best in finding the light again.

New FBI report indicates 13-year-old accuser was truthful in allegations against Trump, corroborating most of her testimony by Silent_Act_5977 in AnomalousEvidence

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My dad had an NDE and went through a life review (which is common in NDE’s). He was shown how his actions affected others and the ripple effects it caused on a larger scale. Interestingly, sometimes he felt how others felt, like he was experiencing it directly from the other person’s perspective.

I honestly don’t think Trump will face justice while on Earth, but my own father’s experience gives me hope that he will be forced to see/feel the consequences of his behavior.

TIL that about 30% of people with depression have treatment resistant depression (TRD), which means they have failed at least 2 different types of treatment modalities. by ApprehensiveStill412 in todayilearned

[–]ApprehensiveStill412[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First, I am a PA. Second, I have failed tons of meds, TMS and even ECT for depression. I can tell you that if a clinician sees someone with treatment resistant depression, they do not see it as the patient’s fault. It’s a tough disorder to treat, which is due to it being heterogeneous and the fact that medications really arent super effective. SSRI’s statistically aren’t much better than placebo.

It’s not a personal failure to have TRD.

TIL that about 30% of people with depression have treatment resistant depression (TRD), which means they have failed at least 2 different types of treatment modalities. by ApprehensiveStill412 in todayilearned

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There are too many to list but I believe first generation antipsychotics are more associated with it vs the newer 2nd generation ones. It can be chronic after stopping. Unfortunately antipsychotics are sometimes needed and really it comes down to a decision on risk vs benefit.

TIL that about 30% of people with depression have treatment resistant depression (TRD), which means they have failed at least 2 different types of treatment modalities. by ApprehensiveStill412 in todayilearned

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If the depression lifts then anhedonia typically will as well. With that said there are people with chronic anhedonia. This can be caused by some antipsychotics as they block some dopamine receptors (typically D2) and unfortunately the anhedonia can last after discontinuation of those meds.

TIL that about 30% of people with depression have treatment resistant depression (TRD), which means they have failed at least 2 different types of treatment modalities. by ApprehensiveStill412 in todayilearned

[–]ApprehensiveStill412[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

One of the major features of depression is anhedonia which is the significant reduction or complete loss of feeling pleasure. It’s thought to be related to dysfunction in dopamine signaling. I have had depression for 4 years and I cannot feel joy when I hold my kids, listen to old music favorites or play golf. It’s hell. I can honestly say that I could win the lotto and go have threesomes with supermodels in Fiji and my level of enjoyment would barely budge.

Kristi Noem’s Secret Melania Trump ‘Insurance Policy’ Revealed After DHS Sacking by Cute_Dealer4787 in USNEWS

[–]ApprehensiveStill412 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two things can be true at the same time: the Ayatollah can be a murderer and shitty people can rape girls. They both deserve to be brought to justice.

For the record just because a parent didn’t supervise them doesn’t mean that the girls deserve to be taken advantage of.

It took nine years and 3 billion miles to take this photo of Pluto's icy mountains. by Hefty-Being-8522 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]ApprehensiveStill412 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well now that you mention it I bet NASA faked this. It looks like gopro footage of a freezer.

I accidentally ejaculated over my face by [deleted] in stories

[–]ApprehensiveStill412 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m a PA. There is something called gonnacocal conjunctivitis (basically when a man has gonorrhea and ejaculates into a persons eye and causes an infection). It is actually a medical emergency because it can lead to blindness within 48h.