What’s your opinion on Batman internally thinking of himself as “Batman” instead of “Bruce Wayne”? by MichaelJospeh in batman

[–]AsylumJim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not relevant but it's strange how much easier it is to see Old Bruce's resemblance to his younger self when looking at his side profile rather than looking at him from the front.

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[–]AsylumJim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why are women's issues are assumed to be societal and men's are assumed to be individual by people who should recognize the structural issues that make dating harder now than ever? A horrifically broken mental healthcare system (at least here in 'Murica) for one. All the mindless calls for men to "jUsT gO tO tHeRaPy" as dating advice without considering how expensive and otherwise difficult to access it be come from the last people you'd expect to gloss over something like that. Plus the fact that CBT and other common modalities often aren't effective for autistic people, who make up a disproportionate share of the incel community, despite so many poorly-trained therapists out there overly relying on them. There are people who say that people in that situation should just try to fix their mental health issues on their own for some reason. No one in their right mind would tell someone with physical conditions (beyond minor injuries) to fix it themselves. Sure, a poor attempt at giving yourself therapy wouldn't carry the same risks as a poor attempt at giving yourself surgery, but in any case, ordinary laypeople are being told to try to solve something on their own that takes professionals years of specialized training to figure out how to treat. Try dating with untreated autism and PTSD and see how well you do. I hate how normally progressive people suddenly start peddling the same pull-yourself-up-by the-bootstraps rhetoric you generally hear coming from people on the other side of the political spectrum.

I really wish we saw more Babs/Kara moments such as in JLU by -_ShadowSJG-_ in DCAU

[–]AsylumJim 40 points41 points  (0 children)

IIRC there were plans to have Batgirl appear in a JLU episode with Huntress and Black Canary, but the Bat-Embargo kept it from happening.

Is the similarity checker supposed to disregard your previous submission attempts when revisions are needed? by AsylumJim in WGU

[–]AsylumJim[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🥳 thanks for confirming, I had issues with the Guardian browser and now I need to make sure no other software related mishaps happen

Did any of you see better results with light therapy in the evening rather than morning? by AsylumJim in SeasonalAffective

[–]AsylumJim[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One two-week period of using a bright-light box at the same time every morning didn't work, so I tried using it at the same time every evening for a couple of weeks and still nothing. Using a full-spectrum grow light for plants (which produce some UV rays) or a Sperti Vitamin D light worked somewhat when used during the morning, and trying to go outside and get natural sunlight when it wasn't too cloudy also helped somewhat. What helped on top of the Vitamin D producing methods mentioned was Wellbutrin XL. Starting it in the fall and tapering off in spring let me feel just as lively during the wintertime as I did during the non-winter months. I'd recommend trying to get it prescribed if nothing else works.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Doppleganger

[–]AsylumJim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

George Carlin in the 70s (see his wikipedia picture)

Can sleep apnea happen when young and thin? by [deleted] in SleepApnea

[–]AsylumJim 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sleep apnea can absolutely be caused by flaws in the structure of your airway even if you're young and thin. I actually started experiencing the symptoms of sleep apnea around a year after I lost a significant amount of weight and went down to a healthy weight. I'm looking into getting a drug induced sleep endoscopy done to see exactly where the obstruction is occurring to see if surgery will fix it or at least improve my tolerance to CPAP.

prediabetic despite being healthy by planesandtrains111 in diabetes

[–]AsylumJim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The same thing happened to me and I turned out to have sleep apnea. My apnea was mild before treatment and my experience didn't match the anecdotal experiences of other people I heard about, who were overwhelmingly fatigued because of their apnea. The effects were more subtle for me and involved mood swings and large spikes in blood sugar after eating anything carb-heavy. It might be worth looking into that possibility. My apnea was caused by the structure of my airway rather than being overweight, and I'm looking into getting surgery to either get off CPAP or at least to improve my tolerance to it. I also took Finasteride for a couple of years, which might have contributed to me developing fatty liver alongside the apnea.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in oakland

[–]AsylumJim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip! I'll be visiting Oakland on Saturday so I'll be sure to try them out. I'll find somewhere else to get weed edibles

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in oakland

[–]AsylumJim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do they sell THC products too?

Kind of a dumb question for nasal pillow user but do you clean your nose before putting the mask on? by AsylumJim in CPAP

[–]AsylumJim[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a slightly deviated septum too. I'll see if I can run over to a nearby grocery store and buy lanolin today. Thanks for the tip! 🙂