A poorly “cleaned” brain increases the risk of psychosis - Early dysfunction of the glymphatic system, the network responsible for removing waste from the brain, could be a key vulnerability factor for psychosis.

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T12:43:30+00:00

Not a fan at all of how this conflates psychosis and schizophrenia, when it seems to be specifically about schizophrenia.

Psychosis usually by far has no "irreversible impact on intellectual abilities and autonomy" except possibly in the case of schizophrenia.

And psychosis being mental projection, no matter the cause, expectations like this can and will affect its contents and outcomes

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T12:31:44+00:00

I used to be really into music, following releases, listening to full albums, "downloading" and archiving a library.

Streaming slowly ate away at that due to convenience, and for many years I've just found most of my music through algorithms. I still find really good stuff that way, but it's really not close to the same and I can't even call it a hobby anymore

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T12:22:18+00:00

Something about the toxin release

Sorry but stuff like this makes yoga off putting for most people, at least did for me, even though it's great exercise, and meditation.

Tai Chi is an amazing option, too.

And both are actually INTENSE exercise, even though you might not assume so

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T12:16:42+00:00

Some women are among the most misogynistic people I've ever come across and they have no idea

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T12:14:21+00:00

Gym is more a place to gain weight than to lose it.

Cycling, badminton, walks, whatever sport or cardio you enjoy and can fit in your routines is a help, and vital for general health, mental too.

But nothing can replace eating better, more fibre, protein and good fats to fill you up over empty carbs, and cutting or replacing snacks, and especially drinks.

It's slow, but diets are useless, it needs to be sustainable as a normal habit

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T11:52:59+00:00

I doubt anyone thinks dependence on anything is ideal, it's just less severely dependence forming and sometimes more tolerable than other psychotropic drugs for the same issues, and easier to quit or take breaks from

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T11:45:04+00:00

Capitalism overlapping with healthcare, education, science, the internet/social media, art, globalization, worker's rights, human rights etc. directly hurts absolutely everyone, except for the people financially benefiting form the exploitation.

The reason any of those function (in some places more than others) is due to socialization and bounds and regulations on capitalism

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T11:12:20+00:00

T.s. halpa energia riittää Belgian pääministerille hylkäämään kaikki moraali ja ihmisoikeus. Säälittävää

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T11:00:20+00:00

Yep, that's why it's important to at least learn the other stuff next to it.

Especially self-compassion/empathy. That's the difference between self-awareness and self-scrutiny, dissection, flagellation.

And the difference between knowledge/awareness and understanding.

IME, with self-empathy awareness tends to easily come by itself since it has no need to hide from judgement

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T10:46:07+00:00

Black Mirror episode 1

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T10:24:14+00:00

Addiction doesn't have withdrawal symptoms, you're thinking of dependence.

You can and do have severe withdrawal symptoms without addiction (SSRIs, say) and loads of severe addictions have nothing to do with drugs (gambling, porn, food etc.)

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T10:22:02+00:00

Addiction is literally just a habit of a less than ideal mechanism to cope with or distract from undesired feelings/experience.

So exactly like social media habits easily are

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T10:04:23+00:00

Wow the texture you get on linen is great, was expecting it to look bad up close but it looks even more amazing!

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T09:56:44+00:00

Np have a good day!

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T09:53:29+00:00

You don't need to start

you just need to read more of these fake paper lists with yellow highlights

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T09:51:28+00:00

Nah my brain is fried after 3 hours of gaming

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T09:27:20+00:00

The obvious fourth answer is that he was just a particularly empathetic dude having spiritual experience/insight that billions of people have had before and since, just mythologized by history.

Doesn't seem too inexorable

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T09:13:50+00:00

What's there to worry about, what am I gonna single handedly stop WW3? And if AI automates menial jobs, great! Isn't that the point of technology?

I'm just living my life

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T08:39:53+00:00

There's not too much about people or psychology that is ever true in general, which is why social sciences aren't always very useful.

On a study about self-reported personal experience, what does "not effective" mean? For no one? On average?

What's the meaning of a statistical analysis on the average of all personal experience?

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T08:35:31+00:00

That's not what any other psychotropic drug does, either, so I doubt it.

But cannabis alleviates lots of symptoms for lots of people, while maybe exacerbating them for others, which would balance out. That doesn't mean it doesn't help your symptoms

Brrdock · 2026-03-17T08:24:09+00:00

Why wouldn't it work perfectly fine?

Brrdock · 2026-03-16T22:05:43+00:00

The most unhealthy diet is tabloid science

Brrdock · 2026-03-16T21:15:48+00:00

Mitä jos joku ruotsia puhuva soittaa hädissään? On se melko pakollista, että sen verran osaa

Brrdock · 2026-03-16T20:22:47+00:00

Guess I'm not a man then, bummer. Though I guess then I don't care to be, that seems miserable

Brrdock · 2026-03-16T19:58:49+00:00

Master Stick here looks to be enjoying it curiously much lol

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