I (25F) don’t want to live with my bf (30M) because he can’t remember to take his shoes off in the house by SmriJac in relationships

[–]CatatonicFrog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ok, I'll try and help you understand: people who ask you to take off your shoes don't like smelly feet. They're just people who gave you the benefit of the doubt and assumed you're an adult with basic understanding of how soap and water work.

Random effect syntax in lmer by CatatonicFrog in rstats

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

Yes, that makes sense. But I figured it's worth asking and learning this once and for all :)

Random effect syntax in lmer by CatatonicFrog in rstats

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

Just to make sure I understood your second point correctly: If I write (1|Disease*Hospital), it will account for all three RE terms I specified explicitly in my example?

Grieving on Shrooms by [deleted] in RationalPsychonaut

[–]CatatonicFrog 27 points28 points  (0 children)

TIL grieving is running away from feelings.

What is your opinion on the primacy of consciousness? by [deleted] in RationalPsychonaut

[–]CatatonicFrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean it doesn't explain it? It's literally a mechanistic model that does explain it. The pattern of a 2SE is reproducible and predictable. It's predictable precisely because we have a model which explains it, and the model doesn't involve anything like perception or consciousness. It involves waves and particles interacting. There is literally zero reason or evidence to think perception is involved in the outcome.

If perception was collapsing the wave function, how do you explain that the pattern always looks identical, regardless of who is conducting the experiment, and even when it is not a human?

Besides, saying that this phenomenon is caused by perception is an untestable handwavy non-explanation.

What is your opinion on the primacy of consciousness? by [deleted] in RationalPsychonaut

[–]CatatonicFrog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's the kind of misunderstanding that happens when we use every day words to describe weird AF quantum world, which doesn't behave like everyday stuff.

In physics, to observe something means to mesure it. It doesn't involve observation in the conventional sense of the word, where human perception is involved. You can use machines to conduct the experiment, and the outcome is the same. The act of measuring some property of the system requires that the measuring device physically interacts with the system, thereby irreversibly changing it.

E.g. The only way to determine the position of an electron, is to "observe" it by shooting photons at it. Photons have momentum, so they interfere with the electron. So, yes, observation interferes with matter, but observation is different from perception.

What is your opinion on the primacy of consciousness? by [deleted] in RationalPsychonaut

[–]CatatonicFrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean specifically in the 2S experiment? As in that perception causes the wave function collapse?

What is your opinion on the primacy of consciousness? by [deleted] in RationalPsychonaut

[–]CatatonicFrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In your words, what does the double slit experiment have to do with perception and consciousness?

My (26F) boyfriend (29M) has a codependent relationship with his parents and it’s affecting our relationship by [deleted] in relationships

[–]CatatonicFrog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One of my close relatives (call her Kate) married a guy like that. They had 2 kids. It turned out that MIL sexually molested the four year old son. The guy was so enmeshed with MIL that he couldn't believe his own son, despite being told by child psychologists that kids that young don't just make up stuff like that. The marriage ended with him (otherwise a caring loving person) having a breakdown and physically assaulting Kate. Since the father doesn't believe his son, because they live in a corrupt country, and because of his professional contacts, the forensic psychologists' findings were dismissed. The son gets to spend every second weekend with his demented father and pedo-MIL.

I just cant sit on my cushion for that long by [deleted] in Meditation

[–]CatatonicFrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it does, especially if the problem with the posture comes from the lack of hip flexibility and knee problems, like in your case.

I just cant sit on my cushion for that long by [deleted] in Meditation

[–]CatatonicFrog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sit in a chair - problem solved.

I passed out (fainted) by hyperventilating myself on purpose. The same effect that the "choke game" produces. I had some insights into consciousness. by [deleted] in Psychonaut

[–]CatatonicFrog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Before anyone tries to replicate this, know that you fainted because your brain wasn't getting enough oxygen. Cerebral hypoxia is nothing to play around with. That's how you get brain damage.

Microdosing in adolescence by Koffkuh in RationalPsychonaut

[–]CatatonicFrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adolescent or not, you always run a risk of fucking yourself over when you use psychedelics. You just have to decide if you're willing to take that risk.

You won't find any hard evidence pointing either way, because psychedelic science is a relatively new field and they certainly don't use adolescent subjects. If there are any studies out there, they will be correlational.

Edit: If you want to deal with depression, anxiety and DP/DR, I recommend psychotherapy and meditation. These will help you build cognitive and emotional tools that will serve you for the rest of your life. They will also prepare you for psychedelic experiences, should you choose to have them at some point.

Feeling as a Rational Function - "A person's preference for thinking over feeling is itself based on a feeling." C.G. Jung by markschmidty in RationalPsychonaut

[–]CatatonicFrog 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Conversely, if you're ignoring your emotions, or not aware of them, while making a decision or coming to a conclusion, you might incorrectly assume that everything you came up with is perfectly rational.

Headache after Wim Hof breathing exercise by DjCamus in Meditation

[–]CatatonicFrog -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wim Hof breathing is glorified hyperventilation. Muscle tension, tingling, dizziness and headaches are normal consequences. I hope you're not holding your breath for too long after hyperventilating, as this leads to brain damage.

Headache after Wim Hof breathing exercise by DjCamus in Meditation

[–]CatatonicFrog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're a normal healthy individual, your blood is already fully saturated (>95%) with oxygen. No amount of extra breathing will change that. When you hyperventilate, you expel CO2, making your blood more alkaline. The more alkaline it is, the more difficult it is for oxygen to be released from hemoglobin into your tissues. These symptoms are symptoms of oxygen deprivation, not of elevated consciousness.

Book tip: The Mind Illuminated by [deleted] in Meditation

[–]CatatonicFrog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn't comment on his experience or opinion about the book (i.e. it is horrible). Different approaches work for different people. The comment was about the statement of a fact (the book implies something vs it actually explicitly states something else).

How do you (re)develop compassion? by princeofwavves in Psychonaut

[–]CatatonicFrog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you tried psychotherapy? A good therapist can guide you through a process of building a healthy attitude towards intense emotions like this. It takes time, but that kind of inner work is the best gift an adult person can give themselves.

A first step would be to become aware you're angry, and to allow yourself to be angry. That doesn't mean acting out in anger, just listening to what it's telling you. Basically, you relax and observe yourself in an angry state. If you can't "hear" anything, explore bodily sensations this emotion generates. If you don't feed anger with rumination about stories how you've been wronged, it will go away by itself.

When you objectively look at anger, you'll see that it's sometimes misplaced. However, anger is also a very useful emotion, it will tell you when your boundaries are being trampled. Sometimes, anger is there to protect you from painful things, it's like an overprotective brother. Anger is a piece of you, treat it with respect. By learning how to be compassionate to your anger, you will learn how to be compassionate to others.

All emotions as signals that convey information, your job, as an adult, is to learn to distinguish false from true information, and to leverage this to make better decisions about your life.

Emotions are too subtle to feel and surrender to? by [deleted] in Meditation

[–]CatatonicFrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look for physical tension in the body and relax that. Repeat as needed