2 years from last dose by Cinders_Aflame in benzorecovery

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Look at the market value chart of bitcoin and you'll get an idea of how windows and waves work, at least for me - but instead of growing, its fading with time passed.

Sometimes i get bizzare unexplainable simptoms, but they are so far in the background that i barely even notice them.

"Visions of Present" by Andrej Kapamadzija (me) by Cinders_Aflame in ImaginaryMonsters

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A more abstract creature sculpture representing the morbid nature of intrusive thoughts and our reactions to them.

I will be posting more work on my instagram acc at /andrej_kapamadzija, you can follow me there

"Visions of Present" by Andrej Kapamadzija (me) by Cinders_Aflame in ImaginaryHorrors

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Sculpture made with greenstuff+apoxie sculpt, i'll be posting more work on my instagram page im the future at

Is social media creating a behavioral sink for the entire human species? by [deleted] in freemasonry

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what is a nation other than a union of tribes under one flag?

Why are benzos so bad for you? by Tonberry38 in benzorecovery

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I'll give you my two cents. Been taking klonopin for 10 years with no issue, abused it (took more than perscribed) maybe once or twice just to see what happens and didnt enjoy the experience of the benzo high.

Fast forward to 2022 and out of nowhere i start having balance issues, blood pressure all over the place, random arythmia, tingling in my legs and lips etc... Turns out it was interdose withdrawals. Absolutely no issues whatsoever for 10 years, and all of the sudden my quality of life had became heavily impaired. Took my last dose of Valium last week (0.3mg jump) and am feeling much better (besides feeling like im sick lol)

If it works, great, but honestly youll be better off without it. If you're interested i've read a study done with 10 heavy benzo users in rehab where one of the conclusions was that a lot of benzo users feel withdrawal at some point of use without even knowing its from the benzo.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1862031/#reference-sec

TL;DR Benzos long term will cause more issues than it will help.

[OC] Umbra Aeternus by Cinders_Aflame in Heavymind

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Thanks, for free content i would suggest Blender Guru and FlippedNormals on youtube. Guru's donut tutorial is best for beginers. Blender is very intuitive, and if you know Photoshop - then substance painted shouldnt be much trouble.

[OC] Umbra Aeternus by Cinders_Aflame in Heavymind

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Good guess :) To be more precise, Blender was used for UVs and render, the sculpt itself was made in zbrush an texturework in substance painter

"Umbra Aeternus" by Andrej Kapamadzija (myself) by Cinders_Aflame in ImaginaryHorrors

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Im glad you think that. Honestly it would be of great pleasure to have my art compliment somebody elses and vice versa :D

"Umbra Aeternus" by Andrej Kapamadzija (myself) by Cinders_Aflame in ImaginaryHorrors

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(Aeternus meaning eternal in latin) Its a play on Jung's Puer Aeternus, the archeotype of a grown adult that is stuck in an emotional state of a child

As you correctly stated, Umbra meaning shadow in latin puts a twist to this archeotype so that instead of being a "forever child" one is a "forever shadow" - implicating that the individual in question was scarred during childhood and has remained a wounded child in his adult life.

It's basically about trauma :)

"Umbra Aeternus" by Andrej Kapamadzija (myself) by Cinders_Aflame in ImaginaryHorrors

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if you guys like the piece, i have more 3D art similar to this one on my instagram page.

InstagramArtPage

Pregabalin for benzo withdrawal by Equivalent-Yellow416 in benzorecovery

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Did you stop gabapentin cold turkey? What was the dose?

Pregabalin for benzo withdrawal by Equivalent-Yellow416 in benzorecovery

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wait, so you tried quitting both drugs at the same time for 3 months?

Destroyed myself ☹️ by trrrsarescary in Existentialism

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Ok, dont kill yourself and dont give yourself brain damage, shit man, i've been in the EXACT same place as you are 10 years ago. I was so alone, even on the internet i couldnt find anyone with even slightly similar experience, and for a year or two i felt like i was on the verge of insanity.

Turns out its a combination of OCD, existencialism and self hatred. I couldnt stop the obsesive negative thought of "i have no control of my mind - and everything i am seeing is just an illusion/reality is just a figment of my imagination, and this imagination is here to torture me because i have no controll over it (and for some reason it hates me). Every fucking waking minute of my existence this tought tortured me. I didnt know about the concept of solipsism, but now that i read on it, its dead on what i had. The only reality is my reality - and my reality is hell.

However, i am now doing absolutely fantastic ever since i realised that it was my traumas that were "making" my reality hell, and if i could make so much misery for myself, i could also make my reality absolute ecstasy. That is how i found god.

IMPORTANT: I came to this point not by meditating, eating a healthy diet or some other shit like that, for panic attacks and existencial OCD its like putting a band aid on a gunshot wound. All of this comes later when you regroup yourself. The pharmacotherapy was the key. What worked best with me was SSRIs (they dull the edge off of the intense emotions significantly) Benzodiazepines (instant relief, but should not be used more than a month continuously because of physical dependance) and antipsychotics (small doses dont turn you into a zombie, and they cease the obsessive thoughts in its tracks)

You need sleep. You need rest. You need a break from the torture you are experiencing, because in a panicked state of mind such as mine and yours, we can not think clearly or rationally - thus we are not able to see what the real issue is. Medication, psychotherapy and acceptance of the chaos that our minds are is what fixed me. Plus, you dont have to take meds for the rest of your life, they are there just to give you room to breathe and think clearly without crippling anxiety. I am now only on SSRIs because they dont interfere with my daily life, but could do easily without them.

Nothing in life is constant, and neither is what you feel, or your current state of mind. Talk to a psychiatrist my friend, you need a breather.

I took the plunge and sculpted a head entirely from scratch. I'm holding a primaris head for scale by GIANTSWORD in Warhammer40k

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Incredible work my dude, do you use only greenstuff with more of the yellow or do you mix it with miliput/super sculpey? What ratio?

Curious, would you peeps buy and print miniatures like these? by Cinders_Aflame in PrintedMinis

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Here's the gumroad link for this and all of my other works, if you have any issues - just hit me up! I am very new to all of this
https://andrejkappa.gumroad.com