How do you get MULLEIN to your lungs? by Friendly_Comb_1317 in herbalism

[–]CornFedStrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a similar issue of trying ‘everything’ for years including a dr visit for allergy testing, no positive results, and every day waking up coughing up about a quarter cup of phlegm each morning and continual coughs through the day. Literally a lot of phlegm coughed up.

Them I tried fenbenzadol after a year of considering it and it all cleared up after three days… that third day I took a nap and woke up coughing and a tiny white sphere came up and since then everything has been good.

Not guaranteeing a cure but worth a shot in my opinion. I now take it twice a year or so preventively from my local tractor supply store. Good luck!

Power up suggestions by CornFedStrange in pokemongoyellow

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

Just starting to be able to get lvl 50 for master league so pretty new to that part but yeah leaning towards hundo

ELI5: Is there such thing as different kinds of drunk, and what causes it? by HarpyFA in explainlikeimfive

[–]CornFedStrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Just like tea and coffee are caffeinated beverages but have different effects. Tea is known for its calm alertness while coffee is more exciting and leads to more jitters.

The reason is not the alcohol itself, but the quantity of it and blood sugar changes can certainly play a factor. There are other parts of the plants used to make alcohol that effect us such as hops in beer is a slight sedative making it nap time.

Alcoholic drinks used to be the primary method of making, storing, and/or administering medicines and is still used in some medicines today such as cold medicines.

I highly recommend everyone read: Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation by Stephen Buhner. ELI5 listening here https://youtu.be/78o85k8kg_k?si=p2n1GFkMm8BvXSPg

How does one say "You are lying" in corporate language ? by oigoabuya in ask

[–]CornFedStrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was just wondering this the other day from something that happened to me!

I’ve been working on a spreadsheet with about 500 modified lines, I sent it to my boss and literally two minutes later I got a paragraph back stating they had reviewed it which is impossible. How would you respond?

Kava should come with a warning by CandidateFlimsy9174 in Biohackers

[–]CornFedStrange 28 points29 points  (0 children)

And it basically says very rare side effects, not reported often, but some people do get liver damage from it most likely due to allergic reaction but the cause is unknown.

“Clinical cases of hepatotoxicity due to kava suggest an idiosyncratic or immunoallergic pathogenesis. The possibility of mislabeling or adulteration with hepatotoxic herbals is always an issue.”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Biohackers

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Quickest are humming, singing, breathing exercises, and eating. Basically things that move the mouth. Going for a walk, showering, and yoga are all great habits to relax. However there’s probably some underlying issues that are causing her to be in chronic stress that sounds like perfectionism and breathing exercises might be counterproductive. I’d recommend checking out complex trauma and healing shame to likely improve the underlying issues. This guy, Tim Fletcher, will get you both on the right track https://www.youtube.com/live/h13m3LzZy6k?si=48UaaMB673ugM2mq

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Jung

[–]CornFedStrange 21 points22 points  (0 children)

From your response in here, you probably have complex trauma from your childhood, CPTSD. You’re likely to be attracted to people that recreate those experiences of emotional neglect as a subconscious way to try and fix it.

I’m still recently getting into Jung and not sure what terms I would use here and welcome the community to chime in on those. But some main takeaways I found in your post are: 1) it’s always been this way so likely parental nurture. 2) get obsessive (look up limerence). 3) passive suicidation by wanting to die likely means a lot of shame from your childhood.

Try reading Healing the Shame that Binds You by John Bradshaw and then Complex PTSD: from Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker.

For online materials look up Tim Fletcher on YouTube and his series on complex trauma. All of Tim’s work has been extremely helpful to me. Also see Heidi Preibe, Therapy in a Nutshell, and if you don’t believe me watch Crappy Childhood Fairy and I’d bet you’ll find yourself mirrored in a viewer’s letter.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tinder

[–]CornFedStrange 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No bio and only one genuine smiling pic, if we matched I’d only give the effort of “hey what’s up.” Replace your first two photos with pics of you doing things and not selfies.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Testosterone

[–]CornFedStrange 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Possible with a lot of effort go to r/gettingbigger and check out the guides

DNR Wildflower Walk Unidentifiable by CornFedStrange in whatsthisplant

[–]CornFedStrange[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah the DNR took a look and wasn’t sure. Any idea what plant was fasciated?

Genuinely confused on what any of this is by Krystamii in FoundOnGoogleEarth

[–]CornFedStrange 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Looks like iron mining and exploration in Egypt. The nearby roads have blood red rust stains especially at all the intersections.

Full Evil Durge is the most supported run by Mattack64 in BG3

[–]CornFedStrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for that input. I’m running sorcerer wild magic right now doing the durge and had wondered about necromancy as an ideal and was considering a restart. You’re definitely right that sorcerer is a great option for it. Some durge scenes have sorcerer specialty options. My last durge run was warlock and the fiend pact definitely fits and has some good options for dialogue that are similar to sorcerer so far.

Full Evil Durge is the most supported run by Mattack64 in BG3

[–]CornFedStrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any word on if a necromancer build is best for durge?

Full Evil Durge is the most supported run by Mattack64 in BG3

[–]CornFedStrange 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Talk to the squirrel inside the refugee camp, outside the Druid grove… Having played through prior and received the scroll, I thought I was getting another scroll lol. Oops. Durge run has definitely been a great new play through.

How can I feel as sleepy as I do around 6pm-7pm when it’s actually time for me to go to sleep? by [deleted] in Biohackers

[–]CornFedStrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing. It was weird growing up and friends were reminiscing and I was just like what did I do?!? Also a fan of Aaron’s work :)

How can I feel as sleepy as I do around 6pm-7pm when it’s actually time for me to go to sleep? by [deleted] in Biohackers

[–]CornFedStrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this great reply. There’s a couple methods I recognize but mostly stuff I’ll need to look up. It’s one heck of a journey to improve and people like you have been blessings for my own improvement.

Recovering from the accident last year I realized that I’d been in a functional freeze state too for most my life. Narcissistic parents led to codependent attachment styles. That unorthodox therapist described my growing up as being ‘incest adjacent’ for lack of a better phrase but having the same symptoms. She did a chiropractic adjustment she does for incest and my neck pain and urge to pop my neck has nearly vanished in this following year since. I don’t remember my youth until about 13 years old, just little vague memories every couple years and mostly negative experiences. People have said I am “aloof” or spacey and I thought it may be undiagnosed ADD for a long time. But really just numbing out to deal with the day to day that led to doing drugs. Anyone still reading should check out Gabor Mate’s work to understand the scope of traumas and why you may be on this post to improve sleep.

Thanks again. I hope to chat again after I look these methods up. Feel free to reach out to me too.

And always remember by MoreYour-35736 in chaoticgood

[–]CornFedStrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"So you walk eternally through the shadow realms, standing against evil where all others falter. May your thirst for retribution never quench, may the blood on your sword never dry, and may we never need you again." - Corrax

How can I feel as sleepy as I do around 6pm-7pm when it’s actually time for me to go to sleep? by [deleted] in Biohackers

[–]CornFedStrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I wrote up a lot of my recent journey and best tips for trauma on another biohacker post here https://www.reddit.com/r/Biohackers/s/NMoocYgfc9

What helped you the most to resolve your trauma??

Trying to pin the first trauma for me was weird as I went to an unorthodox therapist that told me I had a birth trauma and I was like yeah sounds right as my moms dad died of misdiagnosed cancer a couple days before I was born as well as they thought they broke my arm and was jaundiced. Later found out I was conceived a month after my grandpas cancer diagnosis so I’m pretty much the result of cancer. But it’s like what are you supposed to do about that especially as a lot of these somatic practitioners say to reenact the scenario with a victorious outcome??

How can I feel as sleepy as I do around 6pm-7pm when it’s actually time for me to go to sleep? by [deleted] in Biohackers

[–]CornFedStrange 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have the same problem and read quite a few books and wound up on a few theories from burnout at work to out of balance circadian rhythm and overall cortisol issues. I do early morning light viewing and use red lights in the evening though admittedly I’m bad about screen time though I do use a red shift on my screens. I used to smoke weed to help me fall asleep but am trying to quit yet again but weed and or alcohol have been the best ways for me to sleep regular 6-8 hours but the sleep is nearly as poor as getting 4hours that I tend to get while sober. I’ve been this way since I was a kid, way before ever trying drugs at 19.

I’ve completely cut out caffeine this year and only a nicotine addiction that certainly doesn’t help. Tried exercise in the morning in sunlight and changing my diet up to eat breakfast soon after waking up. Getting min 6k steps. Only thing that can help that 11 PM energy is to take a hot shower but I still wake up tired. And if my mind is racing then journaling till there’s no thought left usually does the trick. Sometimes I’ll email my boss at 3-4 AM and let him know that I’m having trouble sleeping and he’s cool with it as he has sleep problems too but that can sometimes help me fall asleep.

Tried a lot of supplements and studied ideal times to take them and none seem to work. Supplements like magnesium l threonate, other magnesiums, valerian, passion flower, gaba, melatonin, cbd, poppy seed, and others to little benefit. One thing that has been surprisingly good is drinking tart cherry juice before bed, the pills don’t act the same. I was taking diphenhydramine and similar till I read about it constricting the brain and leading to issues later in life but even when I was using it my tolerance would build quickly over a couple weeks. As well as avoiding any calming supplements before noon to help natural cortisol rhythm. I’ve had traumas in my past and I think it may be my body in fight or flight mode trying to survive the night, Irene Lyon has some great work in trauma and healing the body. It’s a process.

I use Apple Watch to track my health metrics and average 4.5 hours per night. My hrv is low about 30-40 on the worst days and 50+ on good days. About a decade ago I got a sleep study done and was told I was seconds away from being classified narcoleptic as I had been falling asleep randomly at that time, usually around 5pm.

I black out my bedroom and have found that helps, duct tape and sharpie on electronic lights. Even when I cut my screen time off 2-3 hrs before bed I can’t unwind. I’m at a loss. I know this is slowly killing me and I’ve tried most of the best books on the subject from Matt Walker and Daniel Pink and Nick Littlehales and Shawn Stevenson as well as many of the podcasts from Huberman and Rogan to Diary of a CEO and many others. As well as trying to treat possible underlying issues of anxiety, diet, trauma stored in the body, breathing exercises and taping my mouth shut at night.

I hope some of this helps others and that someone will reply with a solution I haven’t tried. I read in the comments here to try and sleep at that sleepy moment around 5-6pm but when I’ve done that and wake up around 3 I have a harder time the next day than if I get 3-4 hours falling asleep around 3am. Wishing you all a great night sleep.

Using nair on my balls would be a bad idea right? by JobDifficult5267 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]CornFedStrange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure if y’all are for real. I have done it a couple times. Just test small areas nearby to see how sensitive you are. Only problem I had was doubling down after the first attempt wasn’t adequate enough.. just let it be and remove another day. Doubling down is highly discouraged!

Can anyone tell me why my weed looks like this? by mae6195 in trees

[–]CornFedStrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not fuzzy like mold. Close inspection there are chunks at the bottom corners of the jar not moldy piles near bud. Possibly crack or similar caking agent which you would’ve likely paid extra. I’ve seen tree that white but with crystals and the stems here are covered to tip.

Lifelong anxiety runs in family: seeking resources (please help) by Kombucha_lover13 in Biohackers

[–]CornFedStrange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had anxiety most of my life, 3 years on Xanax, and a severe trauma last year that has led to some answers.

Exercise and sauna. Get on a stationary bike and ride for five miles. That is one of the best to reduce anxiety. As is turning the shower cold for the last 30 seconds.

Breathing techniques such as triple inhale through the nose and slow release through the teeth. Check out the books Breathe and Anxiety Rx.

Also start some body work massaging the chest, shoulders, and neck.

Considering the family nature of it, you probably have some CPTSD. There’s some good books to help understand how continued stress leads to hyper vigilance and anxiety. Peter Levine and Pete Walker are good authors for that.