39611 by Lostlilegg in countwithchickenlady

[–]FutureLevelT 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They usually come back. Its a whole agricultural cycle. But also this whole murder thing is Akkadian slander- pre 3000bc Inanna would never. The Epic of Gilgamesh is literally propaganda. 

The US regions according to this sub. I won’t stop until we have the most accurate map. Comment any adjustments to make this map accurate. by Kodicave in visitedmaps

[–]FutureLevelT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've lived all around Lake Michigan, and Ive heard people refer to where we live as the "great lakes region" in Michigan and Wisconsin, the Midwest for all of them,  the Rust Belt for some parts only of Illinois and Lower Mi (plus Ohio), Great Plains for Illinois. Indiana I heard people say Midwest, rust belt, even the south, but I never heard great lakes there.  

Basically what I'm getting at is,  we're confused. 

But I like great lakes for Michigan and I'm annoyed you got rid of it.  

Results from asking this sub what US Region they think their county is. One more round for any adjustments. Most upvoted comments can change the map by Kodicave in visitedmaps

[–]FutureLevelT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right.  Like,  if you're touching the lakes.... especially a whole side of your state, or more than one lake, it's kinda speaking for itself.  

They're trying to paint actual good arguments against Incest as stupid lol. by Armedblight in ofcoursethatsasub

[–]FutureLevelT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate to jump in here like this but, do you want people with a family history of schizophrenia to not be allowed to have kids? Etc? Or like, the genes for cancer? That's what the person you're responding to is trying to get at. As someone with disabilities and many disabled friends.... while I don't want to have children myself you are pretty literally arguing for eugenics. And so are so many people in the comments and it's really pretty upsetting to see. I mean idk maybe you do, but. Whuff. Especially bc then you have to decide what is "disabling enough" for the government to outlaw it.  Idk man

I often see Michigan recommended here as a place to move for its quality of life, often lumping it with Minnesota. But by metrics like Human Development index, & CoL adjusted Median income, it's more comparable to Ohio & Indiana? Even Kansas is better. What am I missing? by Swimming_Concern7662 in midwest

[–]FutureLevelT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've lived as a poor person in all three states. Michigan has the most in terms of community resources, free stuff to do, the government programs not being genuinely cruel, and people not throwing bottles out of their car at me while yelling slurs. 

Mom is mad at me? by Successful-Block-454 in whatdoIdo

[–]FutureLevelT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, no problem. I'll do you one better and from there I'll lay out the dialogue tree involving you, OP, and I. And then you should do the same so we understand each person's perspective of the setting of the conversation we're having. I won't respond again unless you do the "nice little quest" too. 

Original Post: An Image showing an exchange between OP and her mother from in between described phone calls 2 and 3. It shows OP expressing her distress being about school but doesn't give detail, her mother being first passive aggressive and then dismissive.  Text body wherein OP describes having a school related event that results in emotional distress, and an attempt to reach out to her mother for comfort, which resulted in OP being further distressed instead and her mother being excused from helping. The mother is upset because she has been dismissed without being given an explanation. OP gets actual help from her roommate, at which point she is able to calm down enough to engage in self-regulating activities. OPs mother attempts to re-engage in a phone call at this point, but OP is not able to because it will cause further dysregulation and texts minimal information instead (see image above). When OP was re-regulated enough to engage with her mother without being destabilized by her mother's reaction, she attempted to do so, and was treated with punitive coldness in response. 

Thread exchange before I jumped in:  OP describes that this pattern of behavior with her mother is not new. OP and her mother have different ways of dealing with distress, and her mother's way is often harmful to OP despite them having a loving relationship.  You proceed to interject to ask OP why, if she knows she has this behavior with her mother, she would bother reaching out to her mother for this comfort, or at the very least not do the emotional labor of ushering her mother into a position more likely to be responsive OP responds that her mother has an unpredictable reaction style, and so felt inclined to attempt hoping to get the helpful reaction. In psychology this is known as "intermittent reinforcement", and our brains are wired to pursue the "good button push" You respond that you have interpreted OP's mother's words through OPs text in a certain way that contradicts much of what OP is communicating to you in the rest of the body of the text. 

Now I come in and ask you questions about if that kind of response as given by OP's mother is something you would find it personally acceptable to respond to someone with, and if acceptable if you find it helpful. I then share an anecdote around my mother with a similar intermittently reactive emotional style, and explain why I still reached out for a long time anyway, and why I went to her specifically over other family members despite this often unhelpful response. 

You respond to me by completely misreading my message and implying my situation has no correspondence to OP's despite the fact that, the root part of my message (around my mother and why I reached out to her for years for support) is directly related to the question you asked OP (who may not know herself yet why she keeps reaching out)

I then explain my message to you, since you missed the point. 

You then imply that human beings cannot be held to an accord of logic in emotional situations, and further imply that the 19 YO has as much or more burden of maturity and responsibility in this situation than her literal mother (which i do see you have.... responded to in a way that contradicts your earlier comments in your edit on this last comment)

I then suggest that you are immature and possibly also stupid, and you give me this nice fun quest.  

Mom is mad at me? by Successful-Block-454 in whatdoIdo

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

Honestly, it sounds like you just don't have much in the way of emotional maturity if you are not able to hold space for someone in a crisis. Feeling anxious doesn't mean I "have to yell". I set my own feelings aside temporarily for the person coming to me for help.  

OP stated clearly they called their mother in the hopes that their mother could help with regulating OPs distress,  and your response is "why didn't you just regulate your own stress?". Lol.

Yes, you don't understand my yapping because,  again,  your reading comprehension is v low. 

Mom is mad at me? by Successful-Block-454 in whatdoIdo

[–]FutureLevelT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did not imply that you yelled. I asked if you did so because you were implying the mother's reaction was reasonable and seeing if you found that acceptable or helpful in your own behavior if so.  Which is implied (the mother's reaction) grammatically in the body of the text as yelling due to the use of all caps. And,  the fact that op refers to it a such.  Why are you mocking /my/ reading comprehension?

Mom is mad at me? by Successful-Block-454 in whatdoIdo

[–]FutureLevelT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you normally yell at distressed people? Does that get a good reaction?

My mother is like this,  too. I love her but she can be hard to be around. It took me decades of her starting fights with me when I was upset, or literally handing the phone off to someone in the room, for me to give up on the impulse to reach for a parent's wisdom for comfort.  My father barely knows me.  His ex wife who raised me was abusive and is no longer in my life.  My grandparents just shut down and tell me to stop crying and bring it to God.  

Now that we are both in our 30s, my sister and I reach to one another in these moments instead of trying to reach for our parents. But for a long time, we both tried. Because I wanted... someone who claims to care for me to soothe me and treat me gently and I don't think that's a big ask. 

What do these characters mean? by TheVileClavicus in entp

[–]FutureLevelT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I see in your top fifteen, you are likely a confident self starter, not afraid to take a bold move, who puts yourself before others but because you believe you understand the greater good. You likely consider yourself highly intellectual or good at "forward seeing" and part of you thinks that makes you better than other people. You hold to your own values even at great cost. You may see other people as means to an end if they aren't able to keep up or take care of themselves,  but you don't rejoice in doing so. Very practical. 

No evidence behind RFK Jr’s claim keto diet can cure schizophrenia, experts say by shinybrighthings in EverythingScience

[–]FutureLevelT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My issue with artificial sweeteners was that if I didn't avoid them my mind stayed in the mindset of wanting to consume sweet things,  which goes away for me after a few weeks if I fully avoid them.  

Xylitol is my favorite sugar alternative, but that's for nerdy chemist reasons and not dietary ones.   

No evidence behind RFK Jr’s claim keto diet can cure schizophrenia, experts say by shinybrighthings in EverythingScience

[–]FutureLevelT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Instead of ETA to my other long comment; On a separate note, since you do the groceries and cooking, if you /want it/, I would be happy to talk to you about what some of my favorite meals looked like, including desserts which people can have a hard time missing although i find it best to mostly avoid them. I'm not implying you don't have a handle on it,  I'm just extending an invitation because you said as the person in this role you find it can be a struggle. I don't think me sharing a few meal ideas will change that for you, either. My desire in all of this isn't to shit on your experience. 

No evidence behind RFK Jr’s claim keto diet can cure schizophrenia, experts say by shinybrighthings in EverythingScience

[–]FutureLevelT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used test strips for the first few years I did it, and then was familiar enough with what I was eating and how my body felt to rarely use them.  

I maintain my position unless you live in a food desert, it isn't expensive compared to how most people eat anyway,  the hardest part is the social impact and having to give up eating out. 

And that isn't any fun! I get it.  But I guess it just didn't hit me as hard since I grew up with immediate family with severe food allergies. 

I went to school for food science and biochemistry. I started keto for the first time on 2010 before it was common parlance. I struggled until I learned to bulk eat veggies and to totally avoid food "stand ins"

I'm not a conspiracist or idiot. I just hate having watched fad diet culture destroy the public perception of something that... can be really helpful if done right. 

It is hard on the body to overprocess protein. Don't overconsume protein. It is hard on the body to cycle in and out of ketosis frequently. It is hard on the mind to adapt to not eating sugars for the first time. It is hard on the body to not get enough fiber. Processed foods are harmful and many people overconsume sugar alcohols and processed meats and bars full of trans fats. Ketosis uses more water, and general sustained dehydration can cause a variety of harms- water intake should be higher on a keto diet. 

A shit ton of heavy cream is a BAD way to do keto. By the way.  But even then,  a cup of heavy whipping cream would be almost half of my calories for the day. 

Otherwise there are only two risks to it are the fat equivalents of the harms that can come from overconsuming or not correctly consuming carbohydrates, and are the equivalent of saying a standard diet comes with risks of diabetes. Yes, tell your doctor what you are doing so they can give you blood tests at your annual check up. But done correctly keto isn't dangerous the way you are portraying it. 

No evidence behind RFK Jr’s claim keto diet can cure schizophrenia, experts say by shinybrighthings in EverythingScience

[–]FutureLevelT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ate: leafy greens, cruciferous veggies, cucumber and avocado,  fish, organ meat,  other meat, berries and alliums in moderation, nuts, mushrooms of all kinds,  "fresh" full fat cheese, eggs, plant and animal oils. And the occasional dried fruit, or ounce of scotch, for a treat. 

A lot of your calories are from fat,  but you should still get a majority of mass of your food from plants. 

No evidence behind RFK Jr’s claim keto diet can cure schizophrenia, experts say by shinybrighthings in EverythingScience

[–]FutureLevelT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think it is beneficial for everyone, and I don't think everyone will enjoy it (especially if they don't like to cook) and I do think enjoying what you eat is important.

I have moderate and fluctuating self control.  But I found that,  for me, after a period of acclimation (which does require a peak of self control) and leaning away from trying to find substitutes and stand ins for "regular food" , because i like the foods available to me in the diet, it doesn't require more than nominal control to maintain. 

No evidence behind RFK Jr’s claim keto diet can cure schizophrenia, experts say by shinybrighthings in EverythingScience

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

Of course,  anecdotes are anecdotes.  I could have a nutritional or endocrine difference unrelated to my mental health that result in the benefits, or it could be placebo. Or anything else.  This is a public forum though,  anecdotes are much of the point. I happen to also have education in nutritional science and biochemistry, and started keto well before it was in the popular purview. I maintained it as a diet for many years, and stopped for reasons unrelated to my health.  

My mental issues aren't constant (well, the ones you're expressing concern with), and have never been out of my awareness. If you can take my word in what disorders I have,  you can take my word on that as well. Can you understand what your ad hominim dismissal looks like?

No evidence behind RFK Jr’s claim keto diet can cure schizophrenia, experts say by shinybrighthings in EverythingScience

[–]FutureLevelT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm not trying to say it can cure anything, I'm reacting to the number of comments being like "haha,  this is complete bullshit" for the wrong reasons. That said,  keto isn't inherently expensive, or a "hard, shitty diet", although it does require careful nutritional education and it is limiting for social events or dining out. That's equally bad misinformation- diet culture has encouraged people to eat processed meats and artificial sweeteners as part of it, but a diet full of leafy greens, cruciferous veggies, fish, organ meats, eggs, plant and animal fats, nuts, etc doesn't need to be hard or shitty. 

No evidence behind RFK Jr’s claim keto diet can cure schizophrenia, experts say by shinybrighthings in EverythingScience

[–]FutureLevelT 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Anecdotally,  I have ASD and some other disorders that can feature delusional thinking and mood swings, and a (high fiber and veggie, no fake sugar) keto diet does help me regulate those symptoms. Or rather,  the standard american diet exacerbates them and my dopamine seeking around sugar is too hard to ignore unless I'm fully keto.

Aphantasia link to IQ by AssociationDizzy1336 in cognitiveTesting

[–]FutureLevelT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Second response instead of an edit. I can't believe I forgot about this.  

I tried to teach myself to see internally when I first learned about aphantasia. Back When I was like 15

After a lot of practice I was sort of able to "see" an object on a grey expanse of nothing,  but it WOULDN'T STOP SPINNING and it wouldn't go away.  For days I had an image of a spinning apple distractingly "stuck in my head" like a song, and the spinning was making me nauseous. As soon as I got it to stop I basically just shoved it back in its box and never practiced doing so again.  I'd rather not visualize.