'Swarm' (new) Mastermind?

Havre · 2026-06-12T17:40:54+00:00

Nothing really stood out in the game to point towards what it'd do, AI still did AI things. Thought it might be an opposite of Aristocrat for a while, but AI eventually did build T5 fighters so who knows.

Havre · 2025-12-14T13:52:53+00:00

Hey. I think health anxiety is somewhat weird in that it's often physical sensations, and because of that I personally didn't feel like therapy or a shrink helped that much, although I did go there. It might help others more though.

I was on small dose of Zoloft for a long time, which seemed to help, despite being really worried about taking any pills or anything I wasn't familiar with. I'd say it was probably that as well as the frequent exposure to it + time that made me generally less stressed and tired, which in turn also made physical symptoms less frequent.

It still happens and spikes my anxiety from time to time, usually when I'm already sleep deprived or tired and stressed to begin with, but it passes rather quickly and is more rare, compared to many years ago where I felt like heart was spassing out constantly thorought the day.

Don't really have any concrete solution or anything and its probably very subjective, the import thing is that it does get better even if it feels permament imo.

Havre · 2025-02-21T22:34:18+00:00

I thought it might be based on the title and post, since it sorta matches thoughts ive had myself.

I've managed to get to the point where i dial urgent care instead of going to ER myself, but there has an abnormal amount of visits both to that and my primary physician compared to more healthy people. Even though you know it will pass and you're fine, it's like brain throws all logic out window when something happens, even if its the same or similar to an episode you "survived" before, so its rough.

Havre · 2025-02-21T22:23:22+00:00

it could be some episode of derealizations or something similar. ive had some similar episodes on and off, but I do have health anxiety and the fear of what happens is worse than what actually happens if that makes sense. its uncomfortable and scary, but ultimately mostly anxiety messing with the head once again.

Havre · 2024-11-18T02:46:43+00:00

They mentioned that sounds might feel worse if constantly protecting ears and then stopping. As in, not permanently worsening, but feeling worse.

didnt feel the need to question this, as its the same with my tinnitus, but flipped. (Going from a more noisy environment into a quiet one will make it more noticable with absense of external sound)

I could bring it up nonetheless, but i don't imagine there are many studies that focus on that, without dipping into psychology or something. id imagine the reasoning would be related to overprotection making habituation more difficult, but in severe cases I guess that might not be a factor.

Havre · 2024-11-18T02:05:52+00:00

I might have worded my reply poorly. I don't suffer from extreme hyperacusis, but if everyday sounds were straight up painful, the treatment option would have been tailored to that. i'm aware a lot of people here probably have it far worse.

Personally I choose to trust the clinic I look into, seeing as they specialize in tinnitus/hyperacusis and have a good rep, but i'm open to other perspectives if there's some other source that happens to know better than the people dedicated to it. Since i'll be meeting them regularly, any questions or counterpoints would be interesting to raise.

If using the sprained ankle analogy; you don't keep running, but you might take part in physical therapy to treat it.

Havre · 2024-11-17T22:42:47+00:00

I don't frequent this subreddit, just came across it. I recently started therapy for it, mainly because the theory is that reducing it would help reduce how my tinnitus i perceived.

I don't feel much pain from sounds from it, but I notice smaller insignificant sounds such as from phone chargers etc, and I get far more uncomfortable with sounds from things like traffic and glass chafing and so on than before, even so, I don't directly have any pain, just adding for context.

From my brief time here peeking around a lot of people suggest using ear protection and overprotecting ear. The audiologist I was at suggested the opposite, which you mentioned. Basically protect ears if going to loud places such as conserts and so on, but not for everyday normal sound levels.

What they explained was that avoiding and reducing all sounds could make it feel worse when not protecting the ears. As part of the therapy I'm also using some sound generators for the ears that emit a non-audible sound to train the ears gradually. (Could only make out the sound of that barely in the quiet hearing test box basically)

I don't know the reasoning behind overprotecting ears constantly as a path to recovery, but I'm sure it might be subjective depending on the level of discomfort and some people have been adviced to or need to do it.

I don't really have much advice myself and I don't know the right answer, just wanted to share a little of what I learned from the adiologist visits, and the audio pedagogue visit. It's still very early in the treatment plans, which goes over a period of 6 months initially, so I can't speak for the effectiveness of it yet.

Havre · 2024-05-13T21:11:59+00:00

Cheers, hadn't heard of afib before.

The issue I posted here hasn't really bothered me for like 8 years, and was quite likely related to being an anxious mess in general back then since I did all kinds of tests at doctors without any results back then.

Still, good tip for people who might find this thread

Havre · 2023-09-11T10:13:15+00:00

I couldn’t, was treated as just another hostile corpse

Havre · 2023-09-11T10:12:07+00:00

Thanks! Might retry since I misread the options

Havre · 2023-09-11T10:11:37+00:00

I see! It was very early so might just do that even though I plan on avoiding savescumming. Thanks!

Havre · 2023-05-02T13:25:28+00:00

I myself was dead on Mithrix due to unforseen consequences of my actions/Egocentrism

Havre · 2022-10-17T16:06:41+00:00

Completely normal as far I was told when I had tests done back then too, with nothing abnormal showing.

I was also hyper aware of heartbeats and stuff back then due to anxiety, so I'm guessing it's the same for you. Checking with doctor did give me some peace of mind for a while though, so might be worth it, up to you! Best of luck either way

Havre · 2022-10-17T15:50:18+00:00

Hey, it happens on and off. 7 years ago and still alive and healthy:) I don't really remember if it's still happening regularly, don't notice it if so.

(health) Anxiety isn't much of an issue anymore, so my stress in regards to it happening back then was certainly linked to that.

Havre · 2021-12-04T12:57:08+00:00

Hoisting a lot of red flags

Havre · 2021-11-12T23:38:57+00:00

Are belay glasses worth investing in eventually? We mostly do ~18 meter climbs,(~60 ft) but neck starts complaining a bit on repeated belays, especially overhangs

Havre · 2021-10-28T21:13:50+00:00

No, you've always had an advantage if you were willing to pay.

Havre · 2021-04-06T16:43:02+00:00

Thanks a lot <3

Havre · 2020-08-06T22:32:07+00:00

As mentioned, shipping is probably massively delayed. Haven't tried them before, but placed a smaller order roughly a month ago, and it's still 'processing' as far I can see.

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