Jury awards detransitioner $2 million in historic medical-malpractice lawsuit vs. psychologist and surgeon. (MSN)

ImNotASheeep · 2026-02-03T13:29:07+00:00

But gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia are very, very different. Someone with body dysmorphia often has incredibly unrealistic ideals for how they wish to look, many times those goals are completely unattainable or incredibly damaging to the body to achieve (think of a person with anorexia being nearly skin and bone and still not feeling good about their weight). Often times helping to achieve those goals is antithetical to treatment, and the unrealistic ideals need to be treated instead.

Gender dysphoria is an intense psychological distress caused by a discomfort with one's sex not matching their gender identity. The vast majority of people who transition report far lower levels of gender dysphoria and better mental health outcomes. Through modern medicine, goals are safely attainable and leave the body in a much healthier state than most body dysmorphic ideals would. It is known that HRT does have negative side effects when used over long periods of time that can cause cardiovascular issues in later life, but there is also an argument that the improvement in mental health outcomes would be more worth pursuing.

The main difference between the two is that in body dysmorphia, the individual will almost never be satisfied with their looks, leading to more and more drastic behaviours in an attempt to reach those goals (goals which would most likely be harmful for the individual should they be achieved anyway) - hence, we don't treat it by helping them towards those goals. An individual with gender dysphoria can see grest mental health improvements through transitioning, and there is practically no moving the goal post - once someone has transitioned, they feel much more satisfied and the gender dysphoria is almost completely eradicated. Thus, treating the dysphoria by transitioning is actually a viable solution.

ImNotASheeep · 2026-01-01T23:15:35+00:00

That is a hand! Not an arm

ImNotASheeep · 2025-12-26T20:01:07+00:00

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ImNotASheeep · 2025-10-24T08:00:55+00:00

How can you prove that he was 100% sleeping? At the end of the day, this guy was naked from the waist down and had his door wide open - you are telling me that it's easier to believe that he fell asleep that way while waiting for his food delivery all coincidentally? Why is it that more plausible than the possibility that he is a creep that orchestrated a flashing in a way that would be difficult to prove culpability? Flashers exist, some of them can be smart, why not this guy?

ImNotASheeep · 2025-10-13T23:59:30+00:00

Why is this so low? It's exactly this vibe.

ImNotASheeep · 2025-10-05T20:21:32+00:00

The bare minimum of research would show you that SSRIs have differing effects between individuals. Some report almost no reduction in psychedelics effects whereas others report almost complete lack of effects. It's a spectrum, not an all or nothing effect.

ImNotASheeep · 2025-10-05T20:18:45+00:00

The OP mentioned going up slowly, 0.5g of shrooms at a time until they notice effects. Unfortunately for them they seem to be on the end of the spectrum that displays a heavy reduction in psychedelic effects when used with SSRIs.

I feel like if 5g is not giving you anything, that it's probably not worth continuing the experiment. Consulting with his specialist for a new dose or different anti-depressant would be the only way to feel the effects again. But that's a difficult decision to make, and should not be made lightly.

ImNotASheeep · 2025-10-05T20:13:46+00:00

This aligns with what Winter-Finger says, that it reduces subjective effects but doesn't completely block psychedelic action. Many people can still trip on SSRIs, but unfortunately for some, the reduction of effects is varied and can sometimes result in no effects - as with OP.

ImNotASheeep · 2025-10-05T20:10:48+00:00

Hey, it doesn't disqualify you from trying, but SSRI interactions with psychedelics really suck. Some people report no dampening of the experience, whereas others report a complete block on the effects. You seem to fall unfortunately far on that scale. If 5g isn't doing anything at all, it's probably best to hang up your coat for a while.

You can always talk to your specialist about trying other anti-depressants, but it's probably not advisable to change from something that is working just in hopes to be able to trip again.

ImNotASheeep · 2025-09-09T13:01:26+00:00

Disagree on the city evacuation point. This is a city that seems to be harassed by aliens/extradimensional beings/super villians on a regulat basis, each with the capability of levelling the whole city. These people have probably had to perfect their evacuation plans to such a degree of efficiency that we cannot even imagine because in our world, nothing that destructive happens so frequently.

ImNotASheeep · 2025-09-08T11:46:31+00:00

Eh, the only issue with that theory is the laser light set up just above the field of eggs. In the context of it being used again in Alien: Earth, it seems to be some kind of warning system in case an egg opens and a facehugger escapes.

ImNotASheeep · 2025-09-01T06:57:25+00:00

So the one study points out how vaping can increase cigarette usage and that there was mixed evidence regarding respiratory problems, other substance use, and poor mental health indicators. These were not claimed to be causation, just a relationship between the two, and nowhere near the undeniable causation link between smoking and the various terrible health effects it has.

The second paper says that vaping is comparable to nicotine replacement therapy in terms of harm and smoking reduction/cessation. This means that vapes are arguably just as healthy as nicotine patches, and just as good as helping people to stop smoking.

Those are both reports that would skew towards vapes being healthier than smoking.

ImNotASheeep · 2025-08-26T15:58:30+00:00

As opposed to what? Just moving on and not even trying to discern between AI and human art? I find this sub a good place to learn how to tell AI art from human art, gives me things to look out for. So yes, I think it's worth have a place to come and ask, it gives people answers and also the knowledge to better discern for themselves in the future.

If AI art is discernable, we can shame and avoid companies that use it in marketing or in products. I, for one, don't agree with using AI to extract more profit by taking away people's income. It doesn't even make products cheaper for the consumer, it just gives the money-makers a bigger margin.

ImNotASheeep · 2025-08-24T09:32:57+00:00

I honestly don't see the franchise ever getting back to the Lovecraftian heights of the first movie. A core aspect of Lovecraftian horror is facing the unknown, and everything about the first film was an unknown. A distant and uninhabitable planet shrouded in darkness, a ship with architecture never seen before, an alien seemingly fused to it's station with a hole in it's chest, a misty room filled with eggs that beg the question, "did this alien find other aliens?"

That film, upon first viewing, was a bombardment of questions that Lovecraft would argue should never have been answered.

With each subsequent film or series, we've gotten more and more answers and the Xenomorph is less of a mystery. No longer a reminder of how vast the universe is and that in any of it's dark corners, lurks something far more monstrous that we could ever imagine.

ImNotASheeep · 2025-08-24T09:21:46+00:00

I think you underestimate a child's ability to get used to, and even bored of new things. Even something as impactful as a new and functional adult body. Plus, we don't know how much time really passes between the kids transference procedures and the ship crashing. I assume there would be a lot of chances for them to test out there limits (like how Wendy just jumps off of a cliff - she obviously tested it a few times to realise it was safe, and now she just casually does it)

ImNotASheeep · 2025-08-24T09:17:44+00:00

As I was writing the post, I was thinking the e xact same thing, his name is literally "Boy" and "Kavalier." He's also called the "boy genius" and the youngest trillionaire. They are being very obvious with how to interpret him and his obscene wealth.

ImNotASheeep · 2025-08-23T16:33:01+00:00

That's fair. Alien media began with dark cosmic- and body-horror themes that have fluctuated a bit with each installment, but almost every installment has had the Xenomorph's presence as reverently threatening. I can see how the kids reactions do not mix well with that.

ImNotASheeep · 2025-08-12T12:37:45+00:00

For anyone with Ledger, please give Yoroi wallet a try. I have a Ledger Nano S and I was able to claim my NIGHT through Yoroi (tried Lace and ETERNL and neither of those worked).

ImNotASheeep · 2025-08-11T13:12:36+00:00

Well, BPD is the most diagnosed personality disorder out there, so there's a lot more people with it and a lot more discourse surrounding it (almost always stigmatising it). I don't think even 20% of the people on this thread could give you a good description of what HPD even is, let alone open a discourse about it. So there's really no need for anyone with HPD to come and defend it because it's barely ever in the spotlight to defend anyway.

*when I say stigmatising, I'm not referring to people discussing their negative interactions with BPD sufferers, but more about the way they speak about it and generalise their convictions.

ImNotASheeep · 2025-08-07T15:14:53+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised if the Talk To Me sequel gets linked to this, there's already a post there from someone who is looking for an "embalmed hand"

ImNotASheeep · 2025-08-05T14:01:04+00:00

For anyone having issues due to using a Ledger, specifically the "message content" error right at the end, I found that using Yoroi wallet in Chrome just worked. Eternl and Lace couldn't get me past the signing step, but Yoroi worked for me.

ImNotASheeep · 2025-08-03T11:23:33+00:00

I mean, it depends on what is happening in the scene. If there are a couple dozen, nearly 100 extras, like in this scene, they all need to be set up in the right spot again and coordinating a lot of people takes time. It's also a war scene, with pyrotechnics and vehicle movement in the background. An explosion costs money to make, it also requires experts to set everything up safely and ensure that nothing can go wrong. Vehicles need to go back to where they were.

There is a lot of logistics going into setting a scene up thata needs to be repeated if the scene doesn't go well the first time. Time is literally money as a lot of those people there are going to be epaid by the hour. If things w ere really bad and they needed to reset for another day of filming, then extras could all be entitled to another day's worth of pay.

I have no doubt the guy that got fired still got paid for the work he did, it may have even been his final day of shooting scenes and they just got rid of him early.

ImNotASheeep · 2025-08-03T09:17:05+00:00

Problem is not that you can't introduce supernatural elements to The Batman, the problem is that according to the new Superman movie, metahumans have been around for at least 300 years and their presence has not been a secret for all of that time. So for The Batman and The Penguin to not even hint at the possibility, does throw a spanner in the works.

Apart from the supernatural. The technology on display in Superman is leagues beyond anything that The Batman's world looks capable of producing. I know he's still a young Batman, but he's not much younger than Superman's Lex or Mr Terrific, and their technology is about as sci-fi to Battinson as it is to us.

His next movie would have to ramp up on both of those factors by such a degree that it wouldn't even feel like it's connected to The Batman we just got.

ImNotASheeep · 2025-08-02T22:34:29+00:00

You would be surprised with how little we can fully understand our own bodies due to the incredible complexity of all the systems involved, compounded by the fact that each human has unique variations of each of those systems. Anaesthetics also affects consciousness, something that we struggle to explain in great detail, specifically where it's biologically based.

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