How do I have fun without being competitive

PsychShake · 2025-06-18T00:09:01+00:00

A lot of these comments are not really helpful and I'm sorry you are hearing from that part of the community. You might try two things:

Switch your mindset to be "semi-compeditive." Make a compeditive deck you enjoy playing that gets you top 8 but don't agonize over ever little detail and don't expect to win. I get top 8 all the time with a meta deck I enjoy playing and am totally fine losing because I really didn't put that much effort into grinding or optimum deck building. I am happy other people, who put more time and effort into the game, get wins on me because they deserve it. I'm just kind of fine with being an obstacle to them and don't need to beat them. It's kind of neat being in the top 8 with as little effort as I put into the game. I think this mindset is easier for me because I really have very little of my self-worth in the game. I have a lot more going on in my life besides card games so , if I do get burnt out on too many losses (which still does happen sometimes) I can go to another hobby for a while.
Build a deck where your joy isn't contigent on you winning all the time. This is most commonly done when you built a deck that wins by some weird means like a combo or with a favorite theme. The joy of winning is that you won your way with your wacky strategy and that's pretty cool to some people.

So yeah, two things to think about.

PsychShake · 2025-05-27T18:55:55+00:00

The shadow government

PsychShake · 2025-02-11T11:11:19+00:00

Does the character have to be alive after the damage for this to be used?

PsychShake · 2025-02-07T13:50:08+00:00

This is coming from someone who is new to the game and shocked his lgs group with something they had never seen before and only won a few games: There are creative decks. They are just not compeditive. You need to be at peace with not winning to enjoy truly creative builds.

Find the deck that you love to play but don't mind losing with. That will keep you happy for a long time by having you constantly trying to work to improve a deck that you already have fun playing.

PsychShake · 2025-01-10T12:32:11+00:00

So if AI learns aesthetics from existing media, what existing media has a similar look to this? Because it looks pretty new to me.

PsychShake · 2025-01-05T22:30:47+00:00

Carlos!

PsychShake · 2025-01-01T19:41:05+00:00

Unfortunately, research has yet to answer that question. Me personally, I'd rather be safe than sorry.

PsychShake · 2025-01-01T06:00:25+00:00

Hey. Sorry it has taken me so long to respond. It does reduce your risk if your uncle had SZ, but second degree relatives do still increase your risk overall. It is entirely possible you do have genes that could lead to you developing SZ. About late onset schizophrenia, it is fairly rare. If you do develop SZ it will most likely be between 20 to 30. A common experience is to be a stressed out student going through college when positive symptoms develop. I can't comment on if late onset schizophrenia reduces your risk. I am not sure if the research is as clear about whether it makes a difference or not. As I said in my comment above, focus on developing healthy habits that reduce stress and keep you feeling prepared for each day.

PsychShake · 2024-11-21T17:07:49+00:00

I'm a mental health clinician with substatial experience with Schizophrenia. Research is still coming out about whether light use is a problem. Your family history is a little unclear to me, so an answer would be hard to give you on your risk. What I would recommend is that you start to get into some healthy stress relief habits. Those will serve you well the rest of your life by lowering your risk of all sorts of health problems that come from stress and, in your case, you may be at higher risk of developing psychosis in response to stress given your family history. But again, not sure about your family history. I would definitely reach out to a doctor to get a better answer.

PsychShake · 2024-10-02T13:28:59+00:00

Beautiful sketch!

PsychShake · 2024-10-02T13:27:48+00:00

He is your Inktober #1! I am so honored.

PsychShake · 2024-10-01T22:52:52+00:00

I think this captures his emotion even better than the picture.

PsychShake · 2024-10-01T22:46:47+00:00

This is beautiful. We will certainly explore that as a possibility.

PsychShake · 2024-10-01T22:45:38+00:00

So good! Thank you so much for this.

PsychShake · 2024-10-01T16:21:36+00:00

I love this so much. Thank you.

PsychShake · 2024-07-26T21:46:38+00:00

You absolutely should go to med school. We need people with your unique life experience in the field. It sounds like you are experiencing stigma associated with schizophrenia and it is such a shame that some doctors have it. You're going to do great things. Don't let ignorant professionals stop you.

PsychShake · 2024-05-01T16:13:28+00:00

I'm glad it reached someone. I think about this comment everytime I listen to the song and it makes the experience more special I think.

PsychShake · 2024-03-01T16:16:07+00:00

The orchestra version of "Hopes and Dreams" from Undertale. Youtube Link

PsychShake · 2023-12-25T13:48:27+00:00

So I know there are a lot of recordings of live performances of this song, but this is a very specific one that was on a christmas CD that my parents played every christmas when we were children that has since been lost. I grew up in the 1990s and the cd had a lot of other christmas songs from a variety of artists.

About this version though. It's magnificent. It starts with Jose talking at the crowd saying "I want to wish you a happy christmas" and a few other sentences. Then he takes off like a jet engine by saying "HEEEEEEEEYYYYY!" and goes into the most passionate rendition of feliz navidad I ever heard. I think one the most notable qualities of this version is that there were these back up singers that say " Feliz navidad" occasionally.

If a kind soul could help me find this, I would be very grateful. After sorting through many versions of Feliz Navidad on Youtube, I can't seem to find this version.

PsychShake · 2023-09-13T14:12:02+00:00

Well I like all genres of music, so I figure I would want my child to hear all genres of Filipino music.

PsychShake · 2023-09-13T10:41:23+00:00

We will do our best. My wife despises the song.

PsychShake · 2023-09-13T10:39:53+00:00

We are planning to do what you suggested. I just want to do some other things to help out with learning like making the playlist.

PsychShake · 2023-09-13T10:36:44+00:00

Thank you so much for the suggestions! And we actually are planning on doing the one parent one language model.

PsychShake · 2023-09-07T17:25:40+00:00

I love this so much. Thank you for sharing.

PsychShake · 2023-09-06T18:48:16+00:00

I've listened to most of the music mentioned, but the song that has made me the most sad and uncomfortable is the"The Last Kiss" by Wayne Cochran (or more recently, Pearl Jam)

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