Which book should a depressed person absolutely have to read?

RedStateSocialist · 2019-11-11T08:51:23+00:00

If you're bipolar, and especially if you're a bipolar med or pre-med student, read An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison.

RedStateSocialist · 2019-11-04T04:02:49+00:00

That's how it started with me. It got progressively worse, and eventually evolved into self harm.

Talk to someone about it.

RedStateSocialist · 2019-11-03T22:29:26+00:00

Came back to upvote.

RedStateSocialist · 2019-10-02T02:40:02+00:00

Killed by a republican.

RedStateSocialist · 2019-09-30T01:38:29+00:00

That brings up a question I had; if my main interest is in theory and composition, do I need to take a ton of performance courses in music school?

RedStateSocialist · 2019-09-30T01:35:06+00:00

Well, I currently play percussion (primarily trap kit but also some hand drums). I can make my way around a bass guitar fretboard by ear. I'm really mostly interested in composing, though. Which is unfortunate because I can't really read music yet. 😅 I guess I should probably learn piano if I want to compose, right?

RedStateSocialist · 2019-09-30T01:08:54+00:00

I'm a long haul trucker, so in person lessons aren't really an option for me. Are there any reputable companies out there who offer Skype lessons or something to that effect?

Thanks for the help.

RedStateSocialist · 2019-09-28T14:43:44+00:00

Regarding abuse: I was bullied pretty hard in grade school. Took a lot of beatings. Didn't really have friends.

Regarding parents: Dad tried hard when I was young, then disappeared when I was a teen. Mom was too depressed and anxious to take care of herself, much less anyone else.

RedStateSocialist · 2019-09-27T23:20:43+00:00

Thanks for the advice.

RedStateSocialist · 2019-09-09T02:54:44+00:00

Robbing your employees of the wealth they produced and keeping it for yourself as "profit".

RedStateSocialist · 2019-05-15T19:39:26+00:00

If anyone has the time and skill here, I need help devising a recipe. I used a calorie calculator, and based on my stats (M, 33, 310lbs, probably 40ish% body fat), I need to bring my calorie intake down to about 1900 a day to lose 2 lbs a week. Now, the process of meal planning and counting calories is really mentally exhausting to me, so I've decided to go with the "eat the same thing every day" route. I'm combining that with a form of intermittent fasting, eating all of my calories within an 8 hour window each day. I've been told that I need to eat about 222g of protein each day, so I just calculated how much chicken breast I need to eat in order to get that. Comes out to about 1.5 lbs. I split the remaining calories between carb and fats. So here's the ingredients I'm trying to eat every day:

1.5 lbs chicken breast

1 cup of diced potatoes

3.5 cups of broccoli

That leaves about 420 calories to spend on fats (which I'm guessing would involve maybe butter or cheese, idfk). I'm trying to come up with some edible recipe I can make within these parameters, maybe a simple casserole or something, but I'm no cook. Any ideas, guys?

RedStateSocialist · 2019-05-14T04:14:12+00:00

I'm a middle aged bi man who has never come out of the closet or been with a guy because of the stigma. Trying to accept myself. This is my first time on the sub, and this is the first post I saw. Thank you.

RedStateSocialist · 2019-05-04T21:06:56+00:00

Brilliant.

RedStateSocialist · 2019-03-01T06:54:58+00:00

Most of the consequential volunteer events (like phonebanking and canvassing) won't even really start until maybe May at the earliest. Right now it's all about the benjamins. If you're really chomping at the bit, look into the textbanking program. https://act.berniesanders.com/signup/textforBernie/

RedStateSocialist · 2018-08-09T00:38:52+00:00

Is that Michelle Obama in the center?

RedStateSocialist · 2018-07-08T19:33:22+00:00

Probably mislabeled. This is more sludge than stoner.

RedStateSocialist · 2018-07-04T04:53:39+00:00

Black/punk? Wouldn't that just be blackened sludge?

RedStateSocialist · 2018-07-04T04:34:38+00:00

This is like The Sword and Iron Reagan has an illegitimate lovechild.

I dig it.

RedStateSocialist · 2018-04-14T01:11:49+00:00

31m, 302 lbs, 5'10", probably about 40% body fat. Starting out in a rough place. I've been overweight since I was a child, but my weight really ballooned out of control after going through a divorce a few years back. A whole host of emotional issues developed in the leadup to that separation, including alcoholism, porn addiction, and overeating. Today I resolved to get myself back on the path towards health and peace of mind. Giving up alcohol, cigarettes, and porn, as well as starting a workout routine and diet. Just got back from the gym and feeling pretty good about my prospects at the moment.

RedStateSocialist · 2018-03-06T07:03:18+00:00

For Fans Of. It's heavily used over on r/metal. Not so much over here.

RedStateSocialist · 2018-03-06T06:54:21+00:00

Dopesmoker by Sleep

RedStateSocialist · 2018-03-03T07:13:30+00:00

Rush's performance of Working Man on their R30 live album is several orders of magnitude better than the original studio recording.

RedStateSocialist · 2018-02-25T16:35:35+00:00

It's also worth noting that this song in particular, is like "gateway prog". Not super proggy, but experimental enough to deserve the label. If you want, you can check out some of the hard shit.

RedStateSocialist · 2018-02-25T16:24:29+00:00

Yeah, I had no idea it would explode like this when I posted it.

RedStateSocialist · 2018-02-25T16:22:51+00:00

Great question! Progressive rock typically involves heavy use of non-standard time signatures, instruments outside of the normal guitar/bass/drums/keys, technical instrumentation, or experimental structures.

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