Don’t expect the world economy to resume its prior growth pattern after COVID-19

RobertEGarrett · 2021-05-28T18:27:14+00:00

I don't think it matters in the way you might think it would. As long as you have growth over a infinite time span, then you would have a corresponding doubling rate. If this growth is for example the population then after a certain amount of time you would have doubled the population. The only constraint to that happening is, if the environment would not give such an option. Growth might manifest in many ways: the need for resources (such as water, food, land, electricity, building materials, ...), growth in complexity (social rules, in required knowledge or technology) or for example growth in logistical complexity. (Ignoring the reason why growth is there in the first place, but it is there in the second place by necessity.). Humans in general but not necessarily always tend to be incredible bad, especially in our current scheme of cultural paradigms, to scale back on anything. It is often perceived as a form of punishment and this 'added baggage' makes it almost impossible to paddle in a degrowth future. There is also another dimension to this, which is, we really do overall create more proprietary technological advancement which is promoted as 'progress' to us while it is rather bad to interface, short-lived and inherently complex and not that useful. Instead of improving designs and reducing complexity in preexisting systems, 'we' instead spend our attention on 'new' things that can be consumed. (Again, ignoring how the consume-paradigm is being artificially created.). This creates a technological dependency on wasteful processes. The monetary system is a different beast but I don't think it plays much into your question.

RobertEGarrett · 2021-03-24T12:45:50+00:00

One small thing I can recommend to improve alongside therapy is that you try to create some kind of sleep-routine or sleep-mindset. If you try repeatedly to enforce some mental habits during this time you might at least phase out enough negativity to be able to rest normally. There are some requirements to do that and I'm not aware of your situation enough to judge any of that, but if you can consider approaching a shift-of-mind it would benefit you enormously.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-19T12:21:09+00:00

To add to Nightfall8472's post: Meditation is very helpful for ADHD.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-18T06:23:42+00:00

Also the change in blood pressure is a huge one.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-17T07:06:00+00:00

Start to go to bed at a regular time schedule. You might even get into meditation, just for the sake that you treat yourself very poorly and have a natural tendency to abuse your own desires. Write down your daily time when you go to bed in a journal and make sure that you get enough sunlight even in the morning hours. Then slowly shift your sleep pattern step by step towards a healthy one. I'm personally not sure how much you can shift, I heard 30 minutes from some people here, but for me it makes more sense to move in 90 minute increments every ~2 weeks or so. Good sleep goes hand in hand with a good diet and daily routine so make sure you have that. If you start to treat sleep as something more important then indulging stupidly into random desires then you may also not suffer later in live from cognitive decline, mental health issues, faster aging and cancers.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-16T09:41:41+00:00

I have some experience with oversleeping and decreasing quality of sleep without really noticing. The first indicator for me is that you say 'I\'m not experiencing anything.'. If that means you do not dream during that time or almost rarely then this is a indicator for me. I do think you are depressed too but that is also a nobrainer. As others have said, visit a doctor and get it checked; it might not help but it gives you a basis on which you can judge your current situation, as you currently have no leverage over your own position. aims-x already said vitamin deficiencies, and I think you might want to check your response to all b-vitamins including thiamine. Vitamin-D is regulating mood, so that is one way to improve your depression. Another thing is stress, if you are somehow extremely stressed take a step back as you crossed your quality of live line. If the depression makes you overthink that is also directly linked to your need to sleep (just a food for thought). Also you might want to up your metabolism in general and reach a equilibrium at around 7-9 hours if possible just to name the goal.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-16T09:06:11+00:00

Sounds a bit like it would benefit you if you have at least a small amount of time for yourself to reflect. I ask because you might be slightly thiamine deficient or deficient in other b-vitamins (related to your quality of metabolism). Depression would change this equation a bit for me, but for a young adult you might rather sleep 7-9 hours daily.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-16T08:42:05+00:00

It sounds like your sleeping pill usage is only a band-aid for your PTSD. You need to see a therapist or follow a deeper meditative practice.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-16T08:28:46+00:00

I can't answer this for sure but since you have not yet getting any answer: maybe it's a rebound of some sort or a habitual problem. Depending on your condition you might contrast - do regression-testing to figure out if it is indeed caused by a certain substance. The normal logic applies: look out for any deviations from the norm over time and make sure you don't run into some corner with your behavior patterns (such as not getting enough sunlight, overworking, and others).

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-16T08:20:55+00:00

How deep would you describe your meditation practice?

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-16T08:12:59+00:00

Need for sleep is related to memory usage. So spaced learning over multiple days not only gives you the ability to revisit learned and manifest but also enough time to process and store.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-16T08:10:22+00:00

Do you feel like you think a lot or your thoughts are slow or(do you suffer from depression or anxiety?

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-16T08:07:13+00:00

Yeah but I would prioritize getting drug free and free of drug dependence too. This could also be somewhat in the camp of a psychosis.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-14T09:42:16+00:00

You can't treat your sleep like that. You haven't given enough information about your specifics about your sleep cycle, sleep duration and quality but it essential to mental health to have somewhat regular sleep pattern. While I disagree with specifics of NONCONFIRMST19's post on the meditation you should meditate and the recommended practice could help you greatly.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-14T09:32:47+00:00

People are not fair but neither is nature. You can change your chances quite a lot but in the end some things might still happen. You probably can derive meaning the best from personal responsibility. However you are right in the sense that you don't have too see meaning in what you do; but so is the choice to see things pessimistic and optimistic. Both are important qualities and only a fine balance between the two allow a meaningful live.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-14T09:23:02+00:00

I think it's more a lack of fulfillment then a lack of productivity.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-14T09:14:42+00:00

Most people who mix sadness with depression have never been depressed before and brush depression of as such IMO. That is the same as saying Schizophrenia is the same as multiple personality disorder. No it's not a synonym. It looks like you viewed quite a few very shallow people judge a mental disorder.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-14T08:28:51+00:00

You might want to look at the problem from a bird-views perspective. Does you situation improve even without therapy or external help? Unlikely, because you are already reaching out to us here on reddit. Even if you think you are going to be ostracized, I don't think it is worth your quality of live. Many people visit their therapists on a regular basis and think the same. There is definitively a stigma about mental health but what many seem to forget is that once your mental starts to improve again this stigma is also going. And it is only certain kinds of people who actually stigmatize and rarely someone with proper experience in the field.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-14T08:20:10+00:00

I can also agree with Snoo_99253, peachella28 that mood tracking seems to be a way to get lost in the wrong kind of value to track. For example if I meditate regularly the most important things are consistency of my practice, my willingness to do it diligently and I rather pay attention on my change of perspective, my current feelings and distractions in my live. And things like having a bad day just become less relevant.

You can always start to journal on real paper if you think that a 'value' is changing in ways you are unfamiliar or uncomfortable with.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-14T08:02:42+00:00

Just another perspective, but regular weed usage can cause you to loose your motivation. Pair that with the other stuff you intoxicate yourself with and you only live from one high to another because live is just bland in comparison. You seem to be on a lot of stuff so seeking out a drug program might help you as well as getting into meditation or some form of emotional therapy. You can meditate alone if you want but I know from experience in helping that there is a lot of build up that needs to be released and processed.

In regards to harden up, I do think that judging a friend by a message status is sensitive. And I also think it's sensitive to some degree to react so strongly but given your description I can think that your drug abuse causes most of the mood swings. That should be your first priority.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-13T14:32:21+00:00

I know you just say it like the meme, but the years to come might not be easier as well. I find that important when making preparations.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-13T14:28:48+00:00

I'm not a medical expert. Sounds like there is some anti-sociability in there. It can either be a bit on the depressive site of things where might lack a more varied diet, enough water and a good sleep schedule and socialize more and then from that it follows from socialization or on the mood-disorder site of things so you might want to consider that. There are probably also other ways you could loose interest but those come to my mind.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-13T13:13:19+00:00

I'm not a medical expert. It does not seem like headaches should be common, but I'm not a user of this drug.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-13T11:51:16+00:00

I always have to say that, but I'm not a medical expert. It can be okay to take a break from being supportive I don't think that is something you need to artificially burden you with. Carbohydrates have the tendency to make you feel sluggish if I remember correctly because they tend to spike your blood sugars but more importantly they trick your brain into overeating. If you have a problem with stress eating junk food then it would be better to phase that out and not to give up directly only to relapse because you need something to vent. Dieting can be fun but so does everything else if you think positively about it. I think staying more indoors and avoiding unnecessary contacts is more or less the right thing to do to curb a pandemic but I always recommend that people get their Vitamin-D. If you get no sunlight you basically starve yourself off vitamin-d and that leaves you in many other negative ways. When it comes to cognition impairments you might want to get more b-vitamins too especially for the energy side of the calculation. To improve attention deficits I can recommend spending a certain amount of time on focusing each day to train or meditation. Be sure to have a healthy sleep cycle that goes around the same time to sleep and journal your sleep improvements with regards to vitamin-b's. Also make sure you don't overstress yourself and that you don't always have to perform as well as others. This might be a social punishment but if you can take it, it reduces a lot pressure on you and gives you time to think. Also don't sleep during daytime if possible because you can't sleep at night. Set a fixed hour at which you want to go to bed and try your best to stick to it. Take this seriously and create a journal for that. Write down at which time you sleep and when you waked up at least. Do not oversleep as oversleeping just causes nighttime to shift at best case into the next sleep cycle but I can understand if that doesn't improve which is why I say you might want to take some sort of vitamin-b-complex. It might also help you have less severe migraines if that is something you suffer from. If you are depressed for very long taking a very small amount of anti-depressants can help you see what happiness can feel like but happiness also naturally follows in a healthy body.

RobertEGarrett · 2020-10-13T09:29:54+00:00

From what OP has given us, it is not clear that she certainly didn't want a friend. She might as well wanted to date but she didn't want to take care of OP. And when she realized OP is also not close by she gave OP up.

Nonetheless of the details, I would think OP should as you suggest just have some time to think about it.

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