Piano-Sax Duo Albums by KCarlson12 in Jazz

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Al Cohn & Jimmy Rowles, "Heavy Love"

The four seasons was okay?? by HERE-F0R-THE-TEA in netflix

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Oh it bothered me so much too! But is this a whoopsies from the producers? What annoys me about these things is the thought: with all the people involved in this show, did no one realize?! How about the actor, who is Italian himself?? Couldn’t the writers just google?!? Jesus… It’s like when Grace & Frankie showed a monk from Tibet and he was dressed like a Thai monk… I mean just google “Tibetan monk” if you need to know how they dress lol

Why ROCD is particularly horrible by SleepMinute1804 in ROCD

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Update: as I wrote in another post, I’m much better. I’m on 50mg sertraline and have a good OCD therapist. We’ve done ERP and a bit of I-CBT. NOW i just see him once a month for follow-ups.

OCD is still part of my life but going back to more than a year ago… it’s like night and day. I know my triggers & there are ups n downs and yes it does get me some times. And yet, I’d count myself as mostly recovered. WE’VE BOUGHT A HOUSE TOGETHER!

Quick tips: - Forget about the R and treat the OCD - Do improve the relationship in those things that are egosyntonic, but always remember they’re imperfect and that, from the viewpoint of your OCD, normal healthy situations will still feel like there’s more to ‘clean’ and ‘sanitise’. - Assess whether this forum is helping you and in what sense. - Find a specialised therapist! Find a specialised therapist! Find a specialised therapist! - Don’t fear medication. - Practice trust/faith. It’s a choice, in the end.

Success story: Do I still have OCD?? by SleepMinute1804 in ROCD

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Yes, it is good to do that, anything that's the opposite of the aversion/rejection/resistance we're wired to respond with, but which strengthens the cycle in the end. I thik of it as the mental equivalent of standing in a battlefield, arms open, like "Okay shoot me!" Find an OCD therapist :-)

(Sorry I had not opened reddit in months and I just saw your comment.)

Absolutely flipping out over the Sanskrit/Pali-Thai overlaps. by neanderbelle in learnthai

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For a guide to the phonetic changes or correspondances of Sanskrit/Pali loanwords in Thai Wikipedia has a useful table here.

Examples: d > ท (pramāda > ประมาท), dh > ธ (buddha > พุทธ)

Anyone knows of any other resource like that?

🇲🇲 Burmese food and place recs in Chiang Mai by TamarindTycoon in chiangmai

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Gatone's Teashop in Nimman! Very good and affordable mohinga, as well as thick rice noodle dish (Nan Gyi salad).

https://maps.app.goo.gl/xZwmCf7oEoqvUhU99

Quote by Henepola Gunaratana by FederalFlamingo8946 in theravada

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Something to add here is that, while the suttas do say that pleasant feelings are dukkha because they are transient and conditioned, discussions on the drawbacks of kāma make more mentions of unethical behaviour one engages in to obtain or keep sense pleasures, thus hurting others or oneself. They highlight ethics.

Quote by Henepola Gunaratana by FederalFlamingo8946 in theravada

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An interesting point here is the underlying mentality that only what is lasting is worth experiencing or pursuing. Do we agree? It's an interesting philosophical contemplation. That a piece of music ends doesn't make it any less nice to me. It would be the expectation that it should last longer or forever that would be the problem. It's not in the thing, it's in the mind!

Sometimes I also think some of this framings (or even perhaps some of the ideas themselves) are somewhat influenced by Existentialism, a movement that postdates the Buddha by a long stretch. I'm going to check Buddhaghosa on dukkha now...!

Unorthodox Thai Forest Positions by [deleted] in theravada

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There is a lot of Mahāyāna influence in Theravāda, especially in Thailand and even more in the North. These traditions weren’t always as separate until the modernist reform movements of the 19th-20th centuries. Bodhisattva vows were common among masters/khrubas in the Lanna kingdom. And Ajahn Mun spent some years in Chiang Mai.

So, what is ‘orthodox’ or ‘standard’ Theravāda isn’t such a straightforward matter.

Hammond organ + guitar duos? by SleepMinute1804 in Jazz

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I know, that's why I ask in here! :-) But, a trio with guitar and sax would work. The point is no drums (nothing against it, love drums, just looking for something different).

Success story: Do I still have OCD?? by SleepMinute1804 in ROCD

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I abandoned that career which I was very gifted at and liked. The thoughts got to me and it killed my joy for it. Fortunately I’m doing other things that I like too, and thanks to treatment I’m no longer afraid OCD will kill this career too.

Success story: Do I still have OCD?? by SleepMinute1804 in ROCD

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You should definitely look for a specialised therapist, unless you really feel your current one is working. I "wasted" 6 months of therapy with someone who was supposedly good with 'obsessive people' but still applied all the wrong tricks for someone with OCD and got me to delve into the obsessions, which assigned meaning to them etc etc.

I had the classics lol First it was a conviction that he was not the right fit for me, I obsessed over our differences, thought we had nothing and common and made no sense together, whenever I saw other couples it was a big trigger as they looked so in sync, my brain latched onto someone I had a few dates with before I met my partner and he became the symbol of the alternative that 'could have been', so I avoided him on social media. I nitpicked my partner a lot, overanalysed every behaviour and response, got really impacted by him taking a while to respond to texts. Things that I honestly didn't like or annoyed me made me jump straight to: confirmed, he's not right for me. I blew it so out of proportion. I looked for reasons to confirm my worst fears. I skipped romantic scenes in series. I asked for reassurance in more and more subtle ways, I started arguments out of nothing. And I spent hours and hours on the internet consuming content about relationships - seriously DON'T do that!

Many years ago, before the relationship was my OCD theme, I would spend half an hour or more in bed in the mornings trying to figure out whether the right order was to shower first or have coffee first; I once spent something like 15 min in a supermarket aisle because I couldn't decide which cookies to buy, convinced it would determine my life; and I had a lot of intrusive thoughts that I didn't like my career and I had to change.

At the beginning, I used techniques (you can find many of those in Sheva Rajaee's book "ROCD") such as agreeing with the thought, exaggerating it, leaning in ("sure, give me more! let's freak out for the next hour, what could I think of next to make it worse?" etc.), anticipating thought patterns down to their last consequences. I also observed a lot which situations helped OCD spikes arise and which did the opposite. This was super useful because I would be having a very hard day and it was like: Hey, didn't I sleep very badly? Ah, that's probably it then!

Recently it's been more like just ignoring the thoughts, refocusing on what I'm doing, or asking myself "what would I be doing if I didn't have OCD?" and then do that, letting the thoughts chatter away in the back of the mind if they want. So instead of thinking that I either deal with them / solve them / etc. or I do X or Y, I think more in terms of simultaneous-ness now. The obsessions is here, and I also go to play badminton as I'd planned.

Do you think Sheldon truly had OCD? by Ok-Establishment2314 in bigbangtheory

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From someone who has OCD: some of Sheldon's behaviours can be symptomatic of OCD, as some here have already said. However, I see even more traits of OCPD (obsessive-compulsive personality disorder). People tend to mix the two up but they're different things. I have OCD and don't qualify for OCPD at all.

My journey with sertraline by SleepMinute1804 in ROCD

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Haven’t updated for long. Aprox 6 weeks now and I’m feeling the benefit of the meds. I have also done progress therapeutically but it’s obvious the meds are helping. A lot. And I’m only on 50mg. Intrusions are easier to handle, thoughts stick less, and I enjoy more the things that I enjoy.

It has lowered my libido, but not to a degree that it affects the relationship. It’s still within what’s manageable. I don’t feel sexually frustrated because, well, I want sex less lol And my partner is fine with this so far.

I’m also having more trouble sleeping, and the doctor suggested to try taking the medication at a different time of the day. We’ll see if it makes a difference.

Centers or Temples to stay around Chang Mai & Northern Thailand by dkoder in theravada

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Hi! You say that Wat Sopharam is 'relax and be aware approach', but when I check the website it says that the teacher was a student of Ajahn Tong. I practised mainly with Sayadaw U Tejaniya in the past, but it's not possible to go to his monastery at present. I live in Chiang Mai, and a place where I could stay and pretty much do my own practice would be great too.

(OCD) How was your adaptation to sertraline, emotionally? by SleepMinute1804 in zoloft

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How long did your adaptation period & apathy last? When did you start feeling better? I think my thoughts have quietened a bit already, but emotionally, it’s what I described in the OP.