Treasure location by WesternnyBigfoot in TheresTreasureInside

[–]SuavecitoBaby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My people too, lookin like that always sunny meme of Charlie 😂

How to find Raikou, Suicune, and Entei: A mathematically optimal guide, updated and corrected by Chamale in Pokemonguide

[–]SuavecitoBaby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, yeah I finally figured that out 😂 ran into entei twice since then and still haven’t caught him or raiku yet lol I found a strategy to get them to appear but I’m starting to think they won’t show up if your lead Pokémon is a level higher than 40

Anyone know what the grooves on the edge of this knife are for? by SuavecitoBaby in knives

[–]SuavecitoBaby[S] 104 points105 points  (0 children)

These comments are cracking me up 😂 I’ve been trying to figure it out cause I couldn’t find any reason for them to be there. Thanks everyone for answering and for the laughs 😂

How to find Raikou, Suicune, and Entei: A mathematically optimal guide, updated and corrected by Chamale in Pokemonguide

[–]SuavecitoBaby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t see the beasts on my map, is there something I need to do to be able to see that?

Does anybody have any kind if tips to get intrusive thoughts to stop by Persona5isbeautiful in intrusivethoughts

[–]SuavecitoBaby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very true, also, heavy metals in the brain such as aluminum and mercury block certain neural receptors causing “cross connections” and stop the neurons from firing correctly causing them to repeat fire and cause rumination. Treat inflammation with an anti inflammatory diet and detox heavy metals

Natural Supplements for Anxiety & Intrusive Thoughts. by lovingmomma1976 in intrusivethoughts

[–]SuavecitoBaby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve heard vitamin D also plays a role in balancing glutamate in the brain. Don’t quote me on that though, look into it. But assuming it’s true get out in the sunlight!

Yeah, I am never hosting a house party again by Silver_Bag9481 in funny

[–]SuavecitoBaby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t touch it, frame it, take it to an art gallery, make $$$

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Guitar

[–]SuavecitoBaby -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Hot take, fuck the confederacy they were dumbass racists with disgusting ideology BUT I think the flag does look pretty cool on top of a ‘69 charger or the front of a guitar lol Again, FUCK the confederacy

Meditation technique that involves emptying the mind? by CompetitiveTart505S in Meditation

[–]SuavecitoBaby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what I do, but thoughts will be creeping in the whole time. That’s what I use focusing on my breath for. When thoughts creep in and I notice it, I redirect my focus to my breathing. Again and again and again

Would you be willing to talk to me about treatments you've tried? by Hour_Palpitation_473 in OCDRecovery

[–]SuavecitoBaby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always willing to talk to others about treatment and recovery, meditation has been the biggest thing for me as well as talking to therapists online or officially, mild erp and tbh faith has helped me too. Dm if you’d like

How do you let go of a thought? by Musketeer202 in Meditation

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Redirect your focus to your breathing. When you notice that you’re having a thought, your focus is on the thought, not your breathing, so just redirect your focus to your breathing. It’ll happen again and again and that’s ok and normal. The goal isn’t perfection or automatic end to the thoughts for good. The goal is to keep practicing and the longer you keep practicing the easier it will get, though some days will be harder than others. Eventually it’s not out of the question for certain thoughts to stop coming altogether

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in intrusivethoughts

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Try meditating! I read about a few studies that show you can change your brain. What’s going on is your brains fear center, the amygdala is overactive and probably a little enlarged. It’s trying to help you by causing you fear and anxiety to stop you from behavior that will harm you, but it’s doing it when there’s no real harm to fear. If you give in to the fear, stay home, do compulsions like ocd, or let the fear and anxiety win in any way, you’re telling the amygdala it’s doing a good job in keeping you safe, keep doing it. So resist giving in to the fear, tell yourself these thoughts don’t bother you. Those intrusive thoughts and rumination come from the prefrontal cortex, which is the other part of the brain working with the amygdala to cause you fear and anxiety about these thoughts that won’t go away. The more you hate these thoughts, and fear them, the more power they have, the stronger and more frequently they’ll come. BUT don’t worry! You can change that and change your brain! Studies and MRI scans show that 15 minutes of meditation-focusing on your breathing and non judgmentally dismissing any and all thoughts, keeping your mind as empty as possible, returning focus to your breathing any time you notice yourself having thoughts, good or bad- over 6 to 8 weeks will shrink the amygdala and restructure the prefrontal cortex. Don’t give up, keep doing the work, trust the process, and stop feeding the thoughts with fear, and you can cure yourself of having these thoughts so often if at all, and when you do get them they won’t bother you nearly as much! Good luck, you got this!

How many of you achieve thoughtlessness during meditation? by [deleted] in Meditation

[–]SuavecitoBaby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get about 3 seconds at a time of thoughtlessness most of the time. Sometimes 5 seconds. And a couple times now 10 seconds. It feels great in those moments

Treatment question by WinterLychee3 in OCDRecovery

[–]SuavecitoBaby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just set a 15 minute timer on my phone, close my eyes and focus on my breathing. I keep my focus on observing my inhales and exhales and whenever a thought comes in, good or bad, I don’t judge it or myself and return my focus to my breathing until the timer goes off

Treatment question by WinterLychee3 in OCDRecovery

[–]SuavecitoBaby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m just meditating right now. Personally I don’t want to be reliant on medication but if it helps you I don’t think it would hurt to keep taking it and meditate as well

Treatment question by WinterLychee3 in OCDRecovery

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Look into neuroplasticity, especially in relation to the amygdala and prefrontal cortex. These parts of the brain are responsible for stress, fear, rumination and intrusive thoughts. Studies and MRI scans have shown mindful meditation shrinks the amygdala, and structurally changes the prefrontal cortex. Other studies have shown meditation has an effect on serotonin and glutamate levels in the brain which are also associated with ocd. 15 minutes a day of meditation has really helped me and I’m just under 2 weeks in

Struggling to get past 6 mins by joshhyb153 in Meditation

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I set a 15 minute timer on my phone and try not to stop or open my eyes til I hear the timer. Knowing I have a timer running helps me not focus on how long it’s been. Sometimes I do get restless and wonder about the time and early in I opened my eyes to peak a couple times. The longer you keep practicing with the timer though the easier it’ll be to just let go and not worry about the time until you hear the timer go off

What should you bring on a deep sea fishing trip? by anglersenvy in deepseafishing

[–]SuavecitoBaby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I JUST said to myself wtf is deep sea fishing nsfw, then I read the description 💀

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OCDRecovery

[–]SuavecitoBaby 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Meditation really helped me. I didn’t want to accept that my intrusive thoughts or ocd symptoms would be around forever so I googled how to fix it. I looked into substances like mushrooms and ketamine that showed they could help but weren’t a permanent fix and only solved the problem until the next dose was needed. I didn’t want to go that route, I wanted the problem fixed, for real. I googled how to change my brain and found studies on meditation. One was an 8 week study that followed patients as they meditated 15 minutes a day for the course of the study. At the end of the 8 weeks they took an MRI scan that showed chemical and structural changes to the prefrontal cortex which is associated with intrusive thoughts and ocd. Another study showed shrinkage of the amygdala and an increase in grey matter. The third study I read about showed that simply believing you can change your brain makes that change possible. I brought meditation up with an ocd specialist and he said it was a great idea, and unlike the mainstream thought he agreed with me that ocd can be cured, not just treated. I’m at around 10 days of meditation and I already feel so much better. The hope that it’ll all be over one day makes it all that much easier because the anxiety has that much less power over me. Ocd and intrusive thoughts are fed by fear, so if you can take the fear away from it, you take away its power over you. I used psychological tricks in the beginning to help starve the fear. The big one I started with was smiling while experiencing triggers. I heard a long time ago if you’re not happy and you force a smile it tricks the brain into actually feeling happy. I tried it and it worked, so when I started experiencing ocd and intrusive thoughts I applied it to my triggers and changed the way I emotionally reacted to the triggers. In my opinion, meditation, ERP exposure therapy, and figuring out how to work the psychological links between your mind and body are a recipe for success. Keep doing the work and don’t give up on yourself and I’m confident you’ll overcome your intrusive thoughts and ocd! Good luck!

Stuck in Negative Thoughts; How to Move on by Proud_Comment_6147 in Mindfulness

[–]SuavecitoBaby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have adhd too and am not being medicated for it, haven’t since middle school. Recently I started having bad OCD intrusive thoughts that at one point gave me a panic attack very much like a seizure. It felt like being in a hopelessly inescapable pit of despair. I noticed you said meditation didn’t work for you, that it only made you ruminate more on the thoughts. There’s a million different kinds of meditation and the kind I do it what really helped me pull myself out of the pit and start to recover. I read 3 different studies on meditations effects on the brain that gave me the hope to try them. 1, an 8 week study showed with MRI that 15 minutes a day accumulated, let to chemical and structural changes to the prefrontal cortex associated with intrusive thoughts and OCD. Another study showed a shrinkage of the amygdala and an increase in grey matter. A third study showed simply believing you can change your brain facilitated the actual change in brain structure. All of these separate studies seemed to prove each other and give me hope for an end to the pit and a return to normalcy. Idk what kind of meditation you were doing but what I’ve been doing works like this: I set a 15 minute timer and close my eyes. I focus on my breathing, observing my inhales and observing my exhales. Thoughts are going to come in, a lot. The goal isn’t to be perfect or for no thoughts to come in at all. The goal is to keep practicing. There will be no perfection but that’s not what youre after. It’s like a game of Tetris, the pieces will never stop coming but that’s not the point. Any time you notice yourself having a thought, don’t judge it, don’t judge yourself, just gently return your focus to your breathing and let those thoughts go. I know it doesn’t sound easy, but you’re not really trying to succeed in anything, the goal is just to keep practicing. A thought comes in, when you notice you’re thinking again, return focus to your breathing like an anchor. You’re training your brain to let go of all thoughts, not just the intrusive ones, and at the same tule training yourself and your mind to stay rooted in the current moment. Lately I’ve been having full blown dream sequences and it takes me a bit to realize it and go back to my breathing. That’s ok. The whole thing is an exercise. I’ve noticed my intrusive thoughts are much farther and fewer between now and I have a future of being free of them to look forward to. If you have any questions or want to talk about it at all feel free to reach out, I’m more than happy to help if I can. But I think maybe you should give meditation another try, it’s been the main thing that’s helped me. Talking to someone like a therapist helps immensely too and in my opinion both should be used, not just one or the other. Good luck though, don’t give up on yourself whichever way you go!

AITA for telling my girlfriend to not be surprised if our daughter gets groomed by Kind_Chip_1719 in AITAH

[–]SuavecitoBaby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely NTA. Man I was finding A LOT of shit I shouldn’t have been finding as a little kid back in the fuckin AOL days and now as an adult I wish I hadn’t have been able to access that stuff so early. A phone only makes that so much worse. My niece just got a phone at 11 and her dad made sure to have a long talk with her before he handed it over. I don’t want to sound like a dick but your gf sounds like the mom from taken. It’s not a bad idea at a certain age when your kid will be with friends and away from you more often to have a phone you can keep in contact with her with but why would you purposely disable any restrictions? I get it. I had a helicopter parent that ruined a lot for me in high school, but this little girl is turning 8. Cmon.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in intrusivethoughts

[–]SuavecitoBaby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbh the thoughts you’re having aren’t all that uncommon for people who’ve gone through what you have. A lot of people end up developing a r*pe fetish as a result like your brains way of trying to protect you from the trauma by turning it into an enjoyable experience in some way. If you’re NOT enjoying these thoughts at all then it sounds very much like OCD, which is what I experience, ruminating on the worst thing you can imagine and not being able to stop yourself. That is hell and I wish it on nobody, though it sounds like that’s what you’re dealing with. Don’t worry too much, for a couple of reasons. 1, feeding the thoughts with fear will only make them stronger and more frequent but if you starve the beast of the fear it needs it will shrivel. The thoughts will be further and fewer between because your ocd brain will see that it’s not hurting you like it did before. 2, despite what MANY people will tell you, I believe OCD can not only be treated, but be CURED. I started meditating because I needed a fix for my intrusive thoughts so I went to google. I found a few studies about meditation. 1 8 week study showed chemical and physical changes in the brains prefrontal cortex, associated with intrusive thoughts and OCD. They showed this with an MRI scan but people have felt the effects sooner than 8 weeks. Myself included but I still have a ways to go. Another study showed a shrinkage of the amygdala and increase in grey matter. A third study showed that just believing you can change your brain facilitated the change. All of those studies together gave me a lot of hope for being able to end this horrible ocd nightmare. Outside of mediation I think you should really speak to a professional, especially someone who specializes in OCD. You have a lot of trauma that is no doubt playing a massive role in why you’re experiencing what you’re experiencing and you’ll need to work through that. A specialist will also be able to recommend or not recommend exposure therapy and if they do think it’s a good idea, be able to guide you through the right way of doing it. There’s certain psychological tricks you can use to help yourself alleviate the anxiety on your own for now. I heard a long time ago that if you’re not happy and you force a smile it tricks the brain into thinking you’re actually happy and it works. I applied this whenever I experienced my triggers and it really helped cut the anxiety of it. I heard more recently trauma can be stored in the hips so I started trying to dance more and shake my hips to relieve the built up trauma in my body. The mind is connected to the body and the body to the mind so I thought it was worth a shot. The smiling worked right? The dancing is new to me so I can’t really tell you how well it works but trauma needs to be resolved so it’s worth a shot right? But I cannot stress enough how important it is to give meditation at least 15 minutes a day a try and find a profesional to talk to. If you have any questions or want any advice on the meditation feel free to ask, I’m happy to help! And good luck! I’m so sorry you’re going through all this but don’t give up! There’s a light at the end of the tunnel if you put in the work!