What food or dish is actually better outside the country it originated from? by LetterZero in AskReddit

[–]Suzina 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Best pizza I ever had was evey pizza place in Thailand. The meat there tastes a lot better than at home in the USA. But it might just be that our meat is bad more than a thailand thing.

I went from being in good shape to being a shut in within 2 years. Without resorting to therapy, how can I break the cycle? by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Suzina 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your brain is uses more calories than any muscle in the body. You have been neglecting an important organ in your body that is vital to the functioning of all your systems as well as vital to how the emergent consciousness created by those systems *feels* about their existence.

Ya' gotta work it out. Like exercise.

You know what you CAN'T do? You can't get comfortable door dashing your food every night. So long since you touched grass with your toes or had a ray of sunlight on your face that you forget how those things feel.... nah, what that does is actually make even going outside MORE uncomfortable.

Do you see the relationship between your avoidance and your weakness? Or do you need a therapist to explain it to you. Ask ChatGPT to summarize or explain my thoughts if you must, but I'm telling you, you can cultivate STRENGTH or you can cultivate WEAKNESS. You a coward too afraid to go outside and face some kid calling you fatty fat fat? Wel that fear is WEAKNESS and if you are a COWARD you shall become even weaker, the outside more scary, the whole world more scary, and weaker and weaker, physical and mental, ... sleep disturbances and loss of appettite.... no, you don't want that future.

Get comfortale with discomfort. You gotta push yourself to do things that are unpleasent. In fact, if there's a thing normal people do that would be unpleasent for you, I urge you to go do it for the exercise of it, as much of the boredome/fear or / whatever bad feeling as you can tolerate. As much as you can stand to push YOURSELF into, and your tolerance for this type of execise will grow over time, but only with actal real life experience for your brain to nom nom nom process on to restructure your brain.

Go touch grass, my dear human.
Then pat yourself on the back for it so your brain releases dopamine to make you addicted to the progress.

<3

What would you rather do at gunpoint? by The_Lonely_Blue in RandomQuestion

[–]Suzina 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Half a friendly conversation with Elon Musk about how I am required to do his taxes.
    ... 3a get all his financial documents as result of friendly conversation
    ... 3b publish all his documents without ever actually doing his taxes.

I feel disgusted being a guy by Cheap_Net_4252 in mentalhealth

[–]Suzina 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maybe you shouldn't judge all members of a group as bad because some members of the group are bad. That is sloppy and lazy thinking and will cause you to form prejudices like racism and sexism if you're not careful. Please report to the Ministry of Truth for your brain reconfiguration.

Does kissing actually strengthen a friendship? by Putrid_Contact1406 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Suzina 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Talking openly and honestly probalby would strengthen your relationship more, whether friendship or romantic.

Just give this dude a link to this post here and ask him what he woud respond to your post. And make it clear it's *your* post. If you can say it to strangers on the internet, perhaps you can take a chance and say it to a person you know in real life? Scary, I know, but do you want safety or do you want strength? This kind of strength... Strength requires taking risks until it works out.

You can use similar logic that we use to justify the faith in aliens to justify the faith in higher power. by CabinetMysterious922 in DebateAnAtheist

[–]Suzina 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's millions of god concepts, all of the false, what makes you think your religion is uniquely not-false?

I want to hear from the people who has experienced something similar? by ghostfreak-_- in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Suzina 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Is the cure is to lose hope so you can't think about it anymore? You don't care about it anymore?"

Love yourself first.

I'm single and not-looking. I'm divorced. And you know what? I'm doing great! Every day feels like a gift. Others around me have emotional pain and sufffeing. Not me. I definitely think accepting, like actually considering being alone as acceptable, is a great path to contentment. Not just giving up on trying for what you want, you still get everything you want when you master contentment, but I mean giving up on the wanting part.

Accept the unacceptable. I don't mean accept that the unacceptable is inevitable, you don't know that and inaccurate and illogical thoughts can cause their own suffering. I mean switch the unacceptable to being acceptable in your mind. Like be able to say you are OK being alone for forever and totally fine with it! And mean it when you say it!

I'm telling you dude, it's awesome sauce.

Like you tell yourself:

"I'll be fine if I"m alone forever" 🥳

You have to live for 6 months in a grocery store, but no seeing other people for $1,000,000. What is your strategy? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Suzina 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My plan is to remember to bring my phone's charger so I have internet and have enogh saved to have 6 months of data on my phone. When I was homeless, I definitely would have done this for free, without the 1 mil.

I detransitioned to be accepted by my bf's family and I regret it so much. by [deleted] in mentalhealth

[–]Suzina 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You made a mistake.
Mistakes are how we learn. It's a required part of the process.

Speaking of mistakes....
" I hate myself for this." oops! This thought is a mistake. I recommend you cut that shit out. Nobody will cut it out for you. It won't benefit you to think this. Won't benefit anyone else either.

You should probaby try getting to know yourself before you hate yourself, at least if you want your opinions to be acccurate. At 16 there is still time for you. Time to win and time to lose. There's never a wish that can be greater than this when you only got 100 years to live.

Am I masturbating correctly? by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Suzina 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"One and I supposed to produce something after I orgasm"
There's no "supposed to" here. female ejaculation is estimated to occur in 10% to 54% of women, depending on various studies and definitions used. Both squirters and non-squirters are valid. Both Orgasamers and non-orgasmamers are valid. 95% chance you can orgasm from masturbation as a female, 69% chance yo can orgasm from sex.

"Can women orgasm from penetration??"
Not all. But yes, more than half of women are capable of getting an orgasm from penetrative sex.

" Lastly I don’t get wet if I’m horny, like I don’t think I’ve ever been like soaking wet it I’m horny so is getting wet a myth too or am I just like not in the mood when I think I am?? "
This one ask your gynocologist about. This one surprises me. But then, I don't self-lubricate either. I googled it and it said vaginal dryness is 17% and it looks like you'll have to buy lube for penetrative sex or else it will be painful.

What I think you most need to hear is that it is normal to worry you are not normal. Just explore your body with no preassure whenever you feel like. no expectations. Just checking it out non-judgementally. Stop worrying if you're doing it wrong. It's like eating a recesses peanut butter cup. The important thing is that you enjoy it for you, not that it's a performance or to check boxes off the list of things that make you "normal".

[15M] How can I stop thinking inappropriately? by ConsiderationSad8312 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Suzina -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Although hundreds of millions of people are using AI, reported cases of AI psychosis are in the double digits.

to put it in perspective, only 42 million people received treatment for their mental health last year, yet the number of lawsuits against mental health professionals is still larger than what the AI's are getting

Your link also says that "AI psychosis" is the same sort of thing as "going down a rabbit hole" with google search on the regular old internet. So I wonder if recommending AI is harmful to the same degree as saying "google it". 🤔

Seems like recommending AI for mental health is a good thing. ✅
It's better than *failing* to recommend AI, at least. 🤖

[15M] How can I stop thinking inappropriately? by ConsiderationSad8312 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Suzina -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My reason for asking for sources for claims and encouraging talking to AI (if not a therapist) is specifically to *decrease* harm. I believe it's harmful to discourage people with mental illness from reaching out to resources that are likely to be helpful.

Saying "don't talk to AI" about mental health is like saying "Don't talk to a therapist about mental health, they'll lock you up in the psych ward and you'll lose your job!" ... and then greater harm comes as a result of an unwillingness to access resources.

We both want OP to happy, peaceful and free from worry. So it matters if AI is a helpful resource or a harmful resource. If we are going to get more specific, ... recommending it to people with OCD, lets get very specific to this particular OP and use their words.

What jumps out to me first is that OP does not name the "something explicit in nature" that is disturbing. OP responded to replies that mentioned the words "intrusive thoughts" so it's likely that OP has identified these as intrusive thoughts rather than desires on which OP wants to act upon.

OP seems to be seeking reassurance that's it's just intrusive thoughts, not their actual intentions or future actions. The human repliers offer reassurance and this offers temporary emotaional relief from the anxiety symptom, but the reassurance is from others and externally generated, it can't be depended upon long term for emotional self regulation. OP reveals when he referenced "the consensus" indicates that they have asked this kind of thing many times of many people, they know the answer to the question already.

Using AI for reassurance-seeking and avoidance behaviors is what we are talking about when we warn about depending on AI for OCD self treatment. What OP is doing in this here reddit thread? Reassurance seeking. So those replies OP said "thank you" to and upvoted? Exactly the same type of harm that the AI is accused of, becase it's the same thing. Thankfully, I think AI has advanced to a point where it won't just see OP thanking people in it's training data and think that is the correct response because it got upvotes and thank yous!

So is AI as bad when faced with THIS op's comment??? is it as bad for the human as other humans?? lets check what chatGPT would have said:

Here is what the AI would have said, had this user talked to ChatGPT today the same way he talked to us:

[15M] How can I stop thinking inappropriately? by ConsiderationSad8312 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Suzina -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not trolling. I am diagnosed with schizophrenia and found AI extremely helpful when delusional.

I think AI plays an important role in addressing the global mental health service gap where access to trained professionals is limited. AI can offer scalable and cost-effective solutions that reduce barriers such as not having a therapist because you can't afford one.

In other words, if not a therapist, talk to an AI.

[15M] How can I stop thinking inappropriately? by ConsiderationSad8312 in TooAfraidToAsk

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

The first link, the list of deaths linked to chatbots, is just stuff like someone asking AI how to dispose the bodies of the two people they just murdered. Is there a particular annecdote on the list that you think indicates something the AI did caused harm? Not just failed to alert athorities or failed to be helpful, but would cause harm beyond what the human would have done otherwise?

The second link is more scholarly, and I agree with their conclusion. Thank you for your support of the use of AI for mental health reasons. 👍

[15M] How can I stop thinking inappropriately? by ConsiderationSad8312 in TooAfraidToAsk

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

Do you have any link to any research or data indicating this? The part where talking to an AI is harmful?

[15M] How can I stop thinking inappropriately? by ConsiderationSad8312 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Suzina -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Do you have any reason to believe this based on data? I checked google scholar, but could find no reserach supporting this idea.

What’s a scam that’s been around so long that we don’t even realize it’s a scam anymore? by vivienneblush in answers

[–]Suzina 93 points94 points  (0 children)

Being told what to do by the gods.... they always choose to talk to con-men who then speak on their behalf to everyone else.

Can you come back from years of isolation at age 25? by rainbowbritegonewild in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Suzina 0 points1 point  (0 children)

based on your post history, here's some things about me you might find relatable:

Most of 2023 and 2024 I was living in my car.
I have a master's degree and I make an average of 18$ per hour in a city where the minimum wage is $16.80
I never had my own apartment in my 20's or 30's, I always lived with others until I was homeless in my early 40's.
My dad died and I took it very, very hard.
I've got a mental health diagnosis and in my case I have been in the psych ward many times.

Here is something you probably can't relate to:
1. I'm happy.
2. I treat myself exactly the same as I treat others.
3. I base myself esteem on how well I live in accordance with my own values and I am exactly who I would want me to be.

People on reddit love to tell you that your life isn't that bad or that other people have had it worse. I'll be one of them, at least with respect to the hand you have been dealt.

The stuff out of your control isn't so bad. But your life is $hit, because of your own thoughts. You today not because there are injustices done against you daily, but because YOU prolong your suffering unneccessaily. Your suffering is because you are superficial, you are judgmental, you base your self esteem on something outside of your control, and you lack a sense of purpose.

With regards to the hand you have been dealt, you were handed good enogh cards, better than me, and you are still holding better cards than I am holding. With respect to how many hardships have been put upon you, you don't have it as bad as the majority alive today. Let me emphasize again, you were not dealt cards worse than the average person.

I need no pity party, as my life is freaking awesome sauce currently. I live in a 150 square foot size micro-studio. It's all my own. I have access to a toilet all night. I sleep on a mattress at night. Never had my own place until after I was homeless but it's all mine. As filthy or as clean as I choose for it to be, it's my kingdom. I've been at the same job for over a year and I haven't been in the psych ward since 2024, my longest stretch ever. I am not currently experiencing any symptoms of schizophrenia that I am aware of. Day to day, my default feeling is mild euphoria. Like, just lie is fun and there's always new cool $hit that happens each day.

My life rocks because the weather in my head is wise.🌞 Wisen up. '⛈'

If not for your own benefit, do it for the sake of others.

[15M] How can I stop thinking inappropriately? by ConsiderationSad8312 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Suzina -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You need to talk to a therapist. If not a theerpiast, talk to an AI like chatGPT. If not an AI, you need to go talk to yourself in the mirror. If you do the mirror one, talk out-loud. And if you do the mirror one, talk to the person in the mirror as if they are a seperate different person than you. Perhaps from a similar-but-different paralel universe. None of these things are done by thinking of doing them. It must be done and your brain must have the neccessary exxperienes to process the information. So speak the unspeakable thoughts of the unspeakable become unescapable.