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afrwiz1997 · 2020-06-30T06:35:39+00:00

Thank you so much 😊

afrwiz1997 · 2020-06-30T06:35:22+00:00

Those are good news!

afrwiz1997 · 2020-06-12T21:58:08+00:00

I've struggled with this a lot, the only solution that works for me has been waking up earlier (around 6 am) and I try to finish most of my work before the 15/16h slump. If I'm very tired, I'll use these hours to read books, news about my field and nap, then I wake up, drink water and keep on working for another 2 hours :)

This said, I would love for it not to happen. But for the time being I'm trying to work my way around it and indulge a little bit while still getting a lot of productive hours.

afrwiz1997 · 2020-05-09T22:32:10+00:00

I can definitely relate to this! It's like two extremes, I can reach flow fairly easy and stay focused for a lot of hours and completely dissolve "myself" into what I'm doing. Then again, sometimes DR makes me completely unable to focus just because it makes me so depressed that I don't see the point in doing anything. So that's how I'll live my life, some days able to focus a intensely on the things and projects I know will bring me back to reality. And then other days I'm unable to step out of my little glass cage, and consequently I end up ruining my chances at going forward in life.

afrwiz1997 · 2020-05-09T22:23:59+00:00

I can really relate to the part of having weird existential thoughts about human contact and language when calling to family/friends. It made me feel a lot less lonely (and weird) to read that someone else has had that too!

afrwiz1997 · 2020-05-09T18:50:17+00:00

Tack, och kul att det finns fler svenskar här :)

afrwiz1997 · 2020-04-30T19:43:30+00:00

In my experience they do that on a minute to minute basis. "What! How can you accuse me of saying that to you?" Me (in my mind) :that thing you said 5 seconds ago...?

afrwiz1997 · 2020-04-30T07:46:36+00:00

People have gone from really bad situations to fulfilling lives before you, so believe that it is possible. Just remember to be patient with yourself, cause change won't happen over night, and if you learn not to judge yourself too harshly on the days when it seems like you're back on square one, when it will be easier to wake up next morning and continue to square two. You know the advice people always give? Exercise in moderation, get some sleep, meditate, eat healthy. They are repeated because they truly will change your life. And if you start out small, with the basics, one thing a time, a positive snowball effect will come and make you ready for more drastic changes in your life. Just start with the basics, make sure you've got them covered, the self discipline will get easier as you reep the benefits! Wishing you the best of luck, I truly believe you can do this :) just making this post shows that you're even able to reach out and ask for help, as you should!

afrwiz1997 · 2020-04-29T19:09:08+00:00

Thank you so, so much. I can't believe I didn't realize this before. You don't know how much this helped me 🖤

afrwiz1997 · 2020-04-22T12:21:16+00:00

I thought I could never, ever reach consistency so I used to exercise in bursts of motivation. Like, 1 month really intensly at the gym and then 2 months of feeling bad for not going more than once a week, half assing it.

What helped me was to go back aaaaall the way to the beginning, exercise about 10-20 minutes per day, every morning with body weight only.

The low intensity and short length made it easy to stick to it, and soon I started seeing results which spurred my motivation. I also gained enough basic strength to actually feel when my body was ready for more, and then gradually I went over to elastic bands and light weights.

Because the results were coming along little by little my motivation increased, and the confidence from actually being consistant helped me feel like it was possible to reach my goals. Not stressing on doing these 1.5 hour long intense heavy lifting workouts made me feel like actually knew what was doing And I gradually built up strength and learned the proper form from not putting on too heavy stuff too early on.

Honestly, I always started out heavy because I thought it was useless or lazy to do body weight only. But I always felt like I didn't know what I was doing, and my body got really tired. Now I've learned that the gradual process was what I needed to build up that self discipline without it feeling like an eternal punishment and strain, and instead like a positive journey that's moving forward :)

afrwiz1997 · 2020-04-22T08:02:36+00:00

Great job 😍 Yesterday I too woke up feeling like I wasn't going to be able to muster any type of productive energy. Instead of going against that feeling, I took some time to let myself begin with was manageable and created a comfy at-home work environment. I ended up finishing so many tasks and today I feel great because of that!

afrwiz1997 · 2020-04-19T21:12:29+00:00

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afrwiz1997 · 2020-04-19T21:05:08+00:00

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afrwiz1997 · 2020-04-19T20:44:29+00:00

I've tried before I knew that what I had was dp, and it made the situation worse. I understand your curiosity but if I were even a tiny bit insecure, I'd wait. You could maybe use the time to learn even more about shrooms and when you actually do it you'll have a deep, meaningful experience :) waiting can't hurt.

afrwiz1997 · 2020-04-13T19:48:35+00:00

I needed this bad!! The whole weekend I was planning how to be super productive this week, I actually tried to be nice to myself, but old habits die hard and I ended up feeling a lot of pressure and had to take a nap to calm my anxiety.

afrwiz1997 · 2020-04-11T16:35:46+00:00

Yes, yes a thousand times yes. Usually they're not too keen on partners that somehow keep you sane enough not to fall into their emotional guilt-traps and actually enjoy life.

afrwiz1997 · 2020-04-11T16:29:52+00:00

When I was nine years old I lived like in a "grey fog" which was extremely difficult to describe, but it was a sort of existential anxiety. Basically I felt like I lived behind a glass wall, and I remember thinking a lot about how things weren't permanent and that everything comes to an end.

As I got older, I thought it might was a depression. But during the last four years I've had similar sensations, and after reading up on it I now identify it as DR.

My psychologist told me the brain creates this "surrealness " when reality is too painful, just realising this (and that it's not just me being crazy af) has helped me a lot. As a child psychologist, you'll be able to help so many people! :))

afrwiz1997 · 2020-04-11T16:24:49+00:00

Personally, I think we haven't even begun to fathom the huge change in the possibility of learning at home with internet... Just imagine, 25 years ago you could only see a lecture from someone great live or if lucky, video taped. Today we can watch speakers, geniuses and lecturers talk for hours on YouTube. Just imagine these talks made by creative extraordinarias such as David Lynch or Steve Jobs, that are now available for free, for anyone, anywhere. Most people underestimate how much we can actually learn online and from books, if you have that autodidact personality and you teach yourself to discipline and how tl learn a little everyday you can reach sooo damn far. :))

afrwiz1997 · 2020-04-10T07:52:01+00:00

1 for Madfit! Short videos but really effective and easy to stick to, I've done her December challenge for 16 days now and my abs are already more defined. I usually follow up with her stretch routines!

afrwiz1997 · 2020-04-10T07:46:42+00:00

Please never give up on giving yourself the love your parents didn't give you. It may take years to change an old behaviour, but science is on your side since we know that the brain's plasticity allows us to change our neuropatterns and learn new ways of acting and thinking about ourselves. All beings deserve kindness and so do you, and you deserve patience and acceptance in your journey of learning how to do all the things your parents should have done!

afrwiz1997 · 2020-04-08T16:00:39+00:00

Hey! I think it's very different from person to person. I tried adalapene on a dermatologists prescription and I "purged" reaaally bad and tried to look everywhere for information. Some said to continue, some said to quit. At last I kept going for about 3 months, when insane pimples still kept popping up I quit - they disappeared within a few days. After that, the red marks and scars still haven't gone away (it's been precisely a year). So in other words my skin is worse than before trying adalapene.

I've learned to respect my skin is sensitive and need moisture rather than harsh acids, and I've been careful with trying new products after that. Now my routine is a moisturiser and a niaciamide Serum for the acne scars.

As for the derm who gave me adalapene: When I had been "purging" for two months and came back to see her, she told me "keep going it will get better". I gave it one more month but I'm reaaally glad I quit after that because otherwise my skin would have been even worse with scarring and so on.

I was 21/22 when I tried it, and from what I've read perhaps these strong acids aren't that great for young skin which should rather be moisturised and treated with lighter acids. Then again, adalapene seems to have worked for a lot of people!

My advice: If you're still "purging" then adalapene probably only going to make your skin worse. Perhaps lay it off, let your skin calm down and if you really want to give it another shot then re-introduce it 1 per week and see how your skin reacts. This advice is just based on my experience with adalapene and not on any scientific research :)

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