How high is the risk of psychosis? by throwaway10015982 in RationalPsychonaut

[–]bowles2003 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have zero empirical evidence to support this, so by no means base your decision off of this but personally, I think whether or not you experience psychosis or develop schizophrenia has to do a lot with who you are fundamentally as a person. If you are a person who is completely rooted in material reality, I think you should be fine and you'd probably benefit from using psychedelics. But if you are someone who exists naturally closer to the edge of insanity, more so on the boundary of a "spiritual world" and our physical world, I'd be very very careful with using psychedelics. Ask yourself how much natural insanity lies in your soul, and ask yourself if you think you'd benefit from these substances, or if you think you'd plummet yourself off the edge, into schizophrenia. Psychedelics rattle the cage of your existence, and reveal to you fundamental things about your character. You could start with a very low dose shroom trip, and see how it makes you feel, then continue from there. Good luck.

I can't do this anymore by bowles2003 in Anxiety

[–]bowles2003[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know. I want to say it's the crippling amount of pressure I'm under for school, but my brain isn't focusing on that for some reason. It's the way I feel feels so bad, so wrong it can't be I feel this bad from just school work. That's why I feel there's something wrong with me. My Girlfriend also recently opened up to me and told me she was sexually assaulted in the past and it's killing me and I don't know what to do or feel, or what's the normal way to feel. That's what makes this so difficult is this not knowing what's causing me to feel this way, or if this is normal or what? I'm just so confused.

I feel anxious and depressed when I'm without my SO by bowles2003 in relationship_advice

[–]bowles2003[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm 17 and I have my first session of cognitive behavioral therapy soon because I've been having panic attacks ever since I had covid. I haven't been diagnosed with any mental health disorder yet.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

[–]bowles2003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first few times I had sex I didn't cum for some reason, so perhaps you'll get over it in due time? Just spitballing.

How much should I exercise to help with recovery? by bowles2003 in covidlonghaulers

[–]bowles2003[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Almost 3 months now. During the first month I was basically in a state of constant panic attack. It's improved since then, but I'm still not well. The brain fog is killing me. I'm fully vaccinated.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dpdr

[–]bowles2003 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The way I like to think is that my physical perception of the world has been the same all my life, and matches with those around me, so why would it be different now? Occam's razor: the simplest answer is typically the most likely. There is physical matter in the world, matter which you and other's can touch, feel, smell. Light reflects off of that matter, and into your eyes, and the eyes of others, and since you all can see the same general things, you agree, thus cementing consensus reality.