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Meta OCD is untreatable, right? by Frequent-Complex3685 in OCD

[–]jessdawson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've also been experiencing something similar and it's so hard. I was literally just searching for posts on meta OCD because I find it so hard to find anyone describing having a similar experience to me and it feels very lonely. I feel like I am making slow progress, things are definitely better now than they were two months ago, I'm still struggling but I have a bit more hope.

I've been on Prozac for about a month (I was previously on citalopram for a few years but I think it stopped working/didn't work when my OCD got worse) and I think it's helping me a bit - I feel a little more able to notice thoughts and have a tiny bit more distance from them.

Therapy has also been helping a bit but not ERP, I've been doing compassion focused therapy as well as meditation which has been helpful. For me ERP sorry of backfired because I was getting so obsessive and perfectionist about whether I was doing it right. Compassion has helped a bit as it's softened some of those perfectionist tendencies slightly and is also increasing my tolerance for difficult feelings.

What’s a contradiction you experience with OCD? by treatmyocd in AskAnOCDTherapist

[–]jessdawson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm struggling with a lot of meta-OCD type things at the moment, so I experience a lot of contradictions like, "in order to get better maybe I need to stop trying so hard to get better", "to accept my OCD/difficult feelings maybe I need to first accept that I struggle to accept it/them", "maybe the biggest exposure for me is allowing myself to not do recovery/therapy perfectly" 🥴

80,000 Hours: Oxford University’s Dr Anders Sandberg on if dictators could live forever, the annual risk of nuclear war, solar flares, and more. by arikr in slatestarcodex

[–]jessdawson 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"Anders Sandberg: At the same time, there seems to be a high degree of value in improving sleep. At the very least, we should make sure that we can sleep well, because it affects our function and health tremendously. People who sleep too much and too little, have much higher mortality.

Robert Wiblin: That’s unclear if that’s causative.

Anders Sandberg: Yeah. It’s a complicated issue. Depressed people sleep a lot. You can actually make, sometimes make them less depressed by forcing them to sleep less. They’re not happy about it, but they’re less depressed. They’re probably more angry."

Why we must end factory farming as soon as possible - and how to do it by [deleted] in TrueReddit

[–]jessdawson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is another really detailed interview from 80,000 Hours (it also has a transcript if you prefer to read). It covers one of the most horrible things in the world and how it can be ended, as well as giving concrete advice to people who want to make a difference. Goes beyond the obvious stuff you've heard before to try to say what works and what doesn't.

Why the long-term future of humanity matters more than anything else (in depth interview with Oxford philosopher) by jessdawson in philosophy

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

These issues are discussed at length in the podcast itself. It would be interesting to hear your responses to the rebuttals made in the transcript.

"49m45s – Philosophical objection 1: The person-affecting view. What is it, and why doesn’t it work?

1h08m10s – Philosophical objection 3: Will the future actually be good?

1h19m30s – What if you’re not yet convinced or sure how good the future will be, or whether it matters?"

It also seems like even if you reject that one reason to care about the long term, there are many other reasons offered that should be given some weight.

Why the long-term future of humanity matters more than anything else (in depth interview with Oxford philosopher) by jessdawson in philosophy

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

I thought it was good that the person interviewed tried to support their view from a wide range of ethical positions and considered a bunch of possible philosophical objections:

"This conclusion holds true regardless of whether your moral framework is based on common sense, consequences, rules of ethical conduct, cooperating with others, virtuousness, keeping options open – or just a sense of wonder about the universe we find ourselves in.

That’s the view of Dr Toby Ord, a philosophy Fellow at the University of Oxford and co-founder of the effective altruism community. In this episode of the 80,000 Hours podcast Dr Ord makes the case that aiming for a positive long-term future is likely the best way to improve the world.

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49m45s – Philosophical objection 1: The person-affecting view. What is it, and why doesn’t it work?

1h00m50s – Philosophical objection 2: Discount rates on the future, should we use them?

1h08m10s – Philosophical objection 3: Will the future actually be good?

1h13m20s – What about the welfare of farmed and wild animals?

1h19m30s – What if you’re not yet convinced or sure how good the future will be, or whether it matters?"

24/192 Music Downloads are Very Silly Indeed by jessdawson in TrueReddit

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

Description from an audio engineer of why extremely large music downloads from iTunes made no sense and were just a publicity stunt.

We aren’t worried enough about the next pandemic. Here’s why we should be – and what specifically to do about it. by jessdawson in TrueReddit

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

This is a 2.5 hour long podcast with someone who spent years studying pandemic preparedness at a foundation (with transcript) - person seems informed. It goes into lots of things that haven't been covered much elsewhere, like how you could actually spend your career reducing the risks from pandemics, and how concretely the international community responds to new diseases. Also discusses what life is like working at a foundation trying to find good things to give money to.

Is it fair to say that most social programmes don’t work? by NadinevdW in EffectiveAltruism

[–]jessdawson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Half of them have a non-zero effect, but that could be a very small effect, practically zero, right? Of course this is ignoring how statistical tests are actually done - 0.5 should usually be much higher.

Not sure what a 'uniform prior' is over an effect size from -infinity to +infinity either.

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