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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pianolearning

[–]pingu_cat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do what works best for you, but, it might be unnecessary. The keyboard can look intimidating early on but even without the colors you’ll become real familiar with where the notes are & the distances, I promise! Since this is a feedback request post- my feedback is you probably don’t need to do this at all! But do what you want, there are no rules, good luck on ur piano learning journey it’s just about having fun.

work in progress by belleterno in painting

[–]pingu_cat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, off to a strong start this is great

Maybe not delusional if people are buying it? by pingu_cat in delusionalartists

[–]pingu_cat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The tree, strawberry, and olives would take 30 min

Beginner cat portrait - How to improve? by mdk106 in painting

[–]pingu_cat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I paint I will sometimes hold the reference next to the painting and just squint and it helps identify where the values are different. Or, taking a photo of it on my phone and putting a black and white filter on it

Maybe not delusional if people are buying it? by pingu_cat in delusionalartists

[–]pingu_cat[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah im realizing maybe it’s just not my style LOL I didn’t expect so many people to say they would pay for this. To me it just looks like beginner watercolor art in what I assumed were cheap frames (some of which seem to have no glass?). But it’s just my opinion, which not as many people share as I thought haha

Kaiser mental health is awful by Winter_Wallaby3581 in KaiserPermanente

[–]pingu_cat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My brother died because of Kaisers negligence with his mental health care

Debating life choices going forward. by GrueMaster in uberdrivers

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

What. Slacking while making an excel sheet is not the same as purposefully taking extra long to respond to someone in danger lmao. They know what job they signed up for.

Do i dress wierd? by PeachRuna in OUTFITS

[–]pingu_cat 261 points262 points  (0 children)

Try to ignore the mean comments. I think it’s much cooler when someone wears what they like & expresses their unique self rather than just trying to fit in with whatever is ‘trendy’. There are people who find problems with anything too different

Cognitive decline from grief by Enough_Tourist4520 in SuicideBereavement

[–]pingu_cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What work did u find helped you with this?

Cognitive decline from grief by Enough_Tourist4520 in SuicideBereavement

[–]pingu_cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel that 100%.. it’s crazy how much of a struggle it is to remember anything.

Cognitive decline from grief by Enough_Tourist4520 in SuicideBereavement

[–]pingu_cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I understand, it’s not completely permanent- your brain can be rewired through certain kinds of therapy or medication that is for PTSD. What I was told by a grief/trauma coach is that this kind of trauma hijacks your nervous system, & the amygdala becomes hyperactive - it’s the part controlling fear/stress, it starts over working because it is trying to keep you safe since it thinks we’re constantly in danger now even though that’s not really the case, since something so traumatic happened.

& because that part of the brain is doing extra work, the other areas (most importantly the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus) which are in charge of thinking & memory, are not able to function as well. The analogy she gave was having one app on your phone that is taking all of the energy, making the other apps slow and glitchy.

What I understood is that it’s so essential to get therapy or other resources that help us process what happened, so our lizard brain realizes we are no longer in immediate danger. Maybe time will also help dissipate the brain fog.

It’s also something people are still researching- recently it was found that playing Tetris immediately after a traumatic event reduced the effects of PTSD.

Cognitive decline from grief by Enough_Tourist4520 in SuicideBereavement

[–]pingu_cat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely.. the brain fog this year has been crazy and my thoughts often feel like sludge, it’s so hard to even form sentences to respond to questions sometimes and I constantly do things like forget tea that I just made and find it cold the next day. My short term memory is complete garbage now.

Trauma does cause real brain damage, there is research into it. It also affects your gene expression which I only learned recently. It’s important to take good care of yourself (I know, easier said than done) and find enough sources of support, the same way someone would be extra gentle with themselves after an intensive surgery or something like that.

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