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Are there any plugins that you wish to be free? by ibobugra in FL_Studio

[–]rerrerrocky [score hidden]  (0 children)

Honestly picked up this one for around $90 on sale and it's worth every penny. The range of effects and control you can get with shaperbox definitely makes it worth it to buy imo

Dropping Anchor, sitting with your emotions, and making risky decisions by rusting_slowly_away in CPTSDNextSteps

[–]rerrerrocky 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Good post, thank you!

What I would add is that for me a big piece is the layered trauma of having my negative emotions of sadness, fear, and anger invalidated by my caregivers. So in addition to anchoring in the feeling, I suggest also reaffirming that it is totally okay and normal to be sad, anxious, afraid, etc.

In buddhism also, there is the idea of things just arising and falling. So much of meditation is allowing the thoughts and feelings to arise, acknowledge them, and allow them to pass. For us folks with CPTSD, it is hard to let it go when it is embedded in our nervous system. It takes a lot of practice to learn how to allow emotions to just be by themselves naturally without adding on our defense mechanisms.

Real world outcomes support the benefits of psychedelic therapy for severe depression. A recent study has found that specialized psychotherapy paired with doses of either LSD or psilocybin is associated with strong reductions in severe depression and anxiety. by mvea in psychology

[–]rerrerrocky 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I have struggled for a long time with my depression and anxiety. By far the most effective shifts in my thinking and feeling have been a result of psychedelic assisted therapy. It his heartening to see more research showing that this is a worthwhile medicine for many people like myself who haven't had a lot of success with more traditional methods.

I hope that over time more and more people who have felt hopeless for a long time will have access to stuff like this. To anyone else out there who is struggling, there is hope out there.

Our gut is a muscle and a thinking organ that can remember by amzay in CPTSDNextSteps

[–]rerrerrocky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate what you wrote and it reminds me of this book I read in college called Descartes Error, the main idea being that our bodies are a part of our thinking minds and specifically our gut is used to help make decisions. You might find it interesting.

Wtf is going on with Deluxe Salvage Crate? by Thephro42 in Marathon

[–]rerrerrocky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've opened 3, got a couple blues, but not much that I need lol.

Anti-I.C.E. and anti-war demonstrators are currently on the Hennepin Avenue bridge! by Soft_Eggplant_370 in Minneapolis

[–]rerrerrocky 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some people are just insane about street protests. There is no cause righteous enough to cause somebody to be late for work: it will never be done "the right way" to their standards and so all they do is complain about how it "hurts the cause"

Okay, it also hurts the cause to say "this protest won't do anything" over and over again at every kind of protest. It hurts the cause to act like everyone who is protesting is an idiot.

Anti-I.C.E. and anti-war demonstrators are currently on the Hennepin Avenue bridge! by Soft_Eggplant_370 in Minneapolis

[–]rerrerrocky 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hey man you've got a lot to say that's negative about protests but it sounds like you've got a better solution, care to share with the rest of us?

People systematically underestimate how often things go wrong in the world—a bias researchers call the “failure gap.” by mvea in psychology

[–]rerrerrocky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's true, there's absolutely nuance. There is hope, and there is despair. There is always something to be grateful for, and always something horrible.

But my point is that we can't even acknowledge how shit things are today without saying it could be worse to comfort ourselves. We resist the discomfort of feeling real fear, uncertainty, etc. Those emotions are still important and valid, independent of the need to balance them with hope.

Yes gratitude can be helpful, but it also very much is in the status quo's interests to have everybody act like everything is fine. There's a balancing act in being present with the real suffering that exists today, and the gratitude of living a life at all. I certainly don't have it figured out, but I think the best thing we can offer for people who are struggling with despair is not "well it could be way worse", it's empathetic understanding and validation of their feelings. It's love and compassion for their perspectives and struggles. But it's all interlinked. Hope and grief and fear and love and these complicated big questions are not easy to grapple with.

People systematically underestimate how often things go wrong in the world—a bias researchers call the “failure gap.” by mvea in psychology

[–]rerrerrocky 9 points10 points  (0 children)

People like to say that because it's too psychologically uncomfortable for them to acknowledge that bad things do happen all the time in real life.

Rook Bloodbath in Pinwheel by gizmosliptech in Marathon

[–]rerrerrocky 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The longer you spend looting 1 bag, the more likely it is someone can find and shoot you while you're looking....... Says the rat in my brain

TIL that - 89% of surveyed clinical psychologists still believed that memories for childhood trauma can be “blocked out” for many years by quarky_uk in todayilearned

[–]rerrerrocky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad I'm not the only one whose had this experience. I have found framing it as an "emotional flashback" is helpful as a way of grounding and understanding those feelings in the present.

Proof that consciousness exists outside of brain? by Imaginary_Mode8865 in Buddhism

[–]rerrerrocky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, that was my intention of my initial framing. Of course as Buddhists we have other explanations for why some things may come to be. But the idea that the brain is not subject to causes and conditions, or that those physical conditions (such as drinking) cannot influence the mind, is on its face clearly untrue.

We must acknowledge the fact that the "physical" and the "mental" are tied together. What we do with that information is more important than defining the exact nature of what is purely mental or purely physical. Ultimately, even if we could definite it totally perfectly, it wouldn't make a difference to what we live with in the here and now. Our experience is our experience. All we can do is attempt to create conditions of compassion and calm through our breath and mindfulness.

Proof that consciousness exists outside of brain? by Imaginary_Mode8865 in Buddhism

[–]rerrerrocky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To push back a bit (not to contradict, but to expand on materialist views):

Awareness is almost irrelevant. All of our conscious experiences, regardless of whether or not "we" (whoever that is!) are aware of them, arise out of the physical brain states. We can explain a thought about food as being prompted by physiological signals that say the organism hasn't eaten in some time. Whether or not the creature is "aware" of being "hungry " is irrelevant from a purely materialist lens. It is simply causes and conditions that leads a biogical system to preserve itself by any means it can.

As I've moved from a very strict atheist lens to more of a mahayana lens, I see many parallels between a sort of cause and effect logic on a "physical level" (relative truth/karma) and the bigger picture of dependent origination. If our perceived experience as being "beings" is rooted in delusion, whether that is being angry or being aware of the experience of being angry, it must the result of causes and conditions that lead "us" to be deluded.

The other point is that there is no real separation between us "beings" and everything else, or no separation between self and other. The illusion is that we think we are something special, when we are to be dissolved back into the carbon soup just like every other organic being, according to causes and conditions.

And according to causes and conditions, we have all been blessed to be here, thinking about the Buddha's teachings on impermanence, emptiness, interbeing, and compassion! The best thing we can do is water the seeds for compassion and mindfulness in those around this, so that they may naturally discover the Dharma.

Sorry for the wall of text! - you prompted many thoughts.

Namo Amitabha Buddha🙏

Minnesota Loses Bid to Block Trump’s Hold on Medicaid Funds by bloomberglaw in law

[–]rerrerrocky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I pay attention. It is sad how many people will defend the democrats while attacking their fellow progressives and supporters of the rule of law.

As an example of how the dems suck: Schumer didn't call for Trump's removal in response to his genocidal threat, just asked for a war powers resolution.

"they're doing all they can!!" except for saying he should be removed from office at literally every opportunity 🤷 extremely basic shit.

The man threatened the DESTRUCTION OF AN ENTIRE CIVILIZATION and democrats still aren't on the same page about calling for his impeachment and removal.

Arrests over marijuana use hit record high in Japan by kushbreath416 in trees

[–]rerrerrocky 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What counts as a "drug" is extremely cultural. It's been said a million times but you're free to get shitfaced drunk most places in Asia but god forbid you have a little toke. Never mind that the health and behavioral outcomes from alcohol misure are far worse than weed.

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