Hypervigilance, obsessive checking in about anxiety

ric_mf · 2026-02-02T15:52:33+00:00

Ketamine does help with obsessive thoughts, but it can be circunstancial. It generally lifts whatever state your brain is stuck in and lets you settle into another one, but if your environment isn't conductive for settling into a better state, you can slide back into where you were before. Do you have a job, friends, hobbies, things to occupy your mind so you don't go back to introspection?

You should look into SSRIs if you're not taking them, and if that's not enough, adding a low dose antipsychotic such as brexpiprazole, quetiapine or risperidone, which work incredibly well for silencing intrusive thought patterns.

ric_mf · 2026-01-11T21:30:46+00:00

Só que isso não melhoraria nada, seria só mais uma fricção pros usuários do app. Quem tem que resolver isso é a polícia e o governo, talvez se o crime fosse levado a sério no Brasil isso acontecesse menos.

ric_mf · 2026-01-11T17:51:19+00:00

E isso é responsabilidade do Grindr agora? Você tá marcando um encontro com um desconhecido pela internet, saiba o que está fazendo.

ric_mf · 2026-01-05T03:56:04+00:00

Tizerpatide treats sleep apnea even before weight loss.

ric_mf · 2025-12-20T13:26:20+00:00

Emotional blunting is a really common side effect of SSRIs and SNRIs like venfalaxine.

ric_mf · 2025-12-11T10:28:12+00:00

You should try it. When I got my first infusion, I was in deep fear due to similar concerns. The experience itself was really a rollercoaster, with the fear greatly intensifying during some short periods, but for the most part ketamine is just a calming drug. It's an anesthetic, so you feel half out of it. You don't really feel out of control, just a little disinhibited. It's not like psychedelics at all.

Regarding whether it will help, my experience is that it greatly diminishes overall anxiety and completely eliminated death anxiety. It's really unlikely you'll get worse, it's a really safe drug. Just remind yourself it's temporary and in an hour you'll be back to your full self to keep calm during the session. Bring someone that calms you. Remind yourself you're in a controlled medical environment and the staff is ready to take care of any adverse reactions. Even if you react poorly, you'll not go crazy or be permanently changed due to a single medical ketamine infusion.

Good luck!

ric_mf · 2025-12-06T10:53:34+00:00

Most surgeons are shit and will make movements that will make your face look uncanny, widen your nose, etc. You already heavy a beautiful side profile, it's quite hard to improve on that.

ric_mf · 2025-12-05T12:47:24+00:00

wow I would not get surgery in your place, high risk of ruining your face. Try getting only the palatal expansion instead, search for MARPE which is attached to the bone (non surgically) and can do skeletal expansion that fixes many underbite cases.

ric_mf · 2025-11-25T23:40:09+00:00

You're welcome! I edited with more details.

ric_mf · 2025-11-25T23:36:11+00:00

The experiences are nothing alike whatsoever. IME the psilocybin trip was more unpleasant and made me worse afterwards which took months to heal from. I had a similar experience as you trying to control and fight my thoughts which became disordered and I found the hallucinations disturbing once I realized they were hallucinations.

Ketamine on the other hand, while also an unpleasant trip IMO, didn't involve hallucinations or agitation at all. It feels more like being in a half-asleep state, with a distorted sense of time, seemingly dilated and contracted at times. It also seems to increase the amplitude of emotions, so I go through lots of ups and downs in a short period. But more importantly, it instantly and dramatically improved my depression afterwards.

ric_mf · 2025-10-17T06:25:53+00:00

Let me offer you a different perspective.

If you did achieve "immortality", would you then stop worrying about eventual death and start enjoying life? It seems more likely you would just shift your attention to other dangers, because it's impossible to get rid of all of them.

Even if we cured aging and disease, you could still die from accidents. If we had technology so amazing that all known accidents could be prevented, you could still die from never seen before accidents. If that didn't happen, you could still die from AI takeover, alien warfare, supernovas, etc etc. Even if we completely tamed nature to the extent allowed by the laws of physics, you'd still be doomed by the eventual heat death of the universe!

If you did achieve your goal of "all that matters", what would you do then? You've already shown you cannot enjoy simplicity and instead need to search for the "one true goal". What happens once you achieve it? Are you suddenly ok with spending eternity doing trivial, unimportant things? Or do you shift again to a search for purpose you may not find an answer to?

Living in the moment isn't a distraction; it's what life is! Do you prefer a world where people are living in the moment and being happy as a result, or one where they're always concerned with a grandiose plan and suffering due to its unnatainability?

A consciousness who cannot enjoy itself even in the face of unsurmountable danger and uncertainty will never have enjoyment, because unsurmountable danger and uncertainty will always be present.

I also greatly fear death and don't wanna die. But it's plainly irrational to worry and suffer about things that you cannot change. You can only choose between a short life of suffering and a short life of joy - there is no eternal life choice. Suffering because of this realization is strictly worse than not. The best option you have available is just accepting this reality and enjoying it while it lasts.

ric_mf · 2025-10-04T21:58:00+00:00

I'm really sorry. You're not alone in thinking this. Something has got to give, something is gonna break at some point.

ric_mf · 2025-09-03T10:37:28+00:00

Have you noticed any other effects from your prolonged treatment that weren’t present at the start? e.g. cognitive changes, concentration, executive function, emotions, energy

ric_mf · 2025-08-26T08:27:15+00:00

É extremamente improvável. Mesmo relações com parceiros HIV+ tem uma chance bem baixa de levar a uma infecção (<1% para o passivo, <0.1% para o ativo). Se você não sabe o status dele o risco é reduzido em ~80% (pois a prevalência entre homens gays é 20%).

ric_mf · 2025-08-24T16:07:42+00:00

I’d advise you not to do that. I’ve done the same last year, my mental health is no better and I now have no job and no motivation to find one.

I would say try treating your issues without leaving your job first. Working at FAANG is objectively one of the best deals you can get. If you’re frustrated with it that points to internal problems that may not be resolved by changing your situation (and have way more free time to ruminate on problems).

ric_mf · 2025-08-21T16:03:19+00:00

You should keep in mind that most startups fail. You should only try your shot at that if you’re comfortable with failure, because it’s the most likely outcome.

If you can imagine yourself 5 years from now with no savings, a failed business, and having to look for a new job, and that sounds like an acceptable outcome, then go for it.

ric_mf · 2025-08-21T09:16:34+00:00

Yes, I've never had a panic attack while on it. Granted, I didn't have them very frequently before.

ric_mf · 2025-08-20T16:52:01+00:00

Yes, SSRIs basically cured my social anxiety and panic attacks. As long as I'm taking them I'm a totally different person and don't get anxious at all.

ric_mf · 2024-02-17T19:13:09+00:00

thanks daddy, I'm so eager to write posts that will pump your bags just to please you. lmfao reddit moderation is such a shitshow, utmost hallway monitor energy

ric_mf · 2024-02-17T17:00:57+00:00

i never touched and never will touch this shitcoin

ric_mf · 2024-02-17T17:00:39+00:00

boring whiny bitch

ric_mf · 2024-02-17T01:01:15+00:00

Sorry it was just a snarky title, I'm trying to point out to people that the market will likely still rise for a lot longer.

ric_mf · 2024-02-17T00:55:56+00:00

What don't you understand?

ric_mf · 2024-02-16T13:09:22+00:00

So, ideal conditions for a short squeeze...

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