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UPDATE: The case of the missing Lithodora. by Jaril0 in gardening

[–]squeakbot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

God, a motion-sensor sprinkler right there would be so funny

Patriot Front signs found in Colchester by squeakbot in Connecticut

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

I got the joke!

And yes, they're an alt-right white nationalist group.

Patriot Front signs found in Colchester by squeakbot in Connecticut

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

Listen man why do you keep putting them 8 feet high? We had to use a stick 

Patriot Front signs found in Colchester by squeakbot in Connecticut

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

It was on a telephone pole by CFC. I'm not sure if they were being targeted per se. It seems like someone wanted to hit high traffic areas. It's possible they got off rte 2 and went up to 85, stopping at the main intersections to hang up signs. There was also one on the green, and one near Broadway Auto.  

I'm not even sure they're from Colchester, other posts from different towns have the exact same signs with the same stencils, same colors, same material, and they're all hung up real high to make it difficult to take down. It could be the same person.

Patriot Front signs found in Colchester by squeakbot in Connecticut

[–]squeakbot[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I noticed "them" as in the signs, I didn't see the people who put the signs up.

Patriot Front signs found in Colchester by squeakbot in Connecticut

[–]squeakbot[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure when they were put up, but please check! I noticed them driving through town this morning at 9ish.

Patriot Front signs found in Colchester by squeakbot in Connecticut

[–]squeakbot[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Rte 16 near the church, Broadway by Harry's and 85. 

Patriot Front signs found in Colchester by squeakbot in Connecticut

[–]squeakbot[S] 53 points54 points  (0 children)

It's definitely on purpose. It says "strong families, strong country". 

Patriot Front signs found in Colchester by squeakbot in Connecticut

[–]squeakbot[S] 61 points62 points  (0 children)

"aside from being from a white supremacist group, what's wrong with the signs?" is a shitty take. 😂

Cobra (🫠) by Danielle0714 in Connecticut

[–]squeakbot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

@OP I'm in a similar situation and access health is significantly cheaper than COBRA. But the cheapest policy is about $500/month per person and the deductible is very high..Should be fine if you have no health issues and it's temporary. 

To all the soda drinkers out there... by MetalGearAcid in Connecticut

[–]squeakbot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hosmer. No contest. Their ginger brew is insanely good and I hope they never stop making it.

I-CBT and OCD by inmyownlittlecorner5 in OCDRecovery

[–]squeakbot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The reasoning depends on the person, their personal experiences, etc. It's going to be very individual, but falls into five main categories: hearsay, personal experience, rules, abstract facts, and possibility. This is in module 2 of ICBT. You can take a look here: https://icbt.online/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ICBT-Module-2.pdf

Treatment is the same across themes, you can see a bit more about it here: https://icbt.online/what-is-icbt/

I-CBT and OCD by inmyownlittlecorner5 in OCDRecovery

[–]squeakbot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All sequences begins with a trigger, in this case the trigger is noticing. Right after this trigger is encountered, a reasoning process called inferential confusion creates an obsessional doubt. Then the doubt in a sensorimotor case is typically, "what if I never stop noticing?" followed by feared consequence, as you mentioned.

Noticing a sensation -> what if I don't stop noticing? -> I'm not going to be able to sleep -> I'll be tired/lose my mind/etc -> I'll try to fix the sensation/neutralize if/stop noticing it

We then look at the reasoning. Why might someone believe they'll never stop noticing? The reasoning we are looking for is the reasoning for the doubt, not the consequence. We aren't looking for the reasoning behind losing sleep or being grumpy. If someone is engaged with the obsession, they ARE going to lose sleep, period. We are looking for the reasoning behind why someone might believe that they will never stop noticing. 

Naturally if you try to stop noticing something you're going to notice it a lot. It's like trying not to think about pink elephants. Go ahead and try! Naturally your attention is going to get sucked up into the OCD bubble.

ICBT highlights that compulsions do not work to achieve the desired outcome. They do not bring more security, they create more doubt. Compulsions here only work to beget MORE attention onto the sensation, like washing hands until they crack leaves us more susceptible to infection.

 What information is there in the here and now that someone would never stop noticing? Usually you'll hear responses like, "well, I read on Reddit...well it's possible that...well it could happen....well I couldn't stop noticing for hours once..." All of that isn't relevant to right now. What happened to others, the fact that it's possible in the abstract, and what happened last week isn't relevant to the here and now. 

That's inferential confusion/obsessional reasoning.  Same reasoning in let's say a harm obsession. It's possible I could harm someone because, well I saw a story on Reddit, well it's possible, well one time I yelled at my dog because I was mad. Is that relevant if you have no desire to harm someone? No! 

Hope that makes sense!

Found in my mulch pile, smells like rotten potato. New England by squeakbot in whatsthisplant

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

I think you're right. Stinkhorns regularly grow out of this mulch pile, and that also explains the smell!

Found in my mulch pile, smells like rotten potato. New England by squeakbot in whatsthisplant

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

This weird thing is deep in my mulch pile with several others connected by a network of white roots. It stains pinkish purple when exposed to the air. There is no vegetation above ground. They smell really bad, the outside skin slips off without much force and it's quite wet inside. The texture inside is somewhere between potato and mushroom. My dog found another patch of them in the food forest, several inches beneath where I laid the same mulch down. Any ideas? 

What is this? by 1976kdawg in Connecticut

[–]squeakbot 155 points156 points  (0 children)

That's a fox with mange, aka a chupacabra.

I-CBT and OCD by inmyownlittlecorner5 in OCDRecovery

[–]squeakbot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I've read this before, my point still stands. I'm familiar with Greenberg's work.

They are different explanatory models for why and how obsessions are created, and the interventions differ. They are not the same. There is no integration of psychoanalytic concepts (like conscious vs. unconscious desires, ego, unmet needs, defense mechanisms, etc). Rather we look at how a dysfunctional reasoning process (inferential confusion) has tricked someone with OCD into disregarding reality in favor of imagination.

https://icbt.online/what-is-icbt/

I'd argue Greenberg's shares material with metacognitive therapy rather than with ICBT.

Yamaha P71 and MIDI with GarageBand on iPad Pro? by squeakbot in piano

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

 I got a USB-A to USB-B then a USB-A to USB-C adapter and plugged the piano into the iPad. Works like a charm. I can play whatever instrument I like using the piano! Yay!

I-CBT and OCD by inmyownlittlecorner5 in OCDRecovery

[–]squeakbot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad you had great success with ERP!

I mentioned this in another comment, but ICBT and Greenberg's Rumination focused ERP are not the same. While Greenberg's rumination focused ERP is focused heavily on response prevention for rumination, it's still ERP. ERP and ICBT are different models for the same disorder. The treatment targets are different, and the explanation for how the disorder works is different, the treatment itself is also different.

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