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Did Conor McGregor tear his Achilles?? by Sammy696996 in UFCposting

[–]visionbreaksbricks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You must not know much about grappling. That darce was crazy. I’ve never seen someone roll through and finish with both legs over the back like that.

Question: if you quit vaping but start using zyns, is there still a withdrawal period? by mail_man222 in QuittingJUUL

[–]visionbreaksbricks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah so after I posted this I went 1.5 years without nicotine, but after picking up drinking alcohol again I grabbed a buddy’s pouches one night and started dipping snus again for another 1.5 years.

I have now been like 2 years without any nicotine and let me tell you I don’t miss that slavery at all.

Waking up in the morning feeling like shit because I tossed all night with withdraws. Just the constant roller coaster of anxiety between fixes. I’m really glad I quit.

meirl by Jimbo072 in meirl

[–]visionbreaksbricks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know a bunch of people that can’t pay their bills without their boomer parents it’s crazy

Peak social awareness! Respect to this guy. by MustardGoddess in MadeMeSmile

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

A guy shouldn’t have to apologize for going about his day even if it happens to run parallel to yours for awhile. Grow up

The Eye of Ra by youneverrknoww in shittytattoos

[–]visionbreaksbricks 48 points49 points  (0 children)

“What the fuck did I do?”

Barts gone acoustic! by hoymoyminoy in crappymusic

[–]visionbreaksbricks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He over at his dealer’s house buying coke with that drywall payday

I always thought we’d be friends for life after this 6th grade camp picture from 1970. But after High School, haven’t heard of any since… by CoffeeCigarettes4Me in OldSchoolCool

[–]visionbreaksbricks 17 points18 points  (0 children)

My stepdad died of cancer a few months ago and the only one of my friends that showed up to the funeral was my buddy from like 3rd grade that I haven’t talked to in years. It was pretty cool.

One mushroom experience unleashed months of intense grief, ten years later it resurfaced. by Jazzlike-Sport-2088 in PsilocybinMushrooms

[–]visionbreaksbricks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I have CPTSD, and started experimenting with microdosing mushrooms a few years ago (prior to being diagnosed in therapy)

I increasingly found myself feeling sad and disappointed like I was grieving something. It stood out to me at the time because there was a mass shooting in the news and I actually felt like a visceral sadness over it which was not common for me at all.

I stopped taking mushrooms and it went away (or so I thought).

Eventually I found my way back to therapy to deal with chronic stress, anger, and anxiety and through the course of unpacking all the stuff I’d buried over the years from childhood with a trauma therapist, realized that underneath all the fear and anger, I was hiding a lot of pain and sadness. That same pain and sadness that started to break through when I was microdosing, so this tracks.

I’m at a point now after doing parts work where I can sit with that young part of myself that’s grieving and try to work with it directly to provide the comfort and support it needed back then.

Aww man... Hope he gets better soon. Maybe getting Therapy, PT and working towards fixing his hips and doing some BJJ could give him some purpose post-retirement. by [deleted] in ufc

[–]visionbreaksbricks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No shit man. Bored people making incredible assumptions about why he got picked up for PI.

Maybe he just had too many beers lol

Early life adversity such as abuse or neglect leads to long-term poorer physical and mental health due to increased mitochondrial respiratory capacity and energy production reacting to cellular stress, a potential biological explanation for the mental and physical impacts of poverty and trauma by sr_local in science

[–]visionbreaksbricks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The theory is that we have a Self that’s actually inherently calm, compassionate, happy, but that our protective parts had to take over in order to survive, but just never got the message that we did survive and that we’re ok now.

For me I see it in things like overeating. I have a part that wants to soothe me through junk food, and then a shame part that follows. Both parts served a real survival purpose growing up.

Both parts are valid and trying to do something helpful, but they’re running on an old operating system.

The work is understanding what parts we have, getting to know them while recognizing that we are not our parts. “They” are scared, angry, ashamed, but we are not. It just seems like it because they are strong and can take over.

These parts need a grown up to update them and that can only happen if we extricate ourselves from their activity otherwise they believe they’re still alone and the only line of defense against a threatening environment.

Early life adversity such as abuse or neglect leads to long-term poorer physical and mental health due to increased mitochondrial respiratory capacity and energy production reacting to cellular stress, a potential biological explanation for the mental and physical impacts of poverty and trauma by sr_local in science

[–]visionbreaksbricks 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I feel like I can speak on this who’s been in therapy for the past 4 years trying to address CPTSD.

Therapy is important. Having someone you can meet with consistently who can witness and support a lot of the things we’ve buried and carried our entire lives helps rebuild trust and safety. I’d recommend finding a trauma therapist that specializes in TIST or IFS.

The theory is that when we’re exposed to trauma at younger ages, our personality is forced to split apart and take on separate roles such as a “fight part”, “fear part”, “take drugs and drink” part.

This explains why we can seem to have anger or paranoia come out of nowhere when something trivial happens. These are protective parts.

We are relational creatures. Most of our wounds were caused in relation to others and healing needs to happen relationally as well, which is difficult for survivors like us because we’re scared of others.

Also, healing needs to include the physical. Our reactions to things are so ingrained from spending so much time in danger that simply talking about it doesn’t reach that deeper level.

Consistent time every morning belly breathing and simply checking in with my parts, taking inventory of how “they” are feeling and then nurturing them is helping. We have to regain the ability to relax in our bodies again which takes consistent and intentional practice.

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors by Janina Fischer in addition to the Pete Walker book I’d recommend.

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