Essential The Mental Health Thread
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Like 3 years ago.. Been on prescription ever since... So i probably go a week once a month with it
Neil Tyson
YYZ
I'm trying out Phenibut which is supposedly stronger than L-Theanine.
did the prescription help your sleep
I was thinking about trying that out, and I saw nothing but crazy videos from people who used it.Trytophan works for me to keep calm guys. 4-6 a day.
InfinateOpulance
All Star
How are you taking your phenibut? Ive tried it several times but the taste is HORRIBLE and i never felt a thing, even after using 2 scoops using their measuring spoon.
Neil Tyson
YYZ
I have it in capsules. That's probably the best way to get it past Canadian customs these days.
InfinateOpulance
All Star
I have it in crystal form. Yuck. I just found a ton of you tube videos on it.....gonna check them out soon as i get off work.
Have u tried anything else from lift mode?
Neuroscientists Discover a Song That Reduces Anxiety By 65 Percent (Listen)
Anxiety — that feeling of dread, fear, worry and panic — is certainly nothing new. Hippocrates wrote about it in the fourth century BCE. As did Søren Kierkegaard in the 1860s. And Sigmund Freud addressed the disorder in 1926.
However, jump to the present and we’re seeing a significant uptick — especially with youth.
Pharmaceutical drugs tend to be the classic treatment for treating anxiety (as well as the biggest money maker). Cognitive therapy is a common approach as well. Those with a holistic bent often turn to meditation, yoga, massage and other relaxation techniques. Music therapy has also been used with some success. But now neuroscientists in the U.K. have zeroed in on a single song that results in a dramatic 65 percent reduction in overall anxiety…
Anxiety & Generation Y
A 2013 survey found that 57 percent of American female university students reported episodes of “overwhelming anxiety.” And in the United Kingdom, the charity YouthNet discovered a third of young women — and one in ten young men — suffer from panic attacks.
Marjorie Wallace, CEO of the charity Sane, believes that generation Y (those born in the 1980s and 1990s) is the age of desperation. “Growing up has always been difficult, but this sense of desperation? That’s new,” she says.
Writes Rachael Dove in Anxiety: the epidemic sweeping through Generation Y:
“So, what’s going on? The rise of technology, overly-protective parenting and “exam-factory” schooling are among the reasons psychologists suggest for our generational angst. Another, brought up on multiple occasions by my peers and by psychologists I spoke to, is the luxury (as ungrateful as it sounds) of too much choice.”
Pieter Kruger, a London-based psychologist, says research indicates that people who feel they don’t have a choice are actually more resilient — mainly because they can blame life or others if they make a wrong decision. However, if you have a range of choices, you have no one to blame but yourself. “We become much more obsessive because we want to make the right decision every time,” he says.
Writer Claire Eastham, 26, agrees on her blog We Are All Mad Here:
“I spend a lot of time worrying about what I am going to do with my life. Previous generations had choice taken out of their hands. If you are told what to do it takes the pressure away.”
In our modern era, decision making can trigger a type of paralysis. Often, we will obsessively research the many different options for, say, a pair of shoes. Eventually, information overload will kick in and shut the whole shopping venture down, leaving us exhausted and guilty for being crippled by such a seemingly simple task.
Technology also contributes to the rise of anxiety. A good number of millennials feel exposed without their smartphones — and are rarely without them. Mobile gadgets tend to be their window to the world and foster a sense of connectedness. But there’s a dark side to feeling the need to keep on top of what everyone is doing on social media — otherwise known as Fomo, or the Fear of Missing Out.
“Fomo is very real and can be a constant addiction that affects anxiety levels and a general sense of wellbeing,” says Kruger.
Social media allows us to compare everything — relationships, diet, figure, beauty, wealth, standard of living — not only with our friends, but with celebrities too. And, as research has shown, time on social media “can cause depression in people who compare themselves with others.”
Besides revamping our lifestyles and limiting exposure to social media — and learning to work with a sometimes overwhelming abundance of choice — neuroscientists have found listening to a specially designed song can have a profound influence over our levels of anxiety.
The Creation Of The Ultimate Anti-Stress Music
Researchers at Mindlab International in the U.K. wanted to know what kind of music induces the greatest state of relaxation. The study involved having participants try to solve difficult puzzles — which inherently triggered a certain degree of stress — while connected to sensors. At the same time, participants listened to a range of songs as researchers measured their brain activity, heart rate, blood pressure and rate of breathing.
What they found is that one song — “Weightless” — resulted in a striking 65 percent reduction in participants’ overall anxiety, and a 35 percent reduction in their usual physiological resting rates.
Interestingly, the song was specifically designed to induce this highly relaxed state. Created by Marconi Union, the musicians teamed up with sound therapists to carefully arrange harmonies, rhythms and bass lines, which in turn slow a listener’s heart rate and blood pressure, while also lowering stress hormones like cortisol.
In fact, the music is so effective, that many of the female participants became drowsy — to the point where lead researcher Dr. David Lewis-Hodgson advises against listening to it while driving.
But don’t take their word for it. Experience it for yourself here:
I will try it tomorrow
lemme know how it goes bro
Take a ssri it shuts shyt down. I have GAD
Stopped taking my meds over 4 months ago when I discovered the terrible side-effects to them/.
Buproprion.
You really have to be very cautious of the meds you are being prescribed
There's a reason tehy put all of that stuff in print so small you can barely read them.
It will just rewire your brain in ways that are impossible to come back from.
Buproprion.
You really have to be very cautious of the meds you are being prescribed
There's a reason tehy put all of that stuff in print so small you can barely read them.
It will just rewire your brain in ways that are impossible to come back from.
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Also, alot of people on this forum really aren't supportive of black people with mental illness. It actually makes it worse dealing with 50% people who are going through the sqame motions as you and 50% people who just want to see you self-destruct so they can feel better than you and have something to entertain them during thier boring workday.
@360dagod
I applaud you for making this thread....
Too many people on here just want to make fun of us
Not knowing some of the shyt we've been through in our lives that's been a detriment to our mental health.
Its bad enough dealing with racism, the legacy of slavery/colonialism, colorism, economic disparities, etc...that cause an excessive toll on the black mind...but to have your own people feel as if you aren't worthy of being seen as a human being because of mental illness is crippling.
@360dagod
I applaud you for making this thread....
Too many people on here just want to make fun of us
Not knowing some of the shyt we've been through in our lives that's been a detriment to our mental health.
Its bad enough dealing with racism, the legacy of slavery/colonialism, colorism, economic disparities, etc...that cause an excessive toll on the black mind...but to have your own people feel as if you aren't worthy of being seen as a human being because of mental illness is crippling.
How come y;all don't get shyt for having a mental illness the way
I do?
Damn...this board is on some fukkshyt....
I do?
Damn...this board is on some fukkshyt....
YouTube song didn't work I was listening but still having aniexty thoughts
Telepath was a better choice for me, grabbed my attention and distracted me from aniexty thoughts