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Hey, @Leo Gura I wanted to ask you about something. You see, I've been struggling with anxiety for quite a while now, and it's been causing me a lot of distress. I experience intrusive thoughts and severe muscle pain because of it. It's been tough. But here's the thing, I've been using your guided meditation videos on YouTube for over three years, hoping it would help ease my anxiety. Unfortunately, it hasn't improved much. but, it help for the muscle pain, However, I've come to realize that I've suffered enough, and I'm ready to make a change in my life. I must say, your teachings have resonated with me deeply most of them. I particularly loved the insights from the video on the power of letting go and your blog post about internal family systems. They've opened my eyes to different approaches, and I believe they could both be beneficial for me. You've made a real impact on me, and I appreciate your videos. My biggest challenge is this constant worrying that consumes me. Even during meditation, I hear this voice inside me saying things like, "I feel unsafe," "I'm afraid," or even calling out for my mom. It's unsettling, to say the least. So, I've been wondering if internal family systems might be a suitable approach to address these issues, or if I should focus more on learning how to let go. On another note, I've noticed that my anxiety tends to latch onto various topics or situations almost at random. It's like it needs an outlet to express itself. For example, I might worry about thinking the wrong thoughts at one moment, and then suddenly I'll be anxious about having HIV at another. It's scary, and strange, I know. Recently, I've even found myself getting unreasonably worried about exploring awareness. crazy, stuff! To give you an idea of what happens, I'll read a sentence that triggers me, and then I'll be hit with this intense fear of something negative happening. It spirals from there, with my thoughts is consumed by fear worry that x have or will happen. I asked myself why am I afraid and the answer I got back was it is a scary world. I'm hoping you could share some tips or guidance on how to address and overcome this, cause I want to fix it from the root. Thank you

@Leo Gura are thoughts also truth then, when it is a part of your direct experience?

Twitter has become an rightwing disinformation platform, with little to no moderation. Elon Musk's word is worth as much as Donald Trump's when it comes to these stuff. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-twitter-algorithm-changes-154159012.html

The iceing on the cake ?

Sometimes a bird, is just a bird.

@Leo Gura I think it is hard to deny that Tucker Carlson and DeSantis are white supremacist from their policies, to gops overall strategy. What do you think?

Hey, guys! today I was going to go on a date with a girl that I am talking to on tinder, this was meant to be out first date. But, I had to cancel because of work. So what’s the problem? Well yesterday I was confirming with her that we were going on a date today, before that I had not talked with her for a week. So When I found out today we could not meet to the planned time tonight, I gave her two options to do it later tonight or another day, so she agreed with another day, she thought it would be to late today. So I feel abit sad and insecure right now, and I am wondring if should try to set up a new date with her immediately or wait? Any tips @Leo Gura

Hey @Leo Gura, are aluminum in deodorants safe? The science says yes, but i have become abit sceptic about all these studies.

Do you have any sources/name of the studies? been searching around abit, but did not finding anything. Here is good youtuber that I respect, she looked at a study witch mice.

@Leo Gura I am drinking alot soda with aspartame, would it just be better to drink regular?

Ofcourse not! He’s a foul.

@Leo GuraHow? Leadership, humor etc. or something else, I dont understand quite what women are attracted to. I remember you wrote on the forum that if lowerd your integrity or became more jerky that would help get laid more. ?

Hey, @Leo Gura when are the understanding liberalism video coming out? I hope today, I have been sick since friday with a bad covid. so looking forward to listen

okey, good luck

@Leo Gura I have abit of a hard time understanding epistemology, I know the definition but what it really is have not dawned for me yet. But would you say that the best epistemology for a human to have, is being non-biased with their direct experience?

What??? What does he think, he is saving the world from? Bots ?

Clearly twitter is going to become a missiformation super haven and undermind democracy around the word. Do you think this is an deliberate effort by musk?

@Leo Gura He’s become a right-wing nut job. I left when he let neo-nazis back to twitter.

I agree with you, what does this white supremacy look like? And why are so many white republicans going along with this ? @Leo Gura

Was just speechless when I saw this

Look at kanye west new friends of intelligence, creativity and character!! I sure they love him, smh

A respectable news source shared this. I knew this weekend would be north Korea light

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/03/tech/ai-art-fair-winner-controversy/index.html

I see. I have a hard time to deicede how I should approach the culture war ( Iam a progressive)….. not debate thats clear, but what to do when fasiscts are knocking on your door.

@Leo Gura I just re-saw Understanding War & Conflict - Part 1 and just wonder if you could elaborate, about why culture wars are necessary for progress?