ZenAlex

Is sending kids to school to learn about boring things abuse? I spent 1000's of hours bored and hating existence in school. Am I a victim?

Too many people within this religion simply want their people, ways and religion to be dominant, so therefore strategise to label any criticism as equivalent to bigotry when it isn't.

Get off the internet, go outside, develop social skills, get in shape. Spend enough time around others and learn how to interact and approach people, and you will eventually learn how to get what you want. Most people throughout history have gotten laid. 2/10 fat guys can get laid and have good sex lives.

Agreed. I used to come to this forum thinking it would be full of enlightened individuals but there's just immature incels and drug users for the most part.

Hi. I had a rapid decline in my mental health in the early 2010's for seemingly no reason. Just felt worse randomly. Developed - OCD out of nowhere, bad depresson, anxiety issues, bad ADHD. I've spent over a decade trying to get better and have tried - - Therapists x2 - - Psychologist x2 - - MH professionals summary - Learned about thought-action defusion, CBT, EMDR, journalling etc as a result of MH professionals. I feel therapy helped me understand myself a bit more but didn't make me feel much better. - Gave up booze, caffeine. - Got on Nofap. - - Improved diet. I meal plan, make sure I'm meeting all my nutritional requirements. - Blood tests done to check for deficiencies, thyroid, autoimmune, adrenal issues etc. Have had many done, and there's no recurring issues. - Cut down on screen time, and spend more time in nature. - Lots of different types of meditation, breathing exercises - Socialise more - TL;DR - Reinvented the way I live tremendously. I feel considerably better, just not quite as alive as I would like. I sometimes feel like I'm still sometimes mildly depressed. Discovered new hobbies/beauty. Am grateful for the suffering as I would not have discovered a love for hiking and writing without it. Would not have discovered meditation and that sort of work. Results - OCD cured, ADHD now moderate in comparison to before, anxiety is now mild. Depression is much better. I have never gone on SSRI's because I have heard that they are not good for this caliber of anxiety/depression etc. But I have heard stories of psilocybin mushrooms improving brain activity. But they are a drug and there's risks, just wondering if anyone here has any advice on this. I can't think of anything else to try besides drugs. All in all I feel better, I don't feel I suffer much anymore. I can take a mild level of satisfaction from life, but I still do feel a bit flatlined a lot of the time emotionally, unmotivated, lowish appetite. I suppose you can say I feel quite relaxed inside, I do enjoy somethings, but no matter how healthy I get I don't quite feel as alive as I was before my MH issues started.

Pedophila is involuntary. Molesting children is voluntary, and demands no sympathy. It often isn't even that impulsive, it's calculated and methodical grooming. The most unsympathetic crime imaginable. If it's a pre-pubescent child being molested, then the pedo deserves at least 25+ Years at least in a rehab focused prison, with restricted living conditions on release.

I've made this exact same point multiple times yet it triggers everyone on both sides. I just cannot accept one definition as objective, and I'm still stuck as to what I should acknowledge as a woman on a day to day basis. I'm detached from any definition. Whenever I say something similar to you as above, like "there's no objective woman", either side can get triggered. I just don't feel like I'm emotionally driven enough to accept either sides ideas/definitions, this is how I often feel when I ever decide to talk about politics or social issues, I piss everyone off because I'm trying to be accurate above all things and that really jacks people off. Everyone feels far too full of feelings and also driven by what's less likely to get them hated by their peers. If someone asks me "do you think a trans woman is a woman", I'm like "yeah... if you want". I don't know what I should consider a woman.

It almost feels like a huge false dichotomy

The gut is linked to MH, has anyone here used gut tests and gut work to improve their health? If so what markers do you look out for?

The former yes, the latter sort of, it's just difficult to get that excited about something. I have goals in terms of getting my fitness back to be able to explore nature agian. Whenever I think of purpose it's often via a creative outlet.

A good family, before long covid I spoke to colleagues regularly and occasionally met up with people of the internet for hang outs. Felt similar back then. Tried lots of shit of open up more, thinking I wasn't socialising enough but it made no difference. Typically I spend time in nature, long hikes/rides in nature, music, audiobooks, going out to watch football. I avoid video games and TV regularly to remain in the present moment. I meditate + just sit for 60-90 mins.

Hi. I cured my OCD, my ADHD and anxiety are much better. I don't really feel suicidal and I don't suffer much mentally, but I still feel a tad mildly depressed sometimes, like I don't feel strong emotions or get excited much, sometimes there is a complete flatness in my feelings. I accept it ad am grateful for what I can enjoy, but despite my recovery I never quite feel as alive as I used to. After you've recovered mostly, how do you get from feeling flat/mildly depressed to feeling alive? I've done so much work over 10 years. Things just don't hit much these days. I can feel peaceful and take small levels of satisfaction from things, but it's been over a decade since I really felt excited and alive and emotional.

Hello. I've suffered with long covid since 2023. I was stuck in bed most of last year, and didn't walk at all for most of last year. I'm recovering now, finally start of 2026 I'm getting better, my fitness is improving quite quickly in a cardio sense, but eventually after increasing my activity to a certain point, I noticed pain in my knee, especially when going uphill, and had to say in the house for 2 days to make it subside. I've reduced the activity to a daily amount that doesn't trigger it, and also have had to start doing stairs/uphill for short amounts most days. Went from just being able to sit up and watch TV for a bit start of jan, to pushing myself to do a 14k step walk in middle of march before my injury. Now I'm doing 4-6k steps and with 2-3 flights of stairs a day, and that seems to be an amount I can do without bringing the pain back. I'm now trying to do an amount most days that doesn't trigger the pain, with every 3rd day at a lower amount to rest, and now plan to increase 5% per week. I have a physiotherapist apt in a few weeks. I think I got over excited when I noticed rapid improvement which my original docs said could happen due to my previous fitness, but looks like I've hit a wall. Uphill definitely aggravates it more. Anyone got any advice? I've heard that it can take several months or a year or more to achieve full fitness of the muscles/ligaments/tendons. Thanks.

I'm recovering from it now. Got covid in 2023. Haven't worked since 2024. Was in bed most of 2025. Trying to build up my exercise and getting sad that I've become too deconditioned to do serious exercise, but having faith in rehab with physios. My advice - 1) Limit technology, stay conscious with your body 2) Gradually increase 3) Look into Raelan Agle - Brain retraining and polyvagal theory. It has helped me You gotta convince your brain it is safe to engage in activity. It may take a bit of time before your body lets you recover. I'm 2.5 years in and can do 10k steps with difficulty. I am able to walk 10k steps right now after being bed bound up until january, but the after effect of the activity is sometimes concerning. Try to see it as a an opportunity to get to know yourself. I was fit and active before, but now I'll probably use this as a push towards weight training and conditioning my body more carefully, as opposed to just doing carido. Maybe this expereince will lead us to developing better body conditioning to avoid pain later in our lives. My MH issues taught me things that saved me from suicide during the year I was unable to leaev my bed.

How do you know she doesn't have a husband or a solid enough relationship? Has she said?