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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?

Quick question - Who inherits this site if he had no will?

So do you believe a trans woman is a man who identifies as a woman due to hormonal issues, essentially? Do you lean more towards a woman being an adult female? This topic makes me feel like a dumbass sometimes.

Health anxiety. It's fine. Eat healthy, meditate, get outside and be physically active, and just accept you can only do as much as you can do. I learned the hard way over the last few years that you can look after yourself very well and yet you can still get sick. I had no health issues for over a decade and was physically fit and healthy until I got Covid and I spent most of last year in bed, I worry that I'll never get to be able to hike properly again, but I'm just taking shit day by day. My knees hurt after 7-8k steps where as I use to be able to do 35k steps without much discomfort, and do it again the day after. I'm doing physiotherapy and maintaining faith that I'll build myself up again. 1) Do something sensible about it 2) Write and plan it out, reminding yourself it's in your control 3) Meditate and clear your mind, and realise you don't have to be on it 24/7. Enjoy yourself as much as you possibly can with what health you have 4) Gratitude. It could be much worse.

I think he's intelligent, by unstable and egotistical, and struggles to accept when he is wrong or the other person has a point. When he cannot out argue people the right way, which to be fair, sometimes he does, he just tries to overwhelm people to reassert an underserved sense of control over an argument. It's quite sad and immature.

Just being honest here, I'm not sure where to look to find out what a woman actually is. Is it an Adult Female or anyone who identifies as such? Please don't get triggered, I've thought about this quite a bit and my general belief is - There's no objective man or woman. A woman is whatever it is we decide that it is, same as a man. I'd like to think there's some way we can find out objectively what it is or at least create the perfect argument as to why one definition is better than the other, so I can confidently know what a woman objectively is or what we we should consider a woman. The legal definition in my country is Adult Female, I'm from the UK. Please help with this. Please don't get angry, I'm just trying to learn, and I'm not convinced with either side yet.

Shit just checked you cannot just add any practitioner it has to be one of their registered ones. There's a list of gut microbiome analysts and dieticians available. I'm not sure who I should exactly go to for full understanding and what to do with this. I have the tests and it shows some issues consistent with long covid but not all. Some things definitely do seem to need improving. I was mostly concerned with the below one.

There isn't really a report I can print off, but I can "add a practitioner" on the website, and it gives whoever I choose access to a version of my full health profile, including my results. The website is designed to allow people's doctors and nutritionists access. I understand I'm not paying you so I don't mind if you say no. But if it's something you're intrigued about or interested in, let me know. Thank you