ZenAlex

Sometimes you may have to accept that science may not always be able to explain things and everyone's body is different. Listen to your body, it doesn't like lentils. It may be intolerance/allergy. It may be the high fibre content. Have you had extensive blood work done.

Sure but there have been times where i'm not that anxious or depressed and my life is in order and it's still the same issue. I suppose it's not a huge issue since I can manage it but it always makes me believe there's an underlying undiagnosed issue still waiting to be resolved.

I can still eat OK. But I remember during my 20's I lost tonnes of weight because despite eating healthy and exercising, I wasn't eating enough calories and didn't realise it because I wasn't that hungry. I was at a caloric deficit for months at a time and eventually ended up getting to 135lbs about 5 years ago. I'm back up to 160lbs now, because I have incorporated medjool dates, nuts etc into my diet to bulk calories. My hunger is a bit better now that it was before, but I could still easily go long periods without eating much. I'm doing it out of habit. I've had low hunger for about a decade now. I can help stimulate it more with exercise, but it's still not great. I am about to do a gut test via stool sample, but is there any advice you guys could give me in terms of 1) What to test for? 2) What to try? I have had depression/anxiety in the past, but I've had good times and bad times with mental health, and the appetite was still the same. I feel like the only way I can get myself hungry is through exercising enough to make it come, but I almost feel like it's not compelling me to eat, it's just discomfort that I could ignore. I have went long periods of no alcohol, pop and don't eat much junkfood. I did used to drink diet coke in the past, and I didn't notice sugary/carbonated drinks fuck with appetite so I rarely drink them now.

You're crazy lol

Also OP do you exercise? If I don't exercise I don't sleep best. If I do at least 30-45 mins of walking I sleep better.

So basically Lower consciousness - Just let survival fears and instincts dictate your decisions Higher consciousness - Realise survival is of no value without quality of life and make informed decisions about how to maximise quality of life, which involves sometimes not having kids.

Also do you guys ever get concerned about the impact of putting unnatural things in your body like supplements? Do you ever worry about side effects, depletion of other nutrients etc?

Subjective meaning is still meaning.

If heard of noting, saw it in a shinzen young video. Will look more into it.

1) Get comprehensive blood work. B12, D, thyroid etc done. 2) Sort out the sleep schedule the best you can.

I don't disagree with your comment as a whole, but I don't think it's men as a collective that do this, I think giving anyone that level of power over someone else, including their spouse, regardless of gender, is a bad idea because even though many wont abuse their power, many will, even if they're not a terrible person, we're all a bit corrupt. This is why people need to be able to make their own decision, even if it harms them, because the alternative is giving someone else power over them, which may work out for the best, but may lead to terrible abuse. But I disagree you making it out to be a problem with men, because there are a lot of women that abuse their spouse, children and others in their care also. Have you heard of lucy letby? Many women abuse those in their care, but the difference is men simply have more power to do what they want. I don't believe either gender is more evil than the other, one simply has had more power. Males and females are just are capable as each other of being corrupt.

I've eaten lentils before when someone else cooked them and they still sucked.

Could it be something to do with the fibre content?

Fuck lentils. They suck. Sweet potato, brown rice, tofu, beans and salad with olive oil. That is enough.

I hate lentils. They're annoyingly difficult to cook right and they taste like nothingness. Just eat Tofu instead for Iron, calcium, protein.

I do notice that when I've spent more time outside my eyes feel less stingy and my sense of smell is better, but not massively so. Could be dust, could be mould. Getting more fresh air into my apartment helps but nothing ever gets rid of it completely. I have an air purifier with a hepa filter which sometimes seems to make a slight improvement, but also sometimes seems to aggravate my throat a bit, doesn't matter how much I clean the filters.

While continuing my investigations a few people mentioned mould. I have looked around my flat and the only place I see any mould is lines of it in between the tiles in my bathroom. Other than that I cannot see any significant mould anywhere else. 1) Is there any device you can use to detect presence of mould in your house if it's not visible. 2) Are there any remotely reliable tests for mould toxicity in your body? I've seen ones such as the urinary mycotoxin test, but not sure I have faith in it.

That's a good point. I guess we're living in an unnatural environment so we may need to rely on unnatural solutions.

Understood. I'm reluctant to put unnatural things in my body. I will take a vit D supplement around winter though since I live in the UK and our weather sucks. Besides this I'm always concerned about side effects.

Walking meditations? What types do you recommend?

I hope not. I have no interest in live longer than maybe 80-100 years at most. I want to return to the void someday. If anything I hope humans extinct ourselves at some point as the planet would be better off without us. Humans serve no good purpose on this planet.

Hey, I also just found a previous medichecks test and it has albumin in it, and it was mid-high normal. Funnily enough my SHBG was within normal range, although high normal. That's interesting.

These tests were taken back in february, I got them taken via Blue Horizon testing, I advised my GP but they don't seem to know much about it. The GP just tested my total testosterone. Again Total testosterone came back slightly high, but they said they aren't concerned. I've been side tracked with other distractions. I know I've had a very low sex drive throughout my life, no desire for relationships and little to no desire for sex with others. I think Autism and other issues may play a role in that. I never get lonely. But considering my current issues I'm willing to consider that anything that's out of range could play a role.

Stop smoking completely. Just do it for 6 months and see what happens.

DHEA - Not sure on DHT and Albumin will have a look.