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intermittent fasting, this will make you keto/fat adapted and thus eliminate or severely reduce food cravings. It's not about food cravings, its about changing your physiology so that you don't have any cravings to fight against in the first place

haha i love his offer to impersonate Leo

lol im done reading this post and my time is 11:11. hilarious

I have, quite literally, caught my self in the process of dreaming, or entering into a dream. Really, a dream is just a thought or imagination that is extremely immersive, to the point where you start entering into it and identifying with it. Maybe this becomes easier to do during sleep, since you drift off and lose your normal bodily senses that you so often identify with. I have noticed similarities between the imaginations and thoughts we project onto waking reality, and the process of dreaming. They both are things we imagine and identify with. Maybe you could even argue it is the exact same process, just to different degrees.

I had a similar thing happen once, you just gotta own it. I think this type of hurdle is something that will continuously pop up in life until you fully embrace yourself and your personality, without feeling shame or whatever. Also, in a way, it can weed out people you don't want in your life. What's the worst that can happen? If there is some adverse reaction from them, then so be it. Think of it as the universe's way of filtering out what doesn't fit into your life. Don't take it so seriously, everyone has their demons, their private things they keep secret, they just do a better job of hiding it.

It might help to treat it as "voice acting" or as if you're playing some overly enthusiastic character, like a more extroverted version of yourself. And then slowly you can mold yourself into that as social situations arise. Project your voice, don't be timid, act like you're on a radio show being a radio host, and the entire world can hear your voice. It also helps to talk about things you are passionate about, it naturally makes your voice stronger and more powerful, pay attention to that.

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How is the room you sleep in? For me, having white noise like a fan helps significantly. Also, make sure the room is dark and cool, its better to have a cool room than a warm room. Avoid caffeine/stimulants and blue light, you can download a blue light filter if you want. And try not to force yourself to sleep. Also, maybe get in the habit of turning off most lights around you as the sunlight goes down. In a sense, you want the levels of light to match outside as much as possible. This helps a lot IME, probably something to do with melatonin stimulation. Exercise is good but don't do it too close to bed time

That's a pretty cool nuance, didn't know that

How recently did you quit weed? I believe medically this is referred to as PAWS (Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome) and lack of libido is a common symptom.

I've had a phase where I got weird gore dreams as well. Didn't watch any gorey media in that time period either, so it wasnt something my subconscious picked up from some movie irl or something. One of them involved a guy jumping from a tree and then his body just splitting in half with blood and what not, strangely my dream character wasn't really disturbed by any of it. Still have no idea what it meant but it creeped me out for a bit, especially cause I woke up from it at like 3am in the pitch black and I was just left there to contemplate that dream in a pitch black room haha

Well, it's the only book mentioned, so I would assume so Maybe

Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers

Those are the most common symptoms

Depends on your diet

I think it might. I did a 40 hour water fast and it cured my brain fog and anger issues. Some studies, like this one, also seem to indicate this: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.708069/full

Does eating food made it feel better, if even temporarily? What about music? Are you often in very stressful situations? I have had experiences of anxiety/depression that lingers after extremely stressful experiences, wondering if it's related. I think it could be related to cortisol, eating a simple carb like bread made it dissipate for me.

I have some concerns around EMFs from phones and such things, seems like not much conclusive research is done there Herbicides like glyphosates are a big one, and also organic food that is sprayed with organic pesticides Also, you gotta be careful with topical products like shampoo or lotion. There can be some sketchy stuff in there, like silicones and what not. You should properly research whatever is in the ingredients.

Here is an interesting way to think of it: Peace can also be seen as attachment to the present moment. If you are attached to only the present moment, then no feeling of loss can occur, since the present moment is eternal. In this sense, attachment is somewhat illusory, since you can't really escape the present moment, so what exactly are you feeling attached to, if not the present moment? It is the thoughts in your mind, which are of another moment that is not in the present. You are attached to thoughts of some other non-existent moment, which maybe contains elements that the current moment doesn't. A lot of these negative emotions that stem from the ego use this trick. It will imagine some thought that isn't in alignment with the present moment, and then believe in it, and then that will cause discord and suffering, because the thought itself is not true and does not fit in with reality.

That seems very likely to be prostate related. The spontaneous arousal is probably the prostate getting stimulated.

I don't mind it. It's more of just a sensation than taste, and also I only notice the cold feeling if I eat it raw without putting it in anything so it ends up not really mattering, probably because the drink itself is hot.

Yeah I don't like the aftertaste either. I think you'll like the sugar alcohols I mentioned, you can find formulas where they already mixed the two together which are pretty good. There's basically no aftertaste especially with erythritol, and you might even like it more than sugar, it has an interesting feel to it. https://www.amazon.ca/Krisda-Fruit-Spoonable-Natural-Sweetener/dp/B07PGCBWZS/ref=sr_1_2?gclid=Cj0KCQiAzfuNBhCGARIsAD1nu-9sMY98Xj8t18zFMXilS8c_Qh4EkYKFf05tpcKITN0GClusVPNETB4aAiOLEALw_wcB&hvadid=325279736058&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9060756&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=10889896968636293764&hvtargid=kwd-611173042770&hydadcr=12394_10657180&keywords=krisda+monk+fruit+sweetener&qid=1639980153&sr=8-2 This is the one I use, its a blend of erythritol and monk fruit and as you can see on the back it says that the sweetness is of equal proportion to actual sugar, which is pretty accurate IME. You can probably find something similar in the organic/natural section of your supermarket or something.

My 40 hour fast cured my brain fog and anger issues. Might have done something.

Do you have a problem with sugar alcohols? You can easily cut out refined sugar by switching to monk fruit/erythritol or some blend of the two, that's my favorite at least. It's very similar to actual sugar.

True, that's very insightful, thanks