Mental Health & The Election

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HeelingAg said:
If you’re a fan of a historically moribund franchise the grace period must be longer. I’m a Mavs and I’m still content, 13 years later.
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That Mavs 2011 title has to be one of the most satisfying championships ever won considering the context of the Mavs previous shortcomings and the amount of talented teams/players they had to go through to win it.

If I were a fan I would probably still be riding the high too.
 
UNCatTech said:
Wow, @Centerpiece that's hard to read. empathize with the struggle and I hope that things improve.

I don't know the story, but I hope that your mother is now found, I couldn't imagine the impact of dealing with the aftermath of the hurricane, trying to rebuild some normalcy in life and having a burden like that to shoulder.

I understand the trump thing, I will be so glad when this election is over. I just hope that he looses and moves on and the cult disbands. But I've had to really cut back because this bothers me also and I have few people to discuss with outside of this board, my wife, and a couple of trusted friend. That in itself makes it hard. I see you have a good wife, I hope you have some others that you can confide in.

I wish you the best and hope that things are moving the right direction and that you can move past some of these challenges.
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Thanks. Wife is much better human than I am. Yes, I do have a nice lot of friends in which to commiserate. Finally got in touch with mom. All's well. She was just dealing with that no power, no water, no communication thing for that week to 10 days (more in Asheville area where she is). It's a mess up here, Swannanoa, Chimney Rock, Spruce Pine, Burnsville, Erwin,TN., Hot Springs, Morganton and Old Fort... more... Life won't be the same for a lot of folks.

There's an older, Interim Episcopal Priest I'm familiar with who lives in the Bakersville/Burnsville area. He left to another State before the storm hit. Staying with relatives. But there is no home/house to come home to. The house, on hill, and 2 cars were washed away, as was the road up to the house. The side of the hill itself is gone.

I'm sure you've seen the photos... Chimney Rock... it's like that everywhere there is a stream, creek, pond, lake, river... "bottom land" they call it.

And let's not talk about the downed trees/power-lines, Oof!
 
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nycfan said:
I have worked in an incredibly high stress job for over 25 years now. So I sort of thrive in a high stress environment by consuming as much available data as I can, pretty much non-stop. I am senior/old/in demand enough that I rarely pull all-nighters or go 48+ hours without sleep anymore, but I still am essentially on call 24/7. I do work to 10 or 11 and then get up at 3 am to check status or do calls overseas or whatever, but I delegate to associates in the gaps and get sleep. And the all-night pressure is not the same now as it was even 5 years ago.

As others here may tell you, being a Big Law transactional lawyer is not considered a healthy lifestyle choice, but I am who I am at this point.

Often (during business hours especially) I drop links and data here without comment b/c I don’t have time to analyze or respond, I’m kind of aggregating news as I do issue-spotting and counting on your responses to digest it for me by the time ai have capacity to read/respond to your reactions.

I just don’t want to poison you all with my high stress processing framework., though. Today, I’m feeling very guilty about that.
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I had a feeling... and I get it.

"I’m kind of aggregating news as I do issue-spotting and counting on your responses to digest it for me by the time I have capacity to read/respond to your reactions."
 
Centerpiece said:
Thanks. Wife is much better human than I am. Yes, I do have a nice lot of friends in which to commiserate. Finally got in touch with mom. All's well. She was just dealing with that no power, no water, no communication thing for that week to 10 days (more in Asheville area where she is). It's a mess up here, Swannanoa, Chimney Rock, Spruce Pine, Burnsville, Erwin,TN., Hot Springs, Morganton and Old Fort... more... Life won't be the same for a lot of folks.

There's an older, Interim Episcopal Priest I'm familiar with who lives in the Bakersville/Burnsville area. He left to another State before the storm hit. Staying with relatives. But there is no home/house to come home to. The house, on hill, and 2 cars were washed away, as was the road up to the house. The side of the hill itself is gone.

I'm sure you've seen the photos... Chimney Rock... it's like that everywhere there is a stream, creek, pond, lake, river... "bottom land" they call it.

And let's not talk about the downed trees/power-lines, Oof!
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I'm happy to hear some positives, though I know it will take some time for that area to recover.

My wife is a much better human than I am also. She's helped me so much over the years.
 
nycfan said:
I have worked in an incredibly high stress job for over 25 years now. So I sort of thrive in a high stress environment by consuming as much available data as I can, pretty much non-stop. I am senior/old/in demand enough that I rarely pull all-nighters or go 48+ hours without sleep anymore, but I still am essentially on call 24/7. I do work to 10 or 11 and then get up at 3 am to check status or do calls overseas or whatever, but I delegate to associates in the gaps and get sleep. And the all-night pressure is not the same now as it was even 5 years ago.

As others here may tell you, being a Big Law transactional lawyer is not considered a healthy lifestyle choice, but I am who I am at this point.

Often (during business hours especially) I drop links and data here without comment b/c I don’t have time to analyze or respond, I’m kind of aggregating news as I do issue-spotting and counting on your responses to digest it for me by the time ai have capacity to read/respond to your reactions.

I just don’t want to poison you all with my high stress processing framework., though. Today, I’m feeling very guilty about that.
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I thank you for providing so much information. It often leads me to the articles and information, saving me time searching.
 
Paine said:
Agree. I appreciate nycfan for dropping polls here precisely so I don’t have to use Twitter. It’s a cesspool.
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I like one thing about twitter. It will let you block ads.

I block all ads on twitter because I want them to go elsewhere so twitter will collapse.

I have not other social media, but I'm going to join some just for the connections. I get tired of going to art festivals and people want you to follow them on Facebook, but I don't have an account.

But I can't post or debate there, I know my limits.
 
HeelingAg said:
Well, that greatly depends.

I fucking hate the sativa experience. I’m not here for the wired munchies and alternating hyper-focus and flitting about. Drugs are a comedown for my purposes, and unless I want a mind expansion experience (mushrooms 2-3x/yr), their purpose is to help me melt into the couch or bed.
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I really prefer the mind expansion experience, but I've not done any of those in probably 28 years either. I'm not sure my old ass could handle it now.
 
UNCatTech said:
I really prefer the mind expansion experience, but I've not done any of those in probably 28 years either. I'm not sure my old ass could handle it now.
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My preference out of it all is the mushroom experience. However, they aren’t as readily available, so with that factored, my issue with chronic muscle spasms favors indica.
 
UNCatTech said:
I really prefer the mind expansion experience, but I've not done any of those in probably 28 years either. I'm not sure my old ass could handle it now.
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I did quite a bit of LSD back in the 70s

Had many wonderful trips but some very rough ones, as well.

I'm about to turn 73 and there is no way I will chance another trip in this current environment, and at this point I don't need to expand my mind; I need to protect my mind from deteriorating into mush 😎
 
heelinhell said:
I did quite a bit of LSD back in the 70s

Had many wonderful trips but some very rough ones, as well.

I'm about to turn 73 and there is no way I will chance another trip in this current environment, and at this point I don't need to expand my mind; I need to protect my mind from deteriorating into mush 😎
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I'm pretty much of your age (73 in March) and have a similar history with LSD and related drugs. I'd probably try it again. My mind's already mush so I don't have to worry about the risk.
 
My life improved dramatically when i stopped looking at the polling thread a couple of weeks ago. I think polling is somewhat busted in this day and age in addition to it being used as a weapon to depress turnout.

Let the campaigns worry about the polls; Jane and Joe voter don't need that information.
 
The closer we get the more I lose hope in not only this election, but the future of our country. I feel like I'm living in an episode of the Twilight Zone. It shouldn't be this close. Are we really that fucking stupid? I feel bad for my kids because this shit is only going to get worse as the years go by. If you told me right now that I could have GWB back in office in order to keep Trump out I would take it. In other news I'm drinking way more bourbon than I normally do.
 
heelinhell said:
I did quite a bit of LSD back in the 70s

Had many wonderful trips but some very rough ones, as well.

I'm about to turn 73 and there is no way I will chance another trip in this current environment, and at this point I don't need to expand my mind; I need to protect my mind from deteriorating into mush 😎
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finesse said:
I'm pretty much of your age (73 in March) and have a similar history with LSD and related drugs. I'd probably try it again. My mind's already mush so I don't have to worry about the risk.
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I'm right there with y'all. No desire to drop acid these days. Too much unknown about the supply for one thing. Did do some shrooms a few months ago. Same person has been growing them for 40 yrs or so. They are always pleasant.
 
Sources can't be more dubious than they were in the early 70s Not just "Don't take the brown acid' at Woodstock but first hand experience speaking. There was once I got some acid so laced with strychnine that it almost bent me backwards. Took me 3 Valiums and a sixpack to crash out of it. One of two nights that I ever lost some memories from. Apparently, I didn't do anything too foolish but I had some weird dreams.
 
I want to try DMT, but I wouldn't even know where to find it. It's not like the local weed guy is flush with the spirit molecule.
 
I'm 53. At some point around 50, my body was like "nope" and any kind of cannabinoids just make me want to go to sleep. No euphoria/high, no nothing. Previously I loved doing it as an aid for anxiety/stress (or as a young person, just for expanding my mind or listening to The Doors or whatever). Sativa, indica - didn't seem to matter. All of the above makes me sleeeeeepppyyy now. Psilocybin too - what a gyp. Did acid once and although it was a fascinating and memorable experience, I didn't like the idea of not being in control and feared doing it again in case it ended up being a bad trip.
 
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