Mental Health & The Election

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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 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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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.
 
Heh, I took a week break from this board as a palate cleanser. Helps a lot.

The trick (for me at least) is be able to disengage from the media while not disengaging from the politics (i.e. continuing to do volunteer work to rally democrats).

They WANT you to disengage completely, that is the 100% the end game. They want and need you on the sidelines watching with apathy and disgust, feeling powerless.

But it's 1000% OK to pull the plug on the media (including this board) from time to time. Don't worry, you won't miss anything, the same basic threat to American democracy will be there, There's really nothing new in the latest Trump tweetstorm vileness that is going to change the fundamental underlying facts on the ground. We all know pretty much where we stand now. Media at this point is entirely optional.

With that being said, activism and volunteer work is not optional, It's your duty as a patriotic American. Many have been called and answered the call to sacrifice much more (i.e. their lives) for causes less important the the fight we are in now (e.g. GWB's Middle East Adventurism). We are fighting to save American democracy, no more, no less.

I don't know about you, but one single truly effective destressor and form of self care for me is to do the work. Volunteer. Control what I can control. Go into this knowing that when called, I actually did something. Not much, not as much as is needed, or as much as "humanly possible", but something dammit. Something more than bitch on a message board, something in the real world.

And, for me at least, it's that taking real world action that is the thing that unclentches the little ball of fear in my belly just a little bit. If you're struggling with anxiety about this election, my advice is unplug the media, and get out in the real world and take action. Action is medicine (in this case).
 
Man, I’m starting to think I’ve missed out! I’m approaching mid 30s and to this day in my life I have never taken a single drug, not even marijuana or nicotine, not one time. Y’all are giving me some FOMO
 
CFordUNC said:
Man, I’m starting to think I’ve missed out! I’m approaching mid 30s and to this day in my life I have never taken a single drug, not even marijuana or nicotine, not one time. Y’all are giving me some FOMO
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Same and I'm almost a decade older than you. Might need to get some recs on this thread 😂
 
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