I recently got sick and decided to play through ff2 (iv). I’ve owned it since I was a kid but never beat it.

I finished it in less than 24 real world hours.

I was astonished at the difference being an adult makes with regard to gaming.

We’re simultaneously the horse and the rider. We’re centaurs, lol. It would be like if centaurs invented cars. They could still run for fun or for exercise, but at some point they have to accept the car is better at certain things.

A reduction in economic opportunity will naturally be met with declining birthrates which we’re already seeing. People who aren’t thriving don’t want to have children. I don’t expect that to change, I expect it to accelerate as automation reduces opportunity further and further.

You don’t need genocide, you just need to wait 80 years.

I’m just glad Florida is “gator” and not “Florida man”.

#! or bust

Unpopular opinion, but a great way to treat many neurological conditions is a ketogenic diet. It works great with intermittent fasting/time restricted eating.

Low budget carnivore is very cheap and surprisingly healthy. It’s also guaranteed to be ketogenic and it’s easy to prepare the food.

The ketones that your body produces have a protective effect in your neurons that can help them recover if they are being damaged by inflammation or a host of other things.

Childhood trauma is highly correlated with a host of digestive and inflammatory conditions. So if you had any trauma growing up, it’s even more likely.

If you’re unwilling to change your diet, intense resistance training (weight lifting) and sleep hygiene are also huge.

I personally recommend looking into free lifting programs that are simple like stronglifts 5x5. Melatonin for sleep (start very low dosage and adjust up if it doesn’t work - stop after a week and see if you still need it). Also Sam Harris’s meditation app which is free if you email and ask for access because you’re struggling financially. Meditation is great on it’s own but it will also help with sleep.

I wouldn’t worry too much about the label, just focus on your symptoms. Impulse issues, restlessness, difficulty relaxing, difficulty falling/staying asleep. Emotional regulation issues. Unsafe decisions. Etc.