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  • It was an additional point, noone brought it up before I mentioned it.

    I am saying a lot of focus goes on putting in work and not as much into what’s being worked towards.

    People should seek treatment if they think it will helpthemz, I wasnt saying otherwise. Therapy can be hit or miss though so saying that like its just a simple thing is a problem in its own.

    There are many moving parts to this type of thing, and searching for a single monolithic solution is not helping. The more tools people have the better, and one of them is moderating expectation of quality of life to a reasonable level.




  • I think the part people leave out is that not everyone has the same goal. Most describe it as being “happy”, but never consider whether thats even possible to be happy nearly all the time.

    The flaw there as I see it is that humans seem to always return to some sort of baseline emotional state, but this state is not happiness. Happiness is the spikes up while sadness are the spikes down, but given enough time it always comes back to baseline.

    Thats why you can find really extreme examples of happiness. Some of the time I spent in jail were truly happy times, which really confused me at the time. On the other side you might see people become depressed during or after achieving their goals.

    In my opinion, having the wrong expectations for how you should feel and for how long, can turn small curable problems into consuming destructive problems.

    It should be: time plus perspective heals all wounds.


  • Thats fair, there might be a better solution though if thats a reliable enough problem. At least you’d feel more secure you wouldnt oversleep.

    For me routine seems to do it, I wake up the same time anyways, but if I miss too much sleep I have overslept before out of exhaustion.

    But if that didnt work, theres got to be a loud enough alarm thats hard enough to disable to guarantee I wake up. At least wake up long enough to realize how exhausted you are and maybe call off work or something.

    My sister had an ultra loud alarm when she was a kid but she slept through that too. I think you can get an alarm that vibrates or use your phone with a puzzle lock or something.

    Sleep is important, its a worthwhile thing to do well.



  • Sort of. Its very expensive if someone else doesnt pay for it. CVS quoted me 350$ for a single dose inhaler.

    It is true that its not hard to get if you go to places that offer help, but if I’m hiding an addiction from my family, I’m not stopping by the local methadone clinic for a box of naloxone.

    As for marijuana legalization, its made a huge difference. Its one of the best comfort medications for handling minor opiate withdrawal, as it takes the place of maybe 5 or so other comfort medications that are often prescribed together.

    It can’t be abused the same way opiates can be, it has a ceiling affect and is not dangerous to the user immediately. On top of that, before it was legal, methadone clinics would either restrict their patients who used, or kick them out. Now, they see the drug test show marijuana and just don’t care.

    Thats mainly from the perspective of a drug addict. A drug naive person maybe is more likely to go to a dispensary and be happy with that rather than chase street highs.






  • That part about being afraid youll oversleep is also anxiety.

    Anxiety prevents sleep, general advice is to have a routine that calms you down.

    My thing is just somehow convincing myself theres nothing to be anxious about. It really helps though if you can handle whatever might happen as a result.

    Last time I couldn’t sleep like that it was because I had sentencing in the morning and I didnt think I could handle prison. Luckily I didnt have to go.