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What Is Medication Rehabilitation?

Medication rehab is a kind of treatment designed to aid people overcome their substance dependency. This type of therapy is normally referred to as a "biopsychosocial" approach to recuperation, implying that it addresses all of the underlying root causes of a person's addiction in order to give them the devices they require for a full recuperation. Learn more about Drug Rehab New Jersey, go here. There are various sorts of medication rehab, but each is focused on dealing with the demands of a specific customer. One of the most common types are inpatient, domestic and outpatient. Inpatient or household drug rehab is the most extensive and also generally used kind of therapy. Find out for further details on Outpatient Drug Rehab right here. This type of treatment is best for individuals who have an extreme and persistent alcohol or drug dependency or those who are dealing with co-occurring psychological wellness conditions. This type of treatment also assists to avoid regression by giving 24/7 look after the individual. Normally, these programs last from one week to several months, however some might be a lot more long-lasting. These longer-term treatment programs are commonly described as step-down or proceeding care programs, and they give customers with additional treatment and assistance services after an inpatient stay. When searching for a medication rehab, you will require to take into consideration a variety of variables such as the sort of facility, how much time the program lasts and also the costs entailed. This will certainly aid you choose if the program is ideal for your requirements. A great rehabilitation center will be found in a safe and also comfortable setting, with sufficient amenities for comfort as well as leisure. This will also make it much easier for patients to focus on their healing process. Your counselors will have the ability to analyze your requirements as well as recommend a strategy for your therapy. They will certainly function to determine your motivation for change as well as establish a plan to aid you continue to be sober after you leave rehab. Counselors will additionally instruct you regarding coping abilities for taking care of tension and other problems that may have caused your addiction in the past. These abilities will certainly include self-care habits like workout, meditation as well as mindfulness. They will likewise teach you concerning establishing as well as completing goals to keep you on the right track in your recuperation. Inpatient or household medication rehabilitation may be your only option if you can not manage outpatient or continuing care or if your substance abuse is causing severe clinical problems. This kind of rehab likewise offers you the possibility to obtain specialist clinical aid for withdrawal signs. During the detoxification procedure, doctors and also registered nurses at the rehabilitation will certainly function closely with you to ensure you are as safe as feasible. They may suggest medicines that minimize the strength of your withdrawal signs and symptoms. Rehabilitation centers will also educate you regarding healthy and balanced way of life behaviors that can aid you to remain sober, including preventing temptation and also using regression prevention methods. These methods will certainly vary from one person to another, however they are vital to maintaining you on the path to healing. The very best medication rehab facilities are ones that have a tested record helpful people to recover from their dependencies. They will certainly give a silent, peaceful setting for individuals to concentrate on their recovery as well as reintegration into the area. They will likewise have a solid partnership with multiple insurance provider to aid cover several of the costs of your therapy. Please click this link https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rehab-substance-abuse-treatment-insurance_n_5d9e148ce4b02c9da043200d for more info.

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Past Life Regression Therapy is a technique in which the therapist uses hypnosis to regress the patient to a time in their past life.

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ohhh, can i ask why you personally don’t want to do therapy? not as a scrutinizing question but more of a “oh. i’ve never encountered a person who actively chose not to do therapy” because i’m really super curious!! but also, if it’s too intimate, pls feel free to just ignore this ask :))

i don't find that contemporary therapy practices, at least at the level which i can afford in the area where i currently am, serve the mental health issues that i have and what i've experienced in my past. therapy is subject to trends, like anything else. the current trend in therapy is one that has actively harmed my mental health and caused me to regress, dissociate, or worse when i've tried to access mental health services. i also find that most therapists who are available to me are not equipped to deal with the type of trauma and comorbidities that i have.

there's also, obviously, financial barriers. most free or low-cost therapy options are coming from people who specialize in cognitive behaviour therapy, which unilaterally does not work for me. cbt treats symptoms of mental illness in order to rehabilitate people who are "sick" so they can function at a level deemed "normal." it does not treat the underlying cause of the symptoms of mental health issues, and when ive done cbt i have ended up regressing hugely and wound up worse off than i was before. i thought maybe i was just doing it "wrong" for years and i was the problem, but i became friends with someone who has a similar traumatic background to me and discovered they also found that cbt did not work for them.

this isn't a choice that i would recommend to anyone, but for me personally being able to allow myself to not prioritize therapy and not play into a feedback loop of guilt and inadequacy- the idea that im not "doing enough" to "fix" a "problem" with my brain- has been hugely empowering. im saying that with caution because i dont want impressionable young people to take this and run with it. if i had the choice, i would be in therapy. and someday, when i have the financial means and access to the therapy that is right for me, i will absolutely pursue it. but we live in a wellness based culture that has simultaneously given everyone the tools they need for diagnosis, while also having coopted mental health into the same arena as fitness, thinness, and diet culture. if you're not actively try to make your brain work better or run faster, then you're lazy. if you're doing what should work to make your brain run faster and its not helping, then that's a problem with you and not with the help you're getting or the industry that's giving it to you. im very critical of how mental health is dealt with, and a lot moreso now that i've engaged in practical training in psychotherapy and spiritual care.

that being said, and this is very important: when my mental health was at its worst, when i was actively suicidal and experiencing extremes of manic depression, i was in therapy because i couldn't cope with it on my own. me deciding that i didnt want to therapy coincided with me recovering from serious issues with mental health and having numerous live changes that allowed me to be safe and stable- i left a very bad job, stopped talking to dysfunctional people, left abusive relationships, and reoriented my life path to one where i felt content and like i was fulfilling my purpose. not being in therapy only worked once the outside factors of my environment were as good as i could get them. if you are in crisis or feel like you may hurt yourself, you should absolutely not hesitate to seek help and not use me as an example in any way whatsoever, except in terms of being critical of the type of therapy you are getting and not being afraid to decide something is wrong for you if it feels like its not helping. you are allowed to decide that something doesn't feel right for you.

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Ted Lasso 2x10 thoughts

GOOD GOD.

“No Weddings and a Funeral” is like being hungover but also coming out of a hangover. Having a terrible cold but also feeling better and appreciating every breath that comes through your nose. Embarking on an organizational project and accidentally falling into a photo album and crying about the pictures and organizing almost nothing tangible but making a few things more clear in your brain.

So much of this episode is about the AWFUL POINTLESSNESS OF DECORUM. How loud is too loud when you’re drinking stolen wine and shrieking about sex in a church right before your father’s funeral? How should you feel--thirty years later, as an accommodating, anger-averse person--about having been too angry to attend the funeral for your father who killed himself? What expression should you make when you show up really late to a different funeral? Why must you wear uncomfortable shoes just because someone died? What happens in your mind between standing up to give a eulogy for a man you’re still angry with and choosing to Rick Roll your mom and everyone else as an act of complicated love, humiliatingly incomplete until someone else starts to sing? Should you worry about your therapist seeing your normally tidy flat in a full-on state of depression mess? Is it okay to be offended that your boyfriend is so uncomfortable about death that he can’t stop making morbid jokes? Should you care about other people caring that you’re crunching an apple in church or squealing with joy to be reunited with a friend you’ve not seen in awhile? Are you obligated to explain your behavior if your kid doesn’t understand how you could stay with someone unfaithful? How far behind the counter should you sink when your [undefined relationship person]’s mother has just let you know she can see your dick through your underwear? Is a funeral reception an okay place to find a hookup? Is a funeral reception a decent spot for a break-up? Is a funeral reception a good time for a love confession when you know the person you’re confessing to is happy with someone else? And who do you make eye contact with when you can’t look directly at the person asking you if you’re okay when there’s so, so much about you she doesn’t know yet? Even if--for this tiny little moment within a vast swath of many okay and not-okay moments--you’re honest when you tell her that you are?

I fucking adored this episode because it answers all these questions very simply: Show up. Show up for yourself. Show up for your friends. Try not to harm yourself. Try not to harm your friends.

I love that this episode is about the messiness of adulthood and the things we bring with us from childhood and that it takes place partially in Rebecca’s childhood bedroom, and in Ted’s childhood memories. Dwelling in those places (whether physically or mentally) isn’t an automatic recipe for regression, but it does get everyone closer to the things that made them who they are, to the unresolved and half-buried parts of them that still make them tick today.

Forever obsessed with every single detail about Rebecca’s childhood bedroom.

Forever obsessed with Deborah’s decision to Rick Roll herself every single morning of her life.

Forever obsessed with Rebecca’s decision to Rick Roll her father’s funeral as a way to not have to make up a single word about her father and to do something very vulnerable and kind for herself and her mother and everyone.

Forever obsessed with Ted’s decision to Rick Roll Rebecca Rick Rolling her father’s funeral.

Forever obsessed with an entire found family backing it up.

I love that it is Isaac’s leadership that ensures every single member of the team attends the service for Paul.

I am very, very interested in Jamie’s love confession to Keeley because I do think it will spark some reflection in Keeley but I do not think it’ll go the cliched love triangle route.

Each scene with Rebecca and Sam struck (for me, a human being sharing a subjective perspective on the internet) the tender-awkward-beautiful-stressful chord I was hoping it would. I think it’s wonderful that Sam is honest with Rebecca about how difficult it is to keep their relationship a secret, and I love that Rebecca has a million mostly-unarticulated reasons for why she’d much prefer the secret to continue. I like that Sassy, Keeley, and Nora respond to the revelation as friends; they might be tempering their judgments in part because they’ve all gathered to bury Rebecca’s dad, but I don’t think their reactions would’ve been that different even on a happier occasion.

While there are a million and one different reasons why a continued relationship between Rebecca and Sam could cause serious ethical problems, I really love that when people share big news on this show, the people who care about them generally react by trying to see why the person is doing what they’re doing. Doesn’t mean they shouldn’t also hold each other accountable, but in my book it’s OK that Keeley’s first reaction was to feel happy that her friend is having some fun.

Also everyone has been making weird judgment calls this season, and this episode felt like a moment of real breakthroughs in terms of people telling the truth about things that happened to them and leaving themselves open to honest responses from others.

September 13, 1991. It’s so tenderly, beautifully, overwhelmingly meaningful that there’s still so much Ted and Rebecca don’t know about the things they have in common in these parallel lives they’re leading. The scene between Sarah Niles and Jason Sudeikis is so beautifully acted, and so is the scene between Hannah Waddingham and Harriet Walter. The way they intertwine to communicate that Ted and Rebecca basically lost the ability to trust their fathers simultaneously, from an ocean away? In the hands of lesser storytellers, it would feel too perfect a mirroring, but here it feels heartbreakingly imperfect. All the things they still don’t know. All the questions they try to ask each other. All the things they don’t dare ask yet. And then the storytellers are holding a candle up to all of it and letting the audience bask in the glow of this connection even if Ted and Rebecca can’t fully understand it yet.

I am so proud that Rebecca and Deborah were able to embark on the beginnings of a conversation about the ways Deborah and Paul’s relationship might have resembled or not resembled Rebecca and Rupert’s. It feels possible that they could get to a point where Rebecca truly internalizes her mother’s pride that she broke a cycle by leaving Rupert, and could maybe even understand why her mother made the choices she made. I love that in the final scene, they’re still relying on their old mother-daughter conversational patterns—the frustrations, the snippy shorthand, the passive-aggression. Mothers and daughters!

I am also proud that Ted—albeit via a joke about Sharon charging him for the house call—indicates that he understands the value of Sharon’s work. He’s changed a lot, all in realistic ways for someone who loves learning and really does want to meet people where they are and appreciate them. I’m very moved that instead of putting himself in a real harmful situation by showing up to the funeral on time at any cost, he did what he needed to do to take care of himself and accept care from someone else. And then Sharon’s suggestion that he think about things he loved about his father? And the way he’s able to share a positive memory of Rebecca’s own father at a time when she really needed it? Gosh.

Awkward, undecorous transition from 1991 to present-day incoming...but SASSY! She’s just, like, a whirling dervish of loyal friendship and not giving a fuck and penis size discussions and being casually, delightfully cruel to Rupert, who so deserves it. Rebecca was going on a real face journey when Sassy goes off with Ted at the end, and I’m sort of *eyes emoji* about all of that, but I continue to feel like Sassy is the most imperfectly wonderful friend-from-the-past kind of person and I love everything she and Nora get to do in this episode.

Keeley saying “That baby is whack” might be my favorite line in the episode? Maybe the whole show? Not really but really.

FUCK YOU, RUPERT. Bex and Diane, y’all are fine. And I truly feel for Nate...whatever scheme he’s getting suckered into. Whatever insecurity Rupert is preying on. I want Nate to go to therapy, too.

I feel like it was an unpopular opinion at the time, but I loved Rebecca’s 2x1 revelation about vulnerability and fear of getting hurt and needing to let someone love her. Sassy doesn’t always word things in the most nuanced way, but I think there’s a real possibility that she did ask Rebecca to really consider what it means to feel either safe or unsafe with a person but to know that in either circumstance, that person could end up causing her pain. Standing in that closet with Sam, managing to make it clear that she’s not asking for a break because she knows he will hurt her but because she has to figure out how to be with a wonderful person who could cause her pain...the growth, man. Makes me emotional.

I emerged from this episode feeling, of course, stunned by all the amazing parallels and revelations and beautiful acting and Rick Rolls and just, everything. I also emerged feeling sad/raw/tender because messiness and decorum and growth and coping mechanisms and death and dramatic irony and not knowing things about people and not knowing what you don’t know...it’s a sad, raw, tender place to be.

To quote a guy who got a whole sitcom (lol) named after him, life is real hard.

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My personal connection with Taylor’s discography, part three: Evermore

Basically this is just a series I’m doing where I write down my feelings on what each of the Taylor songs means to me personally. Part one was my relationship with It’s Time To Go, which you can find here and part two was Right Where You Left Me which you can find here.

Before we get started I want to give a quick trigger warning that this particular post is going to talk about sexual violence, suicidality, and revenge porn, so please keep that in mind if you’re someone with a history of those topics.

Anyway, with that being said, this is how I personally relate to this song.

Evermore

As a whole, this song feels like a recollection of all of my darkest times as well as a reminder that even though it felt like those moments would define the rest of my life, I have reached a point where they no longer do. It is also a good reminder that timing and love are such important aspects in life and sometimes you have to trust and rely on them to get you through the rough times, even when there’s no solid evidence that it will work out, because that’s all you have.

Gray November, I've been down since July

2011 was an absolute shitshow for me. It was my final year of high school (year 10 where I live) and two of my closest friends had just moved across the country. Likewise, I had two friends die in the space of a month, one from a brain tumor and one from a suicide that I witnessed. And to top it all off, it was when my family issues really started ramping up. Just when I thought that I was moving forward and starting to recover and find my footing from all of that, July 3rd happened. In short, on July 3rd, I non-consensually lost my virginity, a concept that was very important to me at the time as a Christian teen, to multiple men. As a result, I spent the next year and a half in a depressive and suicidal state over the events of that night and regressing the progress I had made from the other bad things that had happened in 2011.

Motion capture put me in a bad light

A few weeks after the events of July 3, I had found out that those events had been filmed and distributed on porn websites. It took almost a year and a bunch of legal action to get it down and I remember going to school each day in fear that one of the boys were going to announce that they watched it, or worse yet, I would be called to the psychologist’s office because one of the teachers had seen it, and the one area that I could be “my usual self” was going to be taken away from me.

I replay my footsteps on each stepping stone trying to find the one where I went wrong. Writing letters addressed to the fire

This line feels very reminiscent of my relationship with my Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in general to be honest. Like through triggers, nightmares and just general feelings of not being able to move past it, I was forced to consistently revisit both the trauma of my friend’s suicide and the gang rape. As a result, I used writing, both fictional and not, as a mechanism to discover and express my emotions and try to figure out how a “good girl” (yes I did have a lot of internalised misogyny issues at the time before someone says it) had gotten herself in that position. At the end of the day, all of the pieces I wrote ended up as unsaved drafts on my first laptop, but it was a very therapeutic and “healthy” way to figure out what had happened and how I felt.

And I was catching my breath staring out an open window catching my death

The events of July 3 made me agoraphobic to the point of not leaving my house for the remainder of the holidays I had and only leaving when I did because my parents forced me to go back to school. It took another two years to feel comfortable outside my home and to this day, certain environments (loud places, night times etc) still make me very anxious. It genuinely felt like I was going to die in that room, and though unhealthy, feeling the icy cold breeze of Winter nights on my skin was the beginning of my deliberately unhealthy habits as it felt like the only time I felt anything at all. This later translated into actions like excessive drug/alcohol use, self harm and forming bonds with people I know weren’t good for me so it also reminds me of sticking my head out of car windows if I’m honest.

And I couldn't be sure I had a feeling so peculiar that this pain would be for evermore

This is pretty self explanatory. At the time it really did feel as if that pain was all there was of my life anymore, and as a result, I almost ended my life at seventeen.

Hey December, guess I'm feeling unmoored. Can't remember what I used to fight for

Moving forward in my life, this line reminds me of the destruction of my family. Yeah, yeah, it always comes back to this I know. A warning for anyone who is already sick of me talking about my family in these posts, all up there are 39 songs in Taylor’s current discography that remind me of them so it’s going to be a very common theme and you should leave now if it bugs you. But as I was saying, this line basically encompasses what I feel about that whole situation and the damage it did now. Like there’s this part of me that feels like I don’t have a good, stable place in my current reality and just feel disconnected because like fighting to keep us together was literally 23 years of my life and now it’s just not because things didn’t work out. And because things didn’t work out and somehow (barring my mother) everyone is surviving just fine from what it seems, it just feels like that fight was not worth it and I can’t see why I stood my ground for so long anymore. 

 I rewind the tape but all it does is pause on the very moment all was lost

Despite knowing the signs of my family falling apart were present long before we fell apart in 2015, and certainly more before I accepted it in 2017, it is still impossible for me to comprehend that. All I can think about is that moment when it hit me that I was going to have a future without a family of any kind. Like none of the signs leading up to that live rent free in my mind in the way my father’s last words to me and the devastating realisation that I had been delusional for ever thinking things would work out does.

Sending signals to be double crossed

Basically just a reminder that my family fell apart not because I didn’t try hard enough or didn’t voice myself enough, it was because those signals weren’t received because the people who were meant to receive them didn’t want to and sent them out into the abyss in order to fulfil their objecting desires.

And I was catching my breath, barefoot in the wildest winter catching my death and I couldn't be sure, I had a feeling so peculiar that this pain would be for evermore

When I cut off my father in late 2017 after accepting him, my sister nor extended family wanted to reunite with my mother, brother or I as a family, I was in a moment of time where I didn’t have time to fall apart. I was in the middle of a university semester, dealing with a manipulative acquaintance tearing apart one of my friendships, and dealing with my mother’s far more concerning suicidality. But as a result of continuously trying to fake it til I made it, I fell apart and 2018 led to almost a full year of me feeling as suicidal as I had in 2011. And while I was now better equip to deal with that thanks to therapy, there was definitely an overarching feeling of “well if I can ‘recover’ and feel great just for this to come back years later, what’s the point of getting better? I’m never going to recover from this” for the better part of the year.

Can't not think of all the cost and the things that will be lost. Oh, can we just get a pause? To be certain we'll be tall again

After my family fell apart in 2015, nearly every moment of my time was dedicated to three things; my mother’s mental illnesses, working to make sure we didn’t become homeless and my university degree. As a result of that and issues my partner had to overcome, the relationship fell through, But as part of that, we ended up meeting up a few months after and discussing the idea of getting back together. However, while there was nothing more that I wanted at the time, realistically I knew that it wasn’t the time. The same issues were still occurring and unlikely to change in the short run and I knew deep down we’d end up resenting each other if we went head first back into a romantic relationship without resolving those issues. And quite frankly, after everything I had lost, I felt like I couldn’t lose him too. So I asked him to wait to give us our best chance at a future together.

Whether weather be the frost or the violence of the dog days. I'm on waves, out being tossed. Is there a line that I could just go cross?

There are two scenarios I think of when considering this line. 

Following the above, the first I feel like this was pretty much how my partner felt after my family fell apart. He was suddenly thrown into a rough (potentially triggering considering he lost his family too in his childhood) situation where he was barring the grunt of my reaction to the situation without any type of benefit given I wasn’t even spending any time with him or considering his feelings because I was so wrapped up in my own. And in that, he was just trying to find a point where he could help me and our relationship would be on good terms.

And then, again, it feels like 2018 for me personally over again. Like I spent every day feeling like I was drowning and just trying to get through to the next and just trying to find that one switch that would make me feel non-suicidal again.

And when I was shipwrecked I thought of you. In the cracks of light I dreamed of you. It was real enough to get me through. I swear, you were there

Throughout 2018, there was nothing physical that I could hold onto to get me through the days. Instead, I had to really lean into my friendships, many of which didn’t live in the same city I did so couldn’t be physically present, and the hope that one day this would all pass and I’d be living my imagined best life with my partner. And it did, and I thank god everyday that it did.

And I was catching my breath, floors of a cabin creaking under my step and I couldn't be sure, I had a feeling so peculiar this pain wouldn't be for evermore

November 2nd, 2018. Perhaps some of you recognise that date as a certain Reputation Sydney show date, as you should. Look, I’m not one for saying music saves lives. I find that far too simplistic and takes away from the effort the person made to save their own life. But my god did that night make me want to save my own life. After almost a full year of feeling suicidal, something clicked in me while watching one of my closest friends (who ironically wasn’t meant to be there, another friend dropped out) screaming out to lyrics to the Long Live/New Year’s Day mashup and 22. And for the first time in a very long time, I felt loved and appreciated to the point where I stopped missing everyone I had been missing and overall just felt happy. It was genuinely as if I had found that switch and from that day have bounced back and not felt anywhere near as terrible as I did in 2018 or 2011. And you know, while those days will probably come back, after defeating them twice, I know that any days like it that are in my future won’t last and ultimately I will be happy.

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Benefits associated with A Healthy Lifestyle

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Here are 6 benefits of a healthy lifestyle.

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With the increased understanding of our systems that we have gained via science over the past few decades, the key benefits of a healthy lifestyle are becoming much more apparent, along with the reasons why we need to detoxify the body at least once 12 months to remove harmful bacteria, and even composting worms, from our digestive system. For folks of all ages, weights, and talents the benefits of a healthy lifestyle tend to be endless. But for now let's take a look at eight simple benefits associated with a healthy lifestyle.

1 . Your overall health:

Good Health is not something that you acquire from a drug store or possibly a department store, but can be achieved by simply practicing collective patterns connected with health-related behavior, based on alternatives made from available options. Following this judgement, if you wish to realize the benefits of a proper lifestyle, you have to repeat a few healthy pattern as a part of your or weekly activities, several patterns like eating appropriate and exercising. Other advantages includes: Reduced health care charges, reduced illness and incidents, reduced doctors visit, Will keep you employed and enhanced employee/employer relations.

2 . Fat:

Managing your weight is the key in order to attaining all of the health benefits of the Healthy Lifestyle. A fat reduction of just 10 percent can significantly reduce risk of coronary disease and other obesity-related illnesses. Obesity/overweight is the second leading surrounding factor to many childhood illnesses such as orthopedic disorders, anti snoring, type II diabetes mellitus, asthma, high blood pressure and cholesterol, skin disorders, emotional along with psychosocial problems (Spigel, 2002), and many more. Weight-bearing exercise for instance walking and strength training will help slow the onset of and prevent osteoporosis and some study shows that participating in such actions can actually build bone solidity and begin to reverse the sickness. Other benefits are: Fat reduction, reduced tension and pressure, improved well-being, Enhanced self-image and self-esteem and increased physical function.

3. Exercising:

Although drugs alone may bring cholesterol down to typical levels, diet and exercise provide rewards that drugs don't. The can lower blood pressure, reduce weight, in addition to lower the risk of developing diabetic. A sedentary lifestyle can be a dangerous risk factor intended for disease. Exercise and a proper diet helps the body use insulin more efficiently and can help manage, alleviate and prevent many conditions. Exercise, cessation of smoking cigarettes consumption, eating a fiber-rich, low-fat diet, controlling weight, and learning to cope with strain, reduce the risk of heart disease.

some. Medical:

We all want a lean and have healthy body for all kinds of aesthetic, social and health care reasons. Healthy living is truly the top medicine. In a study executed by Tufts University with the New England Medical Center, amid patients with cardiovascular disease, a physical exercise program was shown to drastically reduce LDL cholesterol and also other risk factors beyond can be provided by drug therapy. Possibly modest weight loss can help lessen medical and pharmacy costs, support avoid bariatric surgery, as well as co-morbidities such as asthma, high blood pressure, and diabetes.

5. Along with:

Wellness is about being secure in your space: your body, your own attitude, and your environment. A wholesome lifestyle can greatly enhance a person's longevity. And even though hooking something contagious like a frosty or flu is sometimes bound to happen, having the wisdom that experiencing healthy is a better approach to live should have you wanting to know why you are not taking motion to live each day as beneficially as possible. The issue with a wide range of people nowadays is that they are incredibly busy working and/or looking after everyone around them, that they disregard their own health and wellness. Make sure your cardiovascular system is healthy and your bone fragments are strong and Keep the idea that way to see the benefits of a normal lifestyle.

6. Care:

The ultimate way to ensure good health is by caring for yourself. The Care pegs are high but the probable rewards are great-preventing timely death, unnecessary illness, and also disability, controlling health care charge, and maintaining a high quality associated with life into old age. Having a healthy lifestyle, you are you and you don't have to be self conscious about those things that you normally would be if you didn't treasure your lifestyle

7. Control:

Using a healthy lifestyle, you have a lot more control of your life as you help with your body against those elements of living which may work to hold on to you back if you would likely let them. With a healthy way of living, you have control over your current sleep patterns so that you experience generally well rested each day. With a healthy lifestyle, every little thing works together to help various other aspects of your lifestyle make sense along with benefit you. Science possesses proven that healthy weight burning, healthy eating and exercise routines make dramatic changes in health, and help handle common chronic illnesses similar to high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, tension, and general lack of stamina levels.

8. Strength:

Another benefit of your healthy lifestyle is a regular flow of stamina in addition to strength; you can perform routines and exercises that will raise your flexibility. With a healthy way of life, you have a balanced and various diet that provides your body their needed nutrients and electricity as well. You have strength to practice to help build the muscle tissue that supports the our bones and joints; therefore regressing the risk of falls and rupture. Cardiovascular exercise, also known as aerobic exercise, beefs up the heart muscle, therefore improves the heart's efficiency. As we age, each of our bones biologically begin to reduce mass and strength. Weight bearing exercise such as walking as well as strength training helps slow typically the onset of and/or prevent weak bones and some research shows that participating such activities can actually construct bone density and begin to be able to reverse the disease.

The good news is an individual train like an Olympic player to enjoy the benefits of a healthy life-style. The secret and logic are usually repeating a chosen healthy style as a part of your daily or regular activities. We hope that this are certain to get you to a healthy lifestyle otherwise there already. A healthy life style is a way of life.

[jbk405]

I’m spiraling

There’s just so much happening.  Personally, professionally, globally.

My ex is crashing again -- again -- and has reached a point where her therapist has said she can’t help her.  Last night when I didn’t pick up a call from her -- because I was speaking to my father -- she immediately regressed back to calling me continuously over and over until I blocked her number (She got up to 26 calls before she stopped, which I suppose is an improvement over when it used to be close to 100).

Her therapist has said she can’t help her because she wants my ex to go to a treatment center for rehab, which she refuses to do.  Her drinking has progressed to a point where nothing short of actually being in rehab will make any difference, AA meetings and talk therapy simply aren’t going to cut it since she’s drunk pretty much continuously.  The only time in the past two months that I can confidently say she hasn’t been drunk was the week when she was staying at my apartment, because I don’t drink and don’t keep any alcohol.

The reason she was staying at my place was because she is losing her apartment at the end of this month, and she needed to be out for a few days while the landlord came in and painted in preparation.  Since she’s driven away pretty much all of her other friends I was the only person who she could ask.

She showed up at my place depressed and drunk/hungover, but over the course of the week grew progressively better.  I made sure she ate, I made sure she drank water and juices, I helped her find a new apartment, and by the end she was on an upswing.  Coherent and positive.  We even watched all of Avatar throughout the week (The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra).  Last Saturday we went shopping, got her plenty of food and supplies, and she went back to her apartment on Saturday night with a can-do attitude to start packing.

Monday it started all over again.  Not even two days later she was already drinking again, and that’s when her therapist said that without a rehab facility there was nothing more she could do.

I can already tell she’s not going to to pack in time to move by the end of this month.  I’ve told her that I cannot do this for her, I cannot fix her life, but I already know that come next week she’s going to call me and ask me to do it.  And when I tell her that no, I can’t (And won’t) do it for her, she’s going to fall apart.  And she’s going to wind up moving into her new apartment with close to nothing (And her old landlord will probably throw all her stuff out and charge her for it).

She’s not going to change her mind on going to rehab, even though she has admitted that it’s something she does need to do.  She says she can’t afford it, but she has no idea how much it costs and refuses to ask.  She says she can’t afford to lose her job, but she’s working remotely anyway due to the current situation so she could continue to work while there.  There are answers to all of the objections she raises, and afterwards she says “no” again anyway.

It’s just the same thing over and over again.  The same pattern.  The same hugely wild mood swings, the same drinking binges, the same self-loathing and anger and rage.

I’m barely holding my own life together, I can’t hold her together, too.

[anthropologist-on-the-loose]

Some Issues with Johann Hari's Article

When I opened up my news feed this morning and saw an article in the Guardian about depression, I was excited and intrigued. As someone who has major depressive disorder, as a medical student planning on going into the mental health field, and as a clinician, I was hopeful that I would learn about some new therapy, some new resource or insight I could gain or offer to others. Instead I was met with the self-promoting, sensationalized ramblings of disgraced journalist who is dangerously promoting polarizing views of depression, treatment, patients, and the medical community as a whole.

As you can probably already tell, I found Hari’s recent works offensive - on many levels. From the perspective of a medical student, Hari’s “novel” insights were incredibly disappointing. Our social and physical environment has an effect on our mental health? Shocking! Hari presents this insight as if this is some sort of fringe, radical idea rather than the well accepted theory upon which a good portion of treatment for depression is based on today. The biopsychosocial model has been a standard of treatment and teaching in the medical field for decades. Any decent professional acknowledges that this is one of the major complicating factors in treating patients who have major depressive disorder or a major depressive episode. While pills are incredibly easy to prescribe, it is much much harder to control what happens outside the clinic, which is often the major influencing factor in a person’s mental health. Physicians know this, and there is a growing portion of the medical community that places a priority on dealing with the psychosocial part of the biopsychosocial model of medicine. Hence the swelling of interest, over the past decade or so, in the medical community around community involvement and building resilience.

Furthermore, Hari’s comment that the medical community only offers “one option” for treatment of depression is spurious at best. Pharmaceutical intervention may play a role in an individual’s prescribed treatment, but nowhere does it say that it should be the only or even the major portion of the treatment. Ideally, a treatment regimen is a complex combination of multiple different resources, from pyschodynamic or talk therapy to mindfulness activities, and yes, medication. Ideally, treatment regimens should be deeply personal and individualized, decided on by negotiation between the physicians recommendations and the patient’s desires. Of course this is an idealized model and this doesn’t always happen for a multitude of reasons*, but to claim that that patients are offered only one option for therapy (pill-way or the highway?) is a gross misrepresentation.

Hari’s article was also triggering on a personal level. I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder about a year ago, but likely had it from childhood having grown up in a deeply toxic household. When, finally, as an autonomous adult, I started to seek treatment, no one pushed me towards medications. My therapist and my psychiatrist didn’t even mention medication until I myself had reached a point where I felt that life was untenable. At that point, I was willing to try anything. Anything - just so I could get out of bed in the morning and do my school work and pass my exams. Medication was offered to me then and I was hesitant, but I tried it and transformed my life. I am not saying taking antidepressants “cured” me - they didn’t. But they did lift the fog a little to the point that I could do talk therapy and actually have it make an impact. I spent the whole of my childhood in and out of psychologists’ offices, like a revolving door and it made little to no impact on my mental health. In comparison, the strides I have made in the last year with the help of antidepressants have changed my life. I feel like I have a future and even when it feels like the world is in flames around me, I feel I can walk through the fire and survive. It’s not all because of the pills, but they certainly helped kick start my progress.

But from the first day that I started taking antidepressants, there were always people around me who were trying to get me to go off them, despite the improvement they saw in me. Always the constant question and nudge - Can’t you cope without them? Maybe learn new coping strategies? Have you tried yoga? Turmeric? Meditation?

Yes, yes, and yes. I have lived with this problem for 20 years. I coped with my depression for 20 years and never really lived because of it. I am not trying to say that just because antidepressants worked for me, that everyone should use them. But I am worried that my experience of people trying to take away the things that do help me is not unique and the pressure put on vulnerable people seeking treatment to just power through without help (whether pharmaceutical or therapeutic) will turn people away from trying something that may help them. Hari dangerously veers toward this perspective, adding additional pressure on top of the extreme social pressure that treats depression like a personal weakness. Tomorrow, when I go into clinic, I am worried that there will be patients who Hari has convinced to drop their medication. Of course, no patient should take anything they feel uncomfortable with, but it frightens me that I will have to stand to the side and watch people who are slowly getting better regress because some journalist published an irresponsible and highly polarizing account to springboard his own flagging career.

And maybe I am being exceedingly paranoid about Hari’s own reasons for publication, but I can’t help but feel that this is a publicity ploy. From the monolithic, black-and-white, good-and-bad characterizations he makes of the medical community to the way he chose to sensationalize long held and accepted theories to the excessive media campaign and promotional advertising for his book, I can’t help but feel that this is yellow journalism. Hari’s own journalistic integrity has come under suspicion more than once- for plagiarism in the past as well as anonymously editing his critics’ wikipedia pages. Who’s to say this is any different?

And just one final plead. Even if you read my entire monologue and decided that it is just the over bilious nattering of a self-important windbag, please, please DO NOT STOP YOUR MEDICATION COLD TURKEY. You put yourself and you health at considerable risk stopping antidepressants immediately without tapering off. Please go and talk to your doctor (doesn’t need to be psychiatrist, primary care will do) who can help you adjust your medication regimen to your satisfaction.

*Dear G-d, the medical field is so, so far from ideal. Can you believe that it takes 8 months to make an appointment with a psychiatrist in Chicago? And that an initial 50 minute consultation costs about $400, which is likely going to be out of pocket because so many psychiatrists don’t accept insurance? And when you mention this as an ethical problem to psychiatrists they just shrug as if it isn’t in their control to accept insurances (It is. It totally is.). Don’t get me started on physicians not spending enough time with patients to explain their medications and potential side effects so they can make an informed decision, corporate structure in large hospitals, and any one of million things I could rant about.

Please, please read this response. I know it’s long, but it brings up some incredibly important points. 

And yes, PLEASE do not quit any medication cold turkey without consulting a medical doctor. There are so many things that can go wrong if you do.

The rest of this you can ignore if you want, it’s just me blathering

It is relation to this article, which I reblogged earlier today. This is a very important criticism of a topic that is near and dear to me, one where I let my emotions get in the way of my critical thinking.

I did a brief search on the author of the book, Johann Hari, and found that not only is he know for plagiarizing and hack journalism, but he has been open about having issues with drug addiction which makes me suspect that his views on medication in general might be a little biased.

I didn’t realize until a second reading that I had been internally refuting aspects of the article in my head, and how damaging it might be for people who don’t have an intimate knowledge of the medical system, or for those who already distrust it. Sometimes I forget that some of my experiences are not universal.

I’m so glad you took the time to write this, and for your willingness to share your own story.

Thank you so, so much for sending this in.

[beating-bpd]

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this type of stuff but.. I'm thinking of stopping my meds, with the help of my therapist. I feel like i have the wrong diagnosis. The meds arent doing much help but i think theyre messing with my hormones. My breasts have literally deflated, my periods are weird and my sex life is declining. I think i can do okay on my own with just therapy, if i muster up the strength to actally talk abt my trauma. Idk i feel like i need someones permission to stop meds

I can’t tell you what’s best regarding medication, but I can say I would support whatever you decided to do. 

That said, I would definitely suggest you talk to a doctor about possibly changing to a different medication. I’ve been through quite a few that just did not work for me--and one that completely changed my personality and ability to express emotions at all. I finally landed on a good antidepressant that doesn’t work for a lot of people, but it works for me, and in conjunction with therapy, I’m doing really well. 

If you do go off your meds and therapy alone is working, you’re able to manage well, great!! I think that’s the “ideal” for many people because of bad side effects they’ve experienced or simply the cost of medication and doctor visits. But if you are med-free and find you’re struggling more and start feeling like you’ve regressed and think, “maybe it’s just a rough patch and I’ll get through,” talk to your therapist about it and revisit the idea of medication. Sometimes we feel like medication is a crutch and has this stigma that makes us think it’s a weakness to “have” to take the medication (I’m not sure if that’s how you feel or have felt in the past), but it’s absolutely not. If your brain needs a little adjustment for you to be your best you because therapy is great but something still feels stuck, give yourself permission to be on medication. 

Just for anyone who needs it:When I was younger my mom and I prided ourselves on not being on meds, and I cried when I first was prescribed an antidepressant, which looking back, that says a lot. I fought medication, I fought therapy, and I just continued being a mess and unhappy, suicidal, all of that. I gave into medication first and was on various ones for years before I got a great one, and I didn’t do trauma therapy until just a year and a half ago, which was almost 14 years after the events I really needed therapy for. Now that I’ve embraced both, because I personally needed both, I’m doing amazing and I’m really proud of all the progress I’ve made. 

So whether or not medication is right for you, just be safe and make sure you go on or off meds with the continued consultation of a therapist and/or doctor. Be sure to check in with yourself or your mental health/medical professional to see if you’re doing okay. And give yourself permission to change your mind if you realize it’s not working for you. It doesn’t make you weaker to need to use medication or go to therapy--your strength comes from you; those resources just help you see through the fog so you can recognize it. Meds or no meds, I know you’ve got this. 

[awarenesshealing]

Does Past Life Regression Therapy work?

Have you ever wondered about the mysteries of your past life? Do you feel like certain events or emotions from previous lifetimes still affect you today? If so, then Past Life Regression Therapy may be just what you need. This alternative therapy has gained popularity in recent years as a means to explore one’s past lives and resolve any unresolved issues that might be holding them back in their current life. But does it really work? In this blog post, we’ll dive deep into the world of Past Life Regression Therapy and discover whether it’s an effective way to heal old wounds and move forward with clarity and purpose. So buckle up, because we’re about to embark on a fascinating journey through time!

What is Past Life Regression Therapy?

Past Life Regression Therapy (PLRT) is a type of therapy that uses regression to help people access and heal their past lives. PLRT can be used to address a wide range of issues, including trauma, anxiety, phobias, relationship problems, and more.

PLRT is based on the belief that we have all lived many lives before this one and that our soul carries the memories of these past lives with us. By regressing back to a past life, we can gain insight and understanding into our current situation. PLRT can also help us to release any negative energy or patterns that may be holding us back from living our best life.

If you are interested in exploring Past Life Regression Therapy, it is important to find a qualified practitioner who has undergone proper training. PLRT should not be attempted without the guidance of a trained professional.

How Does it Work?

The past life regression therapy process usually involves hypnosis, although it can also be done without it. The therapist will help the client to relax and then ask them questions about their past lives. The therapist may also use guided visualization to help the client access memories of their past lives.

During the session, the client may experience a range of emotions and memories. They may feel as though they are reliving the events of their past life or they may just get flashes of images and feelings. After the session, the therapist will debrief with the client to discuss what they experienced.

Benefits of Past Life Regression Therapy

Past life regression therapy is a type of hypnosis that is said to allow individuals to access memories of their past lives. Proponents of this therapy believe that by understanding and resolving issues from past lives, people can heal emotionally and spiritually in the present.

There are many benefits of past life regression therapy that have been reported by those who have undergone the treatment. These benefits include:

• Increased self-awareness and understanding • Improved relationships with others • Greater clarity about one’s life purpose • More peace and acceptance of oneself and others • Resolving of long-standing issues and patterns • Healing of physical ailments that have an emotional or spiritual cause • Experiencing personal transformation

Risks and Disadvantages of Past Life Regression Therapy

Past life regression therapy is not without its risks and disadvantages. One of the main risks is that it can be emotionally damaging to relive a past life, especially if the memories are of a traumatic event. It is also possible to become fixated on the past and lose sight of the present. Additionally, past life regression therapy can be expensive and time-consuming, and there is no guarantee that it will work.

The Science Behind Past Life Regression Therapy

There is a lot of debate surrounding the efficacy of past life regression therapy (PLRT), with some people swearing by its transformative power and others dismissing it as pseudoscience. So, what is the science behind PLRT?

Past life regression therapy relies on the principle of reincarnation, which is the belief that we have all lived previous lives and will continue to do so in an endless cycle. This belief is prevalent in many cultures around the world and has been for centuries.

The theory behind PLRT is that our current lives are being impacted by events that happened in our past lives. By regression

Case Studies and Stories about Past Life Regression Therapy

Past life regression therapy has been shown to be an effective tool in helping people overcome a variety of issues. In one case study, a woman who had been struggling with anxiety and depression for many years was able to find relief after just a few sessions of past life regression therapy. After reliving a past life in which she had been raped and murdered, she was finally able to let go of the trauma and move on with her life.

Other case studies have shown that past life regression therapy can be helpful for people who are dealing with addiction, relationship problems, and even physical ailments. In one particularly fascinating case, a woman who had been suffering from chronic pain was able to find relief after regressing to a past life in which she had been injured in a car accident. By reliving the accident and understanding what had happened, she was finally able to release the pain and heal herself.

There are countless stories of people who have benefited from past life regression therapy, and it is clear that this type of therapy can be extremely helpful for those who are willing to give it a try. If you are struggling with an issue that seems insurmountable, past life regression therapy may be worth considering.

Alternatives to Past Life Regression Therapy

There are many different types of therapies available to people who are seeking help for their past lives. Some of these therapies include:

-Past life regression therapy: This therapy involves a therapist guiding a person through a series of questions about their past lives. The therapist then helps the person to interpret their answers and find meaning in them.

-Past life regression hypnosis: This therapy uses hypnosis to help a person access memories of their past lives. The therapist will help the person to relax and enter into a state of trance, where they will be more open to recalling memories from their past lives.

-Past life regression meditation: This therapy involves using meditation to help a person access memories of their past lives. The therapist will guide the person through a series of meditations, which will help them to relax and reach a state where they can easily recall memories from their past lives.

Conclusion

While evidence of the effectiveness of past life regression therapy is currently lacking, it can be a powerful tool for personal growth and healing. The idea of exploring past lives to uncover potential lifelong patterns and gain insight into current issues can provide comfort and clarity. Ultimately, even if you don’t believe in reincarnation or that every memory experienced through regression is true, such experiences have been reported as effective by many people who have tried them. With this in mind, individual results may vary — but there is certainly no harm in giving it a try!

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[depression-oatmeal]

Bar Louie and Smashburger

The addresses:

Bar Louie – 2467 Park Avenue, Tustin, CA 92782 (The District at Tustin Legacy)

Smashburger – 26541 Aliso Creek Suite C, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656

The websites:

Bar Louie - https://www.barlouie.com/locations/us/ca/tustin/the-district

Smashburger - https://smashburger.com/locations/us/ca/aliso-viejo/26541-aliso-creek-road/

The ratings:

Bar Louie – 24/30 on the Depression Oatmeal scale

Smashburger – 26/30 on the Depression Oatmeal scale

I am fairly backed up on my entries for this blog, mostly because I’ve been smashed by chaos in the past week; there’s simply been too much going on in the outside world and too much good food consumed in the same time span, something I attribute to the traditional notion of “comfort” food. It’s appropriate, then, that I ended up at a bar and a place called Smashburger on Friday night.

First and foremost – I found myself entering a period of regression with my ex and falling back into the pattern of abuse. I’m not really sure how it happened, but I suspect it was because I let myself believe that talking and visiting in tandem were healthy. Therapy on Thursday night made the issue somewhat worse, but by Friday morning I had snapped out of it and pulled back. It was hard, but ultimately we have to love ourselves before we can love anyone else, and this is the thing I keep at the forefront of my mind during this troubled time.

Secondly, Friday was really unsettling in general for many reasons. I experienced a double death in the family (both my cousin and my uncle) as a result of COVID, and several milestones in my journey from the past 7 months were realized. I hit my initial target weight of 210, good for 62 pounds of weight loss – and realized that I was at day 60 of another loss that I continue to mourn. I had a lot of bittersweet feelings flooding through my brain, so I decided to take a trip down memory lane and found myself at Bar Louie in Irvine (although the address reflects Tustin) so that I could catch part of a basketball game I was interested in.

I spent many drunken nights at this place, in a different life. I have mostly fond memories of being here, although my last one was not pleasant because I had a major panic attack that took a lot of alcohol to recover from. As these things go, I don’t spend a lot of time here anymore, for various reasons – mostly it’s because I have restrictions when driving, and I’m not exactly what you call close to the location. I knew that if I went to get a drink and some food, I was going to have to wait to leave, but I committed – Bar Louie is known for fantastic and cost friendly martinis, but this was not the night for that. I had trouble entering the building at first, for fear that I would either see someone I recognized or because of my memory of the panic attack. I eventually went in, though, and sat down at the bar.

The bartender that served me was friendly and attentive, initially. She put the game on for me and brought me a vodka soda. It was happy hour, so the drink was very affordable and it was well prepared. I cruised through the QR code menu (great for a pandemic!) and looked at the half-off appetizers, but nothing particularly jumped out at me, so I moved on. I found something intriguing while I was looking at the full priced menu – shishito peppers. It was calorie friendly and looked delicious, so I gave it a shot and placed the order. It was about this time that I realized someone had switched my game off, but the bartender was nowhere to be found. I was mildly irritated – it wasn’t even another game, someone had switched it to the news.

I have to say – the peppers were amazing. They were blistered and coated in tajin, garlic, a sesame and soy blend with ginger, and shallots. I did feel like I was playing Russian Roulette with the peppers – most of them were mild with little to no heat, but some of them kicked my ass. This was a really creative idea for an appetizer and I would definitely get it again – they get full marks for drinks and food. However, I couldn’t bring myself to order dinner there to go. I just wasn’t thrilled by the menu options, and I wanted to celebrate my weight loss milestone with something better. Bar Louie has online ordering with options for pick-up and delivery (they’ve even added a room service option), so they get good points for that as well as the peppers. Overall, though, the menu itself was kind of depressing. Not to mention – the ambiance in the place was somewhat dark and depressing. This is primarily why I ranked them as a 24/30 on the Depression Oatmeal scale – I wish they would work on the lighting and service a bit.

After I left I found myself taking an unnecessary detour to get home; I tried to stop myself from doing it and even reached out to my buddy in Virginia hoping he’d talk me out of it. While they did indeed try to stop me – I couldn’t help but feel this powerful urge telling me that it was time to face my fears so that they could be fully realized and protected against. I drove past the empty apartment, knowing full well that the lights would be off. I had intended on stopping at the park where I got my DUI, to take a second to reflect on how it happened and why it wouldn’t happen again. However, I couldn’t or didn’t need to do it – as sad and fearful as the confirmation was, it was also exactly what I needed and it was time to move on. So, I said fuck it and went to Smashburger.

 I regularly come to this location every couple of months when I’m looking for a twist on a classic burger. Although it is indeed a chain – they never disappoint with anything that I order, and I love the flavor and texture of their burgers. They regularly have a new offering on their menu and I usually try it; sometimes it’s disappointing (still creative) but most times it’s really good. This was the case tonight with the Chorizo Smashburger (single). It was incredibly delicious; they used a good quality chorizo as well, but I couldn’t tell if it was pork or beef. My biggest annoyance with most places that offer chorizo in something is usually that they incorporate the sausage form into the dish as opposed to the freeform ground chorizo that is so lovely. Smashburger used ground chorizo on this burger, which I complemented with a side of their shaved and fried brussels sprouts – always a solid choice. They have really good tater tots here too, but I was feeling something more green and earthy this evening. I should also note that I got my order to-go and that it was placed using their online portal.

I give this location (Smashburger) a solid 26/30 on the Depression Oatmeal Scale because the servers were friendly, attentive, and quick to process my order. I’ve been here before and had to wait, bit this wasn’t the case on Friday. Smashburger is available on Doordash at nearly all of their locations and the food is high quality but reasonably priced. This is a perfect combo for the fast-casual dining experience and the occasional cheat meal for anyone seeking to eat a damned good burger.