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A dream is a mental construct. Whenever one falls asleep they experience vivid hallucinations. These are impossible to record or properly re-account.
Psychosis is a mental condition where the victim experiences very disturbing hallucinations or thoughts. Think of things like schizophrenia, Then take the effects of that condition and amplify it. Psychosis victims report hearing whispers, Seeing bugs crawl on their skin and see the faces of people they have never met.
When I studied psychology I learnt about these things and they fascinated me. I went on to get a degree in psychological study and have been working as a psychologist and health scientist for 17 years.
I was contacted by my facility about a matter of a psychosis patient, While rare I have stumbled upon many of them and they act the same. In-consistent nonsensical babbling and severe PTSD. Most of the cases are results of tripping on acid but some are caused from depression and schizophrenia. This case was different.
When i arrived the patient seemed to be normal. When i sat down with her she opened up before i could even speak. "Doctor. Alexander." She took a deep breath. "I see dreams when I'm awake, Not hallucinations. Right now when i look at you, All i see is spots across your face. Like polka dots." I had to process this for a moment. "Dreams you say." I started to think.
"Y-Yeah.. Dreams, Nothing is normal, Every piece of furniture in this room looks different from each other, Like that vase behind you, It’s not right.. It looks.. Folded in.. Like an origami vase.. I can't describe it."
I didn't understand her. Dreams? This doesn't seem like psychosis.After a few hours of talking about what she has been seeing, How she feels and if her mind is feeling foggy, The only thing i could partially diagnose was severe schizophrenia.
"Take this prescription of Haloperidol, Take 2 a day, 1 in the morning and 1 at night. If you have more issues, come back here and we can discuss it. In 2 weeks I will do a mental health re-evaluation so I can see progress."
There were no issues for around a week until I got an urgent call. "Sir. One of your patients, Jane, Shes gone batshit fucking crazy, Like seriously she cant even talk without screaming that something is taking her soul, we need you down here NOW.”
I rushed down to my facility, Thoughts raced through my head "Has she stopped taking her meds?"I shook all those thoughts off as i swerved into the parking lot, As i darted inside the familiar jingle of the bell above the door startled me "Fucking bell.." I whispered under my breath as I ran faster than I have before.
When I arrived at the emergency care block I heard the screaming from the entrance. It was deep guttural wails that filled with so much dread it hurt my heart to listen to. When I stormed in there, Jane stood there on the ground covered in blood.
"THEY ARE HOLDING ME. SOMEBODY STOP THEM. SOMEBODY PLEASE"
She was screaming bloody murder and her mouth was bleeding. When I saw her state I immediately asked one of the nurses for a sedative to reduce her condition.
As she went I stood there with her trying to comfort her."What do you see jane." I overcame her wails with a calm demeanor and all of a sudden everything stopped. She seemed normal.
"They.. They stopped. They are staring at you."I looked at her calmly. I knew these were psychosis symptoms and I started to comfort her."Jane, You are experiencing very vivid hallucinations. It is called schizophrenic psychosis. Have you been taking the prescription I gave you?"
"Y..Yes doctor i have but.. it doesn't work, Everywhere i go i see the same things i saw before, Except this time everything seems more cold.. Beforehand everything seemed more colorful. Now it is damp."
"Jane, I am going to have to check you into this facility for a full psychiatric re-examination and study. If this is not schizophrenia, I will have to figure out what it really is so I can properly diagnose you and get you the help you need."
She began to cry terribly. "w..why can't i just be normal, why me? what have i done?" I began to pat her back as i sighed. "Let me help you up" as i stood i reached my hand out. As she grabbed it i almost yelped. She was extremely cold, Almost frozen. My hand felt pain as she held it but I pushed on as she stood.
"I will have some nurses check you in and we will begin tomorrow. Please signal for help if you see anything, we will try and get you the right medication to stop it.. But I can't guarantee anything, We don't know what we are dealing with."
As I walked off to check out I signaled to the front desk to call the nurses for Jane's psychiatric re-evaluation. They nodded and they called into the intercom "We need 3 available for psych unit 7"
The sounds muffled as I walked out, I felt really bad for jane. But I knew she was getting help.
As i arrived home the warm smell of the autumn trees luminated like a light. I felt more calm as I walked through my door. The gentle creaking of the hinges made me cringe as I shut the door. The warm air rushed out of the room as I walked to the kitchen.
As I grabbed my bottle of rum I got a call. "What the fuck is it now.." I sort of just waddled over agitated. I checked the caller ID and noticed that it was an unknown caller. Out of habit I declined the call and went back to my bench. As I poured the rum the iridescent smell of pleasure filled the air.
The phone rang once more. As I sighed I walked over and answered the unknown caller. "Hello Dr. Alexander, How may I help you."
"Good evening Dr. Alexander, We are here to identify a patient of yours, Jane Myers correct?"
Confused, I confirmed his assumption "Yes that's right, What is it?"
"Sir I work for a certain agency, I can't tell you its policy. Tomorrow we will be at your front desk awaiting your arrival. It's to do with her condition. If you believe this is a wrong contact, please confirm so we can move on."
I was extremely confused at this point, I thought it was a prank at first but it all seemed serious. There was no underlying tone to his voice, it seemed raspy, he sounded too old to be a prank caller.
"Uh.. Okay? I'll make sure to be there by 12:00 PM."
The call ended abruptly as I whispered to myself.
"What the fuck..."
I kind of shook it all off, Maybe it was her family? I don't know but I'll figure it out tomorrow. The rest of the night went uneventful and as i faded off to sleep i thought of jane. I dreamt about terrible black figures standing above me and Jane on the floor of the psychiatric unit. They were almost fuzzy, like blurry, I couldn't properly conceive their appearance, they were just human shaped blurry structures.
When I finally woke up it was 10:30 pm. I woke up later than usual so I rushed to get ready. As I finished getting dressed I poured myself some coffee, as I sipped on the hot beverage the aroma of earth filled my nose. I felt relaxed, I thought to myself "Today will be a good , happy day." I was trying to make myself feel better about the coming events.
When I arrived at my facility I saw a black car with tinted windows outside the front. "Must be them." I said to myself as I wandered through the door, The bell startled me and I kind of froze for a second. I finally collected my thoughts and I saw 2 men in plain black suits. They stood up to greet me as if they knew who I was.
"Hello Dr. Alexander, My name is Harry and this is my partner Sam. We are here about your patient Jane Myers, It is to do with her condition. May we see her?" I said "Why do you need to see her?"
They both adjusted their positions and Sam said
"We are with the government, We are here to review this patient's condition. We cannot tell you why but it is important, It is research and we believe she has a rare condition. "
I thought for a moment before finally obliging. As I led them down the plain white halls I started to get more anxious, I started to overthink "Are they here to kill her?" I shook off the thoughts. They were stupid, Simply just speculation.
As we arrived at psych unit 7 we walked in to see Jane on the bed being talked to by some nurses and another psych doctor. As they walked in they shut the door behind them. "What we are about to tell you is to be upmost classified among only you"
Everyone looked at each other extremely confused but before any questions were asked they opened up.
"Jane, You have a condition called petriscarphy Dream Psychosis. It is a condition where well.. Instead of you falling asleep to dream, You see them awake. You are the only known suspected subject with this rare condition. We want to record what you see. A team will be arriving soon to set-up the right conditions for this to be possible."
As Harry finished his sentence I almost couldn't believe what I was hearing.. Were they being serious? Before I could do anything, The other psych doctor in the room, His name was Terry, Stood up and got in the 2 men's faces. They remained calm as he spouted off at them.
"What the fuck do you think your doing? Are you joking? That is nonsense, I request you leave immediately before I call security."
The 2 men stood there silent as Terry stared at them. He had a crazy look in his eye and then he shoved harry. The moment he touched him, Sam grabbed a pistol out from the underside of his jacket and aimed at Terry.
"Sir. Calm down, I assure you this is not a joke. We are being perfectly cooperative with you but if you try to do anything like that again then I will be forced to put you down."
I remember the phrasing of that sentence "Put you down" He spoke like he was a higher being and was about to just.. Phase Terry out of existence.
As Terry backed up, shocked he sat back down and became silent. I swear I could hear the air in the room, Not for long however. Jane began to sob and wail softly. "They are back.. They are upset, They don't want you recording them, Please.. Go.. Don't do this. They will kill me. PLEASE"
She pleaded with the men but they stood in silence. After 5 minutes of Jane's agonizing wailing we heard the sounds of frantic footsteps and before long, men in white coats and masks entered the room. They had a label on their coats. It was a blue circle with black in the middle, It had the initials above it "N.A.O.S"
"We are here for Ja-" They stood silent as she continued wailing
"JUST LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE"
She grew silent as she sat there un-moving.
That's when she slipped unconscious, Slouching over into her bed and making no sound. We sounded an alarm that a patient had fallen unconscious and nurses rushed in ignoring the men. After around an hour we stabilized her.
The man stood around in silence and once everyone was out but me and Terry, They got to work. I watched as one of the white coated men pulled out a small vial with a blue liquid in it. He grabbed a syringe and started to draw the liquid. It looked viscous and bubbled at the top as he finally pulled out the syringe.
After he was done the 4 other men in the room grabbed out small pieces of equipment and started to arrange it. The parts clacked together and made the same sound as metal being dropped onto a hard surface. The echoes of the screeching sound made me cringe once again.
When it was done it looked like a microscope was attached to a plate with glass in the middle. A camera lens was attached and the coated man squirted a small amount of the viscous blue liquid onto the plate and then he grabbed another device. It looked like something out of some saw movie.
It was a dome shaped metal helmet with tubes running out from 4 holes surrounding where the head should go. These tubes ran to a socket in the device. I started to feel sick "What the fuck is all this" I murmured angrily. "This is a device that is used to transmit the electrical waves inside the patients head and can be transferred to this magnoscope to then print out the photographs. The liquid you see is well.. I actually can't tell you, It's not that simple, But it's classified."
I started to boil with anger. This was inhumane, Finding someone's terrible condition and using it for research instead of helping them? I was considering trying to stop them but I knew they had guns. There's no way I was leaving either.
Finally after a few minutes of assembly they attached the device to Jane's head and a sound started to play. It was like the sound you expect electricity to make, a little quiet constant zapping with the occasional crackle.
As i watched jane she started to twist and turn in discomfort even though she was unconscious, I felt so fucking bad for her, Everything about this was so twisted, It seemed so.. Wrong.
As she squirmed and fiddled the sounds started to fade as the liquid that was on that glass plate had turned to a deep red color, almost like blood. As I stood looking at it I smelt the sensation of chemicals, like bleach and drain cleaner.
I started to feel like I was going to break down. My mind was literally foggy as I stared at this contraption. Another sound started up, It was like that of a printer but much quieter, I could barely hear it. As I stared at the pictures being pushed out from the side I started to feel more nauseous. Something about this felt wrong. I couldn't describe it.
Finally the coated men approached the pictures and they examined them. The moment one of them looked at one of those pictures he froze in place and looked shocked. I could see the look of fear in that man's eyes. As he stared longer and longer he started to shake uncontrollably. After an agonizing few seconds he grabbed the syringe with the remaining liquid and screamed.
"WE HAVE TO KILL IT, WE MUST BANISH IT, WHAT THE FUCK IS IT"
The man's once professional manor turned into malice and hatred as he injected Jane with this syringe full of this liquid. She immediately started to seize, a Black goo was coming from her mouth and she flatlined almost immediately.
Sam and harry immediately upholstered there weapons and aimed at the man
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING" Sam screamed at the man, Finally he lunged at them, Immediately 2 ringing gunshots sounded as the man fell, Everything went to shit, Screaming and crying occurred throughout the unit and that was when i took my chance to run, Not before grabbing the photos however. As I ran the screams echoed and the sobbing and crying of other patients sounded.
I made it out to my car and swerved out of the lot. I almost hit another car but i managed to narrowly avoid it and race home, My heart was beating so fast it felt like i was about to have a heart attack. As I made it into my driveway I took no time grabbing the photos and my bag and rushing right inside.
When i made it in i slammed my door shut, The creaking didnt phase me this time, Nothing did, I was focused on getting away from whatever the fuck had just happened.
When I finally calmed down enough to function I sat down with the photos and looked at them. Dear god, The terrors this woman must have faced.
The first photo had a black and white vivid pattern, In amongst it i could see an opaque face, It was perfectly symmetrical, Almost too perfect, The faded patterns ran through it like a vintage photo but the only detail i saw were the eyes, In the pupils i saw another cascade of photos, It was the same perfect face over and over. I counted how many I could.. I counted 9.
That one disturbed me, It felt ominous and had an almost aura around it, It was clearly a sinister vision, It was... Really odd to me however, This wasn't what Jane had described to me as her visions.
The next photo is why I'm writing this. Why I'm ready to accept death from the organizations that conduct these inhumane things. I saw a structure, In around it was a show with white fade, But the center had a very recognisable shape. It was a single long line with more lines stretching off of it, they formed a pattern that looked like a spider, well kind of. The thing that disturbed me was the one word that stood under it.
It was in an almost unrecognizable state, it was scribbly, faded and pretty much blurred, but I could read it. There stood the single word: Universe.
That was when i thought i was hallucinating, I started to feel sick, I dry heaved and eventually vomited as i stared at the photo, It doesn't sound disturbing when i put it into words but when you look at it... It almost seems fake, like a vision of its own.
It's been a week since then. The facility is closed and I doubt it's gonna open soon. I've been staring at this photo for a long time, A very long time. And I swear whenever I look away I see blurry dark faces staring back at me.
They will be here soon to take what's theirs. This is my final message. Goodbye.

Not trying to taunt anyone or anything like that but I see so many people giving up on our boys after one loss, and a 3 point loss at that, I know the circumstances of the game were bad(poor discipline, home loss), it’s just very weird to me because if you believed in nuggets in 4 surely you could still believe in nuggets in 5, 6, or 7. It’s tough but this is what happens in an important series against a tough team, they’ll make the proper adjustments come back stronger just like they did after being 2-2 against phoenix who, in my opinion, was a much tougher opponent than this. Let’s keep hope alive people! LETS GO NUGGETS

My daughter, who is 14.5 years old has always despised performing. She has high-functioning autism but I have never told her that. I am not sure if that affects it. Every time her piano and violin teacher suggest her to perform somewhere or participate in competitions, she straight away says no. If I insist, it usually results in a (few hours long) meltdown. I genuinely believe that these performances and competitions is an incentive to improvement in playing.
Today is the second last piano lesson before a student concert. The teacher talked about how everyone would be looking at her, and my daughter burst into tears and acted grumpily for the rest of the lesson. I was so embarrassed. Performing is what most people her age do and at least accept if not enjoy it. I seriously hope she can be more like other normal kids and not make a fuss out of it. She even wants to quit music because of performing, not treasuring her gift in music. I don't want her to quit because co-curricular commitment is important, and she was born uncoordinated and can't really do sports or dance. How do I make her accept performing?
I would really appreciated any kind of comment. Thank you for reading this.

Hello everyone,
this concern may sound a bit unusual for some. but it's bothering me at the moment and I don't quite know how to deal with it. I worry that if I look happy, I'm not happy enough and I'm spouting boredom.
Until last week I was when I e.g. talked to friends completely unhappily and carefree. I was able to exuberantly talk about any topic and was even praised by many for my enthusiasm and drive. With the happiness I could make people laugh, which gave me a lot of joy.
Now on Wednesday afternoon, however, I thought to myself completely out of nowhere "Mhmm, maybe the "happiness" I had at that moment is not the true "happiness" and there is a higher level and I am simple not hilarious enough. In short, my happiness isn't real happiness, it's a more boring form of it. When I try to talk happily and hilariously to others, I'm actually a bore or someone who is happy, but me could be even happier in another way.With my enthusiastic nature I may have been 20% happy but I have to somehow find a way to be 100% happy and the joyful way I've been walking around the past few weeks is in truth, a boring bourgeois way with which I torture myself.
So now I've tried to get rid of this pseudo-happiness that I've been losing for the past few weeks without knowing it, and to find another form of happiness. Because what I've been frolicking about these past few weeks has actually been just a bitter form of true happiness. But how do I find the right happiness now without holding myself back with a boring pseudo-happiness
This question has occupied me for the past few days and unfortunately exactly the opposite has happened. Instead of behaving so exuberantly and cheerfully as in the last few weeks, I just thought the whole time, "How do I find the way to real happiness. My happiness from the last few weeks was just boring pseudo-happiness. How do I have to behave in order to really get to true happiness?". I noticed that I often put on a fake face, seemed boring and the conversations became more and more deadened.
I'd like to get back to the "me" of the last few weeks, being just happy without thinking about it and being able to easily talk to other people. But some little part of me thinks all the time, "No, you can't be like that. That wasn't real happiness. You want to be real happy and not this boring happiness of the last few months." I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist, so I'm always like, "No, you want maximum happiness. Happiness is about being as happy as possible". And now I hang myself on the fact that maybe I wasn't that happy the last few weeks and I forbid myself to be as happy again as in the last few weeks for fear of being considered a bore and moving further and further away from maximum happiness removed.
Please help me. I don't know what to do I just want to be able to talk to others again in a cheerful and carefree way, like I was up until last Wednesday. But then I always think to myself "No, you're just taking yourself away from the ideal of perfect happiness". So since Wednesday I'm less happy and sad because I'm afraid of becoming less happy than I could with my previous behavior. And this paradox is killing me. Best regards,

Warning: a bit long
1. The UM ranking: People forget that Muzan is the one ranking them, which means there are factors he considers more than the others.
First, one needs to defeat the demon above him to take that rank. Meaning it's a power scale between demons, not how efficient they are against slayers.
Second and most importantly, Muzan is biased with an inflated ego and a delusional sense of self-worth. He detests human feelings, to him, they are the demon's greatest weakness. The way he ranks them proves this:

• Gyutaro's weakness is Daki, Muzan admits this too. Daki isn't powerful, she can easily be beheaded and require Gyutaro to keep an eye on her all the time. Daki is his past and his humanity.
• Gyokko: to me the power differences between UM 6 & 5 are not much but considering how annoying his demon art is and how UM6 operate, I can see why UM6 struggle with him. Especially if he targets Daki.
• Hantengu: annoying demon art and hard to kill. He is the type of demon I don't think can be defeated alone or not by those who are headlong and emotional like UM 6 & 5.
• UM, 1 to 3 is the least debatable of the bunch. Doma's demon art is a direct counterpart to Akaza's, Kokushibo is the strongest.

2. The context of the fight: Pairing and The Mark
The Pairing:

• No UM can be defeated alone, yes include Muichiro and Tengen (I don't care if you think the help is weak or useless, help is help). Alone is like Yoriichi, only him vs demon(s), no one else. The author has mentioned multiple times in the manga that demons and humans are different species, demons are the evil un-nature power of this world.
• Each UMs have a weakness and a counterpart to their blood demon art. All the slayer pairings are the only way to defeat them. This is why I don't like the Hashira power ranking (aside from Gyomei) cause those are just assumptions. You can't compare Hashira when the demons they face are so different from each other and the narrative that "he beat this UM so he must be stronger" is false.
• Considering that the author has to introduce so many characters. The pairing gives each character a stage to shine as best as she could in such few chapters.

The Mark:

• Everyone over-rates the mark when doing hashira ranking but then underestimates it when comparing UM battles. The mark makes a huge difference.
• Everyone rates UM6 fight higher because it is longer and more flamboyant. While UM5 is quick and on a smaller scale. I blame the author for this as she didn't make it very clear how much difference in power a mark and unmark Hashira. Most base their ranking on how much struggle they see the character go through. Not only Swordsmith Village is very rush and short, but the arc also introduces so many new slayer concepts. UM5 has to share that with UM4 whose demon art is just so unique, which makes UM5 look even weaker.

3. The pacing:

• Season 3 has bad pacing in my opinion both in manga and in anime, it will be okay if you binge it but not when you have to wait a week for one episode/ chapter. The anime copy the pacing and structure of the manga. The manga is already full and the multi-long cliffhange flashback thing doesn't put you off in the reading format. But it will be in anime.
• Season 3 consists of Talking - Fight - Flashback - Talking - Fight - Cliff Hanger - End. The pacing makes the anime predictable and boring. It feels like nothing happens but underneath, lots of things happen compare to season 2.
• In all honesty, the season 2 pacing isn't any better but because the season 2 fight seems grander in comparison. Season 2 makes you think things are happening even though it's all just fighting and not a story plot. This is a shonen so the battle pacing hurt how people see the show.

Side note: How I think Ufotable will direct the series:

• Season 3 will only contain the Swordsmith Village arc like its name.
• A movie: about the training arc and the meeting between Muzan and Ubuyashiki. Some said not much material, which is wrong if you count how many chapters the Training takes. With the way Ufotable direct the series, they can make a 1:30 or 2-hour movie. And in Ufotable fashion, the movie can end right at the end of chapter 139 (Huge Cliff Hanger).
• Season 4: Infinity Castle Arc.
• Season 5 or a movie: Sunrise Countdown Arc.

• trigger warning* discussion about past sexual assault.

I grew up in a large family (12 siblings) which was basically a recipe for a neglected child. I was not neglected material wise ( i.e clothes, shoes, food, toys, etc.) it was more emotion wise.
Its rare for me to be told i love you, i can go weeks without any contact from another person. I even resulted to buying weighted blankets to use when trying to sleep in order to feel like someone is hugging me.
I was sexually assaulted as a child for years and never told anyone till this day but i do believe that that is a factor in the way that i deal with people and relationships. which is my fault, i know that. I have also been diagnosed with clinical anxiety and major depressive disorder which i have been being treated for since i was 14.
Ive been single for 26 years, i have never had willing sexual relations with anyone but myself. I’ve been trying so hard these past few years to open up and try to make friendships, and hopefully find a romantic relationship along the way. but it hasn’t worked out for me.
I have been on every dating app you can imagine, i have been on so many dates through the apps but nothing seems to work out. back in 2021 i met a guy off of a dating app, we went on a date and hit it off right away (or so i thought). we talked every single day for about 3 months, we were never officially dating but i thought we were leading up to that. one day he just ghosted me out of nowhere with no explanation. I have been on a few dates after that but nothing has worked out since.
I have no one to come home to after work, i have no one to talk about my day with who would actually care. I have no one to hug me, i have no one who actually loves me for me and wants to be around me.
I get so jealous watching everyone around me with their significant others and their friends and they’re living life and starting families, and im not. everyone that i grew up with has had babies or is married by now and i feel so behind but im aging. I know 26 isn’t that old but its old enough to not have ever been properly kissed, or had willing sex with someone.
I just want someone to love me, i just want a proper hug, i want someone to talk to, i want someone to want me.
im losing hope.
im sorry if my grammar is off, im bad at english and grammar.

Hi so at school we have performance of sorts for every group in grade/year 12 do and they make a video with it to showcase to the whole school and parents. Now Through this whole process i've been the one in my group who had been planning, filming and I was chosen by my mates to edit our video and got up to help edit other groups' videos in the grades Now here is the I want to become a director, writer or vfx artist when I grow up and my mates know this so for this performance they all counted on me when it came to planning, filming, edit and do almost everything, and throughout filming I was sending unedited videos to use as guides of how the video was going to and I have been using adobe after effects and premiere pro cause I knew what to do and tried to make sure that the video would meet the guidlines and be appropriate for school. Now when I was nearly finish editing the video, one of my friends comes out of nowhere with his own video that he edited on capcut now the thing is I didn't know how to feel about this cause everyone in my group said that I was one going to edit and send in the video and my friend coming out of nowhere was just surprising to me. Now after a few days not many people saw what my video looked like since I was still putting some final touches but i've now finished it but out group didn't know which video to send in, I mean my friends one was abit funnier even though it was just the same clips and just followed and used my storyboard but knowing how controlling the teachers were when they kept asking me to do changes I knew they were gonna ask him to change it, but I just sent in both videos so the teachers could just choose which one to showcase since it was due date but now my friend made some changes to his video again and wants to send in that one and now i'm getting annoyed cause I already sent in both videos on the day they were already due and now he wants to send in this version in hopes of it getting picked. I'm annoyed and pissed off but I also feel like an asshole.

It is not just about what you eat but how you eat too! Even though you are eating as clean as you can, there has to be a reason why you are still bloated, crampy, running to the ladies room, anxious and tired all the time. You may or may not realize, but your recent weight gain and constant fatigue are all related to your diet as well as digestion.
Here is a list of the 5 common poor dietary habits I have seen people follow that totally wreck their digestion
#1 EATING WHEN NOT HUNGRY
Hunger is the biggest cue that your body needs nourishment. Hunger is also a sign that your Jatharagni or digestive fire is stroked and working well. Have you ever wondered whether you eat because you are hungry or just because the clock tells you that it’s the time to eat?
I have seen so many people focus on eating at fixed times that they totally forget to check in with their body whether it feels hunger or not.
Eating when not hungry is the no 1 cause indigestion. Eating when not hungry means that brain has not received any signals from your stomach to secrete any digestive juices to carry out digestion and hence your stomach is ill-prepared for the food that’s being stuffed into it. If your stomach is not going to secret sufficient digestive juice, how can you digest the food that you are eating? In Ayurvedic medicine, this semi-digested or undigested product of digestion is known as ‘Ama’ and is circulated through your body serving as undigested toxin, creating inflammation in your body further causing allergies, stiffness, joint pain, as well as weight gain.
#2 EATING TO NUMB YOUR EMOTIONS
Is there someone who doesn’t eat emotionally…the answer is probably a few in a million. Today’s fast track life where people barely have time for anything, how can they find time to feel their emotions. Sometimes emotions like sadness, worry, loneliness, anxiety are harder to understand and process, as people don’t even know they are going through it for the lack of mindfulness. So the quick solution is food.
Today people turn to food for entertainment, comfort, stress relief, or as a reward rather than to nourish their body and mind. Often people eat to numb their emotions, especially sugary sweets as sweet taste is instantly comforting. This is nothing but a distraction to suppress certain emotions which result in totally overloading your digestive system. Again when you eat out of sadness, anxiety or boredom, your body is caught up in the emotions and not focussing on digesting food, which leads to ‘Ama’ the digestive toxin.
But it is so much more than just that. 'Your body needs to process emotions just the way it needs to process food and that takes time'. Most emotional states cause you to secrete stress hormones activating your sympathetic system shifts your body in the fight- flight- freeze mode. This takes away from your 'rest-digest' parasympathetic system. So again you barely secrete digestive enzymes and the food you eat makes you feel bloated, gaseous, and really uncomfortable.
#3 DRINKING TOO MUCH WATER IMMEDIATELY BEFORE OR AFTER MEALS.
This is the biggest weight-loss myth I have seen in my practice as an Ayurvedic doctor. If you think it is a good idea to chug a few glasses of water just before your meals to fill up, eat less and effortlessly lose weight, you need to think again. I have encountered so many 'weight loss gurus', who advise their clients to drink at least 2 glasses of water before they eat anything, which is the ‘worst’ thing you could do to your digestion. Too much water can easily dilute your digestive juices....just like when in your grade 8 chemistry class where you learnt to dilute an acid by adding water.
#4 EATING WHILE MULTITASKING
Let me get something straight to you…Multi-tasking is a myth. It just means that you are taking the same amount of time to do many things at once, often inefficiently, than choosing to do one thing at a time with all the focus and efficiency, In today's world, this is a sad reality for many busy women, men and alike.
Older men and women who lead a hectic life, working, attending client calls, dropping kids to school, getting to the gym while grabbing a quick meal; whereas some kids just cannot simply sit and eat without being glued to the idiot box. Eating on the go is a terrible habit for anyone and everyone and is another reason that leaves your digestion compromised you’re your brain doesn’t is still focussed on reading emails, how the heck will it know that you are eating and need to secrete digestive enzymes??
#5 NOT EATING ACCORDING TO YOUR DOSHA TYPE
Last but not the least, eating against your dosha type
Dosha type? What the heck is that?
Well there are five main elements that make up the universe also your body- Akash or space, Vayu or air, Agni or fire, Ap or water and Prithvi or earth. These five elements combine to form 3 biological energies within your body known as the doshas - Vata, Pitta and Kapha. These doshas govern our physical, mental, emotional states as well as behaviour. Your health, happiness and longevity depend on the balance of these doshas, which are affected by foods, dietary habits, lifestyle, as thoughts that you think. Since these impact you in each and every aspect of your life, considering them when you choose your diet and nutrition is of utmost importance. This is the reason why some people cannot handle cold foods at all, and some react to dairy. If you have a diet that is not compatible with the dominant doshas in your body or your dosha type, it sets you up for digestive imbalances as well as different health issues.
So take some time to see which of the above habits are the main reason your digestion is suffering and feel free to share with someone who needs this information.

I live in a residential area, not many safe spaces for dogs to run around and play without a leash on (traffic, kids playing). Also, it's the law where I live, unless in a dog park, dogs must be leashed.
Now, most of my neighbours also have small dogs (mine's a Yorkie) and they don't bother with leashes because "my dog listens to me". I get comments on how I should let him run around, because he needs to play and he'll develop a good recall eventually. I always thank them for the suggestions and walk away.
Rant incoming: my dad who occasionally helps with the walks when I'm at work started to take the leash off around the block. I'm sure he's being careful of the surroundings, but I've asked him several times not to do it. Even if my dog is not reactive, I've seen plenty of other small dogs who are overactive and just startling my dog who might run into traffic is enough to give me nightmares.
Then there's people who call him over (on leash, I've taught him to ignore the calls, but off leash I don't know how he might react) and pet him, pick him up, the works. Again, I'm not an extra friendly owner and I might have "accidentally" taught my dog the bark command when approached by overzealous strangers. He's in no way aggressive, but it makes people second guess their actions.
Lastly, it's the law to have him on a leash. Not enforced enough, I know, especially for small breeds, but come on, if you consider yourself responsible enough to have a pet, make sure he's safe at all times!
Most times I've heard about a dog eating something off the ground or being hit by a car, or lost, it was because the owners weren't using leashes. Even though I "deny" my puppy the pleasure of running around and frolicking in the grass because he's on a lead, I'm at peace knowing he's always right by my side and I can supervise him a lot better.

The Republican candidates for POTUS? Could be a large field, we shall see. Some have announced their candidacy, some are contemplating running. Here are the Republican choices, browse through them. Who would make a good POTUS, in your opinion? So far, I see none I think should be in the White House or that I think can get there.
See candidates and might-be candidates at link:
Here's a list of Republican 2024 presidential candidates : NPR
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Who would make a good POTUS out of these to choose from?

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So, my husband is pretty apathetic toward my stepdaughter. She was an accident and not planned. He just doesn't like anything she does and he often says to me "how is she even related to me?" and that "as her stepmom you should be teaching her how to act." Hello, I didn't raise her (BM did and does!). I just try to be her cool aunt. He bitches that "she's just like her mother" all the time. Duh.
My husband and I are into dogs, hiking, backpacking, the beach, road trips, reading books and discussing them, eating out at "experience" restaurants, dressing up for each other, date nights, cooking, hiking, trips one-night to random places like the Winchester Mystery House, seeing movies together, tarot cards, systems engineering, etc.
SD is into her pet rats, doesn't read, shows really no interest in self-care, doesn't watch movies, and has no hobbies that I can figure out. She's kind of just an emo teen with a rat. She absolutely hates being brought out (no matter how much luxury or what it costs). She has no interest in a gaming system, computer, TV, anything. I think she may be depressed and am pushing for therapy.
How can you not go out, not read, not watch TV, not watch movies, etc. and be entertained? It makes no sense.
She also ticks like every box my husband hates with her hobbies and limited self-care. Having rats as pets (he's always been disgusted by pet rodents), wearing huge fake nails, giant hoop earrings, wearing shorts that leave nothing to the imagination, she doesn't read well or at all for academic gain, has generally poor hygiene (she has funk which I'm trying to address... It smells like BV so that's going to be an awkward conversation), won't swim, etc.
I'm kinda just like....... Let's just get to know her. I'm sure there will be plenty of love.
I get why he is frustrated with her, I also find her kind of frustrating and being honest boring, but ultimately I accept her the way she is. Who knows? She could change her interests a bit after spending time with us. Or not.
I feel like I was always on the other side of being a SP, like I thought it was shitty, but now I'm this kid's advocate?!? Idk what to do really. I just stick up for her as best I can. BTW, none of this makes her like me or give respect. I've just risen above at this point and take her hateful words and move on.
I'm the adult.

I’ve asked this question about 2 years ago but this year is my final year in high school and I sort of need to make this decision now.
In short, I have a fear of public speaking (don’t know if that’s the right word) and I get nervous really easily speaking in front of a group. For example, even in oral presentations, I’m the student who’s shaking slightly and voice is quivering. I can still project and use hand gestures but there is undeniable nervousness.
I don’t really know if this is the right job if i don’t do well in public speaking considering that’ll be the daily job. I think I’m passionate about helping students in their academic pursuits and I would genuinely enjoy that but of course the standing in front of 20 students is a huge obstacle.
I doubt I’ll be doing much more public speaking in university that I can present with confidence and I’m scared that once I get the job everyday will be stressful to have to present to a class and I won’t enjoy it due to that. I don’t have social anxiety but I can’t not feel nervous when I’m front of a crowd.