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by ThrowawayP 8y ago
I think suggesting that the disadvantages of gender are in any way comparable to the considerably greater disadvantages of being mentally or physically disabled is in extremely bad taste. I would not hesitate to change genders, not for an i
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by ThrowawayP 8y ago
> So I imagine if you have a hidden disability, if you need accommodation, it's in your best interest for people to know that, so they can accommodate you. In my experience, even if it is made known, people are less forgiving of n
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by ThrowawayP 8y ago
> Microsoft has a similar program My, um, psychic powers for predicting the future tells me anybody with autism issues or even just introversion who goes there will be penalized heavily in the stack rankings (which they no longer forma
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by ThrowawayP 8y ago
> Why not? HN is about as qualified to give good advice on health issues as it is to give good info on astrophysics. There are few licensed medical professionals here.
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by ThrowawayP 8y ago
Bingo. While I don't blame the author for trying to cope with his situation, I will say that, as one who has a disability myself (only 10% of normal visual acuity), it is quite "undesirable" and damned well "burdensome&
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by ThrowawayP 8y ago
I'll pit my anecdata against your anecdata: Magnesium supplementation didn't do anything for my insomnia. I used the magnesium glycinate formulation from reputable brands at appropriate dosages.
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by ThrowawayP 8y ago
> Which raises the question: Is depression a symptom? The root "disease" being the inability to connect / feel connected to others? Imagine that you're currently experiencing the worst headache you've ever had.
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by ThrowawayP 8y ago
> * I asked him, "If you're never allowed to use a text editor/IDE that highlights braces or the space between them ever again would you still prefer braces to indentation?"* Being visually impaired and also having co
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by ThrowawayP 8y ago
If you were under medical treatment for your depression (hopefully you were), just say that you had a medical issue, the treatment helped you recover, and that you spent part of the time recovering studying independently. Be prepared to pr
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by ThrowawayP 8y ago
> The author of the linked article addresses that: "Contrary to ableist opinion, a utopia is not a world where disability is a problem that’s been solved; rather, it’s an inevitable expression of genetic variance, and disabled huma
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by ThrowawayP 8y ago
> They had interviews with people that survived it -- and they basically all said that as soon as they let go, they realized it was a mistake. That all of their problems were solvable, except for the one they just made. That fails to e
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by ThrowawayP 8y ago
While I don't directly agree with jrs95, the fact is that the pills just plain don't work a lot of the time. Google the medical term "treatment-resistant depression". The very first link says " Despite advances i
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by ThrowawayP 8y ago
> ...antisocial behavior, which means staying indoors or generally away from other people. That is not at all what "antisocial behavior" means. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-social_behaviour
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by ThrowawayP 9y ago
> Yes, I always find it amazing how patients can have a sudden sensorineural hearing loss and wait days before presenting. Having gone to the physician with complaints many times and be told to wait to see if the issue goes away (most
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The UK Appoints a Minister for Loneliness(nytimes.com)
3 points by ThrowawayP 9y ago|1 comments
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by ThrowawayP 9y ago
Sorry but no. Even as an introvert, I can still recognize the problems that being able to escape into a smartphone during school would have caused me later in life.
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by ThrowawayP 9y ago
Bear in mind that what will occur is that armed police will be dispatched to take the unfortunate individual into custody and transport them to a hospital to be involuntarily locked up in the mental health ward for psychiatric evaluation an
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by ThrowawayP 9y ago
> It takes a few years. It's been a bit under three years already; no joy. Your theory just plain doesn't hold water. Sure would be nice if it did, though.
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by ThrowawayP 9y ago
> Changing your lifestyle to treat depression works. I did (and am still doing) all of those lifestyle changes and it didn't help me in the slightest. So much for that theory. Not that people shouldn't try lifestyle changes
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by ThrowawayP 9y ago
> These machines look rather uncomfortable :/ They are. But when the alternative is surgery to enlarge your nasal passages (which, like any form of surgery, may or may not work), well, forcing oneself to get used to it is the les
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by ThrowawayP 9y ago
Re-read the last sentence of his post.
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by ThrowawayP 9y ago
> I was doing wrong and changed it all. I changed my diet, my work habits, everything... I did all of those things too and it did nothing for either my insomnia or depression. There are a surprising number of us out there with, as you
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by ThrowawayP 9y ago
> Many suggest hiding until you have an offer if you can, but I could see that backfiring quickly. I've never had it backfire over the course of a 20 year career, though the accommodations I need are rather limited (sub-$5000 wort
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by ThrowawayP 9y ago
> Any suggestions on how a small office (~15 people) can have a napping area without taking on any additional custodial work? . An ordinary couch that's long enough for a person to lie down on will do. If it's vinyl / pl
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by ThrowawayP 9y ago
> The pills were like a light switch that have simply turned off my mental illness with almost no side-effects. That means that you're in the not particularly large fraction of people that the pills work well for. Good for you. F
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by ThrowawayP 9y ago
> Many of the traits the article mistakenly attributes to introverts (don’t like seeing unknown phone numbers calling / uncomfortable in the company of new people / hate being in the center of attention / go through hell
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by ThrowawayP 9y ago
> Would grateful to hear anyone's experience taking SSRI's (Zoloft, etc.) The experience of others doesn't mean a darned thing. Each person's biochemistry is highly individual which is why the success rate of treat
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by ThrowawayP 9y ago
> Just curious. How long has it been? About four years now.
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by ThrowawayP 9y ago
> Another mistake people make is thinking that burning out is like dying, and you can't recover. Speak for yourself, buddy. I'm still trying to overcome medical issues from my last bout with burnout, including sleep disturba
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by ThrowawayP 9y ago
It is technically for added sugars. However, this individual is consuming an unusually high amount of fruit, IMO, and sugar is sugar, no matter its source. One can't reasonably claim, for example, that drinking a glass of freshly sque

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