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by _yigw 4y ago
It's not the medium per se, although i space out a lot when i'm listening to something. But, i might being totally wrong, his podcast comes off as self-help voodo that comes from someone with a academic background.
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by _yigw 4y ago
You misunderstood me. I'm a full time overthinker with years of experience. My mind turns blank when i'm socializing within a group of people. The only thought i might have it's self-conscious thoughts.
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by _yigw 4y ago
I used to have automatic long conversations with myself and that really helped me. But after the start of an important period in my life the cognitive back and forth stopped, and a lot of times i tried to re-start it but my attempts were in
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by _yigw 4y ago
Correction: Medication
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by _yigw 4y ago
I've tried to listen his podcast, but i couldn't get into it. I don't know why. it's just puts me off. I don't think it's the content. The content was the main factor that made me check it out.
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by _yigw 4y ago
Funnily enough, I've never been into coffee. Probably because i haven't really explored the various flavors and types of coffee. But i do drink a lot of beverages that contains caffeine, and it's in my plans to stop entirely.
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by _yigw 4y ago
It's not. I was in the same situation long before I started meditation
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Ask HN: How to regain my mind back?
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Ask HN: How can I come to peace with the years I wasted on pointless things?
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by _yigw 4y ago
I'm curious, how did you come the conclusion?
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by _yigw 4y ago
I've tried to keep a journal. I'm about to start again -- for the n-th time-- but i don't know how to use it, beyond writing my thoughts. How am i going to use the reflections i wrote nine days ago? Sometimes i re-read what i
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by _yigw 4y ago
Because besides techies we are human beings. With feelings, experiences and perspectives.
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by _yigw 4y ago
> In the short term, try to understand that fear of failure is basically fearing the inevitable, since you will fail at many points in life, but fear will actually increase the probability and impact of failure. At the same time, failure
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by _yigw 4y ago
Usually ruminating about the past, worrying about the immediate/long term future, browsing mindlessly or listening to music and do everything mentioned. Today i went for a 30minute walk after i woke up (A while i go i used to run every
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by _yigw 4y ago
> For me the issue was external factors. Don't ignore your social and romantic needs, don't try to do more than it is required of you to impress. Don't define yourself purely through your academic abilities, as annoying as
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by _yigw 4y ago
> So life situations where stakes are not high should be used to run high-risk experiments so that we can learn from them. Your comment made me realize that every failure i considering it as high stakes... As for John Danaher, he's
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Ask HN: How to break anxiety/fear-avoidance cycle?
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by _yigw 4y ago
I know,thank you... :)
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Ask HN: I have 20-25€ for books – What few books do you recommend?
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by _yigw 5y ago
I started to realize that, I've been depressed and anxious for so long that i don't know how to function in my daily life.
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by _yigw 5y ago
Actually my med doctor changed my meds from Escitalopram to Venlafaxine. My problem is i can't convince myself to do anything other than stay in bed and rot, besides going out. In terms of activities i'm 95% outside and 5% inside.
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by _yigw 5y ago
When i started to take medication before my med doctor changed them to the current one, i was terrified about side-effects and i pushed and pushed my desire to start them. But then one day i said "Enough. I can't continue living l
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Ask HN: How do you deal with hobbies, etc., when you have diagnosed depression?
15 points by _yigw 5y ago|15 comments