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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 s…

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 se…

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…

Correction: Medication

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 …

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 caf…

It's not. I was in the same situation long before I started meditation

Over the last few months i have created a few threads where i ask questions which exposed some insecurities and/or things that currently trouble me. In my last question i asked "Ho…

I started listening the five hours (!) interview of John Carmack on Lex fridman's podcast, and he was talking about, among other things, about the fact that he's coding since he wa…

I'm curious, how did you come the conclusion?

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 wr…

Because besides techies we are human beings. With feelings, experiences and perspectives.

> 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 pro…

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…

> 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 throu…

> 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 conside…

For years anxiety/fear-avoidance cycle defined my life. I tend to procrastinate to a such extent that causes problems in my day to day functioning, and generally my life. For examp…

I know,thank you... :)

Generally i'm poor. I live with 100€ per month and currently looking for a job, because I bearly make ends meet. A family friend gifted me a few euros and I want to finally buy boo…

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.

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 …

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…

I have depression all of my life, i believe since 13, now i'm in my early 20s and i've been diagnosed by my ex-therapist with severe depression and anxiety. I started anti-depressi…