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  • What have you changed your mind about?

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  • I used to identify as Libertarianian. Resented taxes, overreaching, infiltrating my life, all about independence, don't want to be interfered with.

    Then I became homeless. Realized how the social services, ssi, Medicare are important. Sure there are lazy people, but also those who genuinely need help, who want to get back on their feet. Care a lot more now about wanting to live in a society that actually cares about the people in it.

  • How did you lose weight?

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  • Cool. Tks for the reply.

  • How did you lose weight?

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  • If you speak from experience, fellow human: is it possible to cook dried beans if all you have is a small, bowl sized pot?

  • How did you quit your addiction?

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  • Was severe albeit functional alcoholic til age 40. AA never worked. What finally worked was harm reduction, moderation management. Medical marijuana became a thing, and just one hit of a pocket pipe of medical grade indica... good for hours. No longer needed to drink a case of beer each night.

    1st few years... I'd say, I'll let myself have 8 beers this year. Next year was 6. Year after, 3. By then, triggered addiction cravings stopped happening.

    So weird, how overpowering the addiction felt when I was trapped in it.

  • How did you lose weight?

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  • Can't afford to eat much, cuz SSI, rent increase. Kept having conversations in head, like "I can buy laundry detergent OR have food to last the month." I've lost 20 lbs past few months , after discovering how tasty white rice can be, with just a tiny bit of sesame oil, salt and pepper.

  • Do you separate the art from the artists? If no, are you strict about it or do you cherry-pick?

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  • I've learned it's a necessity. If the art itself is good, well done, promotes positive thinking, etc, it's easy to look past the personal failings of the creator. Like joss whedon. Or the Harry Potter author. Nobody's perfect, and if I get super puritan about stuff, I miss out on a lot of good content.

    If the art itself is shitty, offensive, hateful, harmful... nope, I'm not gonna look past that.

    Roman Polanski is tricky. Dude was a horrible human. I don't want to like his movies, but The Tenant is just so darned good.

  • How do you cope with ADHD?

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  • Out of sight, out of mind. If I need to clean frequently, I have to keep cleaning supplies out, easy to access. Enter a room, see cleaning supplies, oh, I should clean. Without the visual reminder, won't remember.

    Keep at least 2 to 3 notebooks on hand. Always writing stuff down. I'll research, be thinking about something, but brain starts to lose focus. Write it down. Will completely forget after that. But when thought enters brain later, oh wait, I made notes...

    Notepad app on phone. Anything important, will forget, so need to record.

    Dbt, cbt has helped. Brain tends to be scattered, all over the place, so daily mindfulness, grounding exercises to connect to moment.

    Only able to process data rapidly, large scale, all data at once. So, books with large pages, lots of data broken down, grouped for rapid assimilation.

    Routines are essential. Phone always in left pocket, keys in right pocket, etc. If I put keys somewhere else, I'll freak, panic. So routine, if I start to panic, look in usual spot, wait, they're where they're supposed to be.

    If out in public, at a counter, take wallet out, lay on counter.... stare at wallet entire time, not breaking eye contact, or else I'll forget it's there.

    Wallet attached via chain. Small compact umbrella so I can keep in pocket, otherwise will lose it. Carbiner attached to things so it's easier to hold, not lose.

  • Do introverts ever get lonely? I wonder since they get energy by being by themselves.

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  • Introvert here. Get drained in crowds, being alone in quiet privacy is recharging. Cuz autism et al, most of life has been on edges of crowds, everyone connecting, me confused, alone. Use to feel like a failure, desperate to connect.

    Now, tho.... have learned to socialize by osmosis. So if a feel alone, just go somewhere public. Have very active imagination, lot of interests, talk to myself a lot. Danger of social isolation , my thoughts start to narrow, recursive, world gets smaller.

    I'm late 40s, no friends, no family, no one to talk to... I think I'm OK about being alone. Or maybe that's self delusion.

  • Who is your favorite painter?

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  • Willem de kooning. Early 20s, figure drawing instructor said my live sketches reminded him of de kooning. I'd never heard of him. Few years later, in San Francisco moma, stood in front of one of his Woman paintings, entranced. Thus my love of abstract expressionism began.

  • Why does it seem that people dislike recordings of their voice more than photos of themselves?

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  • I have central auditory processing disorder, capd. Seeing a visual is instantaneous, clear, easy. People speaking is torturous, brain can't process, requires lot of work, confusion, translating. For me, visuals are external, but even external sounds become internal, physical. Activation of the limbic system, anxiety, fear, can lead to hearing voices. Prefrontal cortex, I think, is where brain stops internalizing sound as stress, fear. Why some people with adhd who hear voices take a small, mild dose of Ritalin at night. Ritalin means less limbic, less fear.

    Not an answer to your question, but I think different areas of the brain process sound, visuals. Different mechanisms. I'd be interested to know if someone could shed light on this.

  • What do you recommend as a solution to harden paper?

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  • Artist here. Gesso makes flimsy paper more durable, better able to withstand wetness, layering. I've used spray adhesive, various liquid adhesives that can turn paper more stiff, solid, crisp. Maybe try calling an art supplies store, they might have ideas

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  • The Cheshire cat, and much of Alice in wonderland, hit quite hard, but in a good way. Helped me see that insanity, mental health issues could be a good thing

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    Do you think there are any homeless people who never use drugs, have no mental illness, but are just sick of society and choose to walk the Earth like Caine in Kung Fu?

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  • I spent the last 8 years living in homeless shelters. I'd say at least 95% of my fellow residents were fleeing domestic violence, drug addicts, people out of jail, elderly, pedophiles, sex offenders, wide variety of mental health issues, some physical disabilities.

    Mental health was the majority, so much so that shelters work in concert with mental health programs. Some short term crisis stabilization places for homeless people leaving psych hospitals.

    Remember one guy in above category refusing to stay in a shelter, said it was more crowded, less freedom. Some people so beaten by bad experiences, trauma, unable to hold jobs their entire life, who'd give up, living on the streets was only stability they could muster.

    It is freeing, in a way. But not as romantic, idealized as some might think.

  • What's the best type of food to eat in a shower?

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  • I used to drink cold bottles of beer while showering. Very doable.

  • Does anyone understand the point of advertising a game doing something that, after downloading, it does not do?

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  • Additional facet: when I was younger, only super nerdy, tech people into coding and stuff played video games. Now tho, way more people playng phone games, video games. So games popping up to cater to people who aren't super nerdy or into tech.

  • Does anyone understand the point of advertising a game doing something that, after downloading, it does not do?

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  • Can't cite sources, just want to reaffirm. Kept running into that concept when researching game design, advertising, psychology.

  • Staggered cadence, rhythm generator?

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  • Update 2 days later: Many useful comments. I now have text doc filled with apps, software, podcasts, etc to research, try out.

    This posted question was weird, obscure. Could've been ignored, ridiculed. Barely slept in 4 weeks cuz hearing voices. Desperately hoping against hope.

    So, small group of random internet strangers taking question seriously, offering constructive solutions instead of ridicule? You've helped a lot. Thank you.

  • Staggered cadence, rhythm generator?

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  • Perfect, free even better. Will definitely look into that.

  • Staggered cadence, rhythm generator?

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  • Been listening to combo of three audio files, white, pink and grey noise to block out all frequencies. 2 are youtube videos, and designed white noise loop I created in a sound editor program .

    No matter how varied each sound source is, even in combo, there will be pattern variations that become predictable on repeat.

    Kinda like how fremen walk on the sand in dune. Have to walk with no pattern, to not attract sandworms.