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Temptation has been high the past while (it always was a go-to during down and stressful times), but praise God it's passing - and He is good.
I'm thankful for y'all.
I'm thankful for y'all.
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In a society that embraces evolutionism, why must I be more than an animal and work instead of hibernate?
I mean, nature.... gets cold, animals hibernate.... IF all we are, are animals with more intellect then we should realize the smart thing to do is to hibernate, not trudge through the cold, which for some includes snow, sludge and ice.... to get to a job to make someone even MORE rich as THEY sleep in due to cold weather.
So.... I suggest we go about as we were and embrace God and our existence is MORE than simply animals doing as animals do...... or we as a society continue to cling to Darwins flawed and incomplete theory and we simply do no more than the animals do during the winter and hibernate.
Then, if hibernation is allowed by law.... I could live higher on the map than Dallas..... Im getting to old for this cold stuff...... and its only 48
I mean, nature.... gets cold, animals hibernate.... IF all we are, are animals with more intellect then we should realize the smart thing to do is to hibernate, not trudge through the cold, which for some includes snow, sludge and ice.... to get to a job to make someone even MORE rich as THEY sleep in due to cold weather.
So.... I suggest we go about as we were and embrace God and our existence is MORE than simply animals doing as animals do...... or we as a society continue to cling to Darwins flawed and incomplete theory and we simply do no more than the animals do during the winter and hibernate.
Then, if hibernation is allowed by law.... I could live higher on the map than Dallas..... Im getting to old for this cold stuff...... and its only 48
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15 years ago at this time the wife and I were dating, just getting serious. We are closer, more in love now than we could imagine then. Today there is no fear of getting hurt, not going to suffer rejection. Now it’s familiar, and we’ve learned to talk openly about everything. I never even imagined it could be like this. Life is good.
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Husband and I celebrated our second wedding anniversary on Monday. I was reflecting on how nothing in our marriage has gone as planned, but it is so wonderful anyway. It has been an unexpected adventure, and I can't wait to see what is next!
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My in laws are traveling out of the country tomorrow. I don’t know what we will do with ourselves!
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I'd rather stand outside in the cold than sit in a doctor's office...... I could never be a doctor......
I see a sick person I make my fingers into a cross and shout "YOU SHALL NOT PASS....on to me."
I see a sick person I make my fingers into a cross and shout "YOU SHALL NOT PASS....on to me."
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Thankful for days off with my wife. Well...days off for her, I go to work in an hour lol. The point is - I love having time with her that's not the weekend.
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I’m ready for a weekend. Baby is sick and husband lost his job and things are stressful.
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I had an interesting thought today (interesting to me anyway) so I'll share...
There's a very loose and difficult to understand concept in psychology called "lack of introspection" that sounds rather benign for what it actually describes. Most people have heard the old adage "if you think you're crazy...you aren't"...and it comes from this concept. I've had very close personal relationships with several people with rather severe mental health problems so I'll try to describe it as best I can.
It is a delusional belief which the person experiencing cannot attribute to the correct source. No amount of arguing, reasoning, or pleading will change this. The person experiencing the delusion will always incorrectly attribute it to the wrong source. Sounds simple, right? Yet it's hard to explain without experiencing. Here's an example...
A person hears voices in their head. To them...they appear real and very frightening, even threatening or mocking. They come to the conclusion that the voices are being projected into their mind by the CIA...despite the presence of rational, trusted, loved ones explaining to them that they are experiencing auditory hallucinations from a mental illness. The person experiencing them may have been the type who would have laughed at such ideas as nonsense prior to experiencing their delusions...it really makes no difference how rational or logical or reasonable they were prior to the experience. Even after treatment, the person may never accept that their hallucinations were indeed hallucinations....it is heartbreaking to experience, I can only promise you.
Well, today it occurred to me that certain illicit drugs can also produce this affect. Most commonly, methamphetamine induced insomnia can result in a lack of introspection....but it's unclear whether the lack of sleep or the drug itself is to blame. Drugs known to directly induce a lack of introspection are typically powerful hallucinogenics or psychotropics. Angel dust or PCP has a rather long history of stories about people jumping out of windows, mutilating themselves, or committing crimes that the person wouldn't have otherwise. People think LSD has a similar effect...but that seems mostly tied to anti-drug propaganda and less to reality. Ayahuasca is another powerful hallucinogen capable of commonly inducing a lack of introspection...but it seems to be less likely to be a negative effect, the kind typically associated with paranoia or other dangerous beliefs. Finally, salvia divinorum seems to have an immediate and profoundly strong effect that leads to an immediate lack of introspection. If anyone has no idea what I mean, simply Google for videos of someone smoking salvia (it's not illegal everywhere) and you'll see an example. I've seen a video where 30 seconds to 1 minute after inhaling it, the person climbed atop their couch and out a window in fear of whatever they were experiencing.
Anyways, my thought was that perhaps if this state of mind can be approached both from a mental condition and chemically, then it stands to reason that there is a rather specific part of the brain, or even a region of the brain, that is directly linked to our awareness of what is "real" and what is not. It would be a mistake to say that the hallucination itself is the cause, as many people have eaten "magic mushrooms" and never at any point mistakenly believed their hallucinations to be real. It would make more sense that a part of the brain directly makes these assessments (and therefore operates within certain parameters in the healthy human mind) and informs the rest of our thought process accordingly. That's not to say that this region correctly determines reality 100% of the time....it simply tells the rest of your brain "this is real...it's happening"....and under certain chemicals, conditions, or even circumstances it switches "on" or even "off" and cannot revert to normal functioning.
I thought this, and what it could mean if such a region were identified and could be "reset" chemically or otherwise. It could mean the difference between a lifetime of struggling with mental illness or being able to fix it, or even just cope with it better. I also wonder if it could be pharmacologically managed in a way that could benefit those who work in high stress situations like an emt or soldier and enhance their ability to "take in" the whole situation and reduce "tunnel vision".
Just a thought.
There's a very loose and difficult to understand concept in psychology called "lack of introspection" that sounds rather benign for what it actually describes. Most people have heard the old adage "if you think you're crazy...you aren't"...and it comes from this concept. I've had very close personal relationships with several people with rather severe mental health problems so I'll try to describe it as best I can.
It is a delusional belief which the person experiencing cannot attribute to the correct source. No amount of arguing, reasoning, or pleading will change this. The person experiencing the delusion will always incorrectly attribute it to the wrong source. Sounds simple, right? Yet it's hard to explain without experiencing. Here's an example...
A person hears voices in their head. To them...they appear real and very frightening, even threatening or mocking. They come to the conclusion that the voices are being projected into their mind by the CIA...despite the presence of rational, trusted, loved ones explaining to them that they are experiencing auditory hallucinations from a mental illness. The person experiencing them may have been the type who would have laughed at such ideas as nonsense prior to experiencing their delusions...it really makes no difference how rational or logical or reasonable they were prior to the experience. Even after treatment, the person may never accept that their hallucinations were indeed hallucinations....it is heartbreaking to experience, I can only promise you.
Well, today it occurred to me that certain illicit drugs can also produce this affect. Most commonly, methamphetamine induced insomnia can result in a lack of introspection....but it's unclear whether the lack of sleep or the drug itself is to blame. Drugs known to directly induce a lack of introspection are typically powerful hallucinogenics or psychotropics. Angel dust or PCP has a rather long history of stories about people jumping out of windows, mutilating themselves, or committing crimes that the person wouldn't have otherwise. People think LSD has a similar effect...but that seems mostly tied to anti-drug propaganda and less to reality. Ayahuasca is another powerful hallucinogen capable of commonly inducing a lack of introspection...but it seems to be less likely to be a negative effect, the kind typically associated with paranoia or other dangerous beliefs. Finally, salvia divinorum seems to have an immediate and profoundly strong effect that leads to an immediate lack of introspection. If anyone has no idea what I mean, simply Google for videos of someone smoking salvia (it's not illegal everywhere) and you'll see an example. I've seen a video where 30 seconds to 1 minute after inhaling it, the person climbed atop their couch and out a window in fear of whatever they were experiencing.
Anyways, my thought was that perhaps if this state of mind can be approached both from a mental condition and chemically, then it stands to reason that there is a rather specific part of the brain, or even a region of the brain, that is directly linked to our awareness of what is "real" and what is not. It would be a mistake to say that the hallucination itself is the cause, as many people have eaten "magic mushrooms" and never at any point mistakenly believed their hallucinations to be real. It would make more sense that a part of the brain directly makes these assessments (and therefore operates within certain parameters in the healthy human mind) and informs the rest of our thought process accordingly. That's not to say that this region correctly determines reality 100% of the time....it simply tells the rest of your brain "this is real...it's happening"....and under certain chemicals, conditions, or even circumstances it switches "on" or even "off" and cannot revert to normal functioning.
I thought this, and what it could mean if such a region were identified and could be "reset" chemically or otherwise. It could mean the difference between a lifetime of struggling with mental illness or being able to fix it, or even just cope with it better. I also wonder if it could be pharmacologically managed in a way that could benefit those who work in high stress situations like an emt or soldier and enhance their ability to "take in" the whole situation and reduce "tunnel vision".
Just a thought.
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Reminds me of something that happened with my wife once. We were in the southwest at a little Mexican restaurant and she ordered something that she thought was just pork, but turned out to be tripe....which tasted awful to her delicate palate.
Her mistake wasn't realized till we were home (it was take-out) and she was immediately disappointed she had nothing to eat. I had a carne asada burrito which was rather large (authentic Mexican restaurants seem to make burritos big enough for an entire meal) so I cut it in half and gave her half of it.
She only got a couple of bites into it before she was shedding a few tears. I asked her what was wrong and she explained that no one had ever shared their food with her like that before when they were hungry (apparently neither her family nor boyfriends had ever done this for her) and she saw it as a sign that I really cared about her.
I told her I did indeed love her, but didn't really think of it as a big deal (in true romantic fashion lol). I explained that even though it was never verbalized...my father had always done this, making sure my mother, sister, and I always had our plates filled before he filled his own. I simply had it ingrained in my mind that was what a man always did...made sure his family was fed first.
It's probably worth noting that sharing my food never had such a dramatic effect on my wife since then....but I did remember to thank my dad for his good example of behavior. He didn't seem to think it a big deal either lol.
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