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[–] devAlot@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Totally get where you're coming from. If you’re staring down the barrel of something massive like trauma, abuse, an entire system that's completely fucked and seems way bigger than you and the others fighting it are or ever will be, it feels like no matter how much "self care" you do, the external crap stays the same, right?? It's fucking maddening.

But idk, to me, therapy (actual, good therapy with a non-shitty therapist) isn’t about giving us power over the root cause, not always anyways because like you said, sometimes it's impossible. Imo, a lot of times it’s about helping people stop handing more power to "it" (whatever it may be) than "it" already has. We don’t get to choose what happens to us sometimes, but we do get to choose how we respond to it, how we carry it, how we let it affect us, how we pass our pain onto others. It can be a super uncomfortable, yet extremely liberating, paradox. Like, okay, I might not be able to slay the dragon here (sorry, nerd here), but I can sure as hell stop feeding it in whatever way I was (constant unhealthy thought patterns, my own actions or the lack thereof, etc).

Therapy doesn't fix the world for sure, but it can help us decide which parts of the suffering are necessary, or which parts we might be unconsciously choosing to carry longer than we need to. Idk, that’s where our power really is, imo.

Edit: fixed some typos

[–] devAlot@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] devAlot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Looks like it's been legitimized previously https://lemmy.world/comment/15468351

[–] devAlot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Record your screen while you watch it, then download your recording

[–] devAlot@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Anderson has been carrying her U.S. passport on her at all times since receiving the email

Christ what is this timeline

[–] devAlot@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Potentially goth, as well.

[–] devAlot@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Attempt at organizing said drawer of ours

[–] devAlot@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

OP delivers! 🙌

[–] devAlot@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The more moss was a lie

[–] devAlot@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Since others have shared a lot of recipes, I'm just popping in to say that drinking a lot of water and adding electrolytes is extremely important on this diet. For real, it's not something you wanna FAFO about, because you'll feel like absolute shit.

There are online calculators you can use to input your age, height, weight, etc, and determine how much water you need to drink. Just don't forget the electrolytes!

If it helps, this is what I use (it's a bit cheaper on Amazon but I really like the company so I order direct).

Also, if you want to track your calories/carb intake, I recommend an app called Cronometer (google play link here).

Best of luck! I've been on keto for years now (hopping off now and then around the holidays) and can't recommend it enough.

[–] devAlot@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

My doctor said something similar.

But after years of me being on keto, losing 167lbs, having an "absolutely fantastic health record" and the "healthiest bloodwork" he's ever seen (his words), plus significant improvement in mood, memory, and mobility, and a significant reduction/elimination of pain and inflammation, he changed his mind.

He even said that most of the content he had heard or read when saying it was "a bad diet" all those years ago was "completely biased" and "worded very slyly" (also his words). After revisiting those sources, he realized they "weren't actually describing real keto, just people eating a ton of fat" (which is not what keto is), "and crying about how bad fat is" (again, his words... which made me LOL). Also, mega bonus points for him - he actually checked into the sources and found that most of them were funded by the sugar industry.

It takes nothing to realize you're wrong; for some people, it takes a lot to admit it. He had no problem doing so, and even recommends the diet to other patients now.

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