They already do. They just use your bank account.

Thanks for sharing I hope you get relief someday.

It’s a much shorter distance from stomach to mouth.

I think it has a lot to do with her ADHD. Either way she is still alive.

Some folk like my spouse would randomly take a huge gasping breath. She was, and is, always forgetting to breathe. Since she has started learning to belly breathe and it is starting to become more autonomic her gasps have reduced. That being said she still forgets to breathe.

I don’t know how much patience you have for long term efforts. I have done this for other issues. Meditate on it. Spend initially 5 minutes a day and then lengthen and increase frequency to something like 10-20 minutes 2-3x a day. Figure out what works for you.

Recreate the situations and scenarios where you get triggered. And be in the situation. Stew in it. Notice more and more how you react. What is happening before your reaction? What is happening in the space between each reaction. You most likely will not find out the solution while in meditation. But the meditation will ingrain the ability to slow your processes down. So when you’re back in the situation you will start noticing the issues that are making you lose it.

Once armed with that knowledge you’ll either find new coping mechanisms or you’ll have better information for a mental health professional to help you see those new coping mechanisms.

Rinse and repeat.

The only way to know is to finally find the trigger and if the “addiction” goes away as a result. I found out a few things about myself that helped me to kick my desires that were running me ragged. Definitely wasn’t an addiction. Now finding out that I have other things on the other side that are keeping me from being able to be completely balanced. We are very complex beings.

I think it’s safe to say that op is only stating that people that don’t have meaningful relationships are ultimately substituting with a hollow replacement. Not that they’re addicted. More so that they’re misinterpreting it as addiction.

I found out because sometimes my finger will involuntarily press down without me noticing. Lol

Ah yes. So frustrating how Nintendo keeps patching all the fun hacks/glitches in tears of the kingdom.

I think you’re doing what I found I was doing a little while ago. Concentration is the ability to bring yourself back to what you ultimately want to do. Absorption is the exclusion of all else. I think you want absorption and your concentration is likely fantastic. Most people concentrate really well and don’t realize it.

Extroverts also tend to be more vampiric in my experience. This doesn’t make them bad though.

Sky daddies. 😂

I think the majority of us get it. There are a few who are making decisions that don’t understand.

What I’m realizing more and more is that we don’t have to buy materials from stores to make art. There are tons of videos out there showing how to make natural paints, paper, pastels, etc from local resources. I think so many people just can’t be bothered.

I’d argue that drugs can help the individual do things opposite their current nature. To shake them out of the box they’re currently stuck in. Some people can see how the way they feel doesn’t match their current situation on their own steam. Some need drugs to help them focus on that. The questions we don’t ask ourselves when that connection is noticed are the ones that have the strongest possibility of allowing us to change our views and remove that which is unhelpful from our lives so we can be the best version of ourselves.

I’ve been noticing in my own life lately that things are going great on all fronts and yet I’m miserable. I had not paid close enough attention until I had to bring up the discussion of how our language (literal words) shape our perception of reality with my kids. Now I’m seeing why I’m mostly miserable because I’m actually hearing what words I use daily. Language shapes us more than we realize.

Concentration skills gained through meditation and self contemplation can help us without drugs. Though I’d argue that drugs are often key to breaking cycles so we have the energy less spread out and we can focus on the issues we actually have. There is a time and place for them. They cannot become a crutch.

I am always wary of this behavior. So I basically try saying vague things about something only that person would know and if the answers are not in line then I assume they are no longer the right person.

As long as you aren’t malicious I don’t think it’s horrible though sadly in today’s world this should probably be protected against. You could very easily take advantage of an unsuspecting person.

True. When I accidentally sent someone a message because a person in my contacts changed their number without telling me I didn’t get a cute reply. It was literally for me to fuck off. People are so fun and kind.

I feel for both of you. You’re stuck in a tough place. There are different types of antibiotics if memory serves me well so it may be best to see if there is something else they can prescribe that might be less devastating or at the very least some probiotics that you can put him in that will help offset the gut issue. I am only speaking from what I’ve heard my wife talk about for herself. I was on antibiotics so much as a kid that my gut bacteria has never properly recovered. I have yet to find a probiotic that works for me. They all make me sick. Almost everything makes me gassy and in pain so I really feel for your pup. Not sure if they make a gasX product for pets but that may help too.

When mine are nightmarish I walk backwards and slip through the barrier/wall of the dream back into my body. Not sure how I figured that out but it works for me.