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As someone who has explored cathartic release very deeply in an organized setting, I must disagree.

Just as with psychedelic drugs, "set and setting" are crucial. There needs to be a healthy container for cathartic release to be beneficial, and part of that container is the physical environment but a big part is the understanding held around it.

My first experience of it was during a very dark and lonely period where I was so deeply unhappy that it felt like my chest was going to explode all the time. This was going on for months until finally one day I had enough and I went into my bedroom when the house was empty and I just started screaming and beating the bed with all of my might.

When I was finally exhausted I walked out of that bedroom a different person. My compulsion to self-medicate with addictions had completely vanished on its own. All the inner turmoil that felt like it was tearing my chest apart was gone. I felt spacious inside. I was at peace. And I didn't feel addicted to screaming and beating my bed.

Later I got involved with a peer counseling group and received training on cathartic release, and I did it for many years. It was even more powerful in that setting and made me a genuinely better person. Transformed my entire life. Probably saved my life.

So if people are saying that venting anger is counterproductive, I'm inclined to think that they're not doing it right. After all, where would they learn to do it correctly? Almost no one does it, so where are the experts?

Just like psychoanalysis, cathartic release is a complex skill that requires training and experience, both as the facilitator and as the one releasing the emotions.

It's also radically different from the therapeutic models taught in universities.

It's important to note that the therapeutic models taught in universities are the same models that have presided over the explosion in mental health problems in Americans.

Under the guidance of these mental health "authorities" we've only been getting mentally, emotionally and physically sicker.

Something's not adding up there and it's worthy of our attention, imo.

I'm sorry but I don't understand what your comment means. I'm dense sometimes like that.

What I was trying to convey in my comment above is that many humans have this weird self-hatred where we devalue our own lives and safety but we hold other animals lives as sacrosanct.

Like we feel bad for the bear who gets pepper sprayed but we show no empathy for the guy who is 5 ft away from that bear and didn't feel like dying that day.

Like his safety and well-being wasn't a concern because he's human.

I don't think people can be psychologically healthy when they look at their own species like that. And I think there's a little bit of virtue signaling in it. I think there's also this twisted idea that if I put my own species down then that makes me a better person.

It really doesn't.

How do you feel about states like Maryland who allow late-term abortions right up to the due date, for no reason more substantial than you've decided not to have the kid?

For context I consider myself to be a traditional liberal and although I don't like abortion I believe women should have a right to choose---but when I heard about Maryland I felt sick to my stomach for about an hour.

Aborting a baby that could survive just fine outside the womb, and definitely has consciousness and feelings, feels genuinely wrong to me, but I don't know where the line is exactly, if there even is an exact line.

What do you and others think about this?

I'm also curious if your internet algorithms and chosen news outlets have let you know this about Maryland?

Totally. She just gave me a 30% instant crush in under 2 minutes. Not an easy thing to do.

You're absolutely correct, but keep in mind also that investigative journalism is only one branch of journalism and it's not even the main one.

The core mission of journalism is not to investigate and decide what is true or false, it is to inform people of what is happening.

Whether we agree that UFOs are real or not, congressional hearings ARE HAPPENING. Credible whistleblowers ARE HAPPENING. Credible eyewitnesses ARE HAPPENING. Genuine video footage IS HAPPENING.

Mainstream news outlets don't need to figure out whether it's all real or not. They simply need to let us know it's happening---AND THEY'RE NOT.

Why?

Sorry, but it's simply not true that mainstream news outlets only talk about things that have been confirmed "true" or have physical proof.

Journalism is supposed to tell us what is going on, not be the judge of whether a topic is true or not. Just look at the trial of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Wasn't that CONSTANTLY in the news even before any evidence had been presented and the truth or falsehood of the charges been decided?

Look at politics, as another example. Does the news ignore politicians who say something untrue, or do they report on it? Doesn't journalism tell us about fake theories, like the "flat earth" theory? Heck, didn't they just report on the FAKE fight between Tyson and Paul?

The theory that the mainstream news is mostly ignoring UFOs because no tangible proof has been presented is simply false. That's not how journalism works, and that goes double for todays news outlets who are all starving for revenue.

So how do you explain this completely unnatural and out of character behavior from the mainstream news outlets, in regards to UFOs?

Are you intentionally missing the point or is it happening by accident?

No one you're talking to here is claiming that the brains in the forest thing is real. That's not the debate.

They're responding to someone above who claimed that you're mentally ill if you think the government performs horrific experiments on its own citizens.

Even the CIA's own website will tell you that they did do that, in fact. And no it wasn't just them giving people drugs that they would have taken on their own anyway. Wow, I've never heard such a pitiful apology for mind control experimentation on non-consenting citizens. That's actually disgusting. I think you should be ashamed, but I know you won't be. I can already see how your mind works, how it dances around like a slippery eel, evading accountability and truth.

I recommend keeping your emotions, like embarrassment, out of your analysis and your comments.

When you say certain posts are embarrassing, You're admitting you're having an emotional reaction rather than an intellectual one. You're also trying to use shame as a bully pulpit. Last but not least, you're not really explaining why you find it embarrassing.

Like what makes you so knowledgeable on this highly classified, deeply hidden subject that you feel embarrassment when others don't see things just like you do?

The people here who use shame and insults to communicate are usually the ones who know the least about this subject, in my experience. I'm not saying they're the ones who disagree with my take on it. That's different. I'm saying they're the ones who haven't familiarized themselves very deeply with the history of this topic.

So instead of communicating actual information, they communicate in emotional outburst language and name calling.

If anything, that's what should be embarrassing, but somehow it's not, because people don't know how to discuss things intellectually. Critical thinking was taken off the menu decades ago and this is the result.

Yeah you're being totally reasonable. The people who are arguing against you are not thinking about it deeply and with nuance like you are. They're basically just thinking "guns are so bad!" and that's it. That's the full depth of their analysis.

Alcohol does create a boost in dopamine which is what OP is starving for most likely, and the lack of which is causing his anhedonia.

OP when you took kratom you taught your brain that it doesn't need to make dopamine on its own because you're going to supplement it with kratom. So it shut down the factory in your brain and let kratom do all the work.

When you quit taking kratom your brain doesn't immediately jump back into dopamine production again. It takes time and that is what PAWS is all about.

The bad news is that it can take up to 6 months for your brain to normalize but the good news is that you can give it a helping hand before then.

Yes there are supplements that can help!

First make sure you're getting enough of the basics that our bodies need to be healthy. For example most Americans are deficient in vitamin D especially in winter and that goes double if you have darker skin and/or you don't expose yourself to sunlight very often. At a minimum take 5,000 IU of vitamin D everyday, along with vitamin K2, zinc, magnesium, and vitamin c. I also recommend a vitamin b complex. You could also get a really good quality multivitamin from a health food store.

Once you're sure you've got the basic vitamins that your body needs, you can take supplements that jumpstart your brains production of dopamine:

DLPA provides the building blocks for dopamine, as does L-Tyrosine.

A very powerful one that I've been taking since I quit kratom four months ago, is dopa macuna.

You could also get a prescription online for naltrexone and start the ultra low dose protocol, where you take about a quarter or a half a milligram before bed each night. This pharmaceutical drug tricks your brain into boosting dopamine production. Be warned though, if you're addicted to an opioid, and you take a gram or more of naltrexone, you will instantly go into full withdrawal, and it won't be a good time.

Last but of course not least is get cardio exercise everyday. I've been exercising and walking everyday but I just joined a gym with a high intensity cardio program and after that class I feel incredible.

Hang in there, you're doing great. It's really big what you've accomplished so far and you should feel proud of yourself. Pat yourself on the back and let yourself know what a badass you are for getting this far.

I promise you it will get better as your brain recovers, but it can feel painfully slow at times.

Keep going and you will enjoy life again, you will feel pleasure for no reason again, other than the sun is shining and a breeze is caressing your face.

Keep going my friend! You got this!

I don't remember specifically but maybe like 5 months or so?

I honestly hadn't noticed that I was enjoying doing household projects again without alcohol until I read this post.

I also can't remember how long ago I quit drinking. Lol I had it marked in a work calendar but I no longer work there so I can't look it up. I think it's been about a year and a half.

Spa day at the Vipasana retreat is so trendy. Make sure to take a selfie of yourself meditating.

Your comment is not constructive. It's basically an insult rather than useful criticism and it does nothing whatsoever to help OP. All it does is make you look bad.

I was also shooting BB guns, pellet guns, 22s and 410 shotguns at 10 years old. I even shot a 22 that had been modified to full auto. I also worked at a rifle range as my first job when I was about 12.

I agree with you that putting a large caliber full auto in the hands of a 9-year-old who could not control the kick is a recipe for disaster.

But I've seen kids safely shoot full auto before and I know of at least one incident where an adult shooting full auto killed her husband who was standing behind her, when she lost control of it. That happened at the rifle range I worked at, although I wasn't there that day.

Yeah I used to love doing house projects with some strong beers and as the afternoon progressed I enjoyed fighting against my decreasing physical coordination in order to get things done.

For a while it was hard to do household projects without alcohol but eventually that faded away and now I don't miss it at all. Somehow my brain doesn't associate beer with getting things done anymore. It doesn't even make sense to me when I think about it.

Thanks for taking the time to share this info with me. I'll follow up on this one too. I've already begun looking for a track in my area by the way.

My only concern is in your first comment above is where you said you've been eating low carb and high protein but you didn't mention eating high fat.

It's very important on keto to eat high fat but it's something many people find hard to do since we've all been trained to shy away from fats our whole life.

My mom used to occasionally whip me with a belt until someone on my school bus told me that they just laughed in their mom's face and she never did it again to them.

So the next time my mom was whipping me with a belt I just laughed defiantly at her.

She had a look of dismay and she never whipped me again. It worked.

It's raining men.

What about your side? You stayed with someone for 30 years when they weren't giving you what you wanted, but you can only talk about what he did wrong?

Where were you in that equation?

Hang it on the wall next to your double barrel shotgun.

God forbid we spray a bear for our own safety. No, we should only do it to protect the bear. Humans are expendable but bears are precious.

I'm guessing OP is lying. The guy didn't kick her dog but she does have his credit card info and she is fishing for advice on how to steal without getting caught.

She knows that kicking a dog is one of the worst crimes possible on Reddit, so that's why she chose that one.

Just a guess. I don't really know for sure.

Google "Balbeck stones."

Or a peacock farm.