“The U.K. is bad vibes, the U.K. is bad vibes, the U.K. is bad vibes.”

Then move to Lagos, Atlanta or Toronto, then. Don’t keep going on about how much the U.K. is a clapped island if you have the means to do something about it.

Too many people, top clinicians included, treat tricyclics like glorified SSRIs with extra baggage. That’s reductive. The real efficacy of tricyclics, especially ones like clomipramine, doesn’t lie primarily with SERT (serotonin) or NET (norepinephrine) inhibition at-all. The long-term compensatory changes - the down-regulation of post-synaptic serotonin and beta-adrenergic receptors, and both pre.-and-post-synaptic alpha receptors - are key to why these drugs punch harder and deeper than most SSRIs ever will.

Clomipramine isn’t just a ‘stronger SSRI’. It’s a different class of weapon entirely. And the idea that its strength lies only in its SERT potency is textbook-level thinking that completely misses the point. Even people like Ken Gillman get caught up in that tunnel-vision sometimes. It’s not about first-line vs second-line. It’s about understanding what actually works when the softer options fail.

(Scientific one, still.)

Also. Speaking on behalf of people I’ve known to want to speak to a female volunteer specifically at Samaritans (e.g., re. a breast-lump), I can almost feel their frustration when all they get at night is a string of male volunteers, and I say that as a fellow-male. You can’t exactly customise your volunteer in advance but I’m sure it doesn’t bode well for the charity that there aren’t enough female volunteers on at night, probably because sexually-harassing calls from horny middle-aged men are at their peak then. And-so the innocent callers have to suffer the consequence of that. It’s not fair. The people calling at 2/3 a.m. to talk about their male rape (which they might not feel comfortable talking about with another man), their breast-lump, their domestic abuse or sexual trauma didn’t create the hostile environment that contributed to less women being comfortable to do the night-shift. They’re just being left to absorb the fallout of other people’s violations and abuse of the service. So the institutional gap can unintentionally alienate some callers.

….but, but, but, but…we are the ‘whinging poms’ arent we…isn’t it said to be a part of the Brit culture to moan …so a move to Lagos or Toronto or Atlanta would any take and extend that worldwide because we’ll find those bad vibes wherever we are and there are always bad vibes to find…and it can be very therapeutic to moan about them….

But don't you want to know the fastest way to skin an apple

People who step back into your life and expect you to be exactly the same as you were 12 or 15 years ago. We have the same fundamental core, sure, but not everyone may have seen that core back in the day and in any case, we evolve as people (albeit more-so than actually become completely different people, unless we weren’t being ourselves to begin with). You can’t always just pick off where you left it in 2012.

When men try and play the chivalrous protector with women older than them.

:laugh:

Don't forget people sniffing each others farts.:umm2:

Pins and needles.

Like, let’s not. This woman’s old enough to be your sugar-nanny.

“Volume should be turned down” recommendations from Apple. Piss off.

Yeah that headphone volume warning is annoying especially as you have to stop what you’re doing to cancel the message !!

It is the iPhone’s ONLY flaw though in their defence !!


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People ignoring the truth when they feel personally called out rather-than reflecting and sitting with it.

This guy


LoL


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Indeed bad vibes are everywhere

I'm not the same as 2 years ago. I'm mentally and socially tired. Been avoiding people and ignoring messages for now until I gather the strength.
Takes a lot of energy to maintain relationships and be as chirpy and giving as I was a year or 2 ago. When people call me my pet name I inwardly say "she's died a year ago"

Awww

Sending you a virtual hug !

I suffer from perpetual depression and anxiety but the only thing that helps is listening to happy, uptempo uplifting music .. sometimes even that can’t help of course


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Music is great therapy for sure.

(Big-ting, still)

Women in some ancient cultures not being allowed to eat gizzard, pork, the head of chicken, etc., even-’though 9 times out of 10 it would be the women preparing and cooking these parts of meat. The only person, if anyone, who should have full monopoly over a meal is the person who actually cooks it. Men dictating even that to women is sickening misogyny.

Hugs. You’ve got this.

…I mean, you are that same person, CeeCee…but just at a different time in your life and maybe not feeling such a ‘social’ vibe of being around people…but that’s cool too because it gives you the space to focus on you and that’s a great focus to have and one that’s much needed at times…:love:..

David Platt (Corrie), 2006-08. The most irritating piece of garbage ever. Hated his psycho.-teen phase. I’d have disowned him if he was my kid.

Yes! Absolutely awful. Fortunately he redeemed himself.

Yeah, definitely (well, as much as someone like David could redeem himself).

Another thing I’m not keen on about Corrie is the last 10 years of Blanche’s (Deirdre’s mum) stint, the Blanche as most people know her and came to know her. I preferred younger, ’70s Blanche. She was more balanced and didn’t take pleasure in other people’s misfortune.

The actor was really quite nice on Celebrity Big Brother for what it’s worth


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