15:24:29shinmeraAnyway, the biggest problem is that the dough /still/ did not rise as much as in the video. Next time I'm going to try letting it rise at a warmer temperature.
15:25:47shinmeragingerale: so how about that celeste
15:33:57gingeraleI still need to cook dinner and eat something but I'll get to that in ten minutes and I should be done by the time
20:05:46shinmeraTake a chill walk outside. Do grocery shopping and other chores. Try doing something new you haven't done before. Come hang out with me, I'd do that even if you do feel like shit.
20:06:53suntmci avoid the stores nowadays. sensory overload. i don't like walking, really.
20:07:09suntmcand i just don't feel like meeting up with anyone atm
20:08:53shinmeraIt won't improve your mood in the instant, but that's not the point. It's not about doing one thing one time and it being like a miracle medicine.
20:13:40gingeraleSensory overload is annoying. Thankfully constant music from earbuds helps a ton.
20:13:52suntmci've been doing stuff for 2 years. it's just gotten worse and worse
20:14:03suntmcalso, it doesn't help that i also suffer from PTSD
20:14:36suntmcgingerale: yeah, headphones are always good. but stores are just too bright and have too much color
20:15:08suntmcthere's a store nearby (SPAR) that has an autism friendly hour like twice a week where they dim the lights and turn off the radio and stuff. it's pretty neat
20:15:25shinmeraWhat happened to that clinic visit you talked about?
20:36:28gingeraleI'd really love to get a copy of Twin Snakes..
20:43:40suntmcminty: yeah me too. but first i have to be accepted. and then i need to be selected for the real thing and not placebo. i'm not very optimistic
20:46:00mintywell, if you get accepted it's a 50/50
20:47:30mintyi've done lsd before. i dunno how they'd dose it for clinical trials but it's fun recreationally
20:47:36shinmeraAnd even if you get the placebo, it might still help.
20:47:55mintyyeah, placebo effect is a hell of a drug
20:48:38suntmcyeah but compared to 100ug of LSD i think you'll notice
20:49:02suntmc(they'd give you 100ug in the first round and then later 200ug in a second round)
20:49:44shinmeraThere's an interesting anecdote from Freud about that. Back in his day there was a lot of research about hysteria and such. Apparently there were cases of women experiencing the same mental and physical trauma symptoms as a friend, shortly after they learned of that friend having that illness.
20:50:08shinmeraMeaning that, through mental imagery alone they got all the same symptoms as a real case.
20:53:54shinmerahow many layers of google are you on
20:54:05suntmcyeah, but i don't want to look for studies
20:54:30suntmci just want to know if it's possible to experience placebo on a similar level as a real hallucinogenic drug
20:55:00suntmchttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200330181658.htm ah there we go
20:55:00Colleenwww.sciencedaily.com/releas... Website (HTML), Title: The placebo effect and psychedelic drugs: Tripping on nothing? The placebo effect in psychedelic drug
20:55:00Colleenwww.sciencedaily.com/releas... Website (HTML), Title: The placebo effect and psychedelic drugs: Tripping on nothing? The placebo effect in psychedelic drug
20:55:16shinmerathat was my first google result just now lol