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I have a debate in my brain that I often get stuck on that hopefully #society may fix by the time I get there in like a decade:

I really want to work in #medicine in some form or another, whether it be a nurse or some kind of counselor for #addiction or other ideas I have.

I am very hyper focused on #health and #biology and they're my biggest nerd interests, and love helping.

Yet I really don't want to #work in a corrupt system that profits off of mandatory suffering.

I am always studying how the #brain works as I have a few very complicated #disorders associated with it, and #neurology so my desire to understand myself leads me to trying to understand the #science of why.

I was studying how different #drugs affect the nervous system, and into the topic of mixing them, and how that leads to your perception.

You can't get "high" in multiple ways at once.

Your brain turns it all into one input, and it's like an entirely different drug.

People Are Using AI Chatbots to Guide Their Psychedelic Trips

> #Psychedelic #therapy is incredibly effective but it’s hard to do alone,” says Dylan Beynon, founder and CEO of #Mindbloom, which has mailed #ketamine lozenges, to almost 60,000 people across the US since 2020, according to the company. “That’s why we’re building an #AI #copilot that helps clients heal faster and go deeper”

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Ah, tech addiction…

The biggest shock came early, with the realization that I finally have the energy to enjoy mundane things. Tasks like cleaning the house, or doing the dishes, are no longer so terrible. It’s difficult to overstate how much of my energy was wasted by simply using these devices – and how much wife approval factor this project has. And it’s been only a few weeks of this soft detox.

I even took a long, warm bath. I haven’t had one in some 20 years!

A few more things, lack of phone borough me

I am going through a similar mobile phone detox. I used to use two mobile phones for the longest time. I think I rationalized to myself that I need to be able to stay on top of the updates on iOS and Android to do my job properly. For the last year, I’ve shifted to enterprise software. I am using this moment to also reduce my own dependency on my phone.

I’ve combined this shift with:

  • moving back to a proper camera for taking pictures and videos
  • shifting to using more paper and pen
  • not using my phone for the first hour since waking up

I am also trying to make some additional changes including “calling” people more often than texting. These are all habits that came naturally to me and I am working particularly hard to change some of these.

I also realized that I really didn’t understand dopaminergic systems properly. The reason why I am able to stick and even write this post without giving in to watching yet another youtube video / scroll through instagram is two, maybe three fold:

  • My store of will power doesn’t get depleted first thing in the morning as I have to use it all / most to take my face away from the phone
  • Some of these other things are harder but also release more dopamine when I am able to do them
  • Once you realize how vacuous the phone hits are, you also start to enjoy to do the harder things that end up releasing more dopamine to your system

I am ever more convinced that this is one of the most insidious things our kids are going to face. I am mostly doing this myself to gain clarity, conviction and practice on how to do this so that I can make sure that i can help my son when he needs it.

Fom the keybord of Michał SapkaA few more things, lack of phone borough meI've been limiting my cellphone usage more and more. Recently, I've published a small post about the initial effect this had on me. But, the

”Artificial companionship—sycophantic, always available, always supportive, and often full of shit—can quickly become an #addiction that threatens our mental #health, our human connectedness, and our ability to function."
On techno #fascism:
organizingmythoughts.org/some-

#AI #capitalism #technofascism #LLMs #MentalHealth #CurrentEvents #technology

Organizing My Thoughts · Some Thoughts on Techno-Fascism From Socialism 2025"This is the endgame of our isolation."

People in the Fediverse often say that #socialMedia without #algorithms that are programmed for profits let them feel calmer and better.
Algorithms of the big platforms can make people indeed ill. More and more influencers or social media #creators get #burnout symptoms: "There’s no off button in this job. The algorithms never stop. You can’t pause the internet." theguardian.com/media/2025/jul

The Guardian · ‘You can’t pause the internet’: social media creators hit by burnoutBy Dan Milmo

Ford government fails to release promised funds for addiction and mental health treatment. Niagara is owed $19 million from Ontario government who has been negligent regarding the health and welfare of Ontario residents. “Despite the commitment to open these sites by April, and despite a readiness to act on the ground since shortly after the election in February, the St. Catharines hub remains in limbo". #addiction #mentalhealth #ontario stcatharinesstandard.ca/news/n

Metroland Media · St. Catharines MPP blasts province for delayed HART Hub rolloutBy Matthew P. Barker