Post AZRj4rtAYXtLH0P6Ce by Cirdan@awscommunity.social
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 (DIR) Post #AZRhVdVfvPMmaX3Dge by Wolven@ourislandgeorgia.net
       2023-09-05T04:30:49Z
       
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       Every so often I think about doing that therapy where they reset your entire gut biome to see if it'd fix my digestive issues but then I remember that your gut biome is directly tied to personality and mental patterns and then I think about depression and anxiety and then I think about how much of that, in me, is tied to my issues with food and then I think about doing that therapy where they reset your entire gut biome.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZRi4bBmXtdpWePwfo by engagedpractx@sciences.social
       2023-09-05T04:37:05Z
       
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       @Wolven I realise you're making a bleak joke but the research into the so-called gut-brain axis is sketchy as hell.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZRiN78yTfW7qNvugC by maddramaqueen@eldritch.cafe
       2023-09-05T04:40:26Z
       
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       @Wolven This is only semi-related but I recently got diagnosed with a vitamin D & B12 deficiency and started taking supplements (doctor prescribed) and I am significantly less lethargic all of a sudden and it's causing a vague identity crisis.  I've been lethargic and depressed since my teen years and now I'm much less depressed and have energy to get chores done and it's like...who am I?  It's weird how health conditions can become personality traits we build identity around without even realizing it.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZRj4rtAYXtLH0P6Ce by Cirdan@awscommunity.social
       2023-09-05T04:48:09Z
       
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       @Wolven Okay Chidi!
       
 (DIR) Post #AZRkqy373TjeEXYQO8 by EverydayMoggie@sfba.social
       2023-09-05T05:08:13Z
       
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       What you're saying resonates.I spent most of my childhood and early adulthood suffering from severe food allergies, bad enough that I was in chronic pain, and sometimes barely functional. When this was finally correctly diagnosed and I started to get better, there was a span of about two years where I struggled with the idea that I just didn't deserve to feel good, I didn't deserve to feel normal, that I must have done something horribly wrong. When that sort of suffering has been with you your whole life, it becomes foundational to who you believe you are, and letting that go takes courage. It's hard to jump into the void, not knowing whether you'll have a self at all when you land. @Wolven