[HN Gopher] Get the Funk Out
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Get the Funk Out
Author : bgoldste
Score : 35 points
Date : 2025-01-05 18:07 UTC (4 days ago)
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| n4r9 wrote:
| This feels similar to the idea behind cognitive behavioural
| therapy. Some psychological conditions can be greatly improved by
| a deliberate and gradual process of re-training how one thinks
| about things.
| meonkeys wrote:
| Clever trick!
|
| Pair that with talking with someone to reflect on if/how it
| worked to make it an even stronger funk-escape method.
| jkolio wrote:
| What if you want the funk? Need the funk? Gotta have that funk?
|
| On a more serious note: "wash your bowl, but upside down (because
| you'll notice the creator's stamp on the bottom, who'll you'll
| look up, meet, and make a friend or something)," seems to be the
| gist. He says to change your thinking, but it's notable that
| these kinds of interventions put you _back_ into the world, with
| it 's myriad opportunities, rather than inside your head and
| zombie routine, where everything is set. It's mindfulness.
| leptons wrote:
| > my workdays began by looking in my closet for my cleanest dirty
| shirt.
|
| When I catch my wife doing this (it's rare), I call it "fashion
| raccooning".
| alexjplant wrote:
| ...and nary a mention of Extreme [1] or The Brothers Johnson [2].
|
| [1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=IqP76XWHQI0 [2]
| https://youtube.com/watch?v=huzYji2OAD4
| cloud8421 wrote:
| What an album Pornograffitti!
| kaycebasques wrote:
| Came to the comments ready to mention that laundromat in SF. Very
| happy to see an image of it in the post!
| frausto wrote:
| As someone who struggles with cycles of depression, but let's
| call it funk, I relate to the downward behavioral and thought
| spiral it can put you inside. Yet, inevitably, I DO get out of
| it. For me, it's been a combination of things, largely changes in
| the external environment that force internal action. I tried
| medication and eventually (after a painfully long time trying to
| find the right "fit") found some combination that got me through.
| But I didn't like what it did to my thoughts and, more
| importantly, to my perception of the world. Not to mention the
| physical side effects (including headaches, fogginess, and
| nausea), depression medication, as prescribed by psychiatrists,
| made me feel inevitably less ME. I did not like that. I do not
| like that.
|
| So what did work?
|
| When I was younger, I "solved" the issue by moving. I would move
| cities, move apartments, move jobs, and so on and so forth. And
| that worked! Such significant external changes forced a coming
| out of sorts, forced me into action that kicked me out of my
| spiral. It also lead to new experiences and a lot of learning!
| Great for young me. But as I get older and have more
| responsibility and weight outside of myself in my life (now
| including wife, children, dog, and house), I cannot in good
| conscience keep doing the same.
|
| I know how this may come off, but I did try micro-dosing more
| recently and found it supremely helpful, not as a long-term
| solution, certainly not as a means to enhance my ability to
| achieve more in any particular task, but supremely helpful in
| terms of kicking me out of a vicious and unrelenting downward
| spiral. Enough to find my footing and make my way out, replacing
| it for a more upward trajectory. Once footing is found, I can
| stop and, on my own, work my way up. The last time I did this was
| several years back, and we'll see how the cycles go from here.
|
| All that to say I have found no perfect solution. I still search,
| though not as desperately as before. And time, more than
| anything, has its sway.
|
| Why write this? Perhaps I'm just feeling introspective in the new
| year.
| soulofmischief wrote:
| Thoroughly relatable.
|
| It's hard to explain to people who only get sad what real
| depression can do. In my case exacerbated by childhood/early
| adulthood trauma and homelessness, as well as ADHD, bipolar
| type II, and tourettic OCD. Some insensitive people who think
| they are smarter than health researchers think that's just a
| string of labels, but anyone actually suffering from those
| afflictions understands that they are typically comorbid and
| can have aassive effect on the range of highs and lows
| experienced in just five minutes, much less a day or week.
|
| My sister tried killing herself twice in the last two years.
| That situation financially drained me during a time when I'd
| just been forced out of a CTO position during a hostile
| takeover, and, among other circumstances, caused me to
| completely crash out. I stopped talking to everyone, dropped a
| lot of responsibilities and hobbies, and just retreated to my
| comforts for a year. Hardest wave of depression I've had since
| I was a child getting beaten regularly, or a young adult having
| immense existential crises around my future prospects.
|
| I can already tell that it will take a dew years to become
| normal again. Just hoping this was my early midlife crisis and
| that things will cruise from here for a while.
|
| I wish you the best, and my email inbox is always open if you
| want to chat.
| joshdavham wrote:
| This sort of technique worked really well for me in my first
| semester of uni. I was stuck in a funk and tried many things
| (even including stuff like cold showers). What really worked was
| just changing my thinking. I consciously decided that I'd stop
| feeling sorry for myself and that I wouldn't blame my
| surroundings or others for bad things. It worked wonders at the
| time.
| keybored wrote:
| My apartment is a no-guest-zone.
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