So I jumped on the self help bandwagon when I was in 10th class . Just started watching those cringe self help videos that just suggest buy top 10 books and your life will be sorted etc. well me being a psudeo intellectual thought let's buy these books and I did . But 5 years have passed and i haven't read a single page . A single page . I have bought over 15 of those books . Just the basic famous titles like subtle art , rich dad poor dad , how to make friends the general recommended books by self help youtubers . I won't comment if they are useful or not as I haven't even read a page but I have this bad habit of buying things by reciprocating others and not knowing individually what I want . Well what's done is done . I do have to read those books because otherwise I will have the regret of wasting money and not utilising no matter how much worthless the resource is ( many people don't like general self help books as I read on this sub and I agree ) I know I have been using contradictory words . But I do honestly want to get into reading , basically philosophy. But the thing is I can't read . I have this cognitive disability of reading a simple line 20-30 times . And I keep overthinking during reading . I can't even read my academic textbooks . I have been having problems in understanding texts even most simplest of all . If anyone has encountered this situation and turned things around . I just want to build a reading exercise to train my brain to adapt to academic books or reading in general and getting rid of addictions.

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I once was a very active young woman with a 6 pack and now I'm three kids in in a size 6-8 and being shamed. My dad recently gave me a pair of size 16 pants he thought would fit me and a little girl shamed me for only being able to use 3lb weights when exercising. I get it she's a kid but now I just want to ball my eyes out. Any exercises I can do that will at least make me feel healthier? Even 3lb weights aggravate me and give me flare ups. I feel like I'm trying to be my old self too much and I need something to focus on that won't cause a flare up but will get me fit again. Maybe not 6 pack fit but at least healthier. Also no one seems to believe me. I have even sent my med reports to family members and they will be kind about my flare ups for about 3 months then forget and go back to expecting me to do 100% of everything for everyone.

I’m posting this again because I didn’t really get any satisfactory answers.
I always got INTP or ISTP on those free tests but I’m not sure.
• How old are you? What's your gender? Give us a general description of yourself.
I am a 27 years old trans man. I have been socially transitioning for nearly 4 years and medically transitioning for 7 months. I’ve uprooted my life in more ways than one and it’s by far been one of the best decisions I’ve made.
• Is there a medical diagnosis that may impact your mental stability somehow?
I have been struggling with depression and anxiety on and off since my adolescence and probably have ADHD or autism as well.
• Describe your upbringing. Did it have any kind of religious or structured influence? How did you respond to it?
I’m an only child. My mum’s always been something of a fire-cracker and has struggled with alcoholism and emotional abuse from her mum. She always had very high expectations of me and she’s probably part of the reason why I have such unreasonable expectations for myself. My dad is a lot more chill even if he doesn’t get me 100 percent of the time. Ultimately, I think they tried their best. My parents aren’t particularly religious but I went to a Catholic school until I was nine. I never really bought into it and it was a relatively chill school but it probably affected me in some way.
• What do you do as a job or as a career (if you have one)? Do you like it? Why or why not?
I honestly haven’t been able to hold down a stable job at all. After getting a pretty useless degree, my jobs have all been crappy and short-lived and I never really figured out what I wanted to do with my life. I wanted to be a writer or an artist but I have a near permanent case of creative burnout. I’m a part-time zookeeping student right now.
• If you had to spend an entire weekend by yourself, how would you feel? Would you feel lonely or refreshed?
It depends. If I’ve had a busy week I’ll welcome the peace and quiet. If things have been quiet I’ll get bored and a bit lonely.
• What kinds of activities do you prefer? Do you like, and are you good at sports? Do you enjoy any other outdoor or indoor activities?
I have a mixture of indoor and outdoor hobbies. I like gaming, especially RPGs, builders, and dumb shooters. I also enjoy card games and board games and I’ve recently started picking up chess. I like watching movies and anime, particularly horror and action. I used to read a lot of fiction but I find myself too distracted these days. If I do read it’s usually nonfiction about a topic I’m interested in or academic works.
In terms of outdoor hobbies, I’m only just opening up to them as I’ve been a particularly notorious shut-in for a lot of my life. I enjoy nature walks, working out, bouldering, gardening, and swimming. I’m not amazing at sports but I wouldn’t say I’m completely useless either. I prefer more solitary activities to team based ones. I have a bit of a competitive streak and exercise helps keep it in check.
• How curious are you? Do you have more ideas then you can execute? What are your curiosities about? What are your ideas about - is it environmental or conceptual, and can you please elaborate?
Very curious. I usually have a couple of ideas on the go but I wouldn’t say I’m overflowing with them. My curiosities are usually about the natural world, video game lore, and new hobbies I may want to take up.
• Would you enjoy taking on a leadership position? Do you think you would be good at it? What would your leadership style be?
I could be an okay leader if no one else was able to take up the position but I would be anxious about the responsibility and expectations others have of me. I’d like to think I’m firm but fair.
• Are you coordinated? Why do you feel as if you are or are not? Do you enjoy working with your hands in some form? Describe your activity?
I’m okay. I can match other people’s movements quite well. I can get a little bit careless and clumsy when I’m distracted or anxious though.
• Are you artistic? If yes, describe your art? If you are not particular artistic but can appreciate art please likewise describe what forums of art you enjoy. Please explain your answer.
Back when I used to draw, I drew a lot of tattoo designs and illustrations. Like something you’d find on an album cover or a book cover. I also drew many of the creatures and characters I wrote about. I’m have an eye for colour and I am drawn to art-deco and art-nouveau aesthetics.
• What's your opinion about the past, present, and future? How do you deal with them?
The past, while not always easy to revisit due to fuzzy memories or trauma, has led me to this very moment. I try to take every day as it comes and that has helped me a lot. I am nervous for the future as I have few concrete plans and life may throw me a curve ball. But I am also excited to see what has in store for me.
• How do you act when others request your help to do something (anything)? If you would decide to help them, why would you do so?
It depends who’s asking and what they want help with.
• Do you need logical consistency in your life?
Absolutely.
• How important is efficiency and productivity to you?
Efficiency is pretty good. Work smarter, not harder and all that. Productivity less so. I’m just happy when I get things done.
• Do you control others, even if indirectly? How and why do you do that?
Not really. Unless they are negatively impacting me or other people I prefer to leave people to their own devices.
• What are your hobbies? Why do you like them?
Pretty sure I already answered this question.
• What is your learning style? What kind of learning environments do you struggle with most? Why do you like/struggle with these learning styles? Do you prefer classes involving memorization, logic, creativity, or your physical senses?
I’m a visual and hands-on learner. I suck at internalising verbal instruction. I despise overly rigid learning environments so I struggled a lot in school. I enjoy learning at my own pace and by going out and doing things first-hand.
• How good are you at strategizing? Do you easily break up projects into manageable tasks? Or do you have a tendency to wing projects and improvise as you go?
Improvise but I try to make a basic structure that I may or may not deviate from.
• What are your aspirations in life, professionally and personally?
To be the best version of myself I can be and live the most fulfilling and rich life I can.
• What are your fears? What makes you uncomfortable? What do you hate? Why?
My two biggest fears are quite abstract and they are being aimless and being trapped. I’m also mildly agoraphobic and afraid of wasps. I hate wilful ignorance and bigotry, especially when those things actively make the world a worse place for everyone.
• What do the "highs" in your life look like?
I feel alive, happy, and a zest for life. I feel like I’m running on a motor and that I can do anything I want.
• What do the "lows" in your life look like?
When I feel low, I get in a funk and it’s very hard to get out. I literally find it impossible to relax unless someone is there to get me out of my head. If I’m not careful I can get isolated. And that’s when I start to spiral.
• How attached are you to reality? Do you daydream often, or do you pay attention to what's around you? If you do daydream, are you aware of your surroundings while you do so?
Sometimes I let my mind wander, particularly when I’m listening to music. It doesn’t take much to bring me back to reality though.
• Imagine you are alone in a blank, empty room. There is nothing for you to do and no one to talk to. What do you think about?
I’d probably go a bit mad and try to devise an escape plan.
• How long do you take to make an important decision? And do you change your mind once you've made it?
I like to take my time to weigh out the pros and cons. I make stupid decisions when I’m rushed. I may change my mind if circumstances change and it’s not going to inconvenience me too much.
• How long do you take to process your emotions? How important are emotions in your life?
A long time. My emotions are a mess and I barely know what I am feeling half the time. Journaling has helped me make sense of them and processing them to a degree.
• Do you ever catch yourself agreeing with others just to appease them and keep the conversation going? How often? Why?
Not really. I either stay quiet or try to disagree with them in a productive way depending on how bold I’m feeling at the time.
• Do you break rules often? Do you think authority should be challenged, or that they know better? If you do break rules, why?
I follow rules if they are there for a good reason. Like waiting in line. If they’re stupid rules I have less qualms about breaking them.

I’m trying to create a routine I can do at home with a walking pad, some weights, foam roller, etc. I’ve previously mostly worked out in team sports, or cardio at the gym so this feels a little foreign but i want to learn!
Im looking out exercises and routines but I’m not really sure where to start. Theres a lot of garbage on the internet. Can anyone recommend some worth while weight exercises? Just basics, I don’t have any targeted goals yet.
Also, what are the best type and heaviness to start? I see rack sets with all different weights, kettle balls sheesh.
I do belong to a gym but I am waaay to intimidated to do the weight machines yet and this is my baby step!

Hi, another iOS user thinking of going back to android. My iphone 11 has been suffering from a lot of lagging and battery issues (77% max capacity), even though I love its camera.
The latest iphones have been extraordinarily expensive in my country, and apple has dropped the ball hard with the 14 and 15 - overpriced and boring shit all around.
So this made me reconsider going back to Android, cause there has been a drop in the prices of s23, mainly the 256/512gb models. Last Samsung i had was an A30 and it left a sour taste in my mouth - phone lagged a lot after one year of use. Are Samsung's flagships like that also?
Do you guys think it's still worth it to get an s23 coming from an iphone 11? Would it also be worth it to wait a little and get the ultra version? I'd really like to try the S pen even though I know it's a gimmick lol and I don't like Xiaomi neither Motorola, so please don't tell me to get them lmao.
What I look for in a smartphone: - 120 hz OLED screen - good battery to last for a day - good performance, no stuttering and lagging - great camera, comparable to iphone 11 at least - longevity for at least the next 2 years - seamless integration with an affordable smartwatch/smartband (i love exercising and i miss my broken used Apple watch but I'd never pay what they're charging for the new ones lmao) - good performance for gaming and emulation would be a plus
I THINK the s23 has all these things and the Galaxy watch 6 has been getting cheaper in my country to top it all off. Do you guys thinks I'd miss the mark here or would I make a good choice? You can be brutally honest.

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🌿 Detailed Overview:
Explores the concept of cognitive yoga as a means of transforming oneself and creating a new etheric body and individuality. Ben-Aharon's work combines elements of yoga, cognitive science, and spiritual philosophy to offer a unique approach to personal development and self-transformation.
🔍 Key Themes and Insights:
Cognitive Yoga: Introduces the concept of cognitive yoga, which he describes as a practice that combines cognitive exercises with traditional yoga techniques to create a new etheric body and individuality. He explores how this practice can lead to greater self-awareness, clarity of thought, and spiritual development.
Transformational Practices: Offers a variety of transformational practices aimed at cultivating a new etheric body and individuality. These practices include meditation, visualization, breathing exercises, and cognitive exercises designed to restructure one's thinking and perception of reality.
Etheric Body and Individuality: Discusses the concept of the etheric body as a subtle energy body that underlies and interacts with the physical body. He explores how the transformation of the etheric body can lead to the development of a new individuality, free from past conditioning and limitations.
Integration of Science and Spirituality: "Cognitive Yoga" integrates insights from cognitive science with spiritual teachings, offering a holistic approach to personal transformation. Ben-Aharon explores how the mind-body connection and the nature of consciousness play a role in the practice of cognitive yoga.
Self-Discovery and Self-Realization: Through cognitive yoga practices, Ben-Aharon guides readers on a journey of self-discovery and self-realization, helping them to uncover their true essence and potential. He offers practical guidance and exercises for individuals seeking to transform themselves and create a new reality.
Practical Applications: Provides practical guidance for incorporating cognitive yoga practices into daily life. Ben-Aharon offers step-by-step instructions and exercises to help readers cultivate a new etheric body and individuality, leading to a more fulfilling and authentic life.
Audience Takeaway:
"Cognitive Yoga: Making Yourself a New Etheric Body and Individuality" is a transformative guide for anyone seeking to deepen their spiritual practice and cultivate a new sense of self. It offers a practical and integrated approach to personal transformation, drawing on the wisdom of both Eastern and Western traditions.
💌 Your Experiences and Reflections:
Have you explored cognitive yoga or similar practices aimed at personal transformation? How do you envision creating a new etheric body and individuality? Share your reflections on the concepts presented in Ben-Aharon's work and how they resonate with your own spiritual journey.
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Afterwards, I went for an NST (I have pregnancy induced hypertension but it’s well controlled on meds). I was having contractions the whole time I was being monitored and they even got to the point where they were mildly painful and almost 5 min apart. They sent me home and the nurse told me I could try curb walking and yoga ball exercises to try to push myself into labor.
But I chickened out and ended up going to bed early. The contractions went away overnight. I was too anxious about starting labor with my baby as high as she is. I still feel her pressed up against my ribs and diaphragm; my lungs feel super squished; and I only rarely feel any pressure in my pelvis.
I’m scared to go into labor with her so high up. Does anyone have experience with their baby dropping immediately before or during labor?

In the ancient healing system of Ayurveda, the concept of doshas forms the cornerstone of personalized wellness. These doshas—Vata, Pitta, and Kapha—represent distinct energies that govern various physiological and psychological functions within the body. Understanding how these doshas influence the choice of Panchakarma procedures and their therapeutic outcomes can provide valuable insights into the holistic approach of Ayurvedic healing. This understanding is central to traditional Ayurveda practices aimed at restoring balance and promoting well-being.
The Three Doshas: Vata, Pitta, and Kapha

1. Vata Dosha: Vata Dosha, according to Ayurveda, is one of the three fundamental energies that govern our physical and mental processes. It is primarily composed of the elements of air and ether, making it responsible for various aspects of our body and mind. One of the key roles of Vata Dosha is in facilitating movement. This includes not just physical movement but also the movement of thoughts, ideas, and communication. Vata is associated with creativity and innovation, inspiring artistic expression and mental agility. However, when Vata Dosha becomes imbalanced, it can manifest in a range of symptoms. For instance, excess Vata may lead to feelings of anxiety, restlessness, or even insomnia. Physically, imbalanced Vata can cause dryness in the skin, hair, and mucous membranes, leading to issues like dry skin, brittle hair, and dry eyes.
   
2. Pitta Dosha: Pitta Dosha is a fundamental aspect of Ayurvedic philosophy, representing the energies of fire and water within the body. This dosha plays a crucial role in governing metabolism, digestion, and intellect. Metabolism, in Ayurveda, isn't just about converting food into energy but also encompasses the transformation of thoughts, emotions, and experiences into mental and emotional energy. This aspect is closely linked to Pitta Dosha's influence on our intellect and cognitive abilities. A balanced Pitta fosters sharp intellect, strong digestion, and efficient metabolism. However, when Pitta becomes imbalanced, it can lead to various issues. One of the primary manifestations of excessive Pitta is anger or irritability. This fiery dosha, when aggravated, can result in a quick temper, impatience, or frustration. Moreover, imbalanced Pitta can also lead to inflammation in the body, causing conditions like acidity, heartburn, skin rashes, or even inflammatory disorders.
   
3. Kapha Dosha: Kapha Dosha is an integral part of Ayurvedic teachings, representing the energies of earth and water within the body. This dosha plays a significant role in maintaining the structural integrity, stability, and lubrication of various bodily systems. One of the primary functions of Kapha Dosha is to provide structural support. It contributes to the formation and maintenance of bones, muscles, joints, and tissues, ensuring overall physical stability and resilience. Kapha's influence extends to the lubrication of joints, promoting smooth movement and flexibility. However, when Kapha becomes imbalanced, it can lead to several challenges. Excessive Kapha may manifest as weight gain or difficulty in losing weight. This is often due to sluggish metabolism and an increased tendency to retain water and accumulate toxins. Imbalanced Kapha can also lead to feelings of lethargy, sluggishness, or mental dullness.
   

Influence of Doshas in Panchakarma Procedures

• Vata Imbalance and Panchakarma: Individuals with Vata dominance or Vata imbalance often benefit from nourishing and grounding Panchakarma therapy. Procedures such as Abhyanga (oil massage), Shirodhara (oil pouring on the forehead), and Basti (enema) with medicated oils help pacify Vata, promote relaxation, and restore balance.
• Pitta Imbalance and Panchakarma: Those with Pitta aggravation can benefit from cooling and detoxifying Panchakarma therapies. Virechana (purgation), Nasya (nasal administration of medicated oils), and Sheetali Pranayama (cooling breathing exercises) are recommended to reduce heat, improve digestion, and calm the mind.
• Kapha Imbalance and Panchakarma: Individuals with Kapha dominance or Kapha excess often require invigorating and cleansing Panchakarma procedures. Vamana (therapeutic vomiting), Udwarthana (herbal powder massage), and Swedana (herbal steam therapy) help alleviate congestion, stimulate metabolism, and promote vitality.

Therapeutic Outcomes Based on Dosha Balance

• Balancing Doshas: The primary goal of Panchakarma is to restore doshic balance, leading to improved physical health, mental clarity, and emotional well-being. By addressing the root cause of imbalances, Panchakarma supports long-term wellness.
• Enhanced Vitality: When doshas are in harmony, individuals experience increased energy, vitality, and resilience. Panchakarma facilitates the removal of toxins (ama) and rejuvenates tissues, promoting overall vitality.
• Emotional Balance: A balanced dosha profile is closely linked to emotional stability and positive mental states. Panchakarma therapies aid in calming the mind, reducing stress, and fostering emotional resilience.
• Improved Digestion: Dosha-balancing Panchakarma procedures enhance digestive fire (agni), leading to better nutrient absorption, elimination of toxins, and relief from digestive disorders.

Conclusion
In conclusion, the role of doshas in Panchakarma is paramount in guiding the selection of appropriate therapies and achieving desired therapeutic outcomes. An ayurvedic doctor, skilled in understanding the nuances of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha imbalances, can tailor Panchakarma protocols to harmonize these doshas effectively. Through these personalized protocols, individuals can experience profound healing, rejuvenation, and holistic well-being according to the principles of Ayurveda.

Massage enthusiasts in Victoria seeking a tranquil and rejuvenating experience need look no further than Body Retreat Massage. Nestled in the heart of Victoria, this retreat offers a range of therapeutic and relaxing massage treatments to melt away stress and tension. With skilled therapists and a serene ambiance, Body Retreat Massage is a sanctuary for those looking to unwind and revitalize their body and mind. Whether you prefer a deep tissue massage to ease muscle tightness or a soothing Swedish massage to relax and de-stress, the expert team at Body Retreat Massage will customize the perfect treatment for your needs. Discover the ultimate relaxation experience at Body Retreat Massage in Victoria.

The Art of Body Retreat Massage

Definition and Benefits

The art of Body Retreat Massage is a therapeutic technique that involves the manipulation of muscles and soft tissues to promote relaxation and overall well-being. This type of massage helps to alleviate stress, reduce muscle tension, improve circulation, and enhance the body's natural healing process. The benefits of Body Retreat Massage include increased flexibility, reduced anxiety, and a sense of mental and physical rejuvenation.

The Holistic Approach to Wellness

The holistic approach to wellness in Body Retreat Massage focuses on treating the whole person, including mind, body, and spirit. This approach recognizes that each individual is unique and that physical health is interconnected with emotional and spiritual well-being. By addressing the root causes of tension and imbalance, Body Retreat Massage aims to restore harmony and promote overall health and vitality.
Any massage therapist specializing in Body Retreat Massage will take the time to understand the client's specific needs and tailor the treatment to address their individual concerns. This personalized approach ensures that the massage is not only relaxing but also effective in promoting holistic wellness.
Massage therapy is a powerful tool for relaxation and self-care. Through skillful manipulation of the body's soft tissues, massage therapists can help clients release tension, improve circulation, and enhance overall well-being. Body Retreat Massage, in particular, offers a unique blend of relaxation and therapeutic benefits, making it an ideal choice for those looking to unwind and rejuvenate both body and mind.

Massage Techniques Used in Victoria's Retreats

Swedish Massage Fundamentals

It is imperative to understand the basics of Swedish massage to appreciate its relaxing benefits fully. This popular massage technique focuses on long, flowing strokes to improve blood circulation, reduce muscle tension, and promote overall relaxation.

Deep Tissue and Trigger Point Therapies

Deep tissue and trigger point therapies are effective in targeting specific areas of muscle tightness and pain. The deep pressure applied in these techniques helps alleviate chronic muscle tension and release knots or trigger points that cause discomfort.
For instance, deep tissue massage is ideal for athletes or individuals with chronic pain conditions seeking relief from muscle soreness and tension.

Aromatherapy and Hot Stone Massage

With the use of imperative oils in aromatherapy massage and heated stones in hot stone massage, these techniques offer a luxurious and therapeutic experience. Aromatherapy promotes relaxation and stress relief, while hot stone massage helps to loosen tight muscles and improve circulation.
The combination of aromatherapy and hot stone massage creates a deeply relaxing and rejuvenating experience for both the body and mind.

Choosing the Right Body Retreat in Victoria

Evaluating Professional Credentials

Now, when selecting a body retreat in Victoria, it is crucial to evaluate the professional credentials of the therapists. Look for experienced and certified massage therapists who have the expertise to provide a high-quality massage experience. Check for any additional training or specialized certifications that may enhance their skills in different massage techniques.

Atmosphere and Environment Considerations

Now, when choosing a body retreat in Victoria, take into consideration the atmosphere and environment of the spa. A serene and tranquil environment can greatly enhance your massage experience, allowing you to fully relax and unwind. Look for retreats that offer private treatment rooms, soothing music, and calming scents to create a peaceful ambiance.
Considerations: Pay attention to the cleanliness and hygiene of the spa facilities to ensure a safe and hygienic experience. Additionally, consider the overall ambiance of the retreat, including the decor, lighting, and temperature control, to ensure a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere for your massage session.

Preparing for Your Body Retreat Experience

What to Expect During Your Visit

Expect a tranquil and serene environment as soon as you walk through the doors of our Body Retreat Massage in Victoria. You will be greeted by our friendly staff who will guide you through the process and make you feel at ease. Your therapist will discuss your preferences and any areas of concern to tailor the massage to your specific needs, ensuring a personalized experience.

Tips for Maximizing Relaxation and Rejuvenation

During your visit, it's important to fully embrace the experience to reap the maximum benefits. To enhance your relaxation and rejuvenation, consider the following tips:

• Avoid heavy meals before your appointment to avoid discomfort during the massage
• Stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water before and after your session
• Arrive a few minutes early to allow time to unwind and relax before your massage begins

Your relaxation and rejuvenation experience will be heightened by following these simple yet effective tips. Perceiving the massage as a time for healing and self-care will further amplify its benefits.

Aftercare and Maintaining Benefits Post-Massage

Follow-up Practices for Prolonged Relief

Keep the relaxation going by incorporating self-care practices post-massage. Maintain hydration levels by drinking plenty of water to help flush out toxins released during the massage. Stretching and gentle exercises can help prevent muscles from tensing up again. Resting and allowing your body time to adjust and recover is also crucial.

Lifestyle Adjustments to Enhance the Massage Benefits

Benefits of a massage can be prolonged by making simple lifestyle adjustments. Regular exercise can help maintain muscle flexibility and reduce tension buildup. Prioritize good quality sleep to aid in muscle recovery and overall well-being. Incorporating stress-reducing activities like meditation or yoga can further enhance the effects of the massage.
Lifestyle: Making small changes in your daily routine can help maximize the benefits of your massage session. By prioritizing self-care activities and adopting a holistic approach to wellness, you can experience lasting relief from muscle tension and stress.

Conclusion

Taking this into account, Body Retreat Massage in Victoria offers a range of massage services to help individuals unwind and relax. With a team of skilled therapists and a tranquil atmosphere, you can experience a rejuvenating escape from daily stress and tension. Whether you're looking for a deep tissue massage or a soothing aromatherapy session, Body Retreat Massage has something for everyone. Treat yourself to a much-needed break and book a massage appointment today to restore your mind, body, and spirit.

Returning to a routine or community after isolating during hard times can be challenging but also transformative. Here are some steps to reintegrate effectively, rebuild relationships, and leverage the lessons learned from your period of isolation:

1. Self-Reflection and Understanding

• Acknowledge Growth: Recognize and appreciate the personal growth and resilience developed during your hard times. Understand the strengths you've gained and how they've prepared you for reintegration.
• Identify Lessons: Reflect on the lessons learned during isolation. These might include coping mechanisms, new skills, or deeper self-awareness.

2. Gradual Reconnection

• Start Slowly: Reconnect with close friends or family members first. Share your experiences in a way that feels comfortable, allowing them to understand your journey.
• Join Group Activities: Participate in group activities or communities where you feel a sense of belonging. This can be a hobby group, a support group, or a professional network.

3. Open Communication

• Share Your Experience: Communicate openly about your hard times and isolation if you feel comfortable. Sharing your story can foster understanding and support.
• Set Boundaries: Be clear about your boundaries and needs. It's important to protect your well-being as you reintegrate.

4. Rebuilding Relationships

• Show Appreciation: Express gratitude to those who supported you or reached out during your hard times. This strengthens bonds and shows you value their support.
• Be Patient: Understand that rebuilding relationships takes time. Be patient with yourself and others as you navigate this process.

5. Creating a Balanced Routine

• Incorporate Self-Care: Integrate self-care practices into your daily routine to maintain the resilience you've built. This can include mindfulness, exercise, or hobbies.
• Set Realistic Goals: Set achievable goals for reintegration, whether personal, social, or professional. Celebrate small milestones to stay motivated.

6. Seeking Professional Support

• Therapy or Counseling: Consider seeking professional support to navigate the emotional complexities of reintegration. A therapist or counselor can provide guidance and strategies tailored to your needs.
• Support Groups: Join support groups where you can share experiences with others who have gone through similar situations. This can provide a sense of community and understanding.

7. Leveraging Your Experience

• Share Your Story: Use your experience to inspire and support others. Whether through writing, speaking, or volunteering, sharing your journey can be empowering for both you and your audience.
• Advocacy: Advocate for mental health awareness or other causes related to your experience. This can give a sense of purpose and contribute positively to your community.

Practical Example: Reintegration Process

Scenario: Returning to Work After a Period of Isolation

1. Self-Reflection: Recognize that you’ve developed new coping skills and resilience.
2. Gradual Reconnection: Start by reconnecting with close colleagues and friends at work.
3. Open Communication: Share with your manager and close colleagues about your time away and any accommodations you might need.
4. Rebuilding Relationships: Show appreciation for colleagues who supported you, and be patient with yourself and others as you adjust.
5. Balanced Routine: Incorporate breaks and self-care into your workday to manage stress.
6. Professional Support: Consider discussing your return with a therapist to navigate any challenges.
7. Leveraging Experience: Use your experience to mentor others facing similar challenges, fostering a supportive workplace environment.

Reintegrating after a period of isolation can be a deeply rewarding process, allowing you to bring newfound strength, insight, and resilience to your life and relationships. By taking a thoughtful and gradual approach, you can rebuild connections and create a balanced, fulfilling routine.
Regain your energy for what you have been missed as a human
Regaining your energy and reclaiming aspects of life you may have missed during challenging times involves a holistic approach that nurtures your physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being. Here’s a comprehensive guide to help you restore your vitality and reconnect with the richness of human experience:

1. Physical Health

Nutrition

• Balanced Diet: Focus on a nutritious, balanced diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats.
• Hydration: Ensure adequate water intake to stay hydrated and support overall bodily functions.

Exercise

• Regular Physical Activity: Incorporate regular exercise into your routine, whether it’s walking, running, yoga, or strength training.
• Outdoor Activities: Engage in outdoor activities like hiking, biking, or gardening to benefit from fresh air and nature.

Rest and Sleep

• Quality Sleep: Prioritize getting 7-9 hours of quality sleep each night. Establish a consistent sleep schedule.
• Relaxation Techniques: Practice relaxation techniques such as deep breathing, meditation, or listening to calming music before bedtime.

2. Emotional and Psychological Health

Self-Care

• Mindfulness and Meditation: Practice mindfulness and meditation to reduce stress and increase emotional resilience.
• Journaling: Keep a journal to express your thoughts and feelings, which can help process emotions and gain clarity.

Therapy and Counseling

• Professional Support: Seek therapy or counseling if needed to address unresolved emotional issues and develop coping strategies.
• Support Groups: Join support groups where you can share experiences and find community support.

3. Mental Stimulation

Lifelong Learning

• New Skills: Learn new skills or hobbies that interest you, such as painting, playing an instrument, or coding.
• Reading: Read books, articles, and other materials that stimulate your mind and expand your knowledge.

Challenges and Puzzles

• Mental Games: Engage in puzzles, brain games, and other activities that challenge your mind and improve cognitive function.
• Educational Courses: Take online courses or attend workshops to continue your education and personal development.

4. Social Connections

Reconnecting with Others

• Reach Out: Reconnect with family, friends, and colleagues. Schedule regular meet-ups, calls, or video chats.
• Social Activities: Participate in social activities or join clubs and organizations that interest you.

Building New Relationships

• Networking: Attend networking events or community gatherings to meet new people and expand your social circle.
• Volunteering: Volunteer for causes you care about to meet like-minded individuals and contribute to your community.

5. Spiritual and Personal Growth

Spiritual Practices

• Meditation and Prayer: Engage in meditation, prayer, or other spiritual practices that align with your beliefs and values.
• Reflection: Set aside time for reflection and introspection to connect with your inner self and gain insight into your life’s purpose.

Purpose and Goals

• Set Goals: Define clear, meaningful goals for yourself in various areas of life, such as career, personal growth, and relationships.
• Pursue Passions: Identify and pursue passions and interests that bring joy and fulfillment.

Practical Steps to Regain Energy

1. Create a Routine: Develop a daily routine that includes time for physical activity, self-care, learning, and social interaction.
2. Set Realistic Goals: Set achievable goals to gradually rebuild different aspects of your life. Celebrate small victories to stay motivated.
3. Stay Positive: Maintain a positive outlook and practice gratitude. Focus on the progress you’ve made and the opportunities ahead.
4. Seek Balance: Strive for balance in all areas of life, ensuring you’re nurturing your body, mind, and soul.
5. Be Patient: Understand that regaining energy and reconnecting with life is a gradual process. Be patient with yourself and recognize that it’s okay to take small steps.

By following these strategies, you can restore your energy and rediscover the joys and richness of life, creating a more fulfilling and balanced existence.

Self-hypnosis is a term with which you may have heard a lot or may be familiar. When you first heard about hypnotism, what vibe did you get? Doesn’t it feel like something is mysterious? The stereotypical thoughts about hypnosis give us the wrong idea and are represented as manipulation of our mind. But it is actually not true; this is a therapeutic technique that clears your mind and helps you meet your goals.
Some of the negative rumours that we heard about self-hypnosis are: you may have heard that self-hypnosis puts you in a deep trance where the devil controls you, or that once you try the hypnosis method, you may not come back from it, but not a single piece of information is true. If you still believe in all these rumours, then it’s high time to reset your thought process and give self-hypnosis a try. In this blog post, we will learn about what exactly is self-hypnosis, how to do this self-hypnosis technique, what positive changes are expected after self-hypnosis, and many other things. So, keep reading this blog to get the complete information.

But what exactly is self-hypnosis?

Self-hypnosis is a technique where you put yourself in a deeply relaxed state. It balances the conscious and sub-conscious minds, where the sub-conscious mind is awakened and the conscious mind is put into a quiet state. But, have you wondered why? Our conscious mind is responsible for logical thinking and decision making whereas, the subconscious mind is responsible for storing memories, beliefs and habits that is why by quieting the conscious mind you can access the subconscious mind more effectively.
While you are under the hypnosis, you are not expected to fall asleep; your mind just transferred into an altered state. Hypnosis is actually the best way to escape from reality and dwell in your dreaming state, which you want to manifest in reality. Does this actually work to turn your desire or goal into reality? If you want to know keep reading the blog! Moreover, if you are dedicated to getting a healthy mindset, reprograming your mind, eliminating negative thoughts, and making your mind ready for positive outcomes, then you definitely need to try the self-hypnosis method. It’s totally up to you how you can use self-hypnosis to influence your life for the better.

5 Ways to use the Silva Method for self-hypnosis.

Before learning about the process, let’s understand a little bit about the Silva Method.
The Silva method is an unknown potential that resides in every human mind and gives a breakthrough to your mind and thought. As the founder of the Silva method, Jose Silva once said, “The greatest discovery you will ever make is the potential of your own mind.
So, how can you use the Silva Method for self-hypnosis? –

1. In our Silva Method, the self-hypnosis technique is used to control our own minds.
   
2. We slowly tap into the alpha brainwave state, which results in a slowdown of the brain waves.
   
3. It creates a gap in the conscious and sub-conscious mind, and you are put into deep relaxation, which is best used for stress management.
   
4. Hypnosis allows the brain to create positive change in the mind and behaviour. Our mind is shapable; it is designed to adapt and learn.
   
5. The Silva Method provides techniques and exercises to help you enter this state of focused awareness and empower your mind. Therefore, by using self-hypnosis, our mind eliminates negative thoughts and limiting beliefs.
   

What is the purpose of self-hypnosis in our lives?

Self-hypnosis can not only manage our thoughts and create a positive mindset, but it can also have a positive effect in other parts of our lives.
1. Weight Management
The most common use of self-hypnosis is to control weight. When you actually learn to control your mind or thoughts, it is easier to manage your food cravings and patterns.
2. Reduce your anxiety level.
Stress and anxiety automatically lead us to try a meditation technique, and for that, self-hypnosis is the most chosen method. Though life is all about stress, a relaxing self-hypnosis technique can heal your mind and give you a break for a while.
3. Self-hypnosis to beat insomnia and get better sleep
Self-hypnosis for sleep relaxes your mind by using calming visualization, positive affirmations, and deep breathing. It’s an effective way to promote better sleep and feel refreshed.
4. Self-hypnosis for boosting confidence
Self-hypnosis for boosting confidence helps boost your belief in yourself. In this technique, you need to close your eyes, take a deep breath, focus on your mind and body, and repeat positive affirmations about your self-confidence. This will help you visualize yourself in the most confident way and create improvement in reality.
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Self-Hypnosis or In-Person Hypnosis: Which Path Will You Choose?
You may wonder now: if you have the power to hypnotize yourself, then why do you need to visit a hypnotherapist?
It’s a valid point, as self-hypnosis and hypnotherapy are both similar. There are several advantages to self-hypnosis; let’s discuss the points individually.

1. Self-hypnosis allows you to have complete control over the process.
   
2. You can practice it anytime and anywhere, fitting it into your schedule.....
   

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Chapter 1: the event
It was the fall of my intern year as I bean my off service trauma rotation. This month was ubiquitously notorious for being the most labor intrusive and least productive rotaion of our emergency medicine program. Knowing this I entered with the intention of simply surviving the month.
Another intern and I let’s call them A for sake of ambiguity, we’re the first emergency medicine residents to roste on the trauma services that year. A shaky start would be an understatement. In the words of chance the raper “like my grama with the Parkinson’s playing operation.” Would better describe it. Medically we did well. We were very competent and completed our work daily, but communication and coordination was non existent. Our Cheifs had informed us that Tuesday was our day of and the Trauma cheif residents had minimum communication with us, or our Cheifs as it seams when A and I did not report on Tuesday they sternly made their dissatisfaction known.
I have struggled with insomnia sense the age of 10. Had 2 sleep studies by this point in my life and been prescribed nearly every sleeping aid on the market. The 80-94 hr work weeks of our trauma rotaion only worsened my insomnia. My lack of sleep likely contributed to a less than prime adaptive immune system and 2 days out of my trauma rotaion I contracted strep like symptoms with associated nausea, requiring me to call for a sick day the next day. No the first day that I felt too ill to work. I was not fully aware of the reporting process. I reported to my Chiefs, but I did not believe I could come to work tomorrow with amble time and notice, however I was somewhat delayed in letting their Cheifs know, because the surgical chiefs rotated every few days and I did not know who my was going to be the next day. The second day which I had to call out sick I was able to locate the cheif for the next day and reprot according to our university’s protocol, which requires that if a resident feels they are not fit for work they must not come in and the university must have staff coverage without any fear or implementation of punitive actions.
I had finally survived to the last week of my trauma rotaion and I could see the light at the end of the tunnel. What I could not see was the pile of stress, shitty diet, lack of mental well ness and sleep deprivation which I was pushing down to reach the light. By this time I had seen a psychiatrist regularly for sleep medication. I had mentioned to him that I had been experiencing more stressed lately and feel that I might be depressed. he reassured me that it was likely only due to my circumstances, given the difficulty of the trauma rotation and wish to reassess once the rotation was over. Looking back I had to fill the habit of drinking more than I usually do. My only on nights before I have days off became 1-2 beers every other night. All of this repressed unhealthy shit finally pushed bad on September 23rd. That night I was at work even later than usual, I stayed up later than usual and couldn’t seem to fall asleep. With the stress of only having minimal sleep and knowing I only had 2 more days of trauma left, I took an extra dose of my sleeping medication.
I opened my eyes to the fighting sight of sun beaming in my window and I instantly knew I was late. (Sense I hadn’t seen the sun in a month) . Due to my need for scrupulous sleep hygiene I have been sleeping with my phone of and away for me. I rushed to grab it and watched as the little Apple logo seamed to glow on the screen for an eternity. Then in conjunction with its fading I saw 3 missed calls from my director, a text from college A and 2 missed calls from the surgical director. Still, I was able to calm myself, knowing that resident A had been late to this rotation by a few hours 2 other days and nothing came of it. I called my director back and he asked me to report to his office where I was greeted by my director, my coordinator and another emergency medicine facility.
With the only explanation of: “we just want you to get better”, I was handed a letter, to my relief it did not entail my termination, but a declaration of administrative leave and a requirement to undergo an evaluation at a well known university in Florida.
Lake any other savvy millennial, I did my research. By research I mean numerous google searches and screeches thru the depts of redit. To my dismay I discovered that in order for a residency program to fire you, they must first initiate an administrative suspension. I would soon find out however, being terminated would have been a delightful outcome compared to what ensued.
I spend the next few weeks in the wallos of regret and depression. I indulged in higher qualities of alchohol then I ever have before. I all but ceased communing with peers, and abruptly stoped any physical activity I had once enjoyed. Frightened as I was I was ensured, it will be ok “we just want you to get better”
Chapter 2 The evaluation : guilty until proven innocent I did exactly as instructed and scheduled an evaluation, I supposed that this was either a mental evaluation to assess if I’m fit for work with plans of termination or it actually was an evaluation to better treat my insomnia. To this day I regret my ignorance, and wish I had researched the process more. The Hindi / sand-skrt idea of Hamsa 🪬 is that in order to do any good you must have full knowledge or else good intentions can result in harm. I truely believe my director had good intentions, however but him and I did not have full knowledge of the nature of this evaluation.
Looking back see how easily I could have avoided my troubles by asserting legal aid at this point or even by researching this evaluation process more in depth. If one searches impaired practitioner program which I now know this evaluator works for, the search entire will populate 5 or 6 layferms along side their home website and there is a valid reason for this.
If one every finds themself in this process I employ you to bring a DSM to your evaluation or at least be familiar with the most common use disorders in the DSM-5, because your evaluation will turn into a dance of questions where the evaluator attempts to trap you in a round about way to stating something that may qualify for one of the diagnosis. I have provided an image from the DSM-5 below outlining AUD, which the evaluator concluded that I had the most severe from:
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Example***** Here are 10 examples of how he fraudulently assessed me taken directly from his assessment note.

1. Evaluator: Have you ever stoped drinking in the last year.

Me: yes I stoped every week day, I was only drinking on the weekends, until two weeks ago.
-Evaluator uses stoping and starting every week to qualify for 2 or more unsuccessful attempts to stop in the last year “There is a persistent desire or unsuccessful efforts to cut down or control alcohol use.”

1. Evaluator Have you ever had withdrawal symptoms

Me no
Evaluator Well Have you ever had a hangover? You know that’s a from of acute withdrawal
Me: yes in college, I had a few but that was years ago and I’m pretty sure the pathophysiology is different.
Evaluator uses this to count for withdrawal symptoms even tho is was more than a year ago

1. Evaluator: Have you even taken your sleeping medication on a day or night which you drank? Me: Yes, I took my prescriptions are prescribed but I never drank close to bed

Evaluator: qualified this as dangerous behavior with alcohol (where the DSM gives examples such as unprotected sex and drunk driving). The sleeping medication I was on is not a benzodiazepine therefore it is not deadly with alcohol. I personally have seen many patients in the ED who have taken their entire bottle of the medication and drank copious amounts, we just monitor them over night and rehydrate them

1. Evaluator Has anyone told you you drink to much or been worried about you Me: No I drink much less than my friends

Evaluator what about your girlfriend? Me: well she actually doesn’t drink at all she doesn’t like it. She often buys me beer for The Weeknd’s tho. One time we went to a movie and she got a little irritated because I waited for beer then complained about them not having any craft beer. So she said, “you couldn’t have just said no” and drank something else. However, she apologized after and said it’s worth waiting if it’s my only day off.
Evaluator said this qualifies for continued drinking despite causing significant relation consequences, ie divorce.

1. Evaluator : you have sleep issues I hear, and your chart says you’ve had depression in the past, don’t you know that alcohol can effect your sleep and mood Me: yes that’s why I never drink within 3 hours of sleep.

Evaluator but you knew this and still drank
Evaluator: qualifies for drinking despite unwanted physical or psychological effects (this should be recurring to effects the alcohol is causing, I have had insomnia sense the age of 10 long before I took my first sip)
7 evaluator you were late for work and told my you had a drink the day before
Me: Yes but I was late because I didn’t sleep and took double my sleeping meds, I will never do that again
Qualifies for 2 significant work or school issues in the past year ( a therapist and other psychologist ensured me that being late on or a few days doesn’t count they typically are getting fired or failing) ( moreover, this would assume I was late do to drinking it’s self and also assume if happened more than once)

1. • Alcohol is often taken in larger amounts or over a longer period than was intended

He never once asked anything related to this question yet said I qualified in his final report 9. A great deal of time is spent in activities necessary to obtain alcohol, use alcohol, or recover from its effects. The evaluators logic here was sense I was late for work and I had 2 beers the day before I must be taking long to recover from it (this is assuming I missed due to alcohol)

1. Tolerance drinking more to require the same effect: this he checked as true in his final note however it was never even discussed in our evaluation. I did mention to him that I’ve been drinking more than I had earlier in the year frequency wise, but they said nothing to do with quantity or needing more.
   
2. Wanting to drink so bad you can not think of anything else: this is the only qualification of SAUD my evaluator said I did not have.
   

Moreover, without legal help I was not aware that I could obtain a second evaluation or even oppose going to get evaluated at all, but that wouldn’t have mattered seeing I still thought this was for my health and wellbeing as seen when I was asked why do you think you are here to today, to which I replayed “so that I can be evaluated to see what is needed to get back to work”.
To maks the ordeal more infuriating the evaluator continues to ingratiate himself and lie through the process telling you, “it will be fine as long as you are 100% honest”, “anything you say in here is between you and me” or “you slipped up once with your meds, I know your residnecy program they will probably just want a few more out patient tests”
Two weeks later I received a phone call right before I left for an out of state vacation to visit my nice for her birthday. During the call I was informed that I would be required to complete a partial hospitalization program (PHP) lasting “6-10 weeks” which would coast from 15-50 grand not including doctor visits or housing which is billed separately. I suppressed this inconvenience, enjoyed my vocation and reported when I returned, knowing that I must complete this soon so I may return to work with due to the fact that my payed time off would soon be diminished. At this time I had not yet heard of the organization PRN.
Chapter 3 Guilty till proven innocent: The diagnosis
Shell shocked I arrived to a in patient psychiatric unit and was rapidly cleared to progress to treatment without detoxification. During my 90 day of forced rehabilitation I met a few other individuals who were unjustly and fraudulently forced into treatment. I began to look up to one of these such members of the men’s community, who I will refer to as patient X for ambiguity sake.
Unlike me patient X did have alcohol use disorder. He spent many clinic days drinking to avoid alcoholic withdraws. The curious component of his story is that he admitted his depravity, saught help and through his own journey became sober. The bodies at be, namely his local physician, Health monitoring program, rejected his personal path to sobriety and forced him to undergo 90 days of in patient treatment before he could practice medicine again. When he checked in to rehab he had been sober for over a year.
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As for me I spend many sleepless nights pondering how consuming a legal substance in a moderate amount could throw me into significant legal financial issues. My labs my toxicology, my story and my collateral from colleagues from colleagues all indicated light to moderate alcohol use but my evaluators word stood as the word of God.
More frightening was the director of this rehabs acknowledgment of this. The director who happens to also coincidentally be the evaluator, stated to me as well as to staff on multiple occasions: “ I suggest inpatient treatment for everyone who is reported”. “This is safer for me not to miss anyone who could harm patients, and I figure there must be a reason someone reported them.”
I am still elucidating the reason why I was determined guilty and proven innocent, however I can say from my 90 day stent that the majority of the patients at this rehab needed to be there. This program is saving lives of both providers and patients, however it is destroying the lives of those wrongfully accused.
Chapter 4 your lisense rehab or jail : Upon arivil I was sent to a detox hospital underwent a medical examination and was “one of the lucky ones” who required no detoxification and could report directly to PHP. Like everyone else, I spent 90 days in a PHP, being as 6-10 weeks is simply a lie they tell patients to decrease the change of resisting the treatment. When discussing the topic one therapist sated “if we told patients 90 days they would never come.” She then attempted to justify the treatment by outlining the story of a patient she had called who “didn’t make it to treatment” and killed themselves”. It is my belief that it is not the lack of PHP which impelled such professionals to take their life, but them realizing that they now will be obliged to undergo 90 days of PHP, 5 years of PRN monitoring with a loss of autonomy and hundreds of thousands of dollars taken from them that induced their hopelessness. For even if these professionals were truly mentally unstable in their addictions, in every case it was only following a phone call where they were informed they must undergo treatment that they took their life’s. By this time I still haven’t the slightest clue what PRN was.
Despite the security these programs provide for many my 6 main issues with them can be summarized in : 1. Kick backs: evaluators are directors of treatment clinics 2. The reported are guilty till proven innocent 3. The price, the overflow of money these places drag in from both patients and state universities is appalling, they charge separately for every visit and test 4. Although they make the claim that they are individualized, they are anything but. Every patient gets the same stay and treatment from the doctor drunk on the job and the one who was late to a shift 5. They force voluntary treatment. remember that friendly evaluator who promised he had your best interest at heart, so you opened up and told him everything about your substance use/ developmental / family history, well if you don’t stay for 90 days he will be “normally obliged” to tip the board of medical off to you.

1. The programs have overstepped their intended jurisdiction. -these programs work well if they function how they were intended at their inception. Cite original purpose. Originally these programs were designed to protect physicians and civilians from impaired practitioners; being healthcare workers who were impaired at work. Over the years, these organizations have extended their authority to encompass individuals with substance use disorders When not at work and also those who are in training to become healthcare professionals. Take for example myself compared to a physician who is impaired at work. A doctor who arrived for duty under the influence would surely benifit from the extensive testing, therapy and accountability enforced via these programs. In accordance the 20,000$ per year cost is appropriate when only making up roughly 7% of their yearly salary vs nearly half of a residents. In my case with my loss of income from employment, coast of treatment and monitoring, this year I will be required to pay 20,000$ to work. Yes, I will be losing money to work. Even if did indeed have a substance use disorder this level of monitoring wouldn’t not be considered appropriate.

Dispite all of the miscomings of this System My time spend in PHP was indeed helpful, as I believe it would be for anyone. Time for exercise, a reprieve from work and weekly counseling. A sample structure of my day to day schedule is provided below for insight:
Structure The general structure of these rehabitation centers is as follows: 1. One week of orientation phase, where you are not allowed in electronics or contact with the outside world world. Therefore, if you’re going, bring some things you would like to read or study. 2. In phase 2, you can use your phone however you cannot leave campus. You must stay in the dorm on campus. These shitty 1 room run down apartments with two other roommates will cost you about $1000 a week, they are required for at least four weeks and they are billed separately, no insurance will help you out here. 3. In phase 3 you can commute to campus if you beg your therapist and live very close. Whether you’re on campus or living off-campus, you are allowed to leave up to four hours per day. If you commute, you’ll be required to take a sober link decide you must Breath, alcohol test into every 6 hours. Like everything else in this program you must pay for this separately, a few hundred dollars a week. You advanced to other phases by completing assignments, however, assignments are limited by required built-in time, intrusive, scheduling, and reviewing. Therefore, if you do everything as rapidly as possible phase 1 will take one week phase 2 will take three weeks.
Every day schedule:
7:30: wake up, report to the front desk to inform them that you haven’t ran away yet and take and prescribed medications. They keep all your medications and require that you report to take them; for me this was antidepressants in an attempt to dispel the depression I contracted from being forced into treatment and whatever off label medication they were attempting to treat my ADHD with, since control medications were forbidden.
8 am: community group assessments This consisted of other patients presenting their assignments amongst the large group, on the weekends this was often an hour later and 12 study regularly took the place of assignment presentation.
10 am: process group. This was a two hour group therapy session with 6 to 12 other professionals in a therapist and training or occasionally a licensed mental health therapist.
1 pm: recreation This was generally about an hour of some sober themed craft or activity. Once a week this time slot was used for yoga.
2 pm: this was another time slot used for patients to present assignments as well as for individual therapy sessions. Each patient had one individual therapy session lasting 30 minutes per week.
3pm: This was time allotted to work on assignments or go to the gym on your sex specific scheduled gym day.
5pm: this time was used for guest speakers or another 12 step study group.
6 pm : this was generally an off-campus 12 step group
10 pm: report to the front desk and let them know you still haven’t ran away and take and Medication which are prescribed to take at night, then return to your cot bed in your room with 1-2 other roommates.
I found the community to be one of the most beneficial aspects of the PHP program. I was in a cohort of chill ass professionals of the same occupation who were always there to help each other.
Assignments The curriculum of the PHP consisted of assignment based on every step of the 12th step program. Generally, a patient would be required to complete an assignment on their own, review it with other patients, then faculty and finally present the assignment in front of the whole treatment group. You’re only given one assignment at a time and there are multiple steps to each which all requires scheduling this ensures that no matter how determined a patient is a full 90 days of treatment is required to complete all the assignments.
AA structure -the obsolete nature of AA has been verified in numbers studies, but I will refrain from divulging here and lend that endeavor to Dr. Lance Dodes very thorough discussion on the subject,in “the sober truth “
In all sincerity, if I truely did have a severe use disorder this experience could have been life saving. I only wish I could have used my 50 grand for someone who has spent their life time In addictive without reprieve. My first conversation when I was given my phone back was how I wish my father could be able to attend this PHP.
Chapter 5 reporting and PRN Self reporting What they ask you What you should tell them
There’s a third-party agency called professional resource network. Every state has their own. This agency works as a liaison between you and whatever credentialing service your occupation requires. Essentially they ensure your monitoring after treatment. Stake governments and licensing boards trust them, mainly because they monitor with the highest level of intrusiveness. This alleviates much work for state governments and licensing boards because once an individual is being monitored by a professional resource network, then they are deemed appropriate for duty and no further investigation/litigation needs to occur, as long as the monitored individual completely complies.
Because I was never impaired at work I was never reported to this agency. The general workflow of things someone would report you to professional resource network, then the resource network would contact you, and then you would be required to report for an evaluation at a treatment center, which would inevitably result in a suggestion I’ve treatment at that given treatment center. In my case I was sent to the treatment center without PRN being involved. Thus, two weeks into treatment. I was notified by my therapist that I needed to call PRN and self report. I attempted to resistance given that I did not have a problem and was not individually seeking help. I asked what happened if I didn’t self report. I was told that in order to stay in the treatment program I had to report to PRN. This meant either I report to PRN or I get kicked out of the treatment program and lose my job.
When you report to PRN they will ask you why you are in treatment. They will then list off every substance imaginable, asking you if you have ever tried the substance and when your last use was. Ultimately, they will obtain your discharge information from your treatment center, so it is in your best interest to report only what was found in your biochemical testing. If it wasn’t in your hair, I would argue that you don’t have a use disorder regarding that substance and it’s not relevant. I don’t believe it’s important for them to know that you smoked weed when you were 12.
Chapter 6 The contract:
Before being discharged from a treatment facility, a professional resource network will have you sign a contract. A little known fact which I was oblivious to is that contracts can be negotiated. Though this isn’t it possible, it is highly improbable that you can negotiate your contract since PRN has a power to delay your clearance to return to work.
Contractor almost never personalized, and I have not heard of a contract which is not a five-year agreement. You will sign releases of information so that PRN has access to all of your information which was gathered at the treatment facility. You must have a therapist, psychiatrist, primary care, doctor, and a addiction, medicine psychiatrist. You assign releases of information for all of them. You will be required To commit to: 1. three mutual aid meetings a week which you must log. I log smart recovery meetings. 2. Weekly therapy sessions with an approved mental health therapist from their list 3. Monthly doctors appointments with an addiction medicine psychiatrist 4. Yearly appointments with a primary care physician 5. Monthly appointments with a psychiatrist 6. Daily check-ins on a random drug testing app ( you will agree to weekly urine tests, a peth test 4 times a year, a hair test twice a year and a little caveat that says anything else they deem, clinically reasonable) 7. Quarterly update reports which you are required to obtain from a workplace monitor, therapist, addiction, medicine, psychiatrist, primary care physician and any other doctor you are seeing. 8. You must upload all of your prescriptions into a mobile application every single time you get them refilled and are not allowed to take them until they are approved. 9. Attendance of a PRN group via zoom. This is a local group you are assigned along with other monitored practitioners. There is a fee of roughly 130$ a month to attend this required group. For me all of these requirements coast around 20,000 a year. If you ever have a positive test even if it is the result of contamination from rubbing alcohol or unintentional ingestion of alcohol/ allergy medication your contract will rest to 5 years from the time of positive test. Once your five year contract is completed, you must ask to be released from monitoring. At that point they will search for any reason to keep you under monitoring. This could be dilute urines, daily check ins or a week where you did not attend mutual aid meetings. Every certification and license which you apply for will likely ask you if you were under a monitoring program/ have been treated for substance use. You must give an explanation and check yes. As far as licensing programs are concerned, if you were under the monitoring of PRN, you are safe, however they group practitioners who have had behavioral issues with practitioners who were diverting drugs from work. Therefore, keep in mind that you will be labeled as a sever addict.
7 Back to work and only work. During treatment your only goal is to return to work, however when you return your experience will be drastically distinct from what you remember. For me, I was now working in isolation. Missing six months of my training meant that no other Resident was on the same rotation as me. My coworkers at all formed friend groups. When I returned I was greeted with much concern for my well being. No one would speak to be about my absence, however everyone knew there is only one reason a resident would leave for 6 months then return. My Accdeemic meetings were consisting of attending telling me “I have a target on my back now” and “ I have to preform even better than others” in the light of my time missed. If this wasn’t alienating enough, the majority of Resident events, sponsored by recruiters and my university revolved around alcohol to which I had to give some excuse to why I can not partake with others. I’m fortunate that I do not have an addiction, because these stressful conditions along with the daunting amount of dead and requirements imposed by PRN are enough to make any addict relapse. While I was at treatment, I was in the dative with Samyr stories a physicians whose addictions got the best of them. Physicians who did not make it to treatment, often taking their own life. These stories were presented as a warning. Your addictions will kill you without our treatment was the message. When, in reality I did not hear one story in which the addiction killed physician. Every physician who didn’t make it to treatment took their life after being told they must report to a treatment facility. Perhaps they knew what this entailed and it was not their addiction or getting caught which caused them to end their lives, but the unmanageable and often unreasonable burden that treatment would put on their lives.
9 How to escape So your fucked your in PRN and should be or you should and now your recovered and want to terminated your contract.

1. You ask to be released early done at 1/2 time ( good luck)
2. You have “good reason” (no one has ever been let out of contract because of this reason, the verbiage is far too vague)
3. You serve all your time and they let you out(maybe, as discussed earlier, they would do everything they can to keep you in your contract as long as your practicing)
4. You can’t practice medicine anymore

10 Layer up butter cup : I cannot emphasize the extent to which legal help is required in this process. You much seek it and seek it early. Lawyers can provide many avenues to you early in the process. Once you have committed to treatment, gone for evaluation or are in a PRN contract , this is very little that you or legal help can do. Spend a few thousand dollars when you are accused and save the 20-30,000 later.
After you have been evaluated if you disagree as I did, then this is the process you must undergo. 1. Hire a occupation, defense, lawyer 2. Prove you don’t have an addiction, this is done by having an alternative evaluator with similar credentials state that either you don’t have an addiction or that PRN’s level of monitoring is not medically appropriate ( this will need to be a multi day neuropsychological evaluation, which will cost about $5000). 3. Your lawyer must draft in writing that the medical level of monitoring is not required such as another medical professional and send this to PRN 4. PRN will tattle on you to the board of medicine. 5. The board of medicine will conduct an investigation. 6. At the end or when they believe they have enough reasonable evidence to the board of medicine will suspend your license or claim, you must comply with the PRN contract to practice. 7. At this time your lawyer will defend you in the state court against the board. This is costly but much less than the coast of a 5 year PRN contract 8. If you win you will likely suggest an alternative level of care such as gonna get therapy every week. If you lose, than you wasted a fuck ton of money and are still bound by your PRN contract.
Overall this entire process has coast me Over all coast:
My finances for this year only including PRN and rent are as follows:
120-200$ every week for testing 480-800/ month
65 every week for therapy 195/month
125 every month for PRN group
About 50-69 every month for 2 doctor apts
So at least 745$/month at the lowest
Treatment at the recovery center coast 20,000 for me out of pocket and
I wasn’t payed for 6 months with no FMLA because I am a first year. At the 1 year mark I will have made 26,000 this year after taxes And payed About 29,000 on PRN alone
Rent is 1,000 so that’s 12,000 a year
Just in rent and PRN alone I will be at 26,000- 41,600 -15,600.
I will be in debt by at least 18,000 at the 1 year mark
Coast of treatment center 20,000 (with insurance) For each year of PRN roughly 20,000 Add that to 6 months of attending salary which was delayed due to my treatment time: at least 150,000 Layer coasts along with other evaluations 25,000 Missing 6 months of residency pay 30,000 Coast of 1 year in monitoring: 245,000 Coast of 5 years 325,000
If my case progress to a trail I will require an extra 20,000 in court coasts
Chapter 11 My secondary eval: Dr sushi After I arrived at my treatment center I challenge my evaluation multiple times. Each and every time I was discharged and often accused of alternate mental health/ substance abuse issues to discourage my advances. I was never given the opportunity to undergo alternative assessment, however PRN guidelines state that you can obtain a second option within 7 days of your first. This is a mute point, however, because you will not receive the results of your evaluation until over a week after it is conducted and the second evaluation must be conducted by another PRN hired evaluator of their choosing. During my stay in rehab I contacted PRN multiple times to attempt another evaluation/ legal help. They warned against both stating they were a “waste of money” and “pointless”.
After completing my treatment with the guidance of many addiction, experienced physicians, mental health counselors and psychiatrists recommendations I sought in a secondary evaluation. I chose a highly qualified professional with over 30 years of experience to conduct an extensive neuo psycho social evaluation of me. One that I was sure would be more extensive than the evaluation I received at treatment and more importantly an unbiased evaluation.
The results from my evaluation not only showed that I did not have a substance abuse problem warranting PRN level monitoring, but also that PRN was falling to allow adequate treatment of other conditions such as my ADHD. My evaluation showed my ADHD was not only untreated by PRNs attempt at using non controlled medication, but also in the top 3% most severe presentations of ADHD. My evaluator went on to explain my results by questioning why my treatment center even mandated I undergo neuro cognitive evaluation. The only neurodiverse findings were my IQ, my dyslexia and my ADHD. However, a neuo cognitive examination can be billed separately by treatment centers, therefore they always recommend one.
Chapter 12 Amongst its greed, intrusive nature and faulty accusations, professional recourse network function highly proficiently at the task they were designed to; protective physicians and patients from physicians who are impaired at work. In this domain they save lives, offer second changes and protect the public. When they act beyond their intended jurisdiction by imposing unnecessary monetary demands on practitionersin training, accuse practitioners without proof or act on behavior exemplified outside of a work setting they unjustly and inappropriately attack the week and innocent.
Proposed reform: As a trainee my universities malpractice insurance covers me for mistakes made at work. If a learner mistakenly harms a patient, then the university stands on their behalf. If the learner does something wrong under a teachers direct guidance, then the teacher is at fault. This makes sense logically as well as pragmatically. The state entrusts large amounts of money to hospital systems and universities to train resident physicians. A portion of this money is allocated to malpractice insurance. This should extend to accused impairment.
Suppose a training university was required to cover rehabilitation and monitoring of a resident of whom they claim is impaired. Alternatively they have the option of firing the trainee. This would reduce the number of innocent trainees being accused of impairment, make the process of rehabilitation more fair and provide a better use for tax payer derived dollars, which hospital systems are given to train residents. The truly impaired could still seek help, less false accusations would be made and with the employers having the ability to fire at the moment of impairment, there would be less chance of impairment at work.

Hi all! I obvs know biting is within the Dutch/ Mal genes (she's mal X Dutch) but I just wanted to get people's opinion on this? Ive being going on the assumption it's okay, since it it just mouthing/ playing but I know people have different opinions. I've taught her the word "enough" which means she has to stop (she's still learning this but is making progress ). I've seen some people say they allow absolutely no mouthing at all and some people say they've okay with mouthing like this. I'm a novice owner so I wanted to post this and ask for opinions even if it makes me sound like an idiot I'd like to know what's best for me and my cross😅 For context if needed; she only mouths like this when she's excited/ full off energy for example when she first comes out of her crate on a morning and she's coming to greet me and goes on her side/ belly plus occasionally through the day when she's excited. If needed her excerise: 20 mins on the field on a morning which includes her basic obedience and dog reactivity training Plus 40 minutes to 2 hours - 2 hours in the woods early afternoon what I class her her main exercise with her ball with obedience with ball reward + free time + working on recall in-between. Then 20 mins when she goes out before bed I let her have her main free time ( I watched Andy Kruger and her recommends lettimg Ur dog have free time) on a field where she can just sniff and chill out before bed. She settles well at home after we have done a lot of work of settle training at home esp. Cuz we live in a flat. In-between we work on loose leash training which I am pleased at her current progress. She's about 1 year 2 months old :) In the house: she does obedience training for her main meals X2 a day or I will scatter her food around the flat (so she can sniff it out and fluctuating between the two) and she has to wait at her place to until release ( I heard it helps with impulse control, which has majorly helped with her car chasing, she hasn't done it in months which I attribute to this and other impulse control games we have done ). Sorry for the long post, like I said I'm a novice owner and even if people say that's wrong ( which it defo would be I agree now, but she's mine and I will adapt any and every which way I can and vow to keep up and adapt with my dog to give her the best life) I want to do the best for her so all critism more than welcome! Like I said I just want to give the best for her. Thanks for reading💓

Hi everyone - first ever post here!
I’m hoping someone can give me some guidance - but first I’ll start with some context.
I currently do a 2 x 5x5 lifting days, one lower, one upper. The lower includes squats, leg press, DB box step ups, some sled work, leg curls / extensions.
The upper consists of barbell-bench-press, military press, landmine rows, lat pull down etc.
Outside of that I do two HIIT sessions a week which are generally pretty Hyrox led. Row/run/ski with sled push / pull / wall balls. Just coming off a 7 week creatine cycle too.
I haven’t done any actual dedicated stand alone running since march 21st and have been doing the above programme since.
However! Two weeks ago during a heavy sled push & 500m run alternating workout, my shins started to get super tight to the point it almost felt hard to lift my foot correctly when running.
I thought nothing of it, just exertion and continued on but that tightness has now become recurring. I’ve now attempted to start back up running (two sessions in) managing about 1km before that tightness returns.
My own self diagnosis here is that because I’ve gone from being a 10 hours a day, sat down at a desk work from homer, who did two HIITs a week and nothing else (since my son came along two years ago anyway!), that I’ve jumped into a 5 x 5 programme, lifted heavy and somehow just lost all strength when it comes to running? Or maybe I’ve put more muscle on and running is now really straining my shins in some way due to the added weight?
Basically, I have no idea. Could do with literally any thoughts on this. Friends are saying it’s splints - but surely that’s strange if all I’ve been doing is interval style compromised runs or short 500m - 1km runs in between exercises.
Help would be appreciated!

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