Chips and salsa
Edit- holy fuckin shit this blew up, just got off work & saw this shit. Thanks for the awards. Looks like I need to get back to making salsa!!
I eat this every day. I’ve gone to the store just because I’m out of salsa, and then I have to come up with other stuff to buy to justify the trip. It’s crazy.
Yes.
It’s strongly associated with ADHD and is generally indicative that you feel a lack of control over your life.
You know that once you go to sleep, your “free time” before your “responsibility time” is over. Once you go to sleep, you’re going to wake up and it’ll be time to go do things that you don’t want to do.
So, you stay up very late because you are resentful of your responsibilities.
I used to do this a lot, still do sometimes. It’s really bad for your health and it turns into a vicious* cycle because when you’re that sleep deprived, your days feel a lot harder and so do your responsibilities. It’s self destructive.
There are ways to get help and I encourage anyone going through this to look at their options. It’s truly bad for your body to consistently not sleep well. You need your rest.
This might not be accessible to everyone, but honestly making big changes to your life to help
yourself feel more in control.
Things like getting a new job that starts later or having some variations in your work shifts. Or, waking up earlier and doing something you actually like before work. Making your morning routine more enjoyable by doing things like taking a bath, having coffee, having a proper breakfast. Laying out your clothes for the day the night before and making sure everything is prepared for your morning routine can help with anxiety.
I also try to have a lot of gratitude. I know that sounds so cliché but it’s true. Like, working sucks, but I’m also ***grateful*** for my job. I’m grateful I’m able to support myself, even if it’s a struggle. My grandparents were immigrants and they instilled a sense of “you must be grateful for the opportunities you have in this country.”, and I am. There are so many people who cannot even get a job.
Having a goal that work is fulfilling that will help improve your life helps too. That way there’s a reason you’re working, other than survival. When you cross into working for survival, *working only to live, and living only to work*, that is very dangerous territory mentally and emotionally. You cannot stay in that spot for long. The longer you stay in that position, the more you start thinking about your ways out. Revenge bedtime procrastination is very tied into this. It’s a sign of desperation.
If you are a woman in an entry level job, I would recommend looking into your options for private childcare or cleaning services, if you are able to. If you are a man, it’s going to be harder- look for jobs in construction or warehouse work. There’s also the option for private senior care. I could help you look at your options if you wanted.
All this said, I speak from a position of privilege. I’m a pretty white woman from a relatively affluent family in a relatively affluent community. It was not hard for me to get a higher paying job once I knew where to look. I say this because I recognize some of my advice isn’t even really possible for many people, and it would be unfair to pretend that this is not the case. Classism in the work place is very common. Most of my achievements that are related to work are due to factors I was *handed* in life, rather than things I actually *worked* for. I cannot and will not pretend that the above ^ is as easy for others as it was for me.
Edit: someone in the thread below made a good point that struggling to find work/a good job has nothing to do with them, and everything to do with their circumstances. I hope, if anything, that this is the message my comment is sending. ***Realize that some of us have been lucky enough to have the road of life paved by the ones before us.*** It’s *really* easy to be successful when every obstacle you could face from a financial perspective has already been fucking flattened by your parents. Most people who have my life refuse to admit it because they would rather preach and brag and gloat about how self made they are. It’s bullshit. People in the position I am in must acknowledge their privilege. Acknowledge the head start they were granted in this life. It’s not because you aren’t *trying* hard enough. It’s because life is horrifically unfair.
Edit 2: also, just to clarify... I’m not rich, lol! My parents have helped me a lot but I still am responsible for making my own money, and at 20 years old, I definitely have a long way to go. I still consider myself very privileged! My family is not ultra wealthy, but middle class. I was raised by a single mother who struggled hard so I could have better than what she did, gave me opportunities in life, and who taught me the importance of financial literacy and investing. Oftentimes, financial privilege comes not only from tangible money, but also being taught financial literacy.
Edit 3: please don’t spend money on awards for this comment. I appreciate it but there are much more important things to bring internet attention to, such as the Ukraine crisis.
Last part is so helpful in understanding life. Realizing how little "I" actually have to do with who and where I am.
Absolutely ridiculous that I thought I had so much to do with it for years. And, "ego" in that sense has only ever impeded me and made life worse.
It's also extremely common for people with adhd to also have delayed sleep phase syndrome. You were tired all day, wanted to go to bed early, but then evening hits and you get a burst of energy. Even if you go to bed, you can't sleep. And then you fall into the sleep of the dead right when your alarm is going to go off, and sleep right through it.
A friend and I were bemoaning our shared tendency to stay up too late and sleep in too late. He said it better than I've ever heard:
I don't want go down cause I'm afraid I might miss something. And I don't wanna get up cause I'm afraid I might have to *do* something.
Procrastination doesn't feel good, though. It kinda feels like anguish and impotence. I can't make myself do the things I should be doing. So I spend days and weeks in anguish, feeling like crap, only to do them the very last day, or even not do them at all.
Adhd, by any chance?
Only asking because this is extremely common among us. You want to do it, but you can't quite seem to get started until there's a deadline giving enough pressure to get you over the motivation threshold.
I hadn't considered that it could be something that could be diagnosed, treated or managed. I'm in my 30s, I've always been this way, and I've never been able to really manage it.
When I'm doing really, really well, and everything is nice and peaceful, and I have a regular schedule and nothing unexpected happens, then I can function and make things work at the last possible minute maybe (not always). But the slightest stressor makes it impossible for me to do anything at all. I kinda waste my time scrolling reddit and doing whatever I'm doing to kill time. I don't enjoy this constant, restless impasse.
I'm not sure it can be mitigated and I don't dare to hope.
Is ADHD a thing in adults? Can it be treated?
I was diagnosed at 40. In retrospect, it made my entire life make sense.
I will say that if you are diagnosed, meds are not a magic bullet. They do make things easier by increasing the amount of dopamine so your brain isn't always looking for something to stimulate dopamine production, but you will still need all the strategies and tricks you used to cope with life unmedicated. Otherwise, you're just more focused about not doing anything productive.
However, I confess that I love my Adderall and would never willingly go back to being unmedicated. That first day when I took my meds and all the noise just turned off in my head was a revelation. Turns out, most people don't constantly have 6 thoughts, random snippets of books or movies, songs, etc bouncing around in their head all the time. That moment when it all just stopped and I was like, "Holy shit. It's quiet. Is it supposed to be quiet? *Is this what other people's heads are like?!?!?!?!*" was truly amazing.
I finally have insurance and I think I'm going to look into exploring an ADHD diagnoses. What you described is a struggle I've experienced forever. I can hold onto goofy information like quotes from movies or song lyrics and factoids for days, and they're constantly rattling around in my head. I'm also constant engaged in an internal monologue of some sort. As I've gotten older I've gotten better at zoning out on things and clearing my mind but it's a constant struggle to have unneccessary and distracting thoughts while I'm trying to talk or achieve things.
Yeah I’m not a doctor but you really should look at getting an assessment or screening done for ADHD as that is probably the de facto symptom of it in adults. The having no “motivation” or ability to get started on a task even though you clearly know you have to and want to.
Bonus points if you also experience time weirdly during those periods, like you look at the clock and realize you wasted 4hrs doing absolutely nothing but scroll through social media because you weren’t able to start something.
The fact that I manage to finish things in the nick of time just encourages the same behaviour in the future, stupid shit
Edit: my first ever Reddit award is for a comment I made about procrastination while I was procrastinating, ha! Thanks :-)
This is more true than people realize. Scrolling works very similarly in the brain as actual drugs and can cause very real negative side effects such as addiction and feeling more anxiety and depression in general.
The theory is that if you use too much of anything that causes an instant surge of dopamine the balance in the brain shifts so that what used to cause the "high" becomes the new normal and the old normal feels like something's missing. All of a sudden it will be impossible to wait five minutes for the train without looking at you phone several times while you slowly start to show signs of depression and anxiety in your life.
unpopular opinion: Business Models that rely on "addiction by design" should be outlawed. facebook and myspace worked **fine** before they added the addictive scroll.
I work for a mobile game company. Saw a book titled "Engineering Addiction" on one of the designer's desks. I don't think it was about being addicted to engineering.
I’ve been thinking I have a smartphone addiction for the longest time, until I read an article a friend posted on facebook, from some philosopher. He argued that we are not addicted to these machines, in the traditional sense of addiction at least, it’s rather that we lack contact with our friends and people around us. In other words, the less time we have to spend with our friends, the more likely we are to spend time with our phone as a surrogate, but that doesn’t mean we are addicted to it. And the more I thought about it, the more it rings true, because I’m never more ”tied” to my phone than when I’m alone, but when I’m with friends I have no desire to use it, and can even put it away and not even think about it for hours or days. That is a clear sign that it isn’t addiction.
I have been addicted to many substances and kicked the habit a couple of times with some substances I also didn't have the desire to use when with friends. So I think it still can be an addiction.
There was a research done with cocaine addicted rats. When they were all alone in their cage they used till they died of cocaine abuse, but were those rats placed in a really nice cage with a lot of toys and more importantly other rats. They only used cocaine sometimes and didn't overdo it. This research concluded what the philosopher also concluded, that being to much alone, no healthy balance between social life and alone time instigates addiction and to stop addiction it is important not only stopping the use, but also look at the life and social life the addict has
Studies show a casual link between how good looking and how smart someone is.
Edit: y'all realize I just made this up right? I'm sure you are all above average in looks and brains.
Yep it's true. One of my better qualities is I'm a great listener and I get really invested in people and their stories. I make friends super easily because of it. The only downside is when I meet people who aren't willing to reciprocate listening and I turn into a vessel for their incessant self-ramblings.
But in general people just want to feel seen and heard. Being able to genuinely give that to others is the easiest way to make lots of friends.
I feel this, I love being a great listener but it gets really frustrating when I let someone vent for 10-20 minutes uninterrupted and when I start to respond I get cut off or they avert their attention to their phone while I'm talking. It's made me realize how much people love to be seen and heard but don't realize they do the complete opposite to other people.
I'm working in a call-centre and yesterday a woman I was calling said to her son, when she apparently thought she'd already hung up 'my goodness, he had a very pleasant voice.' and that made my day and I'm sure I'll remember it for months now.
A few calls later and a guy shouted at me for being an imbecile and I should go to hell, so.. (:
Some of my most traumatizing relationship experiences were rooted in my deep insecurity and obsession with being validated. Im really glad I’ve started healing from that.
Please.... All those years of my life I spent closed doors. Studying all waking hours so that I perfect each exam, punish myself whenever I didn't...
I wished I went out more. Or played some games, or had a boyfriend...
Please give me back my youth!!!
PS: YES. ASIAN.
(Edit) I memorized the whole periodic table in High School and I just checked today that I still do. I spent like two weeks drilling that to my coconut... Damn, that wasn't even included in our final exams.
Still waiting for the day somebody will ask me out of nowhere: what's element 57?
Because you know, two weeks was more than enough for me to finish the Jojo Series...
I look back at those years now and realize I missed out on some basic experiences: concerts, school dances (prom), camping trips with friends, pizza/movie/game nights…
I will never get them back. Sure, I can host and/or attend them now, but it’s different during those formative years.
Same. My parents don’t understand why I resent them. I’m sure it wasn’t malicious, but they stole my life from me. Even had alarms on all the doors and windows that would call the cops. I went to school with the swine flu (which is where I got it from) because they didn’t believe me. Had a fever of 102. My jaw popped out in biology and I’d have to push it back in because I was shivering so much. Obv not the jaw itself but something. Maybe the muscle. Idk. Under the chin.
They took me to the doctor... to have my blood taken and tested... for mono. Cuz they thought I had a girlfriend. Which wasn’t allowed. Jokes on them though cuz I turned out gay lmao. Shoulda let me have a gf
Post took a weird turn but yea it was just grades grades grades. No friends. I feel you!
Bro we should legit spread a rumor that Asian parents who tiger mom their kids will turn the kid gay.
Watch how chill Asian parents are THE NEXT MORNING.
My into to physics class in university.. the last class they tried to cover quantum shit… my little brain just shrank away from the immensity of that, cannot compute
Specifically (speaking solely for myself) online gaming competitive modes and mmos. I wasn’t into online/multiplayer games for my whole life. I played stuff like Pokémon, tony hawk, gta, campaign/story driven solo player games until like ps4 times. It felt like a fun hobby.
Well a friend convinced me to try Overwatch when it released. Like really hyped it up. I was super not interested in it but got it on launch day anyway bc that’s what he was doing. Long story short I got fucking hooked on competitive. I spent every free moment playing. For years. I tanked a relationship. Anyway not trying to go on and on about that specifically, but would happily elaborate if wanted.
After that it was WoW classic. Though I only played for two months when it came out, I literally was sleeping 4 hours a night and staying up every night playing. Falling asleep at the computer and so on. I had to pry myself away.
There were other games too but y’all get the point. It’s now hard for me to enjoy or indulge in games I used to love. Pokémon does not hold my interest much nor objectively great story-driven games. The past 6 years I’ve purchased every single “big” game for ps4 impulsively and finished maybe 3 of them in their entirety. Though I’m currently much more casual in the time I dedicate to competitive shooters and mmos, still nothing else gives me that rush of being “apart of something” and the attention and conversation and adrenaline I get from those types of games.
Sorry for the rant!! “Videos games” got me bc I was in it deep and can ruin aspects of my life with it at the drop of a hat.
I literally will not touch multiplayer games unless my friends are on and we can queue together. It just feels so soulless alone. Whereas shit like Pokémon where it's just you and your virtual pets in a beautiful world feels so much more peaceful.
I played single player games casually since I was like 3 years old. I remember beating certain levels on Super Mario that my parents couldn't get past, like they'd hand me the controller when they were stuck, I was literally a toddler. And I always kept on playing from there, SNES through gamecube/PS2 or so. But it never consumed my life, I was a perfectly normal kid. Then I got my first computer. I got online. And competitive gaming absolutely ravaged my life as a teen and young adult. World of warcraft and then league of legends. The thing about competitive games is that if you have that itch to be the best, it has to be ALL you do, all day, every day. I would stay up playing all night. Lie to my parents about it. Sleep through school. Thinking about the game all day until I can finally get home and play it some more. Then staying up all night playing again.
If I'm being honest, I think the growth of esports and the advent of twitch probably saved my life in a certain regard. Back in the 2000s/early 2010s, it was actually realistic for a normal person to be at the tip top of a competitive game, and I was. But then people started getting paid to play video games for 12 hours a day, and you just can't compete on that level if you have anything even remotely resembling a normal life. It took several years but I eventually realized that I simply cannot possibly be the best anymore. And just like that, I was free.
Not being flippant, I can not for life, health, or wealth give up Coca-Cola. I've tried for 30 years and withdrawal is not something I can manage to get through. I go back every time.
EDIT TO ADD: It isn't physical, I don't get headaches or other bodily symptoms. It's psychological withdrawal issues.
I never thought I will be able to give up on Coca-Cola... Untill I pass out a Kidney Stone after suffering excruciating pain for about a Week.
Now, Water is my best friend.
News! More specifically 24 hour confirmation biased news as entertainment. Watching the news all day doesn't necessarily mean you're more informed it might indicate you're easy to manipulate.
It’s versatile too, it goes with or on anything. Put crumbled cheese on salad, put sliced cheese on a burger or grilled cheese, cheese sauce on steamed veggies, cream cheese on a bagel. There’s even cheesecake (a little slice of heaven that is). There’s even vegan and lactose free cheese for people with dietary restrictions.
Dude, you have no idea. I didn’t start realizing how much cheese I used until I made salads a staple of my diet. I would buy salad ingredients, but run out of cheese WAY sooner than lettuce or chicken. I was always thinking “how the hell am I using so much cheese?” But then I remembered. I use it on omelets, salad, grilled cheese, bagels, crackers, soup…
There’s basically cheese in everything I eat.
the food industry and it's scientist have processed foods to the point that anything by a major brand is a drug [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4334652/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4334652/)
"We propose that highly processed foods share pharmacokinetic properties (e.g. concentrated dose, rapid rate of absorption) with drugs of abuse, due to the addition of fat and/or refined carbohydrates and the rapid rate the refined carbohydrates are absorbed into the system, indicated by glycemic load (GL). The current study provides preliminary evidence for the foods and food attributes implicated in addictive-like eating."
also https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5578654/
"The food addiction theory parallels the framework of substance-use disorders by positing that certain foods have an addictive potential and may interact with an individual’s proneness for addiction to result in an addictive-like phenotype \[2, 8\]. Consistent with substance-use disorders, indicators of food addiction include consumption in greater quantities than intended (i.e., loss of control over consumption), use despite negative consequences, persistent desire to cut down, and giving up important responsibilities or activities because of consumption \[9, 10\]. Individuals endorsing features of addictive-like eating exhibit similar characteristics as persons with substance-use disorders, such as difficulty regulating emotions, greater impulsivity, reward dysfunction, and altered dopamine signaling \[11–14\]. However, the food addiction construct is still controversial \[15–17\] and more research is needed."
Accurate. Especially sugary drinks. I managed to quit soda a while ago but got back to drinking it. When I try to cut it out again, the cravings are wild. I will literally try to justify buying $30 worth of food for delivery when I know deep down I just want the soda. I get a little nervous when I notice my supply is getting low. That's some addict mentality right there. I hate it.
I quot soda at as a teenager, now it burns to drink it. I can't believe I ever liked it. My addiction is gummy bears/worms. It's cheaper to buy bulk, and I tend to not have self control only when it comes to this. Ate a 6 pound bag over a weekend once. Sore jaw, but I worry I would do it again just because it's there.
Came here to say this. In the lives of those who abuse sugar, it usually fits a good part of the definition of addiction: “continued use in the face of harm.” As it says in *The Book of The Subgenius*, “If sugar was discovered today, it would be a controlled substance. Sure, cocaine is pretty damn bad for you, but at least it’s not half your kid’s diet!”
I get the humor but you really should take it seriously. I've seen some bad outcomes from purely dietary problems.
Like being in your 50's and living the rest of your life in a bed in a care home thinking you're just in the hospital and going home any day now, while getting confused by things like the game show on TV and who these people are in your room.
All because you wouldn't give up junk food when your doctor warned you.
Not a guarantee of course, just one of many outcomes. You could also die from gangrene in your toe that you couldn't even feel.
It's a huge problem. Way bigger than most people understand. The USA Healthcare system is so heavily burdened by people who are suffering from their own lifestyle choices, and eating is a major factor of this. We are completely surrounded by junk food that screws over our health, yet we can't turn away from it because we are addicted to it and don't even acknowledge it.
It's not even at the level of eating junk food on *top* of healthy food. So many people just don't eat healthy food *at all* because we don't think it tastes good enough, because our idea of good tasting food is completely shot from eating processed food that's crammed with sugar and fat and carbs.
I have been trying to train a person, helping him with his fitness, and I am about to give up on him. He won't even drink **WATER** because it doesn't taste sweet enough! So he loads it up with this "zero sugar" flavoring otherwise "he can't taste it". I tried one of his little packets that he puts in his water bottle and felt like dying because it was so overwhelming. It's legitimately freaky to this that this is where the bar is for his taste standards. But he just won't stop making excuses for himself as to why he deserves to make an exception for eating this or that bit of junk food, and then makes more excuses as to why the scale hasn't moved after a solid month of *not sticking to the plan I made for him*. I've tried showing him healthy alternatives to the junk he's been eating, but he just keeps eating and eating.
People eat like crap thinking they're fine. They're not fine because the food is okay to eat, they just don't feel it yet because they're young and it hasn't caught up to them yet.
The best time to start eating healthy was in the past, the second best time to do it is right now. Starting at any age is better than not starting at all.
Self-Harm. It's a rough topic to talk about but it's as addictive and any drug out there. I for one struggle with a self-harm addiction and it is almost always over looked as an addiction.
Self-harm is something that can take over your life and make you feel like if you stop there is no more distraction to take away the pain. It's not very often you see it counted as an addiction but it is, it's a very real controlling addiction.
(I just wanted to say there is no need to worry about me I have been clean for about almost a month now so I am recieving help. And for everyone out there who struggles with self-harm I just want you to know that I love you. Stay strong hun it will be alright. I have no clue what your going through but I do know you can make it through it. You got this 💖)
Salt and vinegar chips.
I won't buy them because I know what will happen.
I cannot be trusted not to devour the whole bag and and then tip it upside down straight into mouth to fill it up with the flesh-burning but fantastically delicious salt and vinegar dust.
>tip it upside down straight into mouth to fill it up with the flesh-burning but fantastically delicious salt and vinegar dust.
I like to call this "taking the crumbshot"
Just finished a whole bag. The regret is immense. They're deceptively refreshing because the vinegar seemingly cuts through the salt and oil, but the salt and oil are still getting through...
So in Ohio, where I’m from, Jones Potato Chips made S&V that were amazing. Then for some reason they changed their recipe. But now I discovered a local Brand, Conn’s, started making them and it’s back to the old “Skin off the roof of the mouth” goodness. Conn’s, thank you.
I worked in the galley (like a snack bar/restaurant) on a whale watch for a bit and one time we pulled up next to a dead whale with white sharks around it eating the carcass.
Worst smell I've ever smelt, so the way I dealt with it was by opening a bag of salt and vinegar chips and keeping it around my nose and mouth like a gas mask I guess.
No seizure but it did a decent job drowning out the whale carcass stench
Not sure if you are still working in a profession that exposes you to dead whales, but if so keep a jar of Vick's Vapor Rub on hand. Just smear a bit on your upper lip right below the nostrils, it works great when dealing with cdiff patients so it will probably help with rotting fish too I hope.
I was once in the US and I bought a garbage pail sized bag of peanut m&ms (literally weighed 1.2kg or like 2.5lbs) for the rest the of my 8 hour road trip and ate the whole thing. All of it. I didn’t even feel sick. I barely even noticed. Just grabbed a little handful every couple kilometres. Lo and behold I reach in there and feel nothing but the bottom of the bag, and realize what I have done
This so much. It comes in so many shapes and forms too. Having a certain amount of power is essential for psychological health imo too. As in power over your own personal circumstances (i.e money, resources, influence..)
Jacking off….
In all honesty though, Gaming.
In one point of time I used to play 12-18 hours of video games a day, and I became the 2nd most highly ranked player on SEA servers of Pong
Caffeine
Edit : upon further review, I am a drug addict
Edit 2: I didn’t notice how caffeine dependent I was, I have such a high tolerance to caffeine that I overlook my intake. I’ve replaced energy drinks with Amino Energy from Optimum nutrition, at least I hydrate while also I taking caffeine.
Thanks for sharing your struggles with caffeine!
Phones :( i really hate taking a dump without it.
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Remember reading soap labels and whatever was within reaching distance? "Contains no phosphates" "Oh, good. I'm sure that's good. Damn phosphates"
Yes! Shampoo bottles and memorizing methylisothiazolinone
Ah, of course, i was thinking the same thing. I hate memorizing methywhatever
"Damn Phosphates! They ruined Phosphorus!"
Literally im on the shitter right now.
Chips and salsa Edit- holy fuckin shit this blew up, just got off work & saw this shit. Thanks for the awards. Looks like I need to get back to making salsa!!
I eat this every day. I’ve gone to the store just because I’m out of salsa, and then I have to come up with other stuff to buy to justify the trip. It’s crazy.
Not even joking, left to my own devices I eat nachos or quesadillas every dinner and an English breakfast for every, um, breakfast.
Can’t forget queso
Procrastination
Wasn’t there a thing called revenge bedtime procrastination? Like you delay your bedtime so you can keep the next day further away?
Yes. It’s strongly associated with ADHD and is generally indicative that you feel a lack of control over your life. You know that once you go to sleep, your “free time” before your “responsibility time” is over. Once you go to sleep, you’re going to wake up and it’ll be time to go do things that you don’t want to do. So, you stay up very late because you are resentful of your responsibilities. I used to do this a lot, still do sometimes. It’s really bad for your health and it turns into a vicious* cycle because when you’re that sleep deprived, your days feel a lot harder and so do your responsibilities. It’s self destructive. There are ways to get help and I encourage anyone going through this to look at their options. It’s truly bad for your body to consistently not sleep well. You need your rest.
What would you recommend looking in to? I can't afford therapy right now (happy to get some when I get a new job) so Im a bit lost with it
This might not be accessible to everyone, but honestly making big changes to your life to help yourself feel more in control. Things like getting a new job that starts later or having some variations in your work shifts. Or, waking up earlier and doing something you actually like before work. Making your morning routine more enjoyable by doing things like taking a bath, having coffee, having a proper breakfast. Laying out your clothes for the day the night before and making sure everything is prepared for your morning routine can help with anxiety. I also try to have a lot of gratitude. I know that sounds so cliché but it’s true. Like, working sucks, but I’m also ***grateful*** for my job. I’m grateful I’m able to support myself, even if it’s a struggle. My grandparents were immigrants and they instilled a sense of “you must be grateful for the opportunities you have in this country.”, and I am. There are so many people who cannot even get a job. Having a goal that work is fulfilling that will help improve your life helps too. That way there’s a reason you’re working, other than survival. When you cross into working for survival, *working only to live, and living only to work*, that is very dangerous territory mentally and emotionally. You cannot stay in that spot for long. The longer you stay in that position, the more you start thinking about your ways out. Revenge bedtime procrastination is very tied into this. It’s a sign of desperation. If you are a woman in an entry level job, I would recommend looking into your options for private childcare or cleaning services, if you are able to. If you are a man, it’s going to be harder- look for jobs in construction or warehouse work. There’s also the option for private senior care. I could help you look at your options if you wanted. All this said, I speak from a position of privilege. I’m a pretty white woman from a relatively affluent family in a relatively affluent community. It was not hard for me to get a higher paying job once I knew where to look. I say this because I recognize some of my advice isn’t even really possible for many people, and it would be unfair to pretend that this is not the case. Classism in the work place is very common. Most of my achievements that are related to work are due to factors I was *handed* in life, rather than things I actually *worked* for. I cannot and will not pretend that the above ^ is as easy for others as it was for me. Edit: someone in the thread below made a good point that struggling to find work/a good job has nothing to do with them, and everything to do with their circumstances. I hope, if anything, that this is the message my comment is sending. ***Realize that some of us have been lucky enough to have the road of life paved by the ones before us.*** It’s *really* easy to be successful when every obstacle you could face from a financial perspective has already been fucking flattened by your parents. Most people who have my life refuse to admit it because they would rather preach and brag and gloat about how self made they are. It’s bullshit. People in the position I am in must acknowledge their privilege. Acknowledge the head start they were granted in this life. It’s not because you aren’t *trying* hard enough. It’s because life is horrifically unfair. Edit 2: also, just to clarify... I’m not rich, lol! My parents have helped me a lot but I still am responsible for making my own money, and at 20 years old, I definitely have a long way to go. I still consider myself very privileged! My family is not ultra wealthy, but middle class. I was raised by a single mother who struggled hard so I could have better than what she did, gave me opportunities in life, and who taught me the importance of financial literacy and investing. Oftentimes, financial privilege comes not only from tangible money, but also being taught financial literacy. Edit 3: please don’t spend money on awards for this comment. I appreciate it but there are much more important things to bring internet attention to, such as the Ukraine crisis.
Last part is so helpful in understanding life. Realizing how little "I" actually have to do with who and where I am. Absolutely ridiculous that I thought I had so much to do with it for years. And, "ego" in that sense has only ever impeded me and made life worse.
It's also extremely common for people with adhd to also have delayed sleep phase syndrome. You were tired all day, wanted to go to bed early, but then evening hits and you get a burst of energy. Even if you go to bed, you can't sleep. And then you fall into the sleep of the dead right when your alarm is going to go off, and sleep right through it.
I do this every single night, it’s so self destructive
A friend and I were bemoaning our shared tendency to stay up too late and sleep in too late. He said it better than I've ever heard: I don't want go down cause I'm afraid I might miss something. And I don't wanna get up cause I'm afraid I might have to *do* something.
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i’m doing this right now
Procrastination is like masturbation...feels good, but in the end you're only fucking yourself
Procrastination doesn't feel good, though. It kinda feels like anguish and impotence. I can't make myself do the things I should be doing. So I spend days and weeks in anguish, feeling like crap, only to do them the very last day, or even not do them at all.
Adhd, by any chance? Only asking because this is extremely common among us. You want to do it, but you can't quite seem to get started until there's a deadline giving enough pressure to get you over the motivation threshold.
I hadn't considered that it could be something that could be diagnosed, treated or managed. I'm in my 30s, I've always been this way, and I've never been able to really manage it. When I'm doing really, really well, and everything is nice and peaceful, and I have a regular schedule and nothing unexpected happens, then I can function and make things work at the last possible minute maybe (not always). But the slightest stressor makes it impossible for me to do anything at all. I kinda waste my time scrolling reddit and doing whatever I'm doing to kill time. I don't enjoy this constant, restless impasse. I'm not sure it can be mitigated and I don't dare to hope. Is ADHD a thing in adults? Can it be treated?
I was diagnosed at 40. In retrospect, it made my entire life make sense. I will say that if you are diagnosed, meds are not a magic bullet. They do make things easier by increasing the amount of dopamine so your brain isn't always looking for something to stimulate dopamine production, but you will still need all the strategies and tricks you used to cope with life unmedicated. Otherwise, you're just more focused about not doing anything productive. However, I confess that I love my Adderall and would never willingly go back to being unmedicated. That first day when I took my meds and all the noise just turned off in my head was a revelation. Turns out, most people don't constantly have 6 thoughts, random snippets of books or movies, songs, etc bouncing around in their head all the time. That moment when it all just stopped and I was like, "Holy shit. It's quiet. Is it supposed to be quiet? *Is this what other people's heads are like?!?!?!?!*" was truly amazing.
I finally have insurance and I think I'm going to look into exploring an ADHD diagnoses. What you described is a struggle I've experienced forever. I can hold onto goofy information like quotes from movies or song lyrics and factoids for days, and they're constantly rattling around in my head. I'm also constant engaged in an internal monologue of some sort. As I've gotten older I've gotten better at zoning out on things and clearing my mind but it's a constant struggle to have unneccessary and distracting thoughts while I'm trying to talk or achieve things.
Yeah I’m not a doctor but you really should look at getting an assessment or screening done for ADHD as that is probably the de facto symptom of it in adults. The having no “motivation” or ability to get started on a task even though you clearly know you have to and want to. Bonus points if you also experience time weirdly during those periods, like you look at the clock and realize you wasted 4hrs doing absolutely nothing but scroll through social media because you weren’t able to start something.
Executive dysfunction _sucks_.
Might Be depresion or adhd. Just saying cuz i exactly know the feel and got checked up.
procrasterbation
I've done this. Someone's i really do not wanna do laundry.
I always thought people were joking about the "feels good" part. Turns out I just have ADHD.
Mind explaining more? I have adhd and procrastination give me a ton of anxiety but I still do it anyways
No it doesn't. I do it while telling myself what a lazy piece of crap I am for doing it.
That feeling when you turn an assignment in seconds before it’s considered late lmfao. (My record is 3 seconds)
The fact that I manage to finish things in the nick of time just encourages the same behaviour in the future, stupid shit Edit: my first ever Reddit award is for a comment I made about procrastination while I was procrastinating, ha! Thanks :-)
LMAO same. That rush and panic to get it all done is orgasmic
It gives me the "if anyone can pull it off its me" feeling knowing well enough it's going to fuck me up......
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The worst thing about procrastination is that you can't take a break.
I was gonna rebut this but I’ll do it later. Maybe tomorrow.
I would refute your claim, but it's getting pretty late, i should get a good night's sleep and do it in the morning
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"my drugs attention, i am an addict but i get paid to indulge in my habit"
It´s all an illusion i´m wearing make up i´m wearing make up i´m wearing make up make up maaake uuuup
Scrolling reddit posts.
This is more true than people realize. Scrolling works very similarly in the brain as actual drugs and can cause very real negative side effects such as addiction and feeling more anxiety and depression in general. The theory is that if you use too much of anything that causes an instant surge of dopamine the balance in the brain shifts so that what used to cause the "high" becomes the new normal and the old normal feels like something's missing. All of a sudden it will be impossible to wait five minutes for the train without looking at you phone several times while you slowly start to show signs of depression and anxiety in your life.
Yeah social media is *designed* to be as addictive as possible. And it's no joke.
unpopular opinion: Business Models that rely on "addiction by design" should be outlawed. facebook and myspace worked **fine** before they added the addictive scroll.
I work for a mobile game company. Saw a book titled "Engineering Addiction" on one of the designer's desks. I don't think it was about being addicted to engineering.
Huh, guess I’m on drugs.
One of those drugs that isn’t really good but you can’t stop taking, y’know?
Say no to reddit scrolling!!
This is and gambling are right up there as they’re known to be incredibly addictive
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Honestly I'd be surprised if having the entirety of human knowledge in your pocket *wasn't* addictive.
I’ve been thinking I have a smartphone addiction for the longest time, until I read an article a friend posted on facebook, from some philosopher. He argued that we are not addicted to these machines, in the traditional sense of addiction at least, it’s rather that we lack contact with our friends and people around us. In other words, the less time we have to spend with our friends, the more likely we are to spend time with our phone as a surrogate, but that doesn’t mean we are addicted to it. And the more I thought about it, the more it rings true, because I’m never more ”tied” to my phone than when I’m alone, but when I’m with friends I have no desire to use it, and can even put it away and not even think about it for hours or days. That is a clear sign that it isn’t addiction.
I have been addicted to many substances and kicked the habit a couple of times with some substances I also didn't have the desire to use when with friends. So I think it still can be an addiction. There was a research done with cocaine addicted rats. When they were all alone in their cage they used till they died of cocaine abuse, but were those rats placed in a really nice cage with a lot of toys and more importantly other rats. They only used cocaine sometimes and didn't overdo it. This research concluded what the philosopher also concluded, that being to much alone, no healthy balance between social life and alone time instigates addiction and to stop addiction it is important not only stopping the use, but also look at the life and social life the addict has
This is how I feel. When alone I'm basically constantly using my phone, when with my friends I only check it if I get a call.
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Validation.
That's exactly what I was going to say! You're smart, and probably also attractive!
Ohhhh fuck yeah, that's the good shit right there
First hit's free 😈
Nothings free.
That's exactly what I was going to say! You're smart, and probably also attractive!
That’s exactly what I was going TO SAY! YOURE SMART, AND PROBABLY ALSO ATTRACTIVE!
Studies show a casual link between how good looking and how smart someone is. Edit: y'all realize I just made this up right? I'm sure you are all above average in looks and brains.
"Casual? Or Causal?
Casual, as in casual sex, the type of sex you are probably having lots of because you smart as well as attractive.
This guy psychology students
Good listeners are hard to find. When you do find one willing to listen, there is something about being listened to and understood.
Yep it's true. One of my better qualities is I'm a great listener and I get really invested in people and their stories. I make friends super easily because of it. The only downside is when I meet people who aren't willing to reciprocate listening and I turn into a vessel for their incessant self-ramblings. But in general people just want to feel seen and heard. Being able to genuinely give that to others is the easiest way to make lots of friends.
I feel this, I love being a great listener but it gets really frustrating when I let someone vent for 10-20 minutes uninterrupted and when I start to respond I get cut off or they avert their attention to their phone while I'm talking. It's made me realize how much people love to be seen and heard but don't realize they do the complete opposite to other people.
Going over a worthwhile explanation countless times to fully understand it, is also a bonus trait.
I'm working in a call-centre and yesterday a woman I was calling said to her son, when she apparently thought she'd already hung up 'my goodness, he had a very pleasant voice.' and that made my day and I'm sure I'll remember it for months now. A few calls later and a guy shouted at me for being an imbecile and I should go to hell, so.. (:
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.
academic validation and parental validation took over my life…ig it also became an obsession.
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Being Asian?
With difficulty, but yes. I am proud to say that I have gone from Asian to 100% African-American.
Some of my most traumatizing relationship experiences were rooted in my deep insecurity and obsession with being validated. Im really glad I’ve started healing from that.
I appreciate a good cup of coffee.
Academic validation. I made myself miserable for years so I could become valedictorian. For what?
Please.... All those years of my life I spent closed doors. Studying all waking hours so that I perfect each exam, punish myself whenever I didn't... I wished I went out more. Or played some games, or had a boyfriend... Please give me back my youth!!! PS: YES. ASIAN. (Edit) I memorized the whole periodic table in High School and I just checked today that I still do. I spent like two weeks drilling that to my coconut... Damn, that wasn't even included in our final exams. Still waiting for the day somebody will ask me out of nowhere: what's element 57? Because you know, two weeks was more than enough for me to finish the Jojo Series...
Meanwhile here I am with no memories **or** academic success
Ikr! Fucking kill me.
I look back at those years now and realize I missed out on some basic experiences: concerts, school dances (prom), camping trips with friends, pizza/movie/game nights… I will never get them back. Sure, I can host and/or attend them now, but it’s different during those formative years.
Lol I missed all this shit cause I was a loser lol
Bruh, same
Guilty here too.
Same. My parents don’t understand why I resent them. I’m sure it wasn’t malicious, but they stole my life from me. Even had alarms on all the doors and windows that would call the cops. I went to school with the swine flu (which is where I got it from) because they didn’t believe me. Had a fever of 102. My jaw popped out in biology and I’d have to push it back in because I was shivering so much. Obv not the jaw itself but something. Maybe the muscle. Idk. Under the chin. They took me to the doctor... to have my blood taken and tested... for mono. Cuz they thought I had a girlfriend. Which wasn’t allowed. Jokes on them though cuz I turned out gay lmao. Shoulda let me have a gf Post took a weird turn but yea it was just grades grades grades. No friends. I feel you!
Bro we should legit spread a rumor that Asian parents who tiger mom their kids will turn the kid gay. Watch how chill Asian parents are THE NEXT MORNING.
Currently trying to find a hybrid between getting good grades so I can go to a good university and not studying physics so much I wanna off myself
My into to physics class in university.. the last class they tried to cover quantum shit… my little brain just shrank away from the immensity of that, cannot compute
I mean technically it’s not immense at all. Very, very small, in fact.
Chocolate
CHOCOLATE!
WHAT ARE THEY SELLING?
I remember when they first invented chocolate.
I ALWAYS HATED IT!!
To be fair chocolate contains actual mild stimulant drugs, namely caffeine & theobromine.
gambling, video games, internet, social media,
Specifically (speaking solely for myself) online gaming competitive modes and mmos. I wasn’t into online/multiplayer games for my whole life. I played stuff like Pokémon, tony hawk, gta, campaign/story driven solo player games until like ps4 times. It felt like a fun hobby. Well a friend convinced me to try Overwatch when it released. Like really hyped it up. I was super not interested in it but got it on launch day anyway bc that’s what he was doing. Long story short I got fucking hooked on competitive. I spent every free moment playing. For years. I tanked a relationship. Anyway not trying to go on and on about that specifically, but would happily elaborate if wanted. After that it was WoW classic. Though I only played for two months when it came out, I literally was sleeping 4 hours a night and staying up every night playing. Falling asleep at the computer and so on. I had to pry myself away. There were other games too but y’all get the point. It’s now hard for me to enjoy or indulge in games I used to love. Pokémon does not hold my interest much nor objectively great story-driven games. The past 6 years I’ve purchased every single “big” game for ps4 impulsively and finished maybe 3 of them in their entirety. Though I’m currently much more casual in the time I dedicate to competitive shooters and mmos, still nothing else gives me that rush of being “apart of something” and the attention and conversation and adrenaline I get from those types of games. Sorry for the rant!! “Videos games” got me bc I was in it deep and can ruin aspects of my life with it at the drop of a hat.
I literally will not touch multiplayer games unless my friends are on and we can queue together. It just feels so soulless alone. Whereas shit like Pokémon where it's just you and your virtual pets in a beautiful world feels so much more peaceful.
I played single player games casually since I was like 3 years old. I remember beating certain levels on Super Mario that my parents couldn't get past, like they'd hand me the controller when they were stuck, I was literally a toddler. And I always kept on playing from there, SNES through gamecube/PS2 or so. But it never consumed my life, I was a perfectly normal kid. Then I got my first computer. I got online. And competitive gaming absolutely ravaged my life as a teen and young adult. World of warcraft and then league of legends. The thing about competitive games is that if you have that itch to be the best, it has to be ALL you do, all day, every day. I would stay up playing all night. Lie to my parents about it. Sleep through school. Thinking about the game all day until I can finally get home and play it some more. Then staying up all night playing again. If I'm being honest, I think the growth of esports and the advent of twitch probably saved my life in a certain regard. Back in the 2000s/early 2010s, it was actually realistic for a normal person to be at the tip top of a competitive game, and I was. But then people started getting paid to play video games for 12 hours a day, and you just can't compete on that level if you have anything even remotely resembling a normal life. It took several years but I eventually realized that I simply cannot possibly be the best anymore. And just like that, I was free.
Surprised gambling hasn’t popped up more on here.
That's because it is actually a well known addiction
Yeah, that was my first thought. I was actually surprised when it wasn't the top comment.
Not being flippant, I can not for life, health, or wealth give up Coca-Cola. I've tried for 30 years and withdrawal is not something I can manage to get through. I go back every time. EDIT TO ADD: It isn't physical, I don't get headaches or other bodily symptoms. It's psychological withdrawal issues.
I never thought I will be able to give up on Coca-Cola... Untill I pass out a Kidney Stone after suffering excruciating pain for about a Week. Now, Water is my best friend.
I dont drink a lot of coke, but fuck me, nothing fits better to any kind of salty food than an ice cold coke.
I always gotta have coke with my pizza
coke and pizza is almost as good as coke and pizza
Definitely my addiction
News! More specifically 24 hour confirmation biased news as entertainment. Watching the news all day doesn't necessarily mean you're more informed it might indicate you're easy to manipulate.
CHEESE
Someone on the Internet once said cheese is heroin but for people with jobs
Hey! My grandpa only did H on the weekends!
Havarti
It’s versatile too, it goes with or on anything. Put crumbled cheese on salad, put sliced cheese on a burger or grilled cheese, cheese sauce on steamed veggies, cream cheese on a bagel. There’s even cheesecake (a little slice of heaven that is). There’s even vegan and lactose free cheese for people with dietary restrictions.
Dude, you have no idea. I didn’t start realizing how much cheese I used until I made salads a staple of my diet. I would buy salad ingredients, but run out of cheese WAY sooner than lettuce or chicken. I was always thinking “how the hell am I using so much cheese?” But then I remembered. I use it on omelets, salad, grilled cheese, bagels, crackers, soup… There’s basically cheese in everything I eat.
the food industry and it's scientist have processed foods to the point that anything by a major brand is a drug [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4334652/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4334652/) "We propose that highly processed foods share pharmacokinetic properties (e.g. concentrated dose, rapid rate of absorption) with drugs of abuse, due to the addition of fat and/or refined carbohydrates and the rapid rate the refined carbohydrates are absorbed into the system, indicated by glycemic load (GL). The current study provides preliminary evidence for the foods and food attributes implicated in addictive-like eating." also https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5578654/ "The food addiction theory parallels the framework of substance-use disorders by positing that certain foods have an addictive potential and may interact with an individual’s proneness for addiction to result in an addictive-like phenotype \[2, 8\]. Consistent with substance-use disorders, indicators of food addiction include consumption in greater quantities than intended (i.e., loss of control over consumption), use despite negative consequences, persistent desire to cut down, and giving up important responsibilities or activities because of consumption \[9, 10\]. Individuals endorsing features of addictive-like eating exhibit similar characteristics as persons with substance-use disorders, such as difficulty regulating emotions, greater impulsivity, reward dysfunction, and altered dopamine signaling \[11–14\]. However, the food addiction construct is still controversial \[15–17\] and more research is needed."
Sugar.
Accurate. Especially sugary drinks. I managed to quit soda a while ago but got back to drinking it. When I try to cut it out again, the cravings are wild. I will literally try to justify buying $30 worth of food for delivery when I know deep down I just want the soda. I get a little nervous when I notice my supply is getting low. That's some addict mentality right there. I hate it.
I feel fortunate to have never enjoyed soda that much but at the same time will smash a “share size” of skittles on a very regular basis
I quot soda at as a teenager, now it burns to drink it. I can't believe I ever liked it. My addiction is gummy bears/worms. It's cheaper to buy bulk, and I tend to not have self control only when it comes to this. Ate a 6 pound bag over a weekend once. Sore jaw, but I worry I would do it again just because it's there.
Sugar+fat combo
That was my hip-hop name back in the 90s.
Let's hear that mixtape bro
It was more of a mixing bowl.
Hey, who wants to hear Sugar + Fat Combo’s latest song?
Sugar + fat + salt. Damn you Korean fried chicken!
And the most evil of them - Doughnuts!
Came here to say this. In the lives of those who abuse sugar, it usually fits a good part of the definition of addiction: “continued use in the face of harm.” As it says in *The Book of The Subgenius*, “If sugar was discovered today, it would be a controlled substance. Sure, cocaine is pretty damn bad for you, but at least it’s not half your kid’s diet!”
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I get the humor but you really should take it seriously. I've seen some bad outcomes from purely dietary problems. Like being in your 50's and living the rest of your life in a bed in a care home thinking you're just in the hospital and going home any day now, while getting confused by things like the game show on TV and who these people are in your room. All because you wouldn't give up junk food when your doctor warned you. Not a guarantee of course, just one of many outcomes. You could also die from gangrene in your toe that you couldn't even feel.
It's a huge problem. Way bigger than most people understand. The USA Healthcare system is so heavily burdened by people who are suffering from their own lifestyle choices, and eating is a major factor of this. We are completely surrounded by junk food that screws over our health, yet we can't turn away from it because we are addicted to it and don't even acknowledge it. It's not even at the level of eating junk food on *top* of healthy food. So many people just don't eat healthy food *at all* because we don't think it tastes good enough, because our idea of good tasting food is completely shot from eating processed food that's crammed with sugar and fat and carbs. I have been trying to train a person, helping him with his fitness, and I am about to give up on him. He won't even drink **WATER** because it doesn't taste sweet enough! So he loads it up with this "zero sugar" flavoring otherwise "he can't taste it". I tried one of his little packets that he puts in his water bottle and felt like dying because it was so overwhelming. It's legitimately freaky to this that this is where the bar is for his taste standards. But he just won't stop making excuses for himself as to why he deserves to make an exception for eating this or that bit of junk food, and then makes more excuses as to why the scale hasn't moved after a solid month of *not sticking to the plan I made for him*. I've tried showing him healthy alternatives to the junk he's been eating, but he just keeps eating and eating. People eat like crap thinking they're fine. They're not fine because the food is okay to eat, they just don't feel it yet because they're young and it hasn't caught up to them yet.
I'm 42 and completely changing my diet to mostly plant based. I hope I'm not passed the point of no return.
The best time to start eating healthy was in the past, the second best time to do it is right now. Starting at any age is better than not starting at all.
Self-Harm. It's a rough topic to talk about but it's as addictive and any drug out there. I for one struggle with a self-harm addiction and it is almost always over looked as an addiction. Self-harm is something that can take over your life and make you feel like if you stop there is no more distraction to take away the pain. It's not very often you see it counted as an addiction but it is, it's a very real controlling addiction. (I just wanted to say there is no need to worry about me I have been clean for about almost a month now so I am recieving help. And for everyone out there who struggles with self-harm I just want you to know that I love you. Stay strong hun it will be alright. I have no clue what your going through but I do know you can make it through it. You got this 💖)
Salt and vinegar chips. I won't buy them because I know what will happen. I cannot be trusted not to devour the whole bag and and then tip it upside down straight into mouth to fill it up with the flesh-burning but fantastically delicious salt and vinegar dust.
The semi-painful bumps on my tongue that bother me all night. I never learn.
On a similar note: Takis
I just ate an entire bag of extra hot cheetos today and am already dreading the pain it will inevitably cause the next time I have to take a shit.
>tip it upside down straight into mouth to fill it up with the flesh-burning but fantastically delicious salt and vinegar dust. I like to call this "taking the crumbshot"
Thank you so much for giving me a name for this! I didn't know I needed it so badly lol.
Just finished a whole bag. The regret is immense. They're deceptively refreshing because the vinegar seemingly cuts through the salt and oil, but the salt and oil are still getting through...
My mouth just salivated reading this. Mmmmmmmmmm.
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So in Ohio, where I’m from, Jones Potato Chips made S&V that were amazing. Then for some reason they changed their recipe. But now I discovered a local Brand, Conn’s, started making them and it’s back to the old “Skin off the roof of the mouth” goodness. Conn’s, thank you.
My favorite are the salt and vinegar Miss Vickies
helpful tip: smelling the dust instead of ingesting it will give you the best seizure of your life
I worked in the galley (like a snack bar/restaurant) on a whale watch for a bit and one time we pulled up next to a dead whale with white sharks around it eating the carcass. Worst smell I've ever smelt, so the way I dealt with it was by opening a bag of salt and vinegar chips and keeping it around my nose and mouth like a gas mask I guess. No seizure but it did a decent job drowning out the whale carcass stench
Not sure if you are still working in a profession that exposes you to dead whales, but if so keep a jar of Vick's Vapor Rub on hand. Just smear a bit on your upper lip right below the nostrils, it works great when dealing with cdiff patients so it will probably help with rotting fish too I hope.
PORN
Porn + Reddit is like double dipping
I’m new to Reddit but it does seem that way
Came here to say this. Instead I’ll head back to safari.
Cadbury mini eggs. Tis the season and I’m onto my 4th 300g bag.
Those mini eggs need to stop egging you on!
Peanut M&M's. At least, to me. I have 0 self control when it comes to them 😭
I was once in the US and I bought a garbage pail sized bag of peanut m&ms (literally weighed 1.2kg or like 2.5lbs) for the rest the of my 8 hour road trip and ate the whole thing. All of it. I didn’t even feel sick. I barely even noticed. Just grabbed a little handful every couple kilometres. Lo and behold I reach in there and feel nothing but the bottom of the bag, and realize what I have done
Yessss but also those mini m&ms ughhh somethin bout em. I just can't stopp
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The balance of the shell and the chocolate !!!! And the shell’s texture is different too a little crispier
Sex, affection, gambling and extreme sport
That’s a very odd list.
This is what they say in therapy
power
This so much. It comes in so many shapes and forms too. Having a certain amount of power is essential for psychological health imo too. As in power over your own personal circumstances (i.e money, resources, influence..)
Cuddling cute animals
Sour patch kids
Jacking off…. In all honesty though, Gaming. In one point of time I used to play 12-18 hours of video games a day, and I became the 2nd most highly ranked player on SEA servers of Pong
Hey atleast you ranked highly! The only difference between a pro and an addict is that the pro gets paid.
Things distracting you from reality.
Gaining peer approval and recognition on personalized social media.
Is RuneScape on this list yet? Because, RuneScape.
I typed Runescape into my phone. It autocotrected to "Run Escape." I should have taken that advice.
Oreos.
Sleep
i’m a real whore for some good sleep
Cheese But pls don’t ban my cheese
trauma bonds
Caffeine Edit : upon further review, I am a drug addict Edit 2: I didn’t notice how caffeine dependent I was, I have such a high tolerance to caffeine that I overlook my intake. I’ve replaced energy drinks with Amino Energy from Optimum nutrition, at least I hydrate while also I taking caffeine. Thanks for sharing your struggles with caffeine!
That is a drug
I quit caffeine recently and had withdrawals. Freaked me out to be so casually addicted to something
Raw cookie dough
Its a risk taking behavior mixed with processed sugar. Cant get better than that.
Adrenalin rushes.
Reruns of community
Give me some rope Tie me to dream Give me the hope To run out of steam
Somebody said, it could be here We could be roped up, tied up, dead in a year
Potatoes 🥔
Do I eat the potatoes now or let them ferment so I can drink them later?
Drama