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At least probes weren't involved... That we know of... ;)

A good therapist is really someone to listen to, and I'd definitely seek a good one out, as they can provide some invaluable insight. That's just me speaking real, because I was also afraid of therapy because as much as I wish there wasn't, there is stigma on mental health from some people. But...

Sometimes it's random, like, "What were Medieval fashion trends?" That was a fun rabbit hole that I crawled out of... 6 hours of research later.

Story of my life, man. I could hyperfocus on music, reading, and video games as a kid, never important stuff. :)

Seriously though, try giving that mindfulness practice a shot. First step why you listen, observe, and notice what you feel is to first ground your mind in reality, then when you go into your mind's theater, you can just simply observe what shows up, and just let it pass. The second you try to...

If I can give you a taste of mindfulness, and a simple demonstration, first close your eyes, and take on all the sounds around you for about 30 seconds. Notice the difference between the sounds you're hearing and you, the one doing the listening? There's you and there's what you've heard, two...

It's what findings in psychology and psychiatrists have found. There's like, thousands of papers in psychology, but a simple example is one can have an intrusive thought to harm someone, and not act on it. Thus, clearly, if thoughts define the person, instead of everything else that they are...

Definitely I'd talk to someone for sure. I can only speak to my experience, and what I've learned, which may or may not work for you. CBT has been shown in evidence to be extremely successful in managing anxiety and depression without the use of medication. Some mental illnesses definitely need...

Cognitive behavioral therapy.

It can be both. If some thoughts come out of the blue, and are upsetting and involuntary, those are called intrusive thoughts, and those can be managed by practicing mindful awareness which you learn in CBT.

One thing that cognitive behavioral therapy teaches, and mindfulness tells you is that you are not your thoughts. Your thoughts are mere objects created by your mind. The proof in that is that we don't always act on our thoughts, and our mind generates hundreds of thousands of them per day...

A perfect flow chart. In fact, another sci-fi trope that's been outdated for a while now is the food pill. Turns out, food in general contains a lot of macro and micro nutrients, and even if a pill could provide everything we need, people just enjoy food so much, so they likely would prefer...

I too like food. Food is good.

Nice! If you do whey, it is a powder, so you will be making smoothies with it, but hey, smoothies are great! :) I understand it when folks want to supplement with something, but really, you are right in that balance is where it's at. :)

Omega-3's are great, I like seafood, so I get a lot of it from eating sushi. :) Whey protein is another great one if you need to add more protein that has all of the essential amino acids. It also tastes good and is cheap.

Spitting straight science there, mate.

The amount of teenagers taking SARMs is ****ing terrifying to me, to be honest. They're led to believe they're legal steroids, but aren't well-researched, aren't approved by the FDA, and have several side-effects, many of which you won't know until much later in life. This is ultimately why I...

The Kingdom. Our EP is called Kingdom of the Damned.

Speaking of, my band's EP is on Spotify, and other major streaming outlets. :)

Yeah, here's the thing, I hate taking any medication unless it's absolutely necessary. Me seeking help isn't to search for drugs, because I also don't believe that medications are the solution in every circumstance, especially with people I know that got addicted to certain medications. It's...

It's not so much the impulsiveness, the forgetfulness, and such, because those can be managed. I find alarms, calendars, watches, and journals can be enormously helpful. It's moreso the impulsive nature of my emotions that worries me that I've always had, looking back on things, and why I...

You ever thought about joining or starting a book club? I know for social folks that love to read they find these incredibly enjoyable. :) I like reading for its own sake, because I find it calms my mind.... And then 6 hours passed by. :D

Well, my usual go tos are reading, video games, and my main job, music. But, those don't always work because I don't always have access to them. Like, when I say I help out my dad at his auto body shop, I'm really just sitting there 8 hours a day mostly with nothing to do. So much like him, I...

Boredom is my kryptonite.

Music is the biggest thing that calms my anxiety, too. I also find mechanical fidgets like Rubik's Cubes and folding cubes are calming. Don't know why.

Things on my mind is that visiting my family, my brother recently was diagnosed with ADHD when he was seeing a therapist about his PTSD he developed after his service in the Army. Had to go to Iraq, which is rough. But, he recently got diagnosed with ADHD, and he suspects my dad and I might...

Thinking about tone controls in drive pedals. Going simplest to more complex: ProCo Rat: Simple low pass filter. The more you turn the tone knob clockwise, the more the treble of your sound gets attenuated. Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi: Two filter blend, meaning it possesses both a low pass...

I see so many people with an undercut hairstyle and they call it a Viking hairdo, despite the fact that there's no evidence of undercuts being a thing in Scandinavian culture at that time. The closest you get is a short hairstyle that favored a shaved back and long bangs at the front to keep...

One piece of advice I give to guitarists looking to improve their sound is to turn up their amplifiers and play louder. It's for a few reasons. First, if you play in a loud and aggressive form of music, like hard rock, metal, and punk, then louder volumes are definitely your friend. Second...

I'm a sucker for the power of friendship trope, as well as the old wise mentor trope, and the 5 man band. Maybe because DMing more, I've grown to love storytelling and storytelling tools and tropes more.

Trying to come up with new songwriting material.

I just learned about cheese caves in Missouri, all started from a shortage of food in the 1970's, the US government subsidized the dairy industry to have them make more dairy. Well, we now have 1.5 billion pounds of cheese all being stored, some being aged, and so on in caves in Missouri. 300...

Yep.

I had to explain to someone how to impedance match when attaching speaker cabinets to a tube amplifier. For context, since tube amps have output transformers, they need a proper load attached to them to function safely and correctly, and the impedances of the amp's output and the speaker...

Wife and I are going to another star party with our local astronomical society tonight. I'll try to provide as much pictures as I can, but white and blue light from your phones can really mess with your eyes, especially when looking through telescopes, so there might only be a few. The reason...

I love guitarists that look at relative keys and think they're the same because, on paper, the notes are the same. For example, the key of E Minor and the key of G Major have the same notes. G Major = G A B C D E F# G. E Minor = E F# G A B C D E. Now, if the notes are the same, why do we...

Guitar specific one. Years ago I bought a DigiTech Bad Monkey for around $35 as a cheap alternative to the Ibanez Tube Screamer that sounded pretty good. Now, it shot up to around an average of $400 on Reverb, because the owner of JHS pedals showed how similarly it can sound to the infamous...

Well, absolutely! It's my civic duty!!

I just learned Blind Guardian's songs "The Bard's Song" and "A Past and Future Secret." I might have been a lutenist in a past life. Because I'm getting into that minstrel-y, troubadour, folksy style of guitar inspired by the Medieval and Renaissance periods. Now to obtain a lute and learn...

I kinda want to start a doom/stoner metal side project. Just a genre of music that's just fun to me. The lyrical content is a mix of Lovecraftian horror, Conan style sword and sorcery, doom and despair, and mixed in all of that is stoner subjects and stuff. I dunno. It's an idea I'm wanting to...

Suave 2-in-1 for Men, the red one for volumizing. As a dude with long, thick, blonde locks that go down to my waist, can confirm it works great. :) Also, get a scalp massager, stimulate them hair follicles. If nothing else, it feels great. :) And also, brush every day.

I hope so too. Nergal of Behemoth, one of the musicians I look up to and admire and respect beat leukemia. I figure if he can beat one of the most brutal cancers out there, I can beat this. :)

That's what the doctor said, lol. He said I was lucky to find out this way.

Update: So I have lymphoma, it looks like. Doctor is hopeful we caught it early, considering I have no growths or tumors, but to be sure, he did refer me to an oncologist where we'll do a biopsy and see what's what, and what stage we're at. Here's the weird thing, I'm hopeful and optimistic...

In the ER right now. I have a slipped spinal disc, and they found some of my lymph nodes are enlarged, and they hope it's not due to cancer. So, kinda not feeling well.

I got my full license when I was 17. What really helped me is to remember that if you apply common sense to the questions, you'll usually do okay and pass. Also, in this modern day, your state's online practice tests are a great way to prepare yourself for the test. While I got my license at...

I just wish my brain would stop overanalyzing about absolute worst case scenarios that lead me to have anxiety episodes.

Mainly how I approach reviews in general. When I write any review, I do intend to write a positive review. It's only when glaring problems arise do I begin the vitriol and start to roast whatever I'm reviewing. I had reviews on my mind because I'm looking to do another unbiased guitar gear...

Right now, I'm just enamored with the lute, and Renaissance lute music, and this Renaissance piece first composed by English lute composer, John Dowland called "Lachrimae Pavan," in English, "Flow My Tears." The contrapuntal nature is just enamoring, and I have to learn this piece. I don't own...