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Community wisdom about sleep

Photo of a sleeping man and dog, on a couachPhoto by Andrew Roberts, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewr/) You just want to fall asleep, we get it🛌🥱 But it doesn’t always come easy and you’ve tried a few different things already. So, check out this post by brainwane, which highlights a few notes on how to sleep. Then stick around in the comments as members chime in on what’s worked for them😴💤

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Here’s a roundup of recent recommendations over in Ask MetaFilter: Toucan is searching for pleasant sensations to help themselves feel physically good every day and the suggestions are great!()

Caxton1476 is looking for advice on music education for the middle-aged, because it's never to late to get your groove on!

Finally, lizard2590 would like recommendations for podcasts on past pop culture.

Yeah! What? Okay.

Screenshot from video Rapper Lil Jon is famous for bringing crunk to the foreground in the early 2000s. He's also down with the benefits of meditation, as pointed out in this post by Shepard.

They've heard it all

Ok, you're in therapy or thinking of going to therapy, but worried that no one else has had these thoughts/feelings/experiences etc. "Nah," says multiple therapists in a post created by BellaDonna. Click to read the most common thing clients have been afraid to tell therapists that they really hear all the time.

Ask Me Later

Demotivational Poster no. 11 - Today is the Day (yellow)Demotivational Poster no. 11 - Today is the Day (yellow) by id-iom (cc by-nc)

In Ask Metafilter, Desertshore would like to know, "Is it possible to become an ex-procrastinator?"

04/18/23
by taz

Boundless resolve

Bureaucracy / Bürokratie IIIBureaucracy / Bürokratie III by manoftaste.de (cc by)

I am an RN case manager who does hospital discharge work and has a lot of experience in other parts of the mental health and elder care systems as well. I want to warn you about some of the difficulties that might lie ahead as you try to navigate this situation, but also offer some encouragement: I am a Sock, I am an Island offers in-depth info on working through especially difficult nursing home and care options.

10/03/22
by taz

Perspective

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I hear voices all the time. In my case those voices are both outside of me, myself, and I hear them in space and as auditory voices - but they are not generally foreign either - we are a collective ... warriorqueen with a thoughtful personal perspective on the Hearing Voices Movement, and the dangers of "the search for something that will make everyone in the same"

05/30/22
by taz

Balancing Act

Piedras de primavera, spring stones.Piedras de primavera, spring stones. by Vvillamon (cc by-sa)

Life hacks for the psyche and emotional wellbeing? What's a good habit that you introduced in your life and has since made all the difference?

07/29/20
by taz

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