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So I have been struggling with anxiety for a very long time, as far back as I can remember, I was always anxious about things. I currently have diagnosed anxiety and have borderline personality disorder. My emotional stability is a mess and I struggle daily in life to function. Add trauma and health issues to the mix too, basically I'm a mess. Learning about Ray Peat and the bioenergetic view has helped with my health issues somewhat, although it is still a process and I still have a long way to go before I can consider myself "healthy".
Reading into Ray Peat and his works and ideas has led me on this quest for optimal health. Struggling with health issues and realizing the severity of my problems has fueled a quest that was once initially fueled by fear, which now still is fueled by fear, but not so much... I am now curious about health and the human body. The vicissitude nature of the human body intrigues and amazes me....and makes me realize just how much we still have yet to learn about ourselves. However.... there seems to be a genuine lack of medical advancement in the field of mental health. As a person who struggles daily with mental health.... this is depressing.
The lack of treatments and knowledge on mental health humbles our race... realizing just how much we don't know, and how blindly we still are trying to figure it all out. This is depressing yes, but since we are talking about how sh*&ty mental health issues are.... lets try to keep a positive and hopeful outlook on this. Yes there is still more to discover... so let's discover it. Sure we might not be pioneers in the medical field and yes we are a bunch of amateurs trying to figure this all out, and even if we don't understand it, trying to is always the first step.
My question is in regards to the nervous system, specifically an overactive nervous system. What could be causes of it and how can we take steps to reverse and fix it so that we might heal and find some peace in this life? Answers like meditation and yoga and cold showers are not what I'm looking for... although meditation does seem to help somewhat.... it is not enough for me. I believe we are malleable, that we are incredible technological organisms that can manifest changes we want. Nothing is set in stone.... cancer is curable... we haven't cure it yet... or maybe we have and our government won't tell us... and sure we might not be able to cheat death, and even if we could we probably won't want to.... however the point I'm trying to make is that health issues including mental issues can be "cured", and even if it can't I refuse to believe this... We might not know how to but the point is that we try to figure it out.
Reading into Ray Peat and his works and ideas has led me on this quest for optimal health. Struggling with health issues and realizing the severity of my problems has fueled a quest that was once initially fueled by fear, which now still is fueled by fear, but not so much... I am now curious about health and the human body. The vicissitude nature of the human body intrigues and amazes me....and makes me realize just how much we still have yet to learn about ourselves. However.... there seems to be a genuine lack of medical advancement in the field of mental health. As a person who struggles daily with mental health.... this is depressing.
The lack of treatments and knowledge on mental health humbles our race... realizing just how much we don't know, and how blindly we still are trying to figure it all out. This is depressing yes, but since we are talking about how sh*&ty mental health issues are.... lets try to keep a positive and hopeful outlook on this. Yes there is still more to discover... so let's discover it. Sure we might not be pioneers in the medical field and yes we are a bunch of amateurs trying to figure this all out, and even if we don't understand it, trying to is always the first step.
My question is in regards to the nervous system, specifically an overactive nervous system. What could be causes of it and how can we take steps to reverse and fix it so that we might heal and find some peace in this life? Answers like meditation and yoga and cold showers are not what I'm looking for... although meditation does seem to help somewhat.... it is not enough for me. I believe we are malleable, that we are incredible technological organisms that can manifest changes we want. Nothing is set in stone.... cancer is curable... we haven't cure it yet... or maybe we have and our government won't tell us... and sure we might not be able to cheat death, and even if we could we probably won't want to.... however the point I'm trying to make is that health issues including mental issues can be "cured", and even if it can't I refuse to believe this... We might not know how to but the point is that we try to figure it out.
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