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Can AI Help Us With Our Mental Health Issues?

Bojan’s Newsletter • 78 implied HN points • 16 May 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health AI Therapy Technology Wellbeing
  1. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people change their mental perspective to overcome psychological problems like depression and anxiety.
  2. CBT is well-researched but requires frequent and prolonged use, which can be challenging to sustain.
  3. Generative AI could assist in mental health by creating realistic conversation partners to track and improve mental health states.

2022 Annual (Meta)Review

Weekly Wisdom • 99 implied HN points • 12 Jan 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Reflection Growth Therapy Music Creativity
  1. Reflecting on and reviewing the past year is important for personal growth and self-awareness.
  2. Consistency in journaling, planning, and reflecting can be a valuable tool for personal development and understanding oneself.
  3. Engaging in activities that promote collaboration, creativity, learning, and spirituality can lead to meaningful personal growth and fulfillment.
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A Letter from the Other Shore

David Spinks' Newsletter • 7 implied HN points • 24 Oct 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Therapy Personal Growth Community Building Life Transitions
  1. Hakomi therapy is a unique way that helps people understand their feelings and experiences better. It involves a therapist guiding clients gently to explore their emotions and find their own solutions.
  2. Community retreats can be powerful for personal growth and healing. They offer a supportive space for people to connect and share their journeys in a fun and relaxed atmosphere.
  3. Coaching is evolving with new focus areas like helping people during life transitions, building conscious communities, and supporting those who have faced public cancelation. It's about finding and nurturing a better sense of self and community.

Where's all the Money in Personal Transformation?

What's Important? • 18 implied HN points • 02 Nov 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Personal Growth Spirituality Therapy Community support Wealth Management
  1. Many wealthy individuals feel unfulfilled and seek personal transformation after achieving material success. They often find themselves looking for deeper meaning in life.
  2. The personal transformation industry faces challenges in efficiently connecting wealth with transformation because many options can seem unreliable or unclear. People want to know what they will get for their money before investing in personal growth.
  3. Building strong relationships and communities is crucial for effective personal transformation. Love and support from others can help us navigate our paths and promote healing.

Why Some People Change and Others Don't

Stream of Subconsciousness • 39 implied HN points • 01 Jun 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Therapy Neurology Self-Improvement Guidance
  1. Flexibility is key to change; be brutally honest and put everything on the table for real transformation.
  2. Seek guidance from trusted voices to encourage exploration from a new perspective, draining hesitance and uncertainty.
  3. Change awareness through hypnotherapy, cognitive therapy, or brainwave training to disrupt old ways of thinking and find new paths.

Why comparing is despairing

The Reset by Sam Delaney • 39 implied HN points • 07 Apr 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Addiction Recovery Therapy
  1. Comparing yourself to others can lead to skewed perspectives. Don't judge your habits based on others' actions.
  2. Focus on how alcohol makes you feel and its impact on your life to determine if you have a problem.
  3. It's essential to ask yourself critical questions about your relationship with drinking to assess if it's affecting you negatively.

Can We Talk About Adult ADHD?

The Reclamation Era • 39 implied HN points • 02 Oct 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health ADHD Awareness Self-care Therapy Parenting
  1. Many adults wonder if they have ADHD, especially those who felt different or struggled with attention in school. It's common to want a diagnosis but also feel unsure about whether it’s necessary.
  2. Life can be really overwhelming for many people today, making it hard to distinguish between ADHD and general stress. Everyone feels scattered and busy, but it doesn’t always mean they have a condition.
  3. Questions about ADHD often arise from personal experience, and many seek understanding and connection with others facing similar challenges. Sharing experiences can help untangle feelings of confusion and inadequacy.

R U OK with R U OK day?

A Perfectly Cromulent Software Engineer • 39 implied HN points • 13 Sep 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Well-being Therapy Medication Action
  1. R U OK? Day is an initiative in Australia that promotes suicide prevention by encouraging people to ask others if they are okay.
  2. While the sentiment behind R U OK? Day is important, it highlights the need for deeper systemic support beyond individual efforts.
  3. Addressing mental well-being requires more than just asking a simple question, it calls for tangible actions like improving access to therapy, medication, housing, and employment.

Russell Glass (CEO, Headspace Health)

The Takeoff • 59 implied HN points • 17 Apr 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindfulness Mental health Therapy
  1. Meditation helps to de-stigmatize mental health by making it more accessible and reframing the issue.
  2. Headspace Health has partnered with major healthcare providers like Cigna and Kaiser Permanente to expand access to mental health services.
  3. Creating a platform that combines mindfulness, therapy, and medication can provide significant value to employers and drive engagement.

Happiness Is a Choice

We're Gonna Get Those Bastards • 9 implied HN points • 24 Nov 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Personal Growth Spirituality Happiness Therapy
  1. Happiness comes from within, not from external things like money or success. It’s important to realize that your mindset can change how you feel about what happens in life.
  2. People often seek therapy to find happiness, but true contentment is about how you choose to respond to life’s challenges. How you view and react to problems is key.
  3. Praying for the ability to accept outcomes gracefully can lead to happiness, regardless of those outcomes. It’s about finding peace in what life gives you, not stressing over what you want.

Free 24/7 Help

Ben’s Blog 🏉 🧠🧑‍💻 • 43 implied HN points • 30 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Therapy Well-being Self-care Stress
  1. Consider seeking help from AI chatbots for immediate support when feeling overwhelmed and unable to wait for a therapist.
  2. Reflect on the importance of mental health routines during stressful times and remember that temporary disruptions can be managed.
  3. Prioritize brain health by being proactive, staying organized, and seeking professional advice when necessary.

Don't call it a vacation

A Perfectly Cromulent Software Engineer • 19 implied HN points • 29 Oct 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Self-care Personal Growth Therapy Mindfulness
  1. Taking a break from work can lead to unexpected and meaningful accomplishments.
  2. Disconnecting from external noise can help one reconnect with their inner self through activities like meditation and therapy.
  3. Achieving small yet meaningful tasks during a break can have a positive impact on mental health and overall well-being.

How Authenticity and Vulnerability Pay Off and Help You Win Personally and Professionally

Stream of Subconsciousness • 19 implied HN points • 22 Feb 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Therapy Personal Growth Life Coaching Emotional Intelligence
  1. Being authentic means recognizing your limitations and striving to express yourself.
  2. Vulnerability, when managed within boundaries, is a consideration of alternatives, not a risk.
  3. Authenticity enables quicker recognition of errors, inviting opportunities for learning and growth.

How AI Can Enhance Daily Journaling

Thoughts on Living • 19 implied HN points • 12 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Journaling Therapy Tech development
  1. Daily introspective journaling offers immense benefits like improved narrative thinking and communication.
  2. Large Language Models (LLMs) can enhance journaling by providing individualized writing prompts and acting as a journaling assistant.
  3. LLMs bring a new dynamic to reviewing past journal entries, automating the process of generating insights and asking specific questions for self-reflection.

🥟 Chao-Down #78 Hackers use generative AI to create malware, Google introduces AI-powered privacy platform, ChatGPT begins giving therapy

Chaos Theory • 19 implied HN points • 04 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Privacy Malware Therapy Cybersecurity
  1. Hackers are using generative AI to create malware, making it harder for cybersecurity professionals to detect and defend against these attacks.
  2. Google introduces an AI-powered privacy platform called Checks.
  3. ChatGPT is starting to give therapy, potentially revolutionizing mental health care.

Body and Mind: Exercises and Therapies for Constipation Relief(Part 4/5)

Gutsphere - Your Ultimate Guide to Optimal Gut Health • 19 implied HN points • 25 May 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Exercise Therapy Meditation Yoga
  1. Pelvic floor exercises like Kegels and squats can help with constipation relief.
  2. Biofeedback therapy can teach how to control muscles in the rectum and anus to manage constipation.
  3. Mind-body exercises like breathing, meditation, and yoga can promote a healthy digestive system and relieve constipation.

The Subtle Importance of Affect ($)

Stream of Subconsciousness • 19 implied HN points • 23 Mar 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Emotions Therapy Self-Expression Relationships Self-awareness
  1. Affect is key in how you present yourself to others, through the ability to express emotion in a way that is understood.
  2. A person's affect can influence how they are perceived and understood by others, impacting trust and deeper motivations.
  3. Rapport can have both positive and negative aspects, reflecting how individuals express themselves and are understood by others.

What flew down the stairs

Splattern • 19 implied HN points • 23 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Fitness Mental health Nutrition Mindfulness Therapy
  1. Breathing properly can help decompress your spine. Inhaling expands your rib cage and can ease some of the pressure on your back.
  2. Bouncing can use gravity to your advantage. When you bounce, you tap into the natural energy that can help stretch and decompress the spine.
  3. Finding the right posture is key for a strong core. Flexing your core and relaxing your shoulders while breathing can help maintain a straight, strong spine.

Do Less to Heal. Do More to Grow? ($)

Stream of Subconsciousness • 19 implied HN points • 17 May 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Therapy Self-Improvement Mindfulness Wellness
  1. In Western society, there is a tendency to equate power and wealth with health, which can lead to a skewed view of mental health.
  2. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual encourages making distinctions based on personal impairment and cultural expectations, but this may lead to confusion and a lack of understanding of underlying causes.
  3. Counseling and coaching are often kept separate in Western social norms, contributing to the reward of psychopathology and the suppression of individual expression based on societal expectations.

Who Guides the Guide? The Wild West of Psychedelic Coaching

Tripsitter • 19 implied HN points • 30 Jun 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Psychedelics Therapy Integration
  1. In the field of psychedelic coaching, there are varying levels of experience and training among guides, from traditional shamans to underground guides.
  2. Certification programs are emerging to increase access to psychedelic treatment, but the necessity of firsthand psychedelic experience for facilitators is a debated topic.
  3. The future of psychedelic therapy includes efforts to create accountability and standardization, such as ethical reputation scoring systems for facilitators and guides.

Myth #5: Depression & Anxiety Medications are for Wimps

Are You Okay? • 39 implied HN points • 27 Sep 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Medication Therapy Physical health Emotional Health
  1. Depression and anxiety medications are important tools for treating mood disorders and can significantly improve quality of life and, in some cases, be life-saving.
  2. Anxiety and depression symptoms can significantly impact quality of life and physical health, and seeking support, including medication when needed, is crucial.
  3. Treatment for anxiety and depression varies for each individual and may include lifestyle changes, therapy, and medication as part of a holistic approach to mental health.

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Can Psychedelics Deflate the Biggest Ego of Them All?

Tripsitter • 19 implied HN points • 08 Jun 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Psychedelics Narcissism Empathy Therapy Research
  1. Narcissism is a spectrum that ranges from mild traits to Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), requiring specific conditions for diagnosis.
  2. Psychedelics show potential in addressing narcissism through enhancing empathy, inducing awe and ego dissolution, and promoting connectedness and transcendence.
  3. Psychedelics can aid in reducing narcissistic traits, but long-lasting change requires post-experience integration and may be challenging due to the complexity of NPD in therapeutic settings.

Autogynephilia and the Sexualization of Shame

Year Zero • 46 implied HN points • 12 May 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Psychology Sexuality Therapy Identity
  1. Autogynephilia involves a separation of gender identity from sexual desire which can lead to repression and shame.
  2. Autogynephilia can be a coping mechanism for deep-rooted shame and self-loathing in individuals.
  3. Individuals struggling with autogynephilia may use sexual fantasies as a way to escape from underlying core shame and pain.

Rigging the Science

Year Zero • 30 implied HN points • 29 Jul 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Children Psychology Research Therapy Ideology
  1. Be cautious of scientific studies on gender affirming care as some may be methodologically flawed or fraudulent.
  2. Demand evidence in the form of studies when evaluating the benefits of certain medical procedures.
  3. Understand the importance of critically analyzing survey items and being aware of biased or invalid research in the field.

Why I'm Big on Psychedelics Integrated Therapy

Kushal’s Substack • 1 HN point • 08 Jul 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Psychedelics Therapy Mental health Healing Trauma
  1. Psychedelics integrated therapy can potentially cure many mental health problems if used correctly.
  2. Therapies like DBT help rewire the brain for conditions like BPD, but it can be challenging and time-consuming.
  3. Psychedelics, breathing techniques, and hypnosis can break down old thought patterns, making it easier to form new, healthier habits.