How we can seem so together unyet utterly broken

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  • Jane315STARX
    Jane315STARX Community Member Posts: 1,036 Championing

    Yes deja vu is I think a subject that very under explored.I don't personally often experience it myself often anymore.I am fascinated my ghosts and spirits or should I say I'm open to the idea that they exist.I have wondered over the years why my father hasn't paid me a visit but perhaps he's way too happy being off this earth and it's energy.I do get regular visits by Robins which I take comfort from a belief that it may be a message from him.Our souls don't stay with our physical bodies necessarily so it'll certainly be interesting at some point in the future to see where we all go.We may have already been here and have absolutely no recollection.Do our memories get wiped?.It's a very bizarre thought but nothing is totally unreasonable

  • egister
    egister Posts: 1,102 Pioneering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/938271#Comment_938271

    The Russians have definitely been trying to understand brain activity since the days of the Russian Empire. They have an institute in St. Petersburg. Some of them worked in Cambridge if I remember correctly. I really haven't heard any successes.

  • Ostia
    Ostia Community Member Posts: 105 Empowering

    We are products of industrialisation....hence pollution, excessive materialism etc. But in the past people also needed to buy things and there was definitely a sense of status and so on...I don't know if life was less stressful and busy for ordinary people...powerlessness and poverty were very stressful if you were at the lower end of society...but they didn't have the same level of information overload that we have, including advertising everywhere.

    Its great to walk barefoot when we can but we can't blame government for the need to wear shoes...it's just practical!

    We don't need to buy into conspiracy theories....it is best to keep a cool head as much as possible. Sadly though there are real threats in the world but personally I try to be cheerful. Fear is the most disempowering thing.

  • Ostia
    Ostia Community Member Posts: 105 Empowering

    If you are clear you haven't done anything wrong, please don't let the nagging accusations in your head to push you down! It is depression talking.

    Ps why do the council have your bank statements, are they looking at them for deciding on Housing Benefit? X

  • Ostia
    Ostia Community Member Posts: 105 Empowering

    Blimey..my Council is bankrupt so don't have the staff to do all that!!

    If you have difficulties budgeting have you ever thought about getting mentoring from a charity eg Christians against Poverty? or there are others..? I have heard good things about them. All the best

  • Ostia
    Ostia Community Member Posts: 105 Empowering

    Sounds really difficult… Moving to UC sounds like a pain, I haven't encountered that yet…

    There are budgeting and mentoring agencies out there which could help, and there are ways to train yourself to not spend impulsively, but it takes time ….please be kind to yourself.

    Best wishes x

  • older01
    older01 Community Member Posts: 102 Empowering

    @Jane315STARX

    You are making sense to me, yes. It could be that you are mentally drained. This is the brain’s shutdown coping mechanism usually triggered by severe depression. It’s like you’re zoning out, for want of a better expression. Sometimes it’s just fatigue, and sometimes it’s something deeper. You should talk to your GP if you’re concerned, which it sounds like you might be. I have had similar episodes, but it’s a bit like driving from A to B. When we reach our destination we are not always remembering what we did throughout the entire drive, for want of a better scenario - we remember setting off and we remember getting there - but sometimes how we did was on autopilot. Try some meditation techniques, I find them so useful to declutter my mind at night and feel fresh mentally the next morning. There are free meditation apps that help you with CBT - basically staying in the moment. I tune into those personally. Much love ❤️

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