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paranoid linux sadgirl with imposter syndrome

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Cake day: June 27th, 2023

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  • the amount of times i have tried this method and missed a bus, a train, an exam, one time a job interview… lol

    i used to use an alarm app that absolutely would not turn off without me scanning a barcode in my kitchen. until asleep me learned how to hold down the power button on my phone and force power it off. 🫩

    if i really need to be somewhere on time, these days, i eat a sleeping pill 12 hours before wakeup time and hope for the best












  • even if it’s rooted in ignorance, it’s not the worst strategy for healthy eating. things that contain harmless but “chemical-sounding” things like carageenan, EDTA, methylcellulose, etc. tend to be junk foods engineered to be hyperpalatable calorie bombs.

    if “I’ll stick to ingredients I know” means someone starts eating more fruits and vegetables, beans, whole grains, etc. they’re most likely going to start feeling better.

    good results can come from flawed strategies, and people who use flawed strategies are probably more likely to want to learn stuff when they’re not being attacked (not that I’m a complete saint in that department I’m still working on being less judgmental myself)



  • Raising the head of my mattress ≥30° improved my sleep so much that I’ve made more life progress in the last 2 years than I have in decades.

    I’ve had sleep problems my whole life (even as an infant). Did a home sleep test for obstructive sleep apnea, was negative so was sent to the in-person sleep lab. Got wires glued all over my head and did the full night + several naps the next day of testing. Nothing. No cycle dysregulation, no narcolepsy. Resigned myself to “guess I just suck at sleeping.”

    A few months later I get an awful ear infection and go to an ENT. Something I mention (I forget what) leads him to check for a deviated septum (don’t have that either). BUT! He noticed acid damage in the back of my throat.

    I have nighttime acid reflux that was not bad enough to notice, but just bad enough to disrupt my sleep.

    Propping up my torso slightly and minor dietary changes were all it took to stop my stomach from slightly drowning me in acid every single night. FUCK I wish I had figured this out sooner.