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I feel it is very hard to make "permanent" progress, like this is a mind virus that keeps coming back — I'm 39M. I met my partner when I was 36. Dated for 2 years, now we have lived together for 1 year. I've made progress over these 3 years but I feel like it's very easy to "reset" and get back down int…
Addressing Community Concerns: No Porn/Masturbation Addiction Posts and Self-Hate Posts + Revamped Subreddit Rules — Hello everyone. Over the past few months, I have noticed a significant number of you expressing dissatisfaction with the increasing frequency of posts related to NSFW/porn/masturbation addiction and …
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A Modest Proposal — A Manifesto for Metrics-First Everything — Picture it: Q1 FY 2025. A Medicaid patient opens an app to request mental health services. The screen is sleek—gradient buttons, playful microinteractions, and conversion-optimized flows. A calm anima…
Should I starting selling products? I'm working at a temp job soon to be over or wait till I find a ft job? — Hi everyone. I have an llc for my small online business. I want to sell digital products on etsy. However, I'm currently working at a temp job which work is becoming much slower. Although, my end dat…
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A letter to my fearful avoidant ex — 31st December 2025 So here we are. Another night, another thought. It’s been nearly 25 days since Eddie left me. Recently, so many emotions have been running through my mind. I never thought I would…
Tired of my own inability to connect — I try my best, but even my best really isn’t that much connection. Sometimes I wonder if my childhood and young adult experiences permanently destroyed my ability make attachments at all, let alone h…
Women keep telling me I need to date younger and now my daughter has too. — I (39m) look young for my age and have been dating for the last 4 years. I have mostly dated women in their 30s and about half of them have told me to date someone younger after things didn’t work bet…
Married 5 months after 10 years together (M32 / F29) — she started talking to another guy right after the wedding. We’re now on a 30-day separation and I don’t know what to do. — I’m looking for honest advice from people who have either been through something like this or have perspective I might not be seeing right now. My wife (F29) and I (M32) have been together for about …
My (29F) brother (34M) asked me if he ‘still has a sister’ because I’m not excited enough about his baby. How do I fix this? — My (29F) brother (34M) and his girlfriend (31F) are expecting a baby in May. I’m happy for them because I know they really wanted a kid, but I don’t feel particularly excited about becoming an aunt. W…
My Fiancé kicked me out with only a few hours notice — This is the situation I am in. About a week ago my fiancé (25 M) brought up how he has some problems with me (25 F). We have been together for almost three years. He said he cant bring up sensitive to…
The day has come! — For more than 50 years, the Monroe Institute has been quietly pioneering a systematic way to explore human consciousness — beyond meditation, beyond belief, and beyond theory. I’m excited to share tha…
Been using a !PERMANENT! shifting guide for over a week and it’s done wonders! — REMINDER! Just because it’s worked for me DOES NOT MEAN it will work for you! So I usually hop from shifting guide to shifting guide, hoping something would stick and land. Recently, over a week ago…
How to permanently stop feeling romantic love for anyone? — wasn’t sure I needed a TL;DR here, but I’ll put it anyway: how do I turn off my ability to feel love for anyone, ever? hi all, I (M,33) have not had a whole lot of luck with dating. I try to stay s…
Permanent Enlightenment — I’m curious about something and would love to hear from people with long-term meditation practice. Many traditions talk about enlightenment or awakening as something that can stabilize. But in my own…
First post here, don't normally do this but I need help. 27M — Gday all, firstly just want to say hi to all who come across this post, and also forgive me if my grammar is bad. I was never really good at it... What is mentioned in here could be quite triggering …
Telepathic Contact with a Dimensional Entity — * Uses telepathy * Uses human possession (both of others and of oneself, like a Tulpa) * Uses technology, especially audio and video For some years now, this entity has been growing in my environment…
My ex wife changed after the divorce and I don’t want her back but I am angry — I see little bits of my ex wife life through my kid and I just don’t see the women I divorced anymore. She immediately got a new husband not even 2 years later. I original thought it would fail becaus…
My mother sent my childhood abuser to my home, after I have been successful at making sure he never knows where I live. — Conversation is below. I have been very careful making sure my brother never knows where I live, as he beat me as a child so much police intervened and I was such a mess I was mandated to go to thera…
'Talk to the dream entity,' they said. 'It will help,' they said. — I have recurring lucid nightmares/FAs/SPs/idk with the same entity/dream character. I've had them for about ten years now. I've tried all kinds of things to get these dreams to stop, but nothing reall…
First “bad” trip taught me a lot - sharing my experience to help others — I’m 28m, good job, good relationships, physically fit, happy overall. Experienced tripper with several high-dose mushroom trips under my belt. Always had positive experiences. Took 4g mushrooms today…
A couple great tips for easier Revision. — Revision is an extremely important yet underrated technique. After going through an event that "future" manifesting just wouldn't solve, I knew the only thing that would fix this situation is to chang…
THINGS TOXIC "SHIFTERS" SAY/DO (they are more normalized than you think) — Soo days back I made a post voicing frustrations about my shifting experience and mentioning a few a of my roadblocks. Two days ago I shifted successfully to the Odyssey and when I came back to my cr…
Can deactivation be permanent? — I’m in a year and a half long relationship and recently deactivated hard after a disagreement we had. Up until that point I was really happy and found the relationship quite easy, we’d had a few minor…
The Astral Plane: its Nature, Structure, and the Unseen’s Map found in world religions — *Disclaimer: The views expressed here are my personal opinions, except where excerpts are quoted.* # Nature of the Astral Plane The Astral Plane is the wider dream world. It’s a constant place that …
Are there any pro-escapism AP communities out there? — I've noticed that when the topic of voluntarily leaving this physical life, or remaining in the astral permanently is brought up on this sub, there are inevitably at least a few comments who seem to t…
I’m 31, but I just realized I’ve been emotionally 4 years old my entire life. — Hey everyone, I’m having a massive breakthrough and I need to put this into words. I finally understand why my life has felt like a performance for 30 years, and why I’m suddenly "falling apart" now …
My ex destroyed his life after we broke up — I don’t even know why I’m writing this, but everything has escalated so much that I just need to get this off my chest. I (33F) was in a relationship for more than 14 years with my ex, let’s call him…
My full story 2 weeks since DDay 4 days NC — (Cheater fiancée 26f) (me 26m) (AP 46m) So it all started about 4 to 6 months ago I noticed that her drinking had become a concern she was showing up drunk after work very frequently and it was both…
The friend zone after sex; how many actually do it? — Relatively quick question just to gauge other experiences. My most recent relationship was short, intensely sexual, and apparently one-sided in romantic attachment as she broke things off after 2 mont…
At the start of 2026 I left my soulmate after three years together, I'm 36 now and whilst I desperately miss her, I realise I'm finished/done with relationships. — The dust has settled now. I'm not reacting out of impulse. I'm never going to find a connection like this again. I've had two other long term relationships and a few causals... We met on Christmas Ev…
A luminous all-seeing eye has been watching me — I've seen it now through a few types of experiences - one vision, at least one dream (though it might've been closer to astral projection as I was sent back to my body, and something like a combinatio…
Wanting Your Pain to Stop Permanently Is Not Cowardly — *This post was inspired by a member who spoke up about the stigma and minimization of physical abuse, and the harm it causes.* People love to call suicidal people cowards, and I need that to stop, es…
5 years later and i’m still here. there’s not a single shitbag person in this world that is worth taking your life over. keep fucking going. — just like you, i used to think it was never going to get better. like this was it. like the pain was permanent and i just had to learn how to survive around it. 5 years ago, i was a completely differ…
assisted suicide — why the fuck does assisted suicide cost multiple thousands of dollars. I literally can not take it anymore. If i do it myself, i will probably survive again. and by now i’m pretty sure if i try to ove…
What is the easiest way to move on from a breakup? — I broke up last night with my ex of 2 years who I saw on and off for the last 10 months or so. It’s been painful. I spent 3 months on my own and missed him badly 2 weeks ago and reached out to him. O…
What if death is just a dream you can't wake up from? — I've been thinking about this more than I should probably admit. You know those dreams where you're in a familiar place, your family is right there, but something is off. You try to talk to them an…
Do you ever look back and think maybe you should have been taken away by child protective services? — When I look back from adult view, how my parents were was just so far gone and beyond of anything that could be called normal that I wonder how it was allowed. My first memories were domestic violence…
800-1000ug+ FIRST acid trip complete ego loss most terrifying thing ive ever had — Before I get into this, I want to make something clear right away. I am not encouraging anyone to do this, and I am definitely not presenting this as some cool or impressive story. This was not enjoya…
General Plateau Question — Hey all, So I am having a bit of a rough plateau now. Nearly four months without a single projection (not without lack of attempts). I have tried stepping away for a week or two, I have tried sha…
I built Axiolog: A gamified life-logger to replace the old traditional CV — Hi everyone, I’ve always hated how our life achievements are scattered across dozens of platforms—or worse, forgotten. LinkedIn is fake, and traditional resumes only show 1% of who we are. That’s w…
My experience losing the love of my life — Sorry for the long post, I usually just read everyone else’s posts, but I felt like I wanted to share my story. I feel like I just had this realization the other day that everything would be alright …
On incubi and sexual possessions — It’s been five years since I first began sensing invisible entities around me. I underwent psychiatric treatment throughout all that time, and my life eventually stabilized. I finally got a good job a…
No crumbs. — I am done. I finally pulled the plug, and vanished from the grid without a single word. There were no long paragraphs and no final arguments, but instead, just a clean, hollow silence because the disr…
My parents try to ruin anything I enjoy — First it was music production. They unplugged the speakers in my room and stored them in a closet because it was taking up to much space on my desk according to them. Next it was cooking. They ruined…
Date of USA citizenship/renunciation of Chinese citizenship and new name of adoptee — I was adopted from China as an infant to American parents in 2003 and now need the exact date of which I gave up my Chinese citizenship and became a USA citizen and also the date of my name change. …
Welcome! Read Me First. — # Welcome to r/Stoicism. This community exists for serious discussion of Stoic philosophy. It is not a forum for general self-help, motivation, validation, or professional therapy. It is also not a p…
Why does it feel like I’m dying every time I fall asleep? — I’ve been dealing with something really confusing and it’s starting to scare me. I wake up early, around 6 am and feel somewhat active. But after 1 pm, my body keeps pushing me to sleep. I end up tak…
I've asked two different entities, and they gave me partly conflicting answers. The self-proclaimed deity said most humans and all animals go to an enormous astral...warehouse waiting room thingy. Th…
He’s been permanently banned by reddit
Long term actions are important when you're doing something in protest. I really like the idea of once a week closures, which for Reddit means a permanent loss of revenue until they satisfy concerns.
Loa pornstar at its finest right here, everyone. Banned permanently
you can do it correctly all you want - it has to be permanent in you SM, and in response slowly changes your CM that you even start forgetting about desire. How many times you want want want smth, and…
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Is this a permanent need/requirement? I imagine something like a light KV store w/ a RESTful interface(e.g.: Kinto) could be viable. So, instead of pulling and overwriting an entire blob, the KV st…
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