Ja, ergibt definitiv Sinn, wenn es zeitlich passt. Es ist auch absolut üblich, bei mehreren Therapeuten in die Sprechstunde zu gehen. Es gibt ja nicht nur verschiedene Therapeutenpersönlichkeiten, sondern auch verschiedene Therapieverfahren (z.B. kognitive Verhaltenstherapie und Tiefenpsychologische Psychotherapie, unter anderen), die mehr oder weniger gut zur eigenen Persönlichkeit und zum eigenen Problem passen.

Gerade in der Sprechstunde geht es ja erstmal hauptsächlich darum, dass du dich vorstellst und schilderst, worum es geht, und der Therapeut sich und sein Verfahren vorstellt, und ihr guckt, ob das zusammenpassen könnte. Alles noch relativ unverbindlich. Und auch danach würde es (wenn ein Therapieplatz frei ist) erstmal mit den sog. “probatorischen Stunden” weiter gehen, wo nochmal genauer geschaut wird, was das Problem ist, wie es sich äußert, sich deine Biographie angeguckt wird - alles Informationen, mit denen der Therapeut dann die weitere Therapie planen kann. Parallel wird da auch die Beziehung zum Therapeuten weiter aufgebaut und gefestigt, man lernt sich halt besser kennen. Und erst danach kommt dann die “eigentliche” Psychotherapie, wo’s dann an die Arbeit geht, und für die der Antrag an die Krankenkasse gestellt werden muss.

Einziges Caveat: wenn es für dich sehr belastend sein sollte, deine Problemlage anderen Menschen zu schildern, oder auch generell mit neuen Menschen zu sprechen, kann es natürlich passieren, dass du nach dem ersten Termin eigentlich schon durch bist, und dir der zweite kurze Zeit später zu viel werden könnte. Das weißt du aber am besten selber!

Thanks :)

Which text are you referring to? Sounds interesting!

There’s a difference between signalling the brain to release its own dopamine and taking external dopamine. (Important note: All of this is a simplification, I am not an expert!)

The first could be done with drugs (legal and illegal) or other dopamine-stimulating activities with instant rewards, and it absolutely has the ability to change our reasoning (like “Oh yeah, I’ll definitely feel better if I sit motionlessly for hours scrolling memes I don’t even find that funny, and should not, as logic and knowledge dictates, maybe go outside and move my body a little, because that won’t feel as good (doesn’t release as much dopamine)”). So here, the answer is yes, totally. Which is why for example ADHD medication tries to effect an easier release of dopamine to make it easier on the brain-carrier to make different choices, away from instant reward towards delayed gratification.

For the second thing - dopamine’s precursor, L-Dopa, is the straightest way to actually add more dopamine to the brain (since dopamine itself can not pass the blood-brain-barrier, but L-dopa can and is then synthesized into dopamine), which is done in Parkinson’s patients and helps them tremendously. Interestingly however, if you overdose it, you can fall into a drug-induced psychosis, a state in which one could argue that logic and reasoning are indeed affected, so that’s another yes, but not in the way you mean, I think.

In conclusion, brain neurotransmitter chemistry is pretty complicated, but interesting, and the answer to the question if changing something about it will lead to different ways of thinking is very often yes, which is why medicine is doing it :)

4-5 / 0-1 / 4-5 / 0-1, repeated for at least 1 minute, better 5 minutes or more. (not too deep or light-headedness can happen)

This is resonance frequency breathing (at round about 0,1 Hz) which maximizes heart rate variability and activates the baroreflex (blood pressure). It’s usually used with a HRV biofeedback device to find the best individual breathing frequency, but it’s not strictly necessary. Just find the speed around these marks that feels good (without feeling like you’re out of breath or getting dizzy). Breath into your belly.

There’s tons of studies for its effects, but mostly it activates your vagal control, and thus tones down anxiety, can help with depression and PTSD symptoms when done regularly, and also helps with high blood pressure, can make recovery after heart surgery easier, is used in professional sports, may help with IBS etc. Look for papers on “HRV biofeedback effects”, if you’re interested.

The most immediate effect I personally have is feeling both more relaxed and more alert, similar to after meditation.

I’ve been using ChatGPT to find inspiration for greeting cards (for birthday, wedding etc.) for people I don’t know that well.

Anfang 30, in Ostdeutschland geboren, aufgewachsen und weiter dort (wenn auch anderes Bundesland) - und hab mich nie Ostdeutsch gefühlt, bis ich studieren gegangen bin und das erste Mal wirklich intensiv “Westdeutsche” meines Alters getroffen habe. Da musste ich mir dann eingestehen, dass meine Lebensrealität und was ich für “normal” halte, sehr von der DDR-Vergangenheit der mich erziehenden Generationen (Eltern, Großeltern, Lehrer, Erzieher), der Wende und ihren Nachwehen geprägt waren.

Ich empfehle in diesem Zusammenhang das Buch “Nullerjahre” - die Spezifika sind auf vielen Ebenen anders, aber in dem beschriebenen Lebensgefühl der nächsten Generation nach den Wendekindern hab ich mich sehr wiedergefunden.

When you feel the burnout building up, you really should not try to stick it out “just until this project is done and I can get some rest”…

I think it’s not half as interesting as you think it might be…

I had a huge trash bag in my home office from a long ago deep clean of my flat, filled with all kinds of stuff. It was there so long it was basically furniture.

The sticking point was that because of local laws, I had to sort out the recyclable trash and dump it in the special dumpsters before getting rid of the rest. (Also, I knew that before gathering the trash all together like this, but it seemed easier at the time…)

Last week, due to external pressures, I finally managed to lug the bag to the dumpsters and do it. It only took 15 minutes, but it sucked exactly as much as I thought it would - just putting my arms in there searching for paper and recyclable plastics, not even knowing what was in there anymore… thankfully it didn’t smell, but when I accidentally grabbed a very old, unsuffiently packaged positive covid home testing kit, I called it a day, dumped the rest (neighbours be damned) and went home to scrub my hands clean…

0/10, would procrastinate again. :D

This happens to me with surprising regularity… HOWEVER - I recently managed to do a chore after 9 months of procrastination, and while it did only take 15 minutes, those minutes sucked so bad that, for a change, I felt really justified in putting it off as long as I did. So it can go either way, I guess!