hot tip: you’d be surprised how often existential dread is just low blood sugar - ThreadSky

lopatto.bsky.social • 53 days ago

hot tip: you’d be surprised how often existential dread is just low blood sugar

Got convinced to dry January for the first time and could use some tips on alternatives to a shot of bourbon when I just need a little something at the end of the evening to keep the existential dread at bay

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randygdata.bsky.social•53 days ago

Most reassuring thing I've read this year!

malungaforever.bsky.social•53 days ago

Strong herbal tea with honey. Looks like a Manhattan.

2amwakeupcall.com•53 days ago

Tapping the sign

https://bsky.app/profile/2amwakeupcall.com/post/3l5tatgklkp26

lahsbee.bsky.social•53 days ago

I experience this in my bones. Hypoglycemia feels like the heat death of the universe.

sweetcainmusic.bsky.social•53 days ago

I used to keep an emergency handful of gummy bears on my person for this reason

somerandomdave.bsky.social•53 days ago

(However, existential dread plus an unusual feeling of intense pain and/or pressure can be a heart attack.)

wiredog.bsky.social•53 days ago

Sometimes a cheeseburger can be a spiritual experience.

sam.robotsfightingdinosaurs.com•53 days ago

Or vitamin b12!

forgottensummer.bsky.social•53 days ago

Sometimes I wonder if the industrial Karen complex is caused in part by a large percent of people being constantly hungry because of eating disorders they don't even know they have

corgia.bsky.social•53 days ago

📌 I bet this is what my problem is late at night lol

badgertricia.bsky.social•53 days ago

When I can’t sleep, peanut butter on a slice of whole wheat bread is amazingly effective for me.

sandaval.bsky.social•53 days ago

have a generous toke

lopatto.bsky.social•53 days ago

have a nice treat of some kind (chocolate, fruit, ice cream, whatever). it’s unfairly effective

dougmasson.bsky.social•53 days ago

That’s what I often say about going for a walk. Way more helpful than it has any right to be.

caspiancey.bsky.social•53 days ago

Additionally, a protein is usually quite good at knocking these hankerings back, though I’d imagine “just eat a bunch when you want a shot” isn’t something most people want to hear lol

lopatto.bsky.social•53 days ago

I watched a medic friend halt a panic attack with a Starburst. you don’t need a full meal!

auntiesis.bsky.social•53 days ago

I used to work the juice bar at raves, any time I saw someone losing their shit, I gave them a banana. 99% cure rate for a bad trip.

nml-dc.bsky.social•53 days ago

Cheese is the way.

kaykinmd.bsky.social•53 days ago

I had a college professor who swore by peanut butter & jelly. The peanut butter was for protean, the jelly for quick-hit sugar. It doesn't have to be a whole sandwich, even just a cracker or two works.

kaykinmd.bsky.social•53 days ago

I hate when there's a word that is a real word but not the word you meant, so spell check doesn't catch your mistake (protean-protein)

ellemoria.bsky.social•53 days ago

It's taken me a long lifetime to finally realize that a lot of feelings, especially the negative ones, are just internal biochemical reactions, a melange of vitamin, mineral, hormonal and other whatsits just banging around in your meatsack wreaking havoc on your peace. Some easily fixable, some not.

rjcc.bsky.social•53 days ago

Making sure your ongoing physical and possibly emotional needs are being met... The most underrated one weird trick

danielmintz.bsky.social•53 days ago

Tell my 7-yo

infinitelyloopy.bsky.social•53 days ago

It’s unhealthy but candy is a good/often used substitute for alcohol.

You’ll find most people in recovery have some type of candy they rely on because it delivers a similar dopamine hit to alcohol

mellopanther.bsky.social•53 days ago

An alternative solution is a nap.

mims.bsky.social•53 days ago

or vitamin D deficiency or demyelnation due to insufficient Omega-3s

kipwilliams.bsky.social•53 days ago

Could explain why five to six am are just sort of hell times, and I can't take anything that comes from my own brain seriously at that time, or I'll spiral.