Schizophrenics too, interestingly enough.

I can't decide if that was likely part of the joke vs a genuine flub

Some people have more or less. I happen to have a LOT of it, at least in the context I work (inpatient psychiatry, violence deescalation). I've also noticed it occasionally happen at other times like one time my foot had the brake pedal flat on the floor for a full half second before I was able to consciously recognize the deer eyes on the side of the road. Sometimes the feeling just hits and I have to trust it or else.

From seeing which of my coworkers have or don't have it here's some observations. It's partially innate / genetic, but very much affected by especially childhood environment (but other significant life experiences can sometimes strengthen it, few things actually weaken it but trauma can certainly make it more erratic). Overall, the kids who had to learn to hide for whatever reason as a kid have the strongest sense of it.

That said, the one important thing you can do to strengthen and more importantly tune that sense is to think about it and think about why you got that feeling. Even if you're out of the immediate situation walk it back in your head. When you visualize it can you (mentally) point to a physical spot on the person or thing? You might realize you saw their fists clench or that you didn't like their facial expression or that you saw them glance at the knife block. Was there a specific point in time you felt your adrenaline spike? Was everything fine but you got nervous when they mentioned going to a party? And the last question I like to ask is what was the worst case scenario you were picturing? When they talked about going to the party did you suddenly think about them drinking again?

Even if that moment seemed like a huge overreaction from your brain (and maybe it was!) but the human brain is a very powerful prediction engine and even if it was ultimately an overreaction / catastrophizing it's worth examining what caused your brain to have a reaction at all because even if maybe it wasn't worth all that maybe it's still something you should still act on just in a more controlled manner.

Will probably watch that next it sounds kinda similar to bee and puppycat which I LOVE

Watching adventure time right now lol

Psych nurses are famous for being mentally ill. I'm relatively certain that at least 25% of my coworkers have been hospitalized before.

Yeah but I've got ideas I have more to contribute with like my biggest project on fedi is !DIYMentalHealth@lemmy.dbzer0.com which is an effort to create a slightly more structured mental health support space that gives people specific tools and education to get by when they can't afford a professional.

The biggest thing holding me back right now is that I think the space would really benefit from a bot. I tend to be kind of flaky and lose focus and I have all the posts written but often forget to actually post them once a week. I think if I could do that plus an automatic weekly check in thread I might be able to kickstart some better engagement.

I'm currently keeping people alive by force in the hopes that the blanket exists somewhere and they'll find it someday. It would take a lot of weight off my soul to add more certainty to that statement.

I tried to make one literally called not-Amazon but pretty much everybody had an opinion on how I was doing it wrong and I just didn't have enough emotional bandwidth to deal with it. Would be happy to be a secondary mod if somebody else has the energy to deal with those people.

My cat has an automatic feeder and still tries to dig me out of my blankets sometimes. One time I was trying to sleep and she kept rubbing on my face so I pulled my blankets over my head and wrapped them around with a tiny breathing hole for my mouth and nose. So she started shoving her paw in the hole to dig me out. So for those that think the cat just wants food, she HAD food. She just also wanted to rub her face all over my face.

my patented charcuterie lunch box:

• jerky
• cubed Colby Jack cheese
• mixed nuts (I like cashews and almonds but you could probably do something cheaper like peanuts)
• dried fruit (I like cranberries and apricots but again you might find something else is cheaper)
• ritz or similar store brand crackers stored separately from the other items.

I buy the ingredients in bulk and pack them in small Tupperwares. they're great to graze with at work.

don't need a gender to be a slut