|
Not according to my energy flow.
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 05:13
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 12, 2024 20:30 |
|
|
lol @ dying on a hill for the honor of private back cracking lessons
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 05:15
|
|
|
NoiseAnnoys posted:lol @ dying on a hill for the honor of private back cracking lessons
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 05:17
|
|
|
I like qi because it is much more believable that I have it compared to mana, or the myofascial continuity, or vertebral subluxation. DBZ is entirely to blame for this (and when I stand screaming in the closet before an important business meeting.)
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 05:37
|
|
|
I'm a medium and I'm talking to a gay forum rn wild poo poo
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 05:57
|
|
|
my mom was a receptionist for a chriopactor for a couple years when I was a kid. the studio/clinic was really fancy, in downtown Chicago, so I guess the guy had a lot of rich clients. oh poo poo it’s all coming back to me. the office facade had a bunch of those awful little hazy cube-glass window things, you know? ooo I hate those. Buce fucked around with this message at 06:38 on Oct 15, 2023 |
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 06:34
|
|
|
NoiseAnnoys posted:lol @ dying on a hill for the honor of private back cracking lessons Live by the crack, die by the crack.
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 09:17
|
|
|
zedprime posted:I like qi because it is much more believable that I have it compared to mana, or the myofascial continuity, or vertebral subluxation. DBZ is entirely to blame for this (and when I stand screaming in the closet before an important business meeting.) If I don't have mana then how come I can buy a mana potion energy drink online?
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 10:28
|
|
|
I sneezed really hard and my scapula popped, all my chakras are back in order.
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 10:34
|
|
|
Treecko posted:I sneezed really hard and my scapula popped, all my chakras are back in order. Bless you.
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 10:54
|
|
|
Treecko posted:I sneezed really hard and my scapula popped, all my chakras are back in order. Sometimes when I sneeze my sternum pops and while it feels pretty awful the sound is truly something to behold.
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 11:19
|
|
|
It hurt for a few seconds and then it felt AMAZING. Holy crap I can use my arm again.
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 11:26
|
|
|
StrangersInTheNight posted:yes and no, the world of woo is contradictory in that the body is both magically capable of solving everything on its own, but also somehow constantly full of toxins it can't flush out. it's always some 'the medical establishment doesn't want you to know....that pouring orange juice into your eyes cures asthma' poo poo, where a simple household item induces your body into its natural healing state that the current establishment doesn't want you to know you can achieve And this sort of thing thrives in environments where real medical care is too expensive or difficult to get. So off people go to find miracle cures in whatever is laying around the house.
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 12:46
|
|
|
There's a place in the desert of California called the Integratron (https://www.integratron.com/). Strange place, UFO museum on the first floor, and an "acoustic dome" above - the kind of structure where you can whisper on the far side and someone on the other side can hear it clearly. Cool place. They offer something called "Sound Baths" where a lady plays "crystals"(large glasses of water) of different sizes, which produce these very resonant sounds that at times you can feel. It was also neat. For the sound bath, you lay on mats around the center. It was a cool experience, but I couldn't help but be amazed by these obvious rich folks who showed up for it, one lady saying "Oh, it's been weeks since my last crystal message". Strong Woo energy.
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 13:13
|
|
|
redshirt posted:There's a place in the desert of California called the Integratron (https://www.integratron.com/).  if you enjoyed that, you should check out the esalen institute for your next woo-cation
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 16:12
|
|
|
redshirt posted:There's a place in the desert of California called the Integratron (https://www.integratron.com/). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdoTdG_VNV4
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 16:22
|
|
|
That's awesome!
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 17:15
|
|
|
whatever you do, don’t listen to this version. the bad vibrations will drive you to madness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=?eQemvyyJ--g https://youtu.be/eQemvyyJ--g edit: is something going on with youtube embeds? TrashMammal fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Oct 15, 2023 |
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 17:23
|
|
|
Dick Fontaine posted:
That looks pretty nice, on the surface at least.
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 20:38
|
|
|
redshirt posted:That looks pretty nice, on the surface at least. they let you trade volunteer hours for spa hours 
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 20:46
|
|
|
Dick Fontaine posted:they let you trade volunteer hours for spa hours Fair. Do some dishes, get a massage.
|
|
#
?
Oct 15, 2023 20:47
|
|
|
If someone who doesn't believe in any of this wanted to try it, is it better to go to a place with a veneer of legitimacy (eg, "medical acupuncture") or lean in to the full woo and find a place that talks about qi and ley lines and whatever else? I'm not doing this in place of normal medicine -- normal medicine can't help my condition any, so it feels like no big loss to waste money on some woo garbage.
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2023 23:19
|
|
|
spacing in vienna posted:If someone who doesn't believe in any of this wanted to try it, is it better to go to a place with a veneer of legitimacy (eg, "medical acupuncture") or lean in to the full woo and find a place that talks about qi and ley lines and whatever else? ayahuasca retreats are great places to get your chakras realigned or whatever
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2023 23:23
|
|
|
spacing in vienna posted:I'm not doing this in place of normal medicine -- normal medicine can't help my condition any, so it feels like no big loss to waste money on some woo garbage. Huh? It is 100% loss, outside of placebo. But you can get similar feelings of wellbeing from doing more benign stuff like mediating or talking to someone about your condition all while not supporting anti-science bullshit.
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2023 23:25
|
|
|
spacing in vienna posted:If someone who doesn't believe in any of this wanted to try it, is it better to go to a place with a veneer of legitimacy (eg, "medical acupuncture") or lean in to the full woo and find a place that talks about qi and ley lines and whatever else? Just waste money on something that actually feels good and won't give you hepatitis, like a massage or mani/pedi or whatever. Maybe some eyebrow threading, I've heard it's like crack for your brows.
|
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2023 23:32
|
|
|
spacing in vienna posted:If someone who doesn't believe in any of this wanted to try it, is it better to go to a place with a veneer of legitimacy (eg, "medical acupuncture") or lean in to the full woo and find a place that talks about qi and ley lines and whatever else?
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2023 01:02
|
|
|
Just dance naked around a tree at midnight or do some weed about it
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2023 01:30
|
|
|
zedprime posted:I've heard of good results posting your JO crystals on Craigslist but I think they cracked down since then. Hilarious, thanks. An actual nih.gov article concluded that people who use western medicine and acupuncture have slightly higher recovery rates for sudden sensorineural hearing loss than people who try western medicine alone. link They also state that it might be because of the small sample size, it might be placebo effect, it might be observer bias, and that's all more likely than some qi ley lines magically restoring hearing. But charging JO crystals or getting a mani-pedi won't improve my hearing any, whereas this article thinks there's a small chance that, for whatever insane reason, acupuncture might slightly increase my odds of not being permanently deaf in one ear. Is it really ridiculous to try?
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2023 01:31
|
|
|
spacing in vienna posted:Hilarious, thanks. There's a very low risk of anything bad happening Given that, if it will stress you out and bother you that you haven't "tried everything" then it may be better to give it a go if only to relieve that stress or those intrusive thoughts.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2023 01:40
|
|
|
spacing in vienna posted:Hilarious, thanks. getting a mani pedi might improve your hearing if you believe it does. im completely serious
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2023 02:10
|
|
|
spacing in vienna posted:If someone who doesn't believe in any of this wanted to try it, is it better to go to a place with a veneer of legitimacy (eg, "medical acupuncture") or lean in to the full woo and find a place that talks about qi and ley lines and whatever else? have you asked your doctor for a referral? they might just look at you funny, but chances are good you won't be the first person to ask and even if they don't have any positive referrals, if there's a place the rumor mill says to avoid there's a good chance they've heard it and can steer you away from that particular place
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2023 02:30
|
|
|
spacing in vienna posted:Hilarious, thanks. I lost quite a bit of hearing due to multiple ear drum puncturing infections in my right ear. I can empathize with you. If you feel that this may help, do it. If done safely acupuncture is very low risk. Talk to the person before they perform it and find out where they are putting the needles. Ask about their sterilization processes. If you go to a person and get a bad feeling, don't let that person touch you. Putting on my skeptic cap looking at the study has me scratching my head because it says "accupuncture" helped, but doesn't list the supposed needle points. Is this whole body acccupucture, just focusing on the ears? The metastudy portion also doesn't always bode well for reliability. I Miss Snausages fucked around with this message at 06:24 on Oct 17, 2023 |
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2023 06:19
|
|
|
hot cocoa on the couch posted:getting a mani pedi might improve your hearing if you believe it does. im completely serious If anything it will improve your mani-pedi-hearing self-actualizing mindfulness techniques
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2023 08:56
|
|
|
wanting to hear is for GIRLS which makes it BAD
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2023 09:03
|
|
|
What about CBD oil, does that stuff do anything?
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2023 09:30
|
|
|
EoinCannon posted:What about CBD oil, does that stuff do anything? Just smoke weed every day.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2023 09:53
|
|
|
EoinCannon posted:What about CBD oil, does that stuff do anything? Yeah, it makes you wish you'd bought hash oil like a sensible grownup. YMMV, but I get more pain relief from 5mg of THC than 100mg of CBD.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2023 12:33
|
|
|
hot cocoa on the couch posted:getting a mani pedi might improve your hearing if you believe it does. im completely serious Chilling out doesn't cure everything but it's a good place to start for members of a modern society who are otherwise encouraged to be keyed up 25/7. I'm ultimately judgement free on JO crystals for that reason. If you or your crystals are glowing after some JO with buds, more power to you.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2023 14:39
|
|
|
my JO crystals glow so bright I gotta wear shades
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2023 14:43
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 12, 2024 20:30 |
|
|
Toupee Groupie posted:I lost quite a bit of hearing due to multiple ear drum puncturing infections in my right ear. I can empathize with you. If you feel that this may help, do it. If done safely acupuncture is very low risk. Needle sterilization procedures Bed sterilization procedures Skin sterilization procedures Allergy potentials with essential oils, lotions, etc. Also echoing the meta study list does not conclude positively for acupuncture for hearing loss. The studies reviewed showed positive results with bad study design. The temperature is more that it can't be ignored quite yet but there's not enough evidence for this to hit prime time. That can be weighed by the risk reward. You probably won't get MRSA if you get positive answers to the above procedural questions. But you might even with the best controls; it happens for all interventions that mess with skin.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2023 15:10
|
|