Reincarnation

[raindrinker30]

There are many children who claim to have memories of past lives so I think it might be possible…If you are reincarnated with memories of this life what would you do differently to avoid wanting to CTB next time?

For me I would not trust doctors unless absolutely necessary, like for unavoidable severe diseases. Playing along with the medical profession has messed up my life and given me many more problems. For example antidepressants, antipsychotics, and sleeping pills have messed up my brain beyond repair.

Also I would not avoid people like I did and would try to socialise much more and I would not spend as much time on the computer , I would take studying more seriously and maybe try to become a politician to have more influence and try to get good assisted dying laws in my country, and to try and fight pollution.

I would also be vegan and not eat much processed food as I've already tried this and I was much healthier.

I would use illegal drugs as they seem much safer than prescribed drugs, and I regret not having tried them. For example instead of antidepressants I think ecstasy and cocaine and heroin and ketamine and shrooms would work much better.

I would play more sports and practice art and music.

I would hope in the next life I could be a normal person who knows how to socialise and isn't an autistic emotionless robot/psychopath/narcissist. Most people are normal so there is probably >95% chance I would have better social skills next time.

 

[WeDontKnowTheFuture]

My brain is also messed up since i took antidepressants for 4years ( stopped 7 months ago and i have still debilitating symptoms.. ), so i can definitely relate. Hope that your disability will improve over time! Also since you are still alive, eat good food ;) Your suffering doesn't stop you to doing it. Mushrooms are healty and interesting in a therapeutic way ! definitely not cocaine/heroin/ecstasy.. These are very dangerous.

 

[AerialBoundaries]

My brain is also messed up since i took antidepressants for 4years ( stopped 7 months ago and i have still debilitating symptoms.. ), so i can definitely relate. Hope that your disability will improve over time! Also since you are still alive, eat good food ;) Your suffering doesn't stop you to doing it. Mushrooms are healty and interesting in a therapeutic way ! definitely not cocaine/heroin/ecstasy.. These are very dangerous.

I've never been the same person since I took Sertraline/Zoloft in late 2017. It changed my personality entirely.

Even though I've always struggled with mental illness, I still always saw myself as a half decent person that had compassion and empathy for others.

In the years following Sertraline/Zoloft, I've become a much worse person, falling into impulsivity and being reckless in general. I used to always be in control of my thoughts and actions.

I get this is an anecdote, but I'm genuinely concerned that permanent damage has been done. I even struggle to differentiate right from wrong at times.

 

[Unhumanly.]

If I were reincarnated with memories of this life, the thing I want so I can avoid wanting to CTB is to not having a disease that makes me looks like I'm a walking rotting corpse or just any other kind of disease in general, maybe to learn a healthy lifestyle since early age(childhood) can help that

And I too, also want to be a normal person that can socialize normally and isn't looking like an emotionless robot, I wish I'm capable on how to communicate my feelings directly just the right way.
so I could also know how the right way to show more love and compassion for my partner and for a way more stable relationship life (if I'm born with my partner in this life too)

 

[HadItAll]

Nothing, I still have no idea what triggered my autoimmune symptoms. Maybe one thing is smoking, so i would avoid that in the next life.

 

[oneeyed]

I would use illegal drugs as they seem much safer than prescribed drugs, and I regret not having tried them. For example instead of antidepressants I think ecstasy and cocaine and heroin and ketamine and shrooms would work much better.

Shrooms (and Ketamine I think) have shown to have positive outcomes for anxiety and depression but cocaine and heroin will just mess you up more, especially heroin. Some trials of MDMA for PTSD treatment have been done but I don't recall what the results were. Point is, these substances can also fuck you up and not necessarily safer than prescribed meds. In the list, shrooms are probably the safest but people with a predisposition to mental illness, like schizophrenia, should stay away from them too.

 

[honkpilleddoomer]

You exist inside your skull, every single impulse or sensation you get are actually felt through your brain and nervous system. Once the oxygen supply is cut the brain experiences clinical death within minutes. All instances are nothing more than hysteria , hallucinations or caused by bicameral mind.

 

[FuneralCry]

The thought of reincarnation is something that sounds horrifying to me, I mean being trapped in this world for all eternity sounds like such a hellish undeserved punishment as after all life serves no purpose other than to be a meaningless cycle of suffering. I refuse to believe in such a thing though and I very strongly believe that once we die we permanently depart this world and return to the ideal state of permanent nonexistence.

But in my case nothing could make me ever wish to endure existing as for me the problem lies in life itself. Wanting suicide feels like a natural reaction to simply just existing, so the only way those thoughts could be avoided is through not being here in this world. The only thing that would make sense for me is to exit existence as soon as possible but it's not that straightforward of course to voluntarily exit.

 

[WeDontKnowTheFuture]

I've never been the same person since I took Sertraline/Zoloft in late 2017. It changed my personality entirely.

Even though I've always struggled with mental illness, I still always saw myself as a half decent person that had compassion and empathy for others.

In the years following Sertraline/Zoloft, I've become a much worse person, falling into impulsivity and being reckless in general. I used to always be in control of my thoughts and actions.

I get this is an anecdote, but I'm genuinely concerned that permanent damage has been done. I even struggle to differentiate right from wrong at times.

ISRS had a very strange effect on you as i never heard anybody talking about that kind of change in personality :0
Are you sure it is permanent ? when did you stop them ?
I also took sertraline and used to lose a big part of my sensibility on it.. I stopped because i suceed to make my life a lot better after years of depression but since is stopped them, i have brain zaps, muscle twitch, feeling of fear or blockage.. theses symptoms repeat themselves all the day ( never had these before this treatment, only social anxiety wich is now almost completely healed ...) So WTF these doctors prescribe me this at 17years old ?? I'm not anymore a nihilist and i know that it is possible to enjoy life as much as it is possible to suffer from it. But when you're brain constantly send you pain while everything is fine, life become difficult to bear.