I was exactly looking for the name of that show in English as it is the one that instantly came to my mind when I saw the post. It’s in no small part thanks to this one, and a couple of others (the magic school bus and once upon a time… life) I decided to do a PhD in animal behaviour.

Holding for 10 minutes is already quite impressive. When I moved abroad and arrived at my future roommate’s house for the first time (he had 3 dogs) I kept telling myself “don’t say hi to the dogs before the guy” and I failed majestically, ending up on my knees kissing these dogs before greeting him. (Luckily he loved dogs just as much as I do and found it funny).

That’s not far left IMO, that’s just left. This is a recurring problem we have in France too, where medias call “far left” parties that are just left. This is a slippery slope, the one on which Overton window slips towards the (far) right…

Very true! The list of causes to fatigue is long, including matters related to physical and mental health, and it is definitely worth seeing a doctor to check this before relying on walks or hobbies to find more energy (not that these are not great solutions if there’s no health issues but painting does not cure anemia).

There’s a lot of good advice to improve things by changing your behaviour. It is also worth checking your health. I have had similar issues but it got better after I was treated for vitamin B9 deficiency. I was just plain exhausted but after a blood test confirming the issue and a few weeks of supplements prescribed by my doc, things got so much better. Depression and burn out have also been mentioned and it is definitely worth asking for a depression test if you see a doctor. That shit is so exhausting. When I was depressed, I could sleep like 10h a night and I still had zero energy.

Exactly, I didn’t want to amend their paper myself, I just wanted to tell them which parts were inaccurate so they could change it. It blatantly shows that they don’t care about sharing valid information and that they don’t give a shit about our work or the people they “inform”. And I’m talking about massive media’s like the discovery channel for instance. Ironically, one of the few who did a good job was a tiny web journal. They took my feedback into account and it was the best article about my work that was published that year.

I’ve been a researcher for over a decade and I literally started declining all media contacts because of my terrible experience with so-called “journalists”. Most of the journalists I interacted with did clearly not give a single shit about sharing my actual findings. All they want is a cool headline even if it means completely disrespecting years of work as well as their audience. I’ve seen journalists, who committed to take my feedback about whether they reported the theory or findings correctly, publish complete bullshit without checking with me. Others cited my paper while giving a summary of the findings of another paper and some literally and blatantly lied in a documentary. They still publish bullshit but at least they don’t waste my time anymore and I no longer read “scientific” papers available to the general public knowing what’s behind the scene.

I miss my granpa’s cooking. His “daube de boeuf” (a dish where beef morsels are slowly cooked in a red wine based sauce) was delicious and he would always make that simple but lovely dessert for me with a fresh fruit salad and gâteau de semoule. I miss him !

Don’t forget beans on toast, mint sauce and having to eat Brussels sprouts every year for Christmas.

Hi, I’m french and, while I would genuinely love for my country to be a safe space for trans people, I feel like I should warn you: things here are not as bad as in the US but the far right is progressing real fast and I’m quite afraid that they’ll pass in 2027. We (the leftists) are fighting the best we can but the media and our government are definitely inclined towards the far right already. Feel free to save my handle to get in touch if you move to France, I’ll be happy to help and share some info and advice. Best of luck

My bf prefers savoury stuff too and figured that, as the important part was having fat to dissolve THC, a cheese-based sauce could work. He tried blue cheese and cream sauce…it worked (almost too) well: he had a lovely dinner and got high AF

Yeah that too, you’re right. You get hooked into the rythm of one group and, at the next chapter, you’re taken away from them, following another part of the story in which you are not currently invested.

That’s interesting. I didn’t feel that way so I’m probably not the best to say whether it changes in book 2. It probably doesn’t as both felt like a fairly coherent story with an homogeneous approach. Anyone else felt that Kvothe was too perfect and would be able to enlighten us about whether it gets better in book 2?

If you like heroes that make mistakes and aren’t perfect (which completely makes sense btw) maybe you’d enjoy the Dresden files by J. Butcher (low urban fantasy in which you follow a mage in Chicago).

Thanks :) yeah it was great! Have a great summer ^^

Last book : the wheel of time (#5) by R. Jordan. I don’t really recommend. I mean the story’s great but the way the characters are written is dull and sexist (men saying that women are mysteries, women complaining about how men are dumb and other ridiculous clichés), it feels like following people that are somewhat the worse of both teens and boomers, it takes me out of the book every single time. I prefer the king killer chronicles (P. Rothfuss) although we’re still waiting for the last book.

Current book : Trapped (C. Lackberg and H Fexeus) it is a great polar, with nice twists, I recommend!

Ah that’s great, itb is a good combo of molecules for bipolars (provided the person tolerates the lamotrigigine). Fair enough, only you and the health professionals helping you can say what may be your condition. It is true that psychological conditions come with a lot of stigma. I now speak freely of depression because I think it is important to open the discussions on that topic, which actually concerns quite a lot of people suffering in silence but I rarely mention being bipolar because I don’t want to face extra negative consequences.

I don’t think it’s weird to ask about a specific medication, what may cross the line os to ask for it but I regularly ask my psychiatrist about complements or molecules I heard about to have his opinion or to understand why he made the decision he made about my treatment. I think it’s ok to be curious about those matters, it is our health and we are entitled to understanding what we take and why.

Yeah, I hear that. I make notes of my feelings (either on paper of the appointments are far appart or at least mental notes if there are less than 6 weeks between appointements) focussing both on my mood and feelings and on the first “symptoms” signalling an upcoming mood swing (e.g. how much I sleep, whether I feel tired or not etc).

Sorry for the delay, I was abroad on holiday and things got fairly busy!

Imo you can’t call yourself pro-life and be against a fair social system (at the very least regarding medical fees). Loosing your mother at age 6 becausee insulin costs 400$ a vial is not being protected, neither is dying from cancer at age 12 because the insurance won’t pay for your treatment.

I don’t mind at all and I’m glad you ask, if I can help someone going through this I’m thrilled! :)

Turns out I’m bipolar (although several doctors told me I wasn’t, I’m not a psychiatrist and I’m absolutely not trying to diagnose you but I wouldn’t take one doctor’s opinion for granted). Exactly as you did I first showed an improvement with Escitalopram but then it kinda faded (I wonder if it doesn’t modify the dopaminergic system because after the first phase of improvement I started craving for pleasures, and started eating, drinking and smoking a lot of weed…i.e. gaining a lot of weight). In the end and after several years (Escitalopram was the first treatment I tried) I finally found a good psychiatrist who decided to try a bipolatoty-oriented treatment, which worked and confirmed the diagnosis. I now have a two-molecule system: lamotrigigine every day (acts as a “floor” for my mood preventing depression) and aripiprazol as a “ceiling” which I adjust (0, 1, 5 or 10mg in the morning) depending on my mood to avoid manic phases. It’s worth noting that I too had a couple of relatives with likely (but undiagnosed) thymic disorders (whether bipolar or cyclothymia, it’s unclear). Together with regular sessions with a psychologists and a good hygiene (regular sleep schedule, limiting stress as much as possible and fighting my addictions) it does the trick and I’m no longer suicidal or clinically depressed most of the time.

Don’t worry about the long message, these things deserve to be discussed at length. If you ever wanna talk to someone who knows what you go through, I’m available btw, some internet anon had been there for me when I needed it, I am happy to help if you’d like.

Sertraline didn’t do the trick for me…neither did mirtazapine, or Escitalopram, or Quetiapine. Psychiatric drugs are life savers but finding the one that’ll actually save your life can be a freaking pain (if anyone reading this is in that “still looking” stage, don’t give up though, once you find one that suits you it’s a game changer, life can have colours again).

I agree, not all natural products are innocuous but still isn’t the point that organic IS less awful? I’m thinking especially regarding biodiversity and conditions in which the animals live (at least in France, it is the label with the strictest standards for animal “welfare”). I get that it’s not perfect but I don’t think we should wait to have the perfect system to get rid of some of the absolutely shitty parts in the current system.

Is it more expensive? To the customer yes. For real, once you include environmental benefits, health costs from cancers etc and take into account the fact that organic farmers usually receive zero help from governments (I’m considering the french case here), you realise that the price gap is not as big as you think and that a major part of it is because pesticides have made agriculture unnaturally “cheap” (i.e. with a lot of invisible costs).