I think it may be caused by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiety_disorder I suffer from that too. That’s a very counterproductive state of mind if the task is unsolvable in it’s full difficulty. It makes you lose hope and stop trying solutions that would work if situation is not as bad as you imagined.
A good guess, and thank you for the reference, but (although I admit that the prospect of global imminent doom is somewhat anxious-making), anxiety isn’t a state of mind I’m terribly familiar with personally. I’m very emotionally stable usually, and I lost all hope years ago. It doesn’t bother me much.
It’s more that I have the ‘taking ideas seriously’ thing in full measure, once I get an *idee fixe* I can’t let it go until I’ve solved it. AI Doom is currently third on the list after chess and the seed oil nonsense, but the whole Bing/Sydney thing started me thinking about it again and someone emailed me Eliezer’s podcast, you know how it goes.
Although I do have a couple of friends who suffer greatly from Anxiety Disorder, and you have my sympathies, especially if you’re interested in all this stuff! Honestly run away, there’s nothing to be done and you have a life to live.
Totally off topic but have you tried lavender pills? I started recommending them to friends after Scott Alexander said they might work, and out of three people I’ve got one total failure, one refusal to take for good reasons, and one complete fix! Obviously do your own research as to side effects, just cause it’s ‘natural’ doesn’t mean it’s safe. The main one is if you’re a girl it will interfere with your hormones and might cause miscarriages.
Thanks for advice. Looks like my mind works similar to yours, i.e. can’t give up task it has latched on. But mine brain draws way more from the rest of my body than it is healthy.
It’s not as bad now as it was in the first couple of week, but I still have problem sleeping regularly, because my mind can’t switch off the overdrive mode. So, I become sleepy AND agitated at the same time, which is quite unpleasant and unproductive state.
There are no Lavender Pills around here, but I take other anxiety medications, and they help, to an extent.
The person who had it work for them tried something purchased from a shop, Herbal Calms maybe?, anyway, lavender oil in vegetable oil in little capsules. She reports that she can get to sleep now, and can face doing things that she couldn’t previously do due to anxiety if she pops a capsule first.
I’m not proposing solutions here. I think we face an insurmountable opportunity.
But for some reason I don’t understand, I am driven to stare the problem in the face in its full difficulty.
I think it may be caused by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiety_disorder
I suffer from that too.
That’s a very counterproductive state of mind if the task is unsolvable in it’s full difficulty. It makes you lose hope and stop trying solutions that would work if situation is not as bad as you imagined.
A good guess, and thank you for the reference, but (although I admit that the prospect of global imminent doom is somewhat anxious-making), anxiety isn’t a state of mind I’m terribly familiar with personally. I’m very emotionally stable usually, and I lost all hope years ago. It doesn’t bother me much.
It’s more that I have the ‘taking ideas seriously’ thing in full measure, once I get an *idee fixe* I can’t let it go until I’ve solved it. AI Doom is currently third on the list after chess and the seed oil nonsense, but the whole Bing/Sydney thing started me thinking about it again and someone emailed me Eliezer’s podcast, you know how it goes.
Although I do have a couple of friends who suffer greatly from Anxiety Disorder, and you have my sympathies, especially if you’re interested in all this stuff! Honestly run away, there’s nothing to be done and you have a life to live.
Totally off topic but have you tried lavender pills? I started recommending them to friends after Scott Alexander said they might work, and out of three people I’ve got one total failure, one refusal to take for good reasons, and one complete fix! Obviously do your own research as to side effects, just cause it’s ‘natural’ doesn’t mean it’s safe. The main one is if you’re a girl it will interfere with your hormones and might cause miscarriages.
Thanks for advice. Looks like my mind works similar to yours, i.e. can’t give up task it has latched on. But mine brain draws way more from the rest of my body than it is healthy.
It’s not as bad now as it was in the first couple of week, but I still have problem sleeping regularly, because my mind can’t switch off the overdrive mode. So, I become sleepy AND agitated at the same time, which is quite unpleasant and unproductive state.
There are no Lavender Pills around here, but I take other anxiety medications, and they help, to an extent.
These seemed good, they taste of lavender, but the person trying them got no effect:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XPLTLLN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Lindens Lavender Essential Oil 80mg Capsules
The person who had it work for them tried something purchased from a shop, Herbal Calms maybe?, anyway, lavender oil in vegetable oil in little capsules. She reports that she can get to sleep now, and can face doing things that she couldn’t previously do due to anxiety if she pops a capsule first.