I feel like whenever I visit the forum and especially when I read. My recon alleviated or something.
Any similar experiences?
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What do you feel when you read the forum?
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knowledge 
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A slight subliminal buzz, or something like the release of an intense emption such as panic, amxiety, fearā¦
@Deadpool, knowledge is a very encompassing term. Basically impossible to disagree with you. But the question arises, what about the knowledge out of the forum?
I think there is also this reassurance factor, when you read the results and beleive more in the results.
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Maybe one thing you can try is only focusing on your journal in the forum for a while. Or even try a private journal.
The discussion here is not about an issue.
Itās interesting that you ask this.
In my personal experience, yes. But, it depends how I approach it.
For example, using money as an example.
I might be feeling down or off because of my own seeming lack in money.
I might find myself going onto the forum and clicking onto a random journal or update that catches my eye and, while reading āaimlesslyā, I will usually have something catch my attention that is most useful for trouble shooting what the issue in me might be.
āOh, Iām not actually doing bad, based off of what this person is saying about themselves. Iām only dissatisfied; thatās based off of an expectation Iāve created for myself. Objectively, Iām doing great when I think about it!ā
āI just realized that Iām not unhappy with my circumstances. Iām unhappy with what others say about them. Me, underneath all thatā¦ I actually love what Iāve got going on!ā
So on and so forth.
With money specifically, likely due to running so many related titles recently especially EoG, I ask myself, āAm I actually broke?ā
āWell duh, no. I rarely donāt have money in my account.ā
So maybe itās an issue of security?
Which, looking at it from that lens changes the equation of recon; in my experience.
Just an example.
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Ah okay. I didnāt read the title of your post properly.
Reading the forum could alleviate recon. That is true. It could also lead to more recon. Depends on how we think and respond.
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Agitation?
Just being focused on something else than recon helps to alleviate it.
For the last few months Iāve been mostly off the forum, but when ever I would get intense recon, Iād sign on and see a post that helped me gain some perspective. So yeah, for me itās just helpful to remind myself that there are a bunch of us on the forums going through the same things. None of us are alone, that helps recon for me.
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mInD cOntRol!!!
Itās because youāre expressing the blocked / negative energy through writing and reading. Itās called catharsis.
You can get that same ābuzzā by going into a state of deep meditation. Either way, same cause ā the purging of negative emotion, which floods you with positive emotions instead.
I used to get recon when we released new products, nervousness that people would hate it. Reading the initial reviews would always release that energy.
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I just realized that your username is an Elden Ring reference, lol
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I tried running subs for a few months without journaling. Didnāt really work.
So I started Journaling a week ago with pen and paper on vacation (wrote like 30 pages by hand in the last week) and restarted my journal here. Yup, boom. Intense recon, perspective, acceptance of what is, got laid twice and neither time was an accident. I actually slept with two separate women on the same day yesterday, in two different cities despite feeling like crap. The Journaling is absolutely mandatory.
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@Sage_Ninjistic
Thank you, I have the same analysis.
How could it lead to more recon?
@SaintSovereign
Thank you for this really helpful post and term, and I am sorry for the individuals trying to damage SCās reputation.
@praisetheurdtree Maan I am really thinking about journalling seriously. But unfortunately the consistency component is nkt easy to attain.
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By going anywhere and thinking youāre/it/they are not enough.
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What helps me is to change the way I approach journaling.
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Start small. Start with 10 minutes a day, set a timer and just write whatever comes to mind for 10 minuets. Itās called āfree writingā and itās a great exercise to start building the habit.
Writing and Journaling is so important for so many reasons.
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Surely brother
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You have my full confidence bro!