Comments by "" (@kateoneal4215) on "The Functional Melancholic" channel.

  1. Started on acupuncture 5 weeks ago to quit smoking. Totally quit with NO cravings, etc. one month ago. (Yes.) It completely revolutionized my life: mind, body and spirit. I immediately began throwing out at least 2/3 of my things. I'll probably finish the bulk of that project today. I'm nearly 75 and have been living in this house for 19 years, but have taken a pickup load to the thrift store most days for the past 3 weeks. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THIS PATH LEADS; I MAY END UP SELLING MY HOUSE. *BUT CLEARING OUT MY POSSESSIONS IS EXACTLY LIKE CLEARING THE MUCOUS FROM MY LUNGS.* Much of what you say deeply resonates and validates. THANK YOU.
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  2. How do you hit the nail on the head, time after time, after time... ? And your hideous, correct, observations are so soothing..... Just honesty is life-giving.
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  3. "....and everyone else is just trying not to scream in public.....". Yes. ❤
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  4. Oh god yes ..... But keep digging out a bit each day and eventually the momentum one gets from being able to breathe, to see LIGHT, greases the skids! I think today will be my last BIG PURGE day-- I've been both recovering from an illness and clearing out for three exhausting, but exhilarating, weeks. CARRY ON!!! I'm 75, completely alone and if I can manage it, SO CAN YOU!!!! Just don't stop. ❤ PS* I couldn't keep at it today. I've just had a bad virus and my chest/breathing are the problem. But I'll continue tomorrow or just as soon as I can. I'm JAZZED so it'll bug me till it's DONE****
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  5. After WWII "we" decided we didn't want to look too hard at the subjugation of other populations that made our comfortable standard of living possible. People think of the 50's as the good old days only because of our learned denial-- which made them possible.
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  6.  @bigbaldin  I think you may be right. Meat, especially excellent grass-fed beef, doesn't taste good to me now. But, actually, few things do. Part of it is knowing how full of poisons it is... I don't even think about cigarettes any longer. They hold NO attraction. I just feel lighter as I shed things.
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  7. I completely understand. I'm now getting acupuncture and seeing a Chinese medical doctor to just be able to maintain. It's helping tremendously. But the reality is still horrendous.....
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  8. YESSS!!!!!! Good books invigorate our brains, stretch our attention spans, AND ARE FAR MORE ENGROSSING THAN THE MEDIA YOU SPEAK OF HERE. ❤
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  9. I'm so GRATEFUL for these. ❤.
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  10. ***THEY'RE LOBOTOMIZING US******!They've gutted or completely shuttered hundreds of libraries and pulped hundreds of MILLIONS of books in the past 15 years in the US. WATCH THE BRAND NEW NPR DOCUMENTARY, "FREE FOR ALL." **THEY'RE LOBOTOMIZING US!!!!!!**
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  11. ​ @freeglee3482  I'm nearly 75 and I really identify with what you're saying!
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  12. Absolutely!!! It's essentially the same thing that's shuttered hundreds of libraries, and gutted most others, in the US. The statistics are unbelievable!!!
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  13. I'm nearly 75 and so thankful to be addicted to BOOKS. Good books are NOURISHING.
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  14. HAAA!!!! Very well noted!!!! ❤
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  15. ​ @ceecee8757  Maybe it's "teck," like "wreck!"
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  16. A true dystopia gives us only poisons to eat, breathe, drink -- and suffocates our souls with complete propaganda. ❤ Thanks for these. They help me BREATHE!!!
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  17. GOOD BOOKS-- REAL "PAGE TURNERS"-- ARE ONE WAY OUT OF THAT TRAP! Most any passion will work, though.
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  18. Oh maan... You are SO right!!! Late stage capitalism in a thoroughly decayed empire... On a completely pillaged and trashed planet.
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  19. ....or not.....
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  20. @stephaniedegange2737  Thanks, Stephanie! I got quite a bit done today! And a lovely woman who's temporarily homeless is going to come live in her car in my driveway for a few days and I'll pay her and feed her to help me. (I know her from a couple years ago and she's a great and talented worker and artist. It's sickening how so many great people are treated like trash in this sociopathic system...)
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  21. ​ @CranBerry565  DON'T STOP READING!!!! Get good page-turners, maybe murder mysteries, and loose yourself in one for a minimum of an hour a day. It's CRITICAL. Maybe read in bed at night. GET INTO A GOOD BOOK-- IT'S BRAIN FOOD!!!!!
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  22. READ GOOD BOOKS!!!!!!! SUPPORT LOCAL LIBRARIES!!!!!!!!!
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  23. THIS HAS CREATED 2 VERY DIFFERENT TRIBES/CULTURES IN THE WESTERN WORLD. WE HAVE LITTLE IN COMMON & DON'T EVEN REALLY SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE.
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