Today was a day I was dreading full of open loops. For anyone raeding this, an open loop is anything open but not closed, strated but not finished, said and worrying you. When this was first mentioned using Sage, I don't think it properly sunk in. - Now it has. so going to the surgery to book appointments for test the doctor SAID the staff would call me to book appointment? burried in the notes. Message not given to staff. solution? face to face to someone who understood being passed from pillar to post was not helping my blood pressure which we are trying to lower. Appointments booked in 2 days time. Loop closed - going to the bank to ask for a very specific type of statement that cannot be ordered online for the benefit of an unflexible organisation? felt like a warm hug. They have put armchairs to welcome customers, removed anything that felt cold and unpersonal. Jo welcomed me and was brilliant, truly warm and helpful. Andy helped me in a way my bank never had. Apparently they sat down as an organisation and reviewed how they do business (Llyods Bank UK). YES! Shared the ADHD referreal for diagnosis with him. this felt good. Loop closed - Met with an organsation that will support me to claim a benefit I am entitled to get since diagnosis. Now dual appointment booked with someone to support me on the day so friction is removed. Loop not quite closed but feeling much better. In a world full of systems that don't work for us, I am now realising how powerful a loop is. Leaving it open without realising or voicing it has a price to pay, loss of slepp, anxiety,... Closing it where possible helps a lot. But of course they don't teach you this. Well, Jim does. Thank you Jim!

Aphantasia is the absence or near-absence of voluntary mental imagery. Where many people can picture a friend’s face or imagine a beach, an aphantasic mind thinks in concepts, words, facts, or spatial awareness rather than visual pictures. The term was coined by neurologist Adam Zeman in 2015, though Francis Galton first described the experience back in the 1880s. Many aphantasic people only realize their experience differs when they learn that others actually “see” images in their minds, and that phrases like “picture this” aren’t always metaphorical. Hearing that for the first time can be both disorienting and clarifying. Research suggests the most meaningful difference may be emotional, not cognitive. Mental imagery seems to amplify emotional responses to imagined scenarios, so without it, people often process fear, empathy, and memory in their own way. Creativity itself does not appear to be affected. Aphantasia can be present from birth or acquired through brain injury, trauma, or neurological change. Some researchers have noted possible overlap with autism and ADHD though that connection is still being explored.

Got diagnosed with ADD way back in the 90s. I flunked out of my freshman year of college, and my mom sent me to a specialist who had me do all these pattern and sequence tests. I aced them, but honestly, I was mostly just distracted by everything going on outside the window. I’ve definitely learned my strengths and weaknesses since then, though. Nowadays, I either end up in full-on tunnel vision or I’ll start talking and suddenly realize I have no clue what I’m even saying—I just totally blank otu.

Before you keep something "just in case", ask yourself, "If I didn't already own this, would I go out and buy it today?" If the answer is no, it might be time to let it go. What do you think? I have loads of “just in case” things but never thought of it that way

for supplements I already use all of the recommended. Has anyone made good experiences with L-CARNOSİNE, high doses L-carnosine in particular? I've been using it on and off because you basically cannot overdose it. Unlike most things even if it's said that water soluble vitamins like the B group(extreme exception is B6), which have said to be "safe", but new evidence actually does say high doses of vitamins etc(synthetic forms, which most supplements are) is actually detrimental. There is one youtube channel that promoted EXTREMELY high doses of Thiamine (B1) and I followed that, he now said he is sorry for his clients (only, not his youtube viewers.... 😤) that he recommended the high doses.....It was discovered that people with mitochondrial/ATP and other energ related issues actually had the opposite effect as in LESS energy than already was lacking and I was one of these folks....I was taking high doses and the ONLY thing it helped me with was when I took a dose before sleep it helped me passing out......So I learned my lesson the hard way with listening to others advice and also with what I recommend. Thank goodness I never recommended as high doses as I am taking for other's, but for my own sake I wish I wouldn't have trusted somebody that in the end doesn't even apologize for his mistake(s)‼️😔 PS: I DON'T KNOW HOW this turned into a rant 😅 But to end on a positive note: IF you can tolerate fermented foods(I love them, bur yea not a good time after eating with brain fog etc due to histamine), get them in abundance & you'll get B Vitamins galore✌🏽