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  1. Joolin

    A few non-prescription things I've found to be effective

    I've taken a few prescription drugs for anxiety and depression over the years and each one has had its own awful side effects. Since then I've been experimenting a lot with things you can find in health food and supplement stores. Here are a few of the more effective ones. DLPA...
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    Better living through amplification

    Turn a guitar amplifier up as loud as you can stand, and then a little louder. Give it as much distortion as you can stand, and then add a little more. Tune your guitar as low as you can stand, and then a little lower. Kneel in front of the amplifier. Strike a low chord. Let it ring out. All...
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    Moving out

    A room at my friend's place just opened up. It's nearby, the rent's cheap, I've agreed to it and everything is pretty much set for me to move in any day now. The room sucks (ceiling lower than my head, made out of concrete, no heating) but as you can probably guess, that isn't my biggest...
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    Important note for vegetarians/vegans!!!

    I have been a pretty strict vegetarian for about 6 or 7 years now, and I recently started to consider going back to eating meat just because of how hungry I am all the time. I decided to start looking up ways to get around going back to meat by taking supplements and I started seeing a lot of...
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    Kava Kava for social anxiety and depression

    Kava Kava is a plant native to the South Pacific which, when prepared as a tea, has a similar effect to alcohol and nicotine, but without the danger of addiction. You can buy it in a powder, an extract, or in pill form, but I suggest the extract just because I like the taste of it and it's easy...
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    Feedback Loops

    If any of you out there are musicians, specifically electric musicians, you most likely know what feedback is. If not, feedback is what is happening when you hear that high pitched squeal when someone turns on a microphone. What is happening is that the sound from the speaker is being picked up...
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    Waiting for nothing

    First off, I think it is a good indicator of why I'm here that this is the third time I've rewritten this introduction post. It is that same obsessive self-criticism that keeps me from doing just about anything. I want to call a friend but before I can I immediately think of every reason...
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