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ScienceIsSexy420 t1_j6hrn6g wrote

Reply to comment by timenspacerrelative in eli5 Im not a parent to know this by sillycuzwhynot1998

The sugar rush is a myth

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41407-019-0087-5

https://kids.uconn.edu/2020/07/30/sugar-rush-fact-or-fiction/#:~:text=According%20to%20science%2C%20there's%20no,impending%20hyperactivity%20after%20consuming%20it.

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-sugar-rush/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/well/eat/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-sugar-high.html

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reallybigleg t1_j6hrljn wrote

Reply to eli5 what is the point of therapy? by dumbass__stupid

There are different types of therapy.

Cognitiive behavioural - identify how the ways in which you think drive your emotions and learn to question your thoughts

Psychotherapy (often mixed with some cognitive behavioural nowadays) - identify why you think the way you do before learning to question your thoughts (this is useful for people who find it difficult to question their thoughts or who blame themselves for having the thoughts in the first place, or who know the thoughts are irrational but believe them anyway - it puts the thoughts into context so that when you're inundated with self criticism you can't shake you can use self-compassion - "of course I feel bad with all this criticism going on in my head, and of course I can't help being so self-critical when I was brought up in an environment where I was constantly criticised - this isn't nice for me at all, I'm going to choose to be extra kind to myself to help get me through it")

Mindfulness-based - Creating distance between yours and your thoughts and emotions so you can recognise they are transitory and not get 'stuck' in them, fueling the fire, making it easier to let go of what's happening in your mind

Group therapy - For people who experience problems in their relationships with others. Usually a long-term therapy that allows people to gain first-hand experience of other people (who aren't being paid...) accepting them for who they are, caring about their welfare, being trustworthy and non-abusive etc. so that the patient can learn over time that not everyone will abuse them/criticse them/judge them/neglect them etc. with the hope they're then able to trust people more outside of the therapy room. In individual therapy, it's easy to tell yourself that the therapist is kind because that's their job. In group therapy, the other patients don't have to be kind, they can just choose to be. It's also good for teaching people to face conflict. Facilitated by the group leader, patients are encouraged to be more honest and open about their feelings and thoughts so they can navigate conflict and learn that it is safe, therefore hopefully feeling safer to face conflict IRL.

Normally, therapy is a mix of all the above things. But the goal is for the person to recognise how their internal processes are fuelling their unhappiness (through no fault of their own) and make changes to the way they internally process life so they can experience more positives.

Source: Patient who has had all the above 'types' of therapy in various guises and has found it helpful.

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FellowConspirator t1_j6hr50w wrote

Reply to ELI5: Why does the IRS want your illegal income declared on tax returns? by xCreamPye69

Income is income. The IRS doesn’t really care where it comes from, as long as y they get their share. If you report it as “off-shore sex work” or “donations for digital paintings” or some such, they don’t care. Their job is to collect taxes.

The IRS is looking for evidence that you’ve paid what they think they’re old, or have documentation to justify the discrepancy. They are not an agency equipped to chase down criminals that pay their taxes.

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Perseus73 t1_j6hqt3c wrote

Reply to ELI5: How do they come up with names for countries in foreign languages? by bentobam

I used to wonder this when I was little.

My partner is French. It’s recently been annoying me that in UK we don’t pronounce Paris ‘Pa-reeee’ like the French do. It’s their name, why are we not saying it like them. The same for them with London and Londres.

I’m all for saying it the correct way, we are after all in the future now, we can correct these things.

But saying ‘Pa-reee’ for Paris just sounds pretentious, so I don’t.

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spacejesus1 t1_j6hqk44 wrote

Reply to eli5 what is the point of therapy? by dumbass__stupid

Therapist here. Ask your therapist what his views are on the problem and what is the course of action before starting therapy. Of course not everybody adheres to a structured treatment, but every therapy needs objectives, and the patient must participate in formulating said objectives.

Research shows that patient-therapist's level of agreement and mutual understanding on "what is the issue" and "how do we tackle it" is more closely linked to treatment response than whatever theoretical framework and technique the therapist adheres to.

Bottom line is, when the client understands what is going on, he's more likely to change it through therapy.

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