here's an emerging vague guess i have about the interaction between nutrition and psychology, looking for feedback. it's probably a lot more complicated than this but really roughly: i think good nutrition can make you feel more powerful and capable at a deep psychological level
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basically correct ime
nutrition → physiology → psychology
blood sugar spikes and crashes are absolute shit for the mind
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it’s can be quite challenging not to take nutrition-induced brainfog personally and feel like a moral failure for being sluggish
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hmm do we believe on some level that we're supposed to have access to the same capacities all the time or something? is this some kind of permanence / impermanence identity shit 🤔
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idk about that 🤔, but a blood sugar crash can feel like altitude sickness, ie impairment
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i definitely find that my default reaction is expecting to have access to the same capabilities all the time
had some brain fog yesterday afternoon, started to worry that it was a bigger pattern
feeling totally fine this afternoon, realized it was just a short-term thing