Beat Mental Pain with a Good Diet

Noc Nalf

25 Dec 2024 — 1 min read

Pain:

Pain prevents us from dying. Our brains want to minimize it. When all we can see is pain in the future, we choose to die to escape it. Perfectly imperfect design, right bones?

Pain is generated by loss, dissonance, low status, thwarted belonging, perceived uselessness. These are all simulated, and are just as real when simulated as part of the past, present, or future. Pain-induced suicides occur when simulations run to the point that the future simulation has pain not worth experiencing. “Meaning” is the value compared to the cost of pain. Then there are two ways to prevent a suicide from occurring, increase meaning or decrease pain.

Diet:

Best ways to increase meaning are serving loved ones, serving god, serving people that share your pain, serving people you think need it most. Simple, powerful rituals to reinforce this meaning help a lot.

Decreasing pain has more factors. Information you put in is the diet in which your brain determines meaning, pain, and outlook towards the future.

The lens through which you view the future matters a lot. It follows the same formula of pain and meaning. Constructing a positive view and protecting it is important. Life is uncertain, but I believe in god. Death is certain, but I believe in heaven. And I’ll serve until then. If you eat enough junk food you may forget your own views. Eat healthy, check your food for mold, and enjoy cooking with the right ingredients.

People are one part of the diet, online and in person. They affect your perceived status, belonging, and usefulness. They also can create or reduce dissonance by importing beliefs into you. Eat healthy. Be with and consume media from people who believe in a positive future. Be with people who want to serve, and avoid junk food and junk people. Toxins are things that diminish hope, defile the sacred, weaken trust, and split loving groups apart. Most food is unhealthy, and to be healthy you're going to have to eat the same meals repeatedly. You're beyond blessed for being able to do that. There's nothing better than a favorite movie, a favorite meal, a favorite album, a favorite person. I'm excited to re-read you bones.

We are what we believe. We are what we eat.

I love you Fos Nif,

Noc Nalf

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