FrancisFromScottLA

I think most people on this site assume that anxiety is just someone that is nervous or constantly worrying. Although that may be the case for some, actual anxiety disorder can manifest in different ways. Simply exercising, eating better and sleeping more can help but isn’t in of itself a cure for the disorder in a lot of instances. People assume someone can just “man up” and white knuckle through it but that’s not an option for a lot. Or at least not a realistic option.

I know for me and others that SSRIs have been a huge help when it comes to anxiety. I didn’t understand why it was happening (looking back it was a slow build that came to a tipping point) and at first, didn’t know that it was anxiety disorder. I had physical symptoms and felt sick/depressed to the extent that I couldn’t work or even walk down the street without issues. I wasn’t in position to just “remove/reduce stressors” in my life immediately (still not) and without SSRIs, I’m not sure if I’d be able to participate in society like I’d want.

I don’t plan to stay on them forever but to act like that type of medication isn’t helpful or is something shameful is either faux masculinity or a misinformed opinion.

This thread also talks about younger people being overly medicated. Society has changed and things like social media and other things indisputably subject the younger generation to higher risk of these issues. Instead of discounting things that help symptoms, the complaints should be focused on the root cause of why young people are having the issues. I know for me that removing social media (especially reels) helped some.

All that to say that things are different today for young people and to base assumptions off your own/different experience is why there are often disconnects or misinformed opinions.

TLDR SSRIs can be a huge help for anxiety and was for me.

Tickets to the 2000 Peach Bowl.

It was my first year going to all of the home games (that I can remember). We rushed the field for Tennessee, Mississippi State, and Alabama, and it felt like we were going to the Bourbon Bowl with Nick after suffering through '98 and '99. I vividly remember being told that we couldn't get tickets to the bowl game and waking up Christmas morning to find them on the tree. Best present to this day.

Peach Bowl/SECCG fan experience in the early 00s was unmatched.

You severely underestimate the regulatory side and what it takes to put a casino anywhere in Louisiana, among other things.

Gaming has been legal for decades in Louisiana--including parishes that have attractive real estate. In your memory, how many casinos have been developed on premium real estate, much less against the will of the locale?

Of course there are some big money interests that would love to put a casino on the Mandeville lakefront. I'd also like to win the lottery and retire. Just because you can theorize in it your head doesn't make it realistic or actually relevant to whether St. Tammany should vote yes or no.

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VACCINATIONS DO NOT STOP THE SPEAD!!!!!!!!!

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Appreciate the nuance. Do they help stop the spread?

Request: Can anyone fark the Mississippi State Flyover video to have the airplane dropping corndogs or purple and yellow chem trails? The great work of this board is much appreciated.

For the first time since we started putting our bye week before the Bama game, it seemed like we made better use of the extra time than Saban. We didn't get beat last night because we were outcoached.

I'm no O homer, but you have to give credit where credit is due. O and the staff got the guys ready to play, and we had a better game plan than Bama. Obviously, we could've had some better QB play and could've covered Ridley better, but our coaching staff put our guys in a position to succeed. We weren't just playing to hold onto the game or try to get lucky, we were competing. Whenever Bama had something positive going, it was because Hurts or Ridley were making plays or we were shooting ourselves in the foot like with the interception. It wasn't because Bama was better prepared or had a better play calling. We had a winning game plan in place, and think we weren't too far off from getting the W last night.

Not many times in the last 6 years has LSU gotten better at their weakness or fixed things with the team midseason. Good coaches make changes and fix problems. O has seemingly fixed the penalty problem, improved special teams, improved our play in the trenches, improved our run D, and has allowed the offense to be more creative.

I know ESPN and this board likes to paint O as a wholly inept head coach who can't even tie his shoes, but O deserves some credit for the way the team has responded/improved since Troy.

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I think the 2013 team stunk up Omaha much worse, primarily because they had much more pure talent than this team.

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You kidding me? Pure talent?

I've never understood when people said this year's team wasn't talented. We had 3 solid starters and a 3 deep bullpen. We were the best fielding team in the nation and had over half of our lineup bat over .300 (total team average of .289).

It doesn't take MLB qualities to be talented at the college level. You guys have no f**king clue.

Outside of maybe OSU, we did not face a team this postseason that was more talented than our roster. If you're waiting for a more "talented" roster, you will be waiting for a while. At the end of the day, this team made too many mistakes at the CWS and had some guys slump at the wrong time.

If you're basing talent off of guys who make MLB rosters, then you're an idiot. We can go through a lot of talented guys who have come through lsu that have not made it to the MLB.

Had a similar experience as the OP recently. I rarely go there now. Normally just for nostalgia when old friends come back in town or after a late night. It's poorly run and the waiters that used to hold the place together are no longer there.

Subpar experiences are common if you go at lunch or in the afternoon. But then again, it's on you if you're eating Pluckers when the sun is still up.

RIP onion rings.

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Anyone know of anywhere locally selling

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Harper's Haberdashery has a very similar hat

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LSU should be a perennial basketball power

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RidiculousHype

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Very fitting.