- Dr. Bruce Perry, M.D., Ph.D., founder of the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics, via his book The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog

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I was first introduced to bitcoin four years ago when I started dating @dylan . I found it fascinating, but, transparently, I had a lot of internal work to do before I had the capacity to dive into this thing that has the power to save the world. My nervous system couldn’t handle learning about the truth of society and my place in it. My brain was traumatized so it couldn’t actually learn. Anyway, I listened intently to Dylan and @jack mallers for years as they riffed about decentralization and the power it can hold for humanity. I took it all in, mesmerized by the power of this thing, but I didn’t…. do anything? I just kept living in these systems that don’t work. Aware that the don’t work. But my mental pain was louder than any intuitive awareness I held about the topics my friends discussed. I recently learned that 98% of our thoughts, motivations, and behaviors are subconscious. I have access to 2% of my brain as I write this post. Do you find that insane? I find that insane. Anyway, I digress. What I’m trying to say is that I subconsciously stayed ignorant even thought this shit was right in front of my face because I was stuck in my fight or flight nervous system. My brain told me that the thought the only way to survive was so conform. It was preparing for danger at all times. Fear doesn’t breed abundance. The Bitcoin Standard has been sitting on Dylan and I’s coffee table for the past two years. A few weeks ago, I did a Breathwork and meditation practice (I.e. regulated my nervous system to gain access to my intuition), and had a few hours to kill so I picked it up. I haven’t been able to put that book down since. I picked it up because I’m confident that I’m prepared to be accountable for what I learn. First, I had to exit the matrix of the centralized mental health system. I had to start relying on my breath, yoga, health(ier) food, and healthy relationships to get to a place where I can engage in the solution. My personal experience speaks to Gabor’s idea of how the toxic culture we live in doesn’t allow us to get healthy enough to be willing to look for the truth. To be curious is to be courageous. We need to be safe to have access to optimal courage. It took me four years of being so close to this community to have the courage to step into it. Idk why I’m sharing this but I think my story may have the potential to serve as a case study of what might need to happen to get people in a place to being open to truth, connection, and abundance. Money is the foundation of safety, and safety is the foundation of health. Sound money = sound psychology = sound health. It’s all connected 🌎🫂🔄

Basically what happens when you have PMDD is that your body can’t handle the fluctuations in hormones throughout your menstrual cycle and goes insane. Onsets during the luteal phase and stops at menstruation. This accounts for almost half the month. Half the year. Half of your life. Common symptoms are panic attacks, emotional dysregulation (irritability, rejection to sensitivity, and crying mostly for me), hopelessness and depression, extreme lethargy or insomnia, and muscle and joint pain. Just to name a few. And women are just expected to live half their lives like this. Usually because something shitty happened that traumatized them before they got their period. Oh and conveniently only recognized solution is SSRI’s. I say that as someone who is medicated and has seen the benefits of anti-depressants. However, I have found 10x healing through breathwork and healthy relationships. But breath and love are free so they’ll keep selling pills.

It’s so sad (note that I’m sad, not surprised) how little people know about premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) as women are literally dying at its hands. Mayo Clinic defines premenstrual dysphoric disorder as a severe, sometimes disabling extension of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Although PMS and PMDD both have physical and emotional symptoms, PMDD causes extreme mood shifts that can disrupt daily life and damage relationships. I have pmdd and I can attest it’s an absolute monster of an illness. Here are some quick, googleable stats: - emerging research indicates that 83% of people who suffer from PMDD experienced early life trauma - 34% of women with PMDD have attempted suicide * this is inaccurate - I’ll figure out the real stat throughout my career. I hypothesize it’s closer to 67% -1.6% of women suffer from symptomatic PMDD * this stat is irresponsible at best and demeaning at worst. I hypothesize it’s closer to at least 5-10%, will figure this one out too and anticipate laughing at my own naivety for lowballing representation None of these stats are truly valid or reliable because there is such a critical lack of research and awareness being drawn to this disorder. Anyway… the more you know.

Gabor Mate, renowned physician, author, and speaker talks to filmmaker David Malone to the metaphor he uses to describe toxic culture, as is woven throughout his new book the Myth of Normal - Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture. Gabor’s ability to simply and directly connect dots that are invisible to the average mind is always fascinating to me. I fucking love this guy.

Gabor Mate, mD via The Myth of Normal - Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture I fucking love this guy

I’m Bailey. 👋 here to learn about bitcoin, talk about health, and troll @dylan One thing about me is that I am perpetually curious — specifically obsessed with the brain, nervous system, and mental health. I plan to disrupt the mental health system & help people remember that it’s our birth right to live in connection, freedom, and abundance. Small goals. The more I learn about decentralization, the clearer it becomes that if our money’s broken, so is everything else. Especially our health. So yeah, hi. Let’s fix this shit.