I got a tempur one at one point and it didn't expand a lot when I got it, although it wasn't packed very compressed. Try it for a few nights before you dismiss it. I found I still prefer duck or goose feather pillows to memory foam ones, but lots of folks swear by them.
I smoked a lot of pot from the early 1990s until the early 2000s. Enough for the rest of my life apparently, because I simply stopped getting the urge to indulge sometime around 2005/6 when I met my current spouse and she decided to move to the Netherlands to live with me. There was also quite a lot of drinking, but always limited to parties during the weekends. I've never taken any other drugs.
All of my pot-smoking experiences as a teen and in my 20s were anxious, paranoid waking nightmares. Turned me off of marijuana forever. I blame my acid flashbacks for the hallucinations and bizarre, rambling thoughts.
I swear by them. Back when I was buying standard pillows filled with foam offcuts, my oversized pumpkin head would mash them to sad flat thing in six months. I've had the same memory foam pillow for five years and it's still comfortable.
Let me know what you think about the weighted blanket as we are thinking of getting one too. And good luck with the pillow. I bought a very expensive one and wasn’t happy with it as it didn’t change shape fast enough. As for mattresses I have a 5 year old memory foam/latex/gel and my sleep has never been better. Best $2k I ever spent and when this one wears out I will get another. No springs for me!
Same here, I know that feel. Back in the bad old days, smoking marijuana often led to paranoia and anxiety. I didn't see what people saw in marijuana because even at the best of times it didn't help me relax and after a bad experience I avoided it for many years. When it became legal a lot of options and information became available, eventually leading me to taking small, measured doses through edibles without the unpleasant side effects.
I never smoked, but I'll have a occasional cigar if friends are. Tried Marijuana once, eh. Coke was the party drug of choice when I was young, not X, but I've never done any illegal stuff knowingly.
I've never been a solitary drinker. The drinking at parties was always primarily just a way to get drunk, so we weren't picky about what kind of alcohol we used. I've taken marijuana when alone on occasion, but most of the time that was also a social thing. It's often a thin line between escapism and self-medication, but I think solitary indulging definitely tends more towards the latter.
Also, coffee!
You hear some people have great healing experiences with ayahuasca but at the same time there's no discerning the charlatans from the "real thing", if that even exists.
A homeless fellow who used to live in the suite behind my shop died of a drug overdose today. I found out from his girlfriend. She came in crying and wanting to use my phone and contact her family. The last time she was in here, she stole my son's wallet so I haven't been willing to let her come in and hang out anymore. It's not so much the wallet, as that it could have been the wallet of anyone who comes in here, some of whom aren't particularly forgiving. The guy had fire fighting, carpentry, and heavy equipment operator tickets but he couldn't find work. The economy's been pretty bad here for a few years and the jobs in the oil patch have mostly gone. But he had drug problems and a criminal record on top of all that. He lost his mother to diabetes earlier this year. It's been warm this winter and walking home from my shop I pass at least two or three people sleeping in doorways, sometimes half a dozen. There are shelters but many prefer to avoid them if they can.
There's got to be a better solution to these problems. Hopefully someday someone smarter than me will come along and figure them out.
I can’t imagine how cold it might be when central heating isn’t available during mid Winter over there. I hope your building’s power comes back soon.
It could be much worse. Seattle has mild winters compared to much of the country. The lows are expected to be 38-40 F. The generator is working to keep the heat going so I'm just super heating the house so it has more room to go down and be comfortable in the evening.
It's just OTC Hydrocortisone cream that I use for dermatitis. Generally a few applications is enough to calm everything down.
