Herman.

@harmanify

26 ❦ INTP ❦ 5w6 ❦ Buddhist ❦ Living in Nepal "A happy life is impossible,the highest thing that man can aspire to is a heroic life" —Schopenhauer

Born December 10, 1998

Joined May 2017

Herman.
@harmanify
Feb 6
This sounds fancy until you consider that the Soviets didn’t had a full scale replacement for conventional psychiatry and modern Russia uses standard psychiatric practices most of the adaptogens are mild at best and Phenibut even has severe withdrawal effects than benzos.
Noah Ryan
@NoahRyanCo
Feb 6
The West internalizes depression (something is wrong with me), Russia Externalizes (life is hard), the East contextualizes (something is out of balance). In the West, you're given lifetime prescriptions because you're labeled as fundamentally broken: - benzodiazepines - beta
Herman.
@harmanify
Jan 25
Yknos Im something of a clown myself.
Herman.
@harmanify
Sep 9, 2025
High IQ ≠ always happier.Strong PFC control can look like intelligence, but if you’ve got ADHD/weak executive function,you can have high IQ and high emotional dysregulation. Intelligence is so broader maybe also why intelligent people are generally thought of melancholic nature
Crémieux
@cremieuxrecueil
Sep 8, 2025
Intelligence is related to lower odds of every mental illness. This is even true when comparing brothers: the smarter one is less likely to be mentally ill! This graph shows that. The effects are reductions in risk per 1-point increase on a 9-point scale:
Herman.
@harmanify
Sep 6, 2025
It was actually the other way around . Spending 38 hours/week in what is now moderate use back then was sufficient to be diagnosable as 'Internet addiction disorder 'which is wild considering how much of a novelty it was and things you could do on a computer back then.
VJM Publishing
@VJMPub
Sep 6, 2025
"He spends heaps of time on the Internet" 20 years ago = dedicated researcher, going places, winner "He spends heaps of time on the Internet" today = incel, NEET, potential mass shooter, loser Life comes at ya fast
Herman.
@harmanify
Sep 6, 2025
I have noticed the GEN-Z especially seems to adopt a religion for surface, aesthetic purposes or to fill a philosophical void, which is very different from a genuine religiosity. It isn't uncommon in an age where most young people are grappling with nihilism and lack of purpose.
Cabana Boy 🌴
@Alkibiades_
Aug 26, 2025
In The Decline of the West, Spengler argued that civilizations in their decline have a "second religiosity." The resurgence of Christianity and fragmented neopagan cultic movements today are hollow revivals and compensatory, not vital. They are now lifestyle accessories.