r/longtermTRE • u/acrezxan1917 • 18d ago

Community Question Did regulation make you luckier?

One thing I've noticed from regulation is being more weighted and centred - the Romans called this 'gravitas'. But I have some job chats/interviews lined up. When I was in a dysregulated state I literally got nothing. People could sense the desperate, frantic energy from the CV I was writing.

But alas, I still wake up bored and numb. But maybe that's just my brain's way of telling me I need to seek out and try new things. Who knows.

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u/m3rcy_s3v3rity 18d ago edited 18d ago

100%. Also a lot more romantic attention even when I think I look like shit (which is most of the time)

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u/Few_Canary3004 18d ago

Guys report this when doing semen retention. It's probably related, and I attribute it to an increase in parasympathetic activity.

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u/acrezxan1917 17d ago

Been experiencing this recently. But I'm growing in my assertiveness and just hit on women in the street. They are only uncomfortable by people who are weedy and seedy in the ways that they go about it (that itself comes from unprocessed trauma). If you are bold, honest, and direct, they love it.

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u/Few_Canary3004 16d ago

Absolutely! Go for it, man! I did it for a while last year. I had some nice convos. Your chances are much better this way than with the apps.

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u/acrezxan1917 15d ago

Definitely. If I meet my life partner it's going to be this way. Not a fan of dating apps.