Category: In the depths….

Yea, hangry for sure….

by Bruce Shark, posted in In the depths....

Yea, hangry for sure….

While there are people out there who will actively fuck with ya and have zero problem behaving poorly for money or status…..they will throw ya under a bus if they believe it serves them somehow.

Luckily, i don’t know very many awful humans.

However just one can have a huge impact on yer life….the damage and upheaval and anguish these destructive people can bring about is astounding….and well, shitty.

Life is weird and it seems rather absurd at times….

I just gotta stay calm and keep swimming.

Anyone having a ruff time right now, please let someone know if you need some support or even just a hug…

This is a difficult time of year for a lot of folks and just being around a few friends who get it and aren’t making it harder is good/useful.

Let me know if I can bite anyone for you….I’m feeling very chompy rite meow….

I see some of you in a lot of pain.

by Bruce Shark, posted in In the depths....

I see some of you in a lot of pain.

Emotional, mental, physical…

““Our integrity sells for so little, but it is all we really have. It is the very last inch of us. But within that inch we are free….. Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch, but one. An inch. It is small and it is fragile and it is the only thing in the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must NEVER let them take it from us. I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place.

I hope that the worlds turns, and that things get better. But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that, even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you, I love you. With all my heart, I love you…..”

Stolen from V for Vendetta

I heavily, massively relate to this.

by Bruce Shark, posted in In the depths....

I heavily, massively relate to this.

Putting kids in stress, extreme stress, (childhood family kind for me) creates a shift, and they end up taking on shit that isn’t theirs.

Mine was to be sarcastic, funny, and tuff skinned…also taking on huge responsibility at a very young age, even as the baby of the fam.

Ryan Reynolds’ anxiety and the Deadpool character are very relatable for me.

https://www.boredpanda.com/anxiety-reveals-ryan-reynolds/

For a shark, I can be remarkably patient and understanding when it comes to children.

by Bruce Shark, posted in In the depths....

For a shark, I can be remarkably patient and understanding when it comes to children….I like most kids….and I “get” and remember both being a smaller shark and raising little ones.

And when I travel, I carry the magical shark backpack…it has art supplies and cool stuff.

Barf bags make really cool puppets with a few squiggles with a Sharpie… I’ve made them for kids, entertained kids and even handed out small toys to frustrated parents.

However, if as a parent, you aren’t even trying to stop this sorta thing….

GRRRRRR.

This is one reason why I’ll pay extra money in theaters to have an ‘adults only’ experience….having someone repeatedly kick the back of your seat throughout an entire movie is uncool…and makes me ragey.

I remember having restlessness and energy and all that.

I’m not without compassion.

But srsly…. parents, be aware others shouldn’t have to have endless patience for this sorta thing.

https://youtu.be/SxwnwYwYM-4

Chronic stress-induced hippocampal vulnerability: the glucocorticoid vulnerability hypothesis.

by Bruce Shark, posted in In the depths....

Chronic stress-induced hippocampal vulnerability: the glucocorticoid vulnerability hypothesis.

Conrad CD. Rev Neurosci. 2008.

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Abstract

“The hippocampus, a limbic structure important in learning and memory, is particularly sensitive to chronic stress and to glucocorticoids. While glucocorticoids are essential for an effective stress response, their oversecretion was originally hypothesized to contribute to age-related hippocampal degeneration. However, conflicting findings were reported on whether prolonged exposure to elevated glucocorticoids endangered the hippocampus and whether the primate hippocampus even responded to glucocorticoids as the rodent hippocampus did. This review discusses the seemingly inconsistent findings about the effects of elevated and prolonged glucocorticoids on hippocampal health and proposes that a chronic stress history, which includes repeated elevation of glucocorticoids, may make the hippocampus vulnerable to potential injury. Studies are described to show that chronic stress or prolonged exposure to glucocorticoids can compromise the hippocampus by producing dendritic retraction, a reversible form of plasticity that includes dendritic restructuring without irreversible cell death. Conditions that produce dendritic retraction are hypothesized to make the hippocampus vulnerable to neurotoxic or metabolic challenges. Of particular interest is the finding that the hippocampus can recover from dendritic retraction without any noticeable cell loss. When conditions surrounding dendritic retraction are present, the potential for harm is increased because dendritic retraction may persist for weeks, months or even years, thereby broadening the window of time during which the hippocampus is vulnerable to harm, called the ‘glucocorticoid vulnerability hypothesis’. The relevance of these findings is discussed with regard to conditions exhibiting parallels in hippocampal plasticity, including Cushing’s disease, major depressive disorder (MDD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).”