What the votes add up to
927 answers from people here, spread over 279 of 447 items and sitting on top of 51,607 survey ratings. 75 items have the 30 answers they need to appear on the chart.
What people answer
The five answers, here and in the surveys. Each survey asked its own question on its own scale, so its mix says as much about the wording as about the items.
On this site927 votes
Surveys51,607 votes
- Life-changing
- Big help
- Slight help
- Did nothing
- Made it worse
Movers and newcomers
The estimates that changed most since the first answer arrived here.
Climbed most
- Getting more sleep14% → 26%
- Weightlifting21% → 32%
- SSRIs (Prozac, Lexapro…)3.8% → 11%
- EMDR therapy9.6% → 16%
- NoFap7.2% → 13%
Fell most
- Nicotine5.1% → 3.8%
- Vitamin D4.8% → 3.8%
- Creatine4.3% → 3.4%
- Methylphenidate (Ritalin)13% → 12%
- Ketogenic diet6.4% → 5.7%
Answers by category
The same five answers, split by what kind of thing was rated.
What divides people
Items with at least 5 answers here where people landed at both ends.
- NoFap36% worse, 27% life-changing
- Vegan diet22% worse, 33% life-changing
- LSD (full dose)20% worse, 60% life-changing
- Getting an ADHD diagnosis20% worse, 40% life-changing
- Melatonin33% worse, 17% life-changing
- Microdosing LSD17% worse, 17% life-changing
By category
Answers per category, and how often they were a big help or better.
- Habits77% · 252 votes
- Gear66% · 121 votes
- Substances51% · 118 votes
- Exercise76% · 103 votes
- Practices52% · 84 votes
- Diets44% · 75 votes
- Supplements20% · 61 votes
- Books & media31% · 58 votes
- Therapy & help69% · 55 votes
Disagreements with the surveys
Items rated at least 5 times on both sides, furthest apart on “helped a lot or more”.
- SSRIs (Prozac, Lexapro…)26% → 100%
- Nicotine63% → 20%
- Creatine46% → 13%
- EMDR therapy51% → 83%
- Microdosing psilocybin74% → 43%
- Vegetarian diet39% → 67%
- Getting more sleep70% → 96%
- Vitamin D37% → 13%
- Melatonin57% → 33%
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