Rest is one of the essentials of health. Overexertion + bad alignment/technique =really bad scenario. If you practice/work to exhaustion and pain, you're also working your nervous system to exhaustion bringing it out of homeostasis. When you don't rest for long periods, you shut off the...
What helped me was eating a better substitute. For instance, being a sweet tooth, I couldn't just quit sugar. So instead of cornsyrup or processed sugar, I snacked on stuff with pure cane sugar or fruit. I did this for a month and half, and went back to trying the usual junk; and an interesting...
My GKG Turbulence makes me think guitars are modern day Shiva lingams. They are vessels that transmute libido energy into creative expression. Hence the reason why we guitar players make funny faces when we solo: )