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Results seem to be more or less the same as before (I barely accomplished anything), but it was less stressful
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Definitely a book with concepts that will reverberate inside my head for a long time
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Way number 5828 that the commercialization of the internet has broken people's brains:The idea that having a large following implies that you should engage with your followers, listen to them, or care...
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It's always been a bit weird to me when someone randomly becomes Internet Famousâ„¢ and suddenly it's like that's their job now (whether or not any money is involved). They are expected to drop whatever...
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A lot of my experience of #ADHD has been a constant, direct philosophical confrontation with what it means to "try"When one "tries" to do something, does that necessitate a degree of discomfort? Does...
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This is even more confusing when my hyperfocus kicks in and I just do stuff without trying — without forcing myself to suffer. Why should I intentionally inflict pain on myself when there's clear...
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I feel like this is the root of most of my depression. I constantly feel like I'm not trying hard enough unless I'm suffering — and that my productivity is determined by my pain threshold, which always...
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I don't just have executive dysfunction, I have *meta* executive dysfunction.What I mean is when I'm struggling to get myself to do something there's an additional level of stubbornness and refusal to...
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Actually, that's incorrect. I do know how to escape the loop: stop trying entirely.If I can exist in a state of effortless action, then the problem becomes moot. The challenge with that strategy is...
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And the worst part of all of this is that I know the strategy of pain is effective, at least in the short term. It's most of what has gotten me this far. It's the only strategy that I *know* works. I...
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mh-I've been reduced to a lump on my bed that does nothing but make pathetic, pained animal grunts and whines from under the covers
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extremely dark and pessimistic opinion that no one asked forHumanity is doomed. Our so-called intelligence is a curse on the planet. It's an evolutionary dead end. We are going to kill ourselves off...
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extremely dark and pessimistic opinion that no one asked forNature's mistake was failing to evolve a natural predator for humans. We would be quickly wiped out if we did. We are the equivalent of the...
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extremely dark and pessimistic opinion that no one asked forWe are not the pinnacle of life on this planet. That's like saying cancer is the pinnacle of life.We didn't get here by being "the fittest"...
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