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I'm going to have so much to talk about with my therapist this week. Too much, actually. I don't even know where to start.
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I've got what feels like 10 different emotions happening right now, and I can't figure out what they are or what they are trying to tell me.
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Uspol"TRUMP HAS GONE FULL HITLER!!"Yo, he did that a while ago. You just didn't want to admit it, or were too ignorant about history to see it.
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I like how every day at work I'm like, "I wonder if this is the day that I finally cross the threshold where my boss decides I'm more trouble than I'm worth to keep around and fires me."
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So many things in my life follow the pattern of "I was into this much more in the past, but I stopped doing it around 2020-2022 because of depression and existential angst."
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I'm having one of those nights where I'm doubting my own ability to introspect and perceive my emotions, and it's like I'm back to being an infant that starts screaming because my tummy feels a bit weird.
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Am I angry, or is it just that my body is a little more achy than normal? Impossible to say.
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uspol, dark, gallows positivityYeah, getting genocided by the Dumbest Nazis is not my preferred way to go out, but I have to say that it's hard to top in terms of the universe giving me clear and...
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One part of me wants to do well at my job — to excel and achieve, and be great at whatever I do. One part of me is content and happy to continue laying in bed, and has no interest in doing anything...
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I'm part Stoic and part Hedonist, and they are always bickering with each other in my head. It's kind of obnoxious.
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I think a big issue is that Stoicism (or at least my interpretation of it) relies too much on executive function. To be a "good" Stoic requires a great deal of self-control and discipline.Things work...
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A big idea that I've borrowed from Stoicism is to make the best of bad situations. You can't control events, but you can control how you *respond* to events. The goal is not to avoid negative or...
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Maybe I'm just being too hard on myself. Maybe my interpretation of Stoicism is flawed and too extreme. Maybe I'm projecting my own insecurities onto all of this, and I need to loosen up.It's just hard...
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When I talk about having two parts of myself in conflict — a "Stoic" part and a "Hedonist" part — what I mean is that part of me sees the unpleasant, uncomfortable things I need to do and says I should...
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Both sides have merit, in my view, but are fundamentally incompatible.I'm not sure how to square that circle in my head.
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What if I actually loved myself, fully and completely? What if I loved all of my flaws and failures? My mistakes and embarrassments? What if I loved every moment of my life, especially the moments that...
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What if I did nothing all day and didn't hate myself for it? Just lied in bed, and did fuck all without feeling the need to harass myself about getting up and "being productive"?What if I were happy...
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