>Be me>just out of college>23 y/o>Job: Paralegal at local gov.College was rough for me. Knew a lot of people for short periods but nothing stuck. Never had much luck with men. I eventually joined a group where I met my "friends", but they weren't really around for me much. Tried to keep up with one post-grad but she has not reciprocated much. My only other friend from HS now lives far away.Back in September I met my bf and we love each other so much and spend nearly every day together. I've spent a lot of time with his family and we have a good relationship.I don't know how to make friends now that I'm out of college. I struggle to be social at work especially with older males or people with stronger personalities. I often feel anxious being in a social setting all day and isolate myself or get nervous talking to people as a result. I still feel like I come off as autistic or like I have some sort of arrested development and I don't know how to fix it. >Question: What do I do to solve my social issues as an adult and forgive myself for having them?Further, I feel very stagnant/behind in life. My apartment sucks. I don't fully enjoy my paralegal job and hate working a 9 to 5. I've had some success with posting tiktok videos, I play guitar, do 3D animation, and draw, but it's so hard for me to get motivation to do these things and I never feel good enough. I worry I don't have enough passion for a career like this. Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>34434344I don't think you will find meaningful answers on this website. I would advise you to try Reddit.Realistically work is a grind for most people. You have to find a way to enjoy it or consider moving careers. The position you are in is better than most people given you have two decent stable incomes and a healthy relationship.23 is still young you are finding your footing and understanding what you want in life. Comfort with yourself will come with time and you will make new friends if you make the effort, it would be really easy to meet people through guitar. Just don't freak out so much and stick with the programme. I don't mean to downplay your problems but to the majority of people on this site you are living their ideal life. Being employed, finding love, having hobbies, an education and having a place to live (even one you hate) puts you above most if not all of the people I knew at 23. The rest will come chill out a bit and remove yourself from 4chan. You actually seem normal (to the point I think this might be bait).
>>34434344Get your vitamin levels, thyroid, minerals and blood sugar checked.Look up CBT. TherapyAnd talk to you bf about this. Find some group hobby activity and make friends there. But keep them exclusive to the actvity.
>>34434344>forgive myself for having them?Nothing needs to be forgiven. You are you, bad 'cess to the haters.
Is taking viagra more than 3 times a week actually a problem? I'm having a girl over for a week and I plan on fucking her a lot more than 3 times.
>>34438472Why not use Cialis instead?
>>34438472You should wait till the last dose is out of your system before taking another one, otherwise you'll end up having a higher amount in your system than you're expecting. But so long as you wait 20-24 hours between doses, you should be okay. But don't, for example, take one dose at midnight, and another at 8am the following morning - that's too soon.As the other anon said, you should possibly consider Cialis. There's a lower-dose version of that which is designed to be taken every day. It takes a few days to build up to an appropriate level in your system, but from then on you're basically always on the whole time.
Feel free.
It was God’s plan for me to get molested repeatedly as a child. Shoutouts to the big man upstairs.
>>34439176things don't always break as easy as we might like.
i have a gay lisp. fuck my life
>>34439619See a speech therapist and or there's online videos for speaking better
Feel depressed + gay again.
Why is everyone so cruel? To me and each other? Why do they lie telling themselves and others they're not? And most importantly: why do I care?
>>34437147>Why is everyone so cruel?Because they're thinking of themselves.>why do I care?Because you're thinking of yourself.Selflessness, compassion and happiness are all the same eternal principle. You can't have one without having all of them, and you can't lack one without lacking all of them. If you want to be at peace, it's important to stop thinking from your own perspective and adopt the universe's impartial perspective of perfect love for all life, even the life that tries to hurt you.
>>34437147>Why is everyone so cruel? To me and each other?Because of fear. Many believe the opposite of love is hate, it's not. It's fear. Those who are cruel are either afraid, or, they equipped the same raiment as that which had once made them afraid, so as to try and never know fear again.>Why do they lie telling themselves and others they're not?Because deep down, no one wants to be cruel, not really. Every boy grew up wanting to be a knight or a hero or some type of fighter, and every girl a princess or a heroine or some type of lover. You give a young boy a stick, he sees a sword. Give a young girl a flower, she sees an accessory. One wants to fight for food, the other wants to embody good. And that never leaves us anon, even if we stumbled along the path, whether we got devoured by fear or became a part of it, no one truly forgets their truest wish in their heart of hearts - they don't want to be evil.
>>34437147Skill issue, everyone is nice to me.
>>34437147If you're too gentle, sensitive, and weak; not only is everything going to feel more harsh, but people won't respect you for that and will be even more cruel.
>>34437363This. And the also where you’re living.Be weak and you become a door mat for them to rub their dirty foot on(their frustration pillow)Be indifferent anon, try to look for spaces where good people reside. Finding good people is very tough, but very rewarding.
My friend says that this is more than likely but I think he's a retard and a cynic. Then again he has a wife and child. I don't My sister reckons I'm probably right her. I don't want to tell my other friends my plan because we all are in one big friend group.I've been living with this girl for years. I fancied her years ago but I got over it and dated around since then.Since Christmas for whatever reason, her attitude to me has changed. She's told me why she thought I'd be better suited to dating herself than my girlfriend at the time. She's also said stuff like I'm her best friend, that nobody knows her the way I do etc etc. She's also got very hands on with me while drunk. I'm just going to ask her out because I won't want to date anyone else while this is in my head. I just want to make sure I have the right idea, that this kind of behaviour is more than likely indicating what I think it is?
>>34436887Just to be sure. Are you absolutely sure she isn’t trying to rebound. Or she’s done something or done someone and she’s hiding it.If you’re comfortable with your current gf why fuck it up?
>>34436887When a feeling like that comes, act on it. Usually you're more in tune with yourself than you think: you often know in advance if it's going to be a no or a yes. And for the most part, in my life at least, I knew the answer is going to be no. So I didn't try. But I'll tell you what mate - try. Why try, you ask? Because your inner feeling matters. If you feel a compulsion to ask, it means that you feel there is a chance. So you ask. And you ask clearly, with intention to be romantic. Whatever way you do it - use the word date, ask if she's single, tell her you like her - whatever way you use is good, it just has to be clear that you're now shifting the conversation to romantic intent.And because you already feel a no coming, you know to expect a disappointment, and you know that your chance is small, but you're not a doomer about it. You ask and you expect a refusal from her, and you know that that's a small chance she will answer positively, so you preemptively prepare yourself to NOT be disappointed with a no, and rather to be pleased with the fact that you asked and solved your own feeling like an adult. This has two effects: 1) you feel good that you asked, you "shot your shot", your confidence went up thanks to following on a feeling you had (I used to think feelings were gay, but actually there's so many factors in human communication that sometimes your feeling knows the truth before your brain does, and that's why I say follow and act on your feeling). You also avoided wasting time wondering and in pain, over someone who doesn't want you. You saved yourself from prolonged pain by inducing momentary pain. 2) if she DOES say some version of yes, you're going to be so happy that you asked. That's it, feel free to ask more. Enjoy mate. 1/2
2/2I can't believe I'm this gay faggot who tells you to follow your feeling but, I recently noticed that my feeling about a person and our dynamic is usually true. And I'm smart enough to know when I'll get a know, which works against me actually - I didn't tell me first crush that I loved her for 6 years all throughout middle school and highschool because I knew she would say no and I didn't want to bother her. Big mistake. Grand mistake. You SHOULD tell EVEN WHEN you know you're going to get a no - for yourself. Fuck the other girls feelings. If you are doing it respectfully and not being pushy, and backing off after a reasonable effort and getting a no - then you're fine. You've sent the handshake signal, if she didn't send it back - time out. If she sent it back, time for some steamy, hot pile o' diarrhea-y hot sodomy
>>34439138When I'll get a no****
>>34436887>My friend is a retard for telling me not to be a cheat>He's only married with a kid and outranks me in experience, what does he know?>So anyway guys I really want to fuck someone. Behind my girlfriends back, will this backfire?That's what you sound like.
I have a business, it is making decent money but it is just drudgery work. my passion and talent is elsewhere, and I am worried we are running out of time, war soon.I have enough money saved to live without work for ~6 months, but people close to me are telling me I shouldn't close the busines, gemini is telling me not to close the business, seems like they are projecting their own risk aversion.what do you think? pic somewhat related
>>34436089>gemini is telling me2/10 bait got me to reply
>>34436089Can't you sell the business and get extra money?
>>34436089Find a manager you trust to run the business so you only have to work part time.
>>34436089Sell or let someone run for a certain amount in the bank each week.
>>34436089Stop doom pillingWhen the war happens you’ll run out of money anyway so why not max out returns till thenWhen it comes to passion, always keep it on the side. I like signing but I’m not going to leave what I’m doing now to pursue a career in singing. I’ll try here and there unprofessionally and if it cracks well, I have my original thing to go back to since I didn’t abandon it. Same is true for you. It’s a very modern thing to throw away stability to pursue fleeting moments of passion. You have a working business, thats not what many people can do or say about themselves.If you have someone younger in your family, coach them to work along with you. With a few years of the trust is there, make them an official employee under you so if they do something sketchy they become liable. But if they’re genuinely trust worthy then you can take intermittent breaks and pursue your passion.Life and working do suck but hey, that’s how it has always been, and will always be. Instead, divert some small amount of fund till you’ve an extremely trust worthy person coached and then like I said, take your breaks and from that small pool do your passion.
I became a father few months ago. I love my kid but I don’t think we’ve made a good decision to become parents. Life is so hard right now, I feel stuck and all I want to do is to leave my wife and the kid to live my normal life again.
>>34436844>my normal lifeThis is your normal life now, get used to it. This is why you shouldn't have kids until you're ready to fully commit to raising them.
>>34436844It'll get easier when they grow up more. Just hold it out and you'll be proud of your fruit when you see them become good adults. You made this decision, just be a good father. They deserve it for being brought into this world. Not everyone gets good dads. Be that good dad please.
I gave mine the easiest tasks.Pour a cup of milk every morning, change one diaper a day, get the kid out of pajamas and into pants, bath, play with the kid while I cook dinner.
>>34436888>I need my freedom back.KYS, you will be very free by then
>>34436844Anon. Get your T levels checked. Get your vitamins, minerals, thyroid and blood sugar levels checked. And check if your house has any leakage.Look up CBT therapy. Things do get rough, people do have these thoughts. Many act on them and regret them later. good choices in life, come from knowing when to nip a bad thought in its bud and seek help or ways to bring down the stress.It isn’t as if life isn’t ever going to be stressful, as if all moments are going to be happy lucky yada yada. It is only in tough circumstances that are our ideals, our guts, our true character is tested. Rearing children is tough. But humans have reared children for millennia. There must be help regarding how to go through this, how to make the time tested right choices, how to handle your own stress and not be over come by it.Your children are the true test of your character, they are the true test of your unconditional strength and what character you bestow them, how they remember you.Life has always been tough, but the earlier generation never denied it was tough, and if it was they sang, they danced, they told each other stories of high hope and virtue. And they survived the economic depression and they survived the two great wars. Take the best lessons from them. Talk to your wife about this. It doesn’t mean you don’t acknowledge your pain, but that you find help and overcome it. Don’t leave them. Know this is the human struggle. Love anon. You know you love them. Cherish them anon.
My grandfather owned a large ranch in Mexico. When he left, he left me and my dad as the only two beneficiaries. Later on, after my baby brother was born, my dad set up a trust fund for each of us. Financially, I'm set for life as long as I make wise investments and don't spend recklessly. Im not rich but i will never have to work.My girlfriend doesn't know any of this. We live together, and I maintain a modest lifestyle, just like my family does. I haven't told her about the money because I think she would try to spend it carelessly. So.I tell her I have a job as a blue collar worker, because that's what I told her I did when we met. Im mean I wasn't going to tell her that I was unemployed. That's embarrassing.In reality, I rent an apartment and when I tell her that I "go to work" i actually spending the day playing CK2 and Mount & Blade Warband while she's at work.Thing is that we are getting serious and I don't know how to continue from now on. I can't keep lying to her forever. This is my first serious relationship and I think we are going to marry at some point.
>>34438630fucking retarded ideathe relationship won't end well, she'll find out in months, or years if you're very lucky
You're going to have problems if she's still working but unaware of your actual job or income. I'm with someone in your situation but he's been transparent from the beginning. >>34438716If you're honest she wouldn't be there for money. Because:>i actually spending the day playing CK2 and Mount & Blade WarbandA guy who's unemployed acts like an unemployed guy. There’s no money to spend when he literally can't earn more. All he has is a nicer house to be unemployed in.
>>34439044>noooo I want more more more or I get the ickholes are replaceable, generational wealth isn't
>>34438905Women are too nosey for this shit to work anyways. Unless she's a complete imbecile she's going to figure out that the stories aren't adding up. I give it 3 months tops before she suspects an affair. Shes gunna ask mundane questions about OP's day and OP will ineitably start getting names and locations mixed up. Eventually she will snoop around. Why wouldnt you just tell her that you are wealthy but explain that you prefer a modest lifestyle? If she gets upset then she can fuck off.
>>34438973I play bannerlord too but I'm a man of habits and I grew up playing Warband, I don't particularly like change>>34439017your words are well appreciated, thank you very much. >>34439038Maybe, but she won't leave me even if she finds out, that's why I'm dating her. She loves me.>>34439044>There’s no money to spend when he literally can't earn more. All he has is a nicer house to be unemployed in.I have passive income through investments, that cannot be categorized as working but it's not like my assets are stagnated.
I'm posting this here as I just need to say it.I feel like a failure.I can't clean the house, make my bedroom, I can barely even take of my appareance properly. I never feel motivated to do any college work and I'm feeling that I'm just not fit for what I'm studying despite being what I want to do. Despite being midly good by something, I never feel my work is even seen or relevant to anybody. All my friends have extremely close people with whom they express whatever problem they have, meanwhile, I barely even show any emotion that could be "vulnerable" or contain myself because I feel I would be so annoying. I cry so easily that makes me want to bash my head against the wall.The worst is that I don't know if it is my fault or not. It's a complete loser move to say this thing on some random post, yet I feel that if I don't say it I'll explote.I don't know if this is I am asking for advice or this is a call for help. I barely know myself at all.(Rando image of an hospital because I find some confort on them)
>>34437414It's okay to feel like a failure. It doesn't make you one. If you can understand that you cannot be a cat even if you "feel" like a cat then it follows you cannot be a failure even if you feel like one. >I barely even show any emotion that could be "vulnerable" or contain myself because I feel I would be so annoying. I cry so easily that makes me want to bash my head against the wall.It's tondo with self anger/self hatred. You fear that others will see the ugliness or brokenness that you are convinced is inside you. You fear being 'found out' or 'exposed'. For fear of what they would think of you, extreme fear they may even agree with your own inner negativity. Right?Listen, brother, you have to know: You are not a failure. You are someone who is struggling, someone who yes, may have made failures here and there. But a failure you are not. I fully expect these words will not change how you feel. They're not supposed to, in fact it would be better you remain feeling negative as you read this. Because it is proof that you are allowed to feel shit, but it doesn't have to mean you are shit. Let yourself feel bad, allow it. But draw the line at calling yourself a failure.
>>34437414Just be a drug addict for a while
>>34437414You're stuck in a cycle of (1) feeling bad -> (2) neglecting your responsibilities -> (3) feeling bad for neglecting your responsibilities -> (4) ruminating on things you don't have -> (1). The thing is, you CAN clean your house, make your bedroom, and take care of yourself. You aren't physically disabled. I've been in your headspace before - you need to snap yourself out of it with action and small changes to your daily routine. Cleaning your living area won't fix all your problems, but I guarantee that you'll feel a helluva lot better than if you let it remain dirty and disheveled. You need to show yourself compassion, too. Talk to your friends - they ought to be glad to help you during difficult times. You're not a loser, you're a human being made in God's image. There was a time in my life where I planned to buy a revolver and take my life at a state park. I felt incredibly alienated. I prayed for help for months. A week or two before the semester ended (I had planned to end my life when school was out), I met my best friend. Point is, things may seem utterly hopeless and yet they can change at any moment for the better. I hope you heed my words, Anon. God bless you.
I've been working at some tech company in Dallas for the past 3 years and while the job is high paying, I hate this city. My life has basically become work, eat, sleep for the past 3 years and it's been taking a heavy toll on me. I've developed anxiety (cringe i know) and just generally hate going to work and feel miserable. I've been applying on and off to remote jobs for the past few months but I've only gotten rejections. I feel like if I were to get one of those I could live anywhere I enjoyed and it would accommodate my new anxiety problem well until I've fully fixed them. I really don't like big cities and while there may be others I find a bit better landing another job in a big city seems to me like I would just be in the same situation.Now I need to give my two month notice on if I will sign another apartment lease. I'm considering not signing a new one and quitting my current job without having another lined up. I always hear to "Never quit your job until you have another lined up" but I feel like I'm wasting my life and I don't think I can continue like this.I've got a lot saved up, not a lot of bills and I can live a couple places free for as long as I want. But I'm really concerned about finding another job. Thank you for any advice.
>>34438482Yeah it would be an extremely retarded idea to quit your job before you find a new one. Unless you have over 50k saved up in your savings I wouldn't even consider it. Like the other anon said try to find avenues to midigate your anxiety problem if that's the main issue your facing and not your job itself. If you want to switch jobs your best bet is reaching out to any friends or friend-of-a-friend in a chain of commands that can land you a job in the same field for 10x less stress but only 20% less pay
>>34438740Yeah the anxiety thing has been the worst thing that's ever happened to me. It actually almost cost me this job 2 years ago when I first got it. Things have gotten a little better since then. The entire time I've been working I used to do volleyball with friends at least once a week, but I never really developed any close friendships with that. Partially why I want to get out of dallas is to do more of the hobbies I care about. I'm big into outdoor activities like hunting.>>34438753The worst case scenario that i can think of is that I cant get a remote job (med-high probability) and I'm unable to work any in person job due to anxiety (low probability). I think once i leave here I'll improve mentally in a lot of ways so getting another in person job should be fine. Thing is if I have to move to another big city for another in person job then I really don't think my situation would have improved. I know that deep down the best course of action is to stick it out here until I find a remote job but this place is killing me. >>34438782I do have a lot saved up and thankfully family that would help me through this. In-fact they like the idea more then I do and would love if I moved back in with them lol. But, I'm in the same boat of not liking the idea of leaving a job before having another lined up. I know I could get by with whatever saving I have but I just don't want to end up in another city doing the same thing.
>>34438862>>34438862We have moved past the close community phase, your tribe would take care of you, or you would be working with tribe family. We’ve been so isolated that our biological function is spazzing.It seems you’ve answered it yourself, you want close personal contacts and are looking to do an activity. In times of war and depression people would sing songs, dance, and keep each others mind off of the hard reality. You need to do the same.Keep your job anon.I will suggest you spend time, even if a little, towards your activity. Find groups exclusively who do that activity and limit it to them. Like find a group that does exclusively volleyball, or a group that does exclusively hunting or any other group. Don’t try to mix those groups unless most of them want to try another thing and keep your interactions within the groups. These will get you over the week. Take holidays if possible to extend your weekend.For anxiety, I’ve found mindfulness meditation to help. Whenever I panic, I go within and tell myself that I’m safe, I’m safe, I’m completely safe. I’ve found CBT Therapy to be the next best thing. Don’t go directly into it, look up resources or some Alcoholics Anonymous equivalent for it.You’re looking for a heart to heart buddy. But heart to heart people are found over a long period of time, after sieving through all the people who stick with you over time. But you’ll get there.Also, eat well, sleep well, take slightly cold showers, and work out during the weekdays. You’ll be fine anon, we all have to be our own Godfathers.
>>34438911Also anon, get your vitamins, blood sugar, thyroid and other minerals checkedCheck for any leakage in houseThese affect the soul too
>>34438911>>34439096I appriciate the advice, good luck with your anxiety
what are the requirements? How do you find women that are into latex? Is it just fetish sites? Do you absolutely have to be turbochad for this to happen?
>>34437159latex has a very distinct taste. don't think i didn't notice
>>34437159>How do you find women that are into latex?There's no such thing. Women only pretend to like latex in exchange for money or because their husbands ask them to wear it. Latex is a male fetish.
>>34437159you get a latex girl by learning to code in latex for 10000 hours OP
>>34437159I think you have to do fetish sites. Your city is big enough that there are women with your kink there, but fetish sites are going to be the way to find them
>>34437335alright, thanksi sometimes wonder how did the fetish people like 50 years ago found themselves lol
I don't think I need to tell you why it's pornography is extremely harmful for your wellbeing. I know this very well, and yet I feel stumped in my attempts to stop. I've read/listened to Easypeasy countless times and I have gone short periods without it. But it keeps dragging me back in.So I guess the problem isn't stopping porn, but instead staying away from it, for good. I'm a man so my libido and sex drive is going to be high, I'm constantly thinking about women and I fail at attempts to block them out. I believe it's zapping my energy as I also feel tired after coming home from work and demotivated to do anything productive. Can any former Gooners help a brother out?
>>34437045>Implying the humiliation ritual masquerading as modern dating is any betterCase in point: Retards like >>34437441
>>34437575But as soon as it's a real cunt all that logic goes right out the window and you're back to the plantation (but now it's honorable!)KYS
>>34437762It's only a humiliation ritual if you keep pursuing vapid cunts or you have low self esteem. Ask yourself, honestly, what about you would even merit humiliation? I doubt you're someone who needs humiliated you're probably a decent guy IRL.>>34437772Nah because sex satisfies, masturbation does not. It's not about being honorable or any moralfags shit it's about the basic fact that you don't get the same hormonal pay-offs, you get the same variety but not the same intensity. Someone who jerks off will require more jerking to scratch the itch, someone who has sex won't need to have sex anywhere close to jerking numbers to scratch the itch.
>>34437575I masturbated today and then did Mauy Thai. Felt great. No porn, just raw thoughts. But you're divulging from the point. Porn is bad. Period. You can think masturbation is bad, that's fine. But porn is bad, and factually worse than masturbation. Porn has fucked a lot of people's minds/brains up. >>34437582Cool? Idc. IDC about masturbation. Porn is fucking bad. Why are you guys arguing this. Porn is really fucking bad for your mind/brain.
>>34437114Second this, My dad got me a compound bow for my birthday and for the first week I was shooting it so much I noticed I wasnt gooning as much
What advice do you have for someone who feels extremely cynical, pessimistic, and wholly outcasted from basically everyone and everything? I am positive others feel this way too, but most people have a support system or something to fall back on. I have nothing. And I know this isn't unique to just me, there are others feeling like this as well. So what advice would you have to someone who doesn't have anyone or anything? Like, I have nothing, like actually nothing and every right to feel extremely cynical, jaded, and utterly disillusioned from everything. But I don't want to stay like this, at all. This isn't a "doomer" thing, and I wouldn't even say I'm depressed (although I might be), just a general clinical tapping out of everything. What would you say to people like me?
>>34432922>imagefaggot"humanity" is not a scapegoat for any of the industrial torture that goes on in this world, there are individual people who commit crimesdon't be getting misanthropic, it just gives those people a scapegoat
>>34432958it's just a dumb meaningless meme, weirdtroon
>>34432989maybe it was for the sake of your postbut it does have meaning & i just hate the sentiment
>>34432954Perhaps, but I tend to gravitate towards those who possess traits I want and try to stay away from people extremely similar to me because I don't want more of me. I already have enough of me. If its a support group with the purpose of change and growth, sure. But if its just the same, I don't know.
>>34432396Get your vitamins level checked, blood sugar, thyroid, and other significant mineral related. Get your T level checked if you have ppIf they are in the normal range good.If not then get them to normalThen lookup CBT therapy, I have the same issues as you. All of the above have helped with timeYou don’t know how many people are suffering from either gas leakage, vitamin deficiency and simple mindfulness.Traditionally we all lived in tribes, but the tribes are all gone. So we find new tribes like those associated with our hobbies. Keep them exclusive no need to mix them up.In rough times like war and depression(the most pessimistic and cynical times mind you) the people used to sing happy, cheerful songs, dance read stories of valour and virtue to keep their spirits up. The same is applicable to us anon
Redpill me on Buspirone. I have been prescribe it as an alternative to SSRIs for anxiety/panic attack symptoms.
>>34438985You're having anxiety and panic attacks for deeper reasons than what medication can fix. There's something wrong with your life that you're not addressing
Has anyone ever sucessfully quit these things?I am not depressed but I have used Zoloft most of my adult life (I am 30 now) to manage anxiety/panic attacks. It never completely cured my anxiety (which I suppose is normal) but it deffinetly cured my shut-in level panic attacks. I have tried to quit multiple times, but within 3-6 months I tend to have a return of very intense panic attacks. I suppose intensity is subjective, but my quality of life goes to complete shit and I essentially become house-bound and terrified of doing anything. There is so much confusing commentaries on this medication and its long term use, so curious to know the experience of people here. I have quit for 3 months and once again am in the same situation in what should be a very happy and bright time of my life. I feel that I may just have to accept that I will need this medication to function reliable going forward.
>>34435117There's nothing abusive or painful about subjugating your impulses and appetites. The whole point is to avoid pain. Someone who eats in moderation gets to enjoy his meal in peace, whereas somebody who knows no restraint ends up making himself sick and full of regret. Reason always knows better than passion, just as a wise adult always knows better than a foolish child. The things I suffered growing up were the result of not having any wise adults in my life. I was a child being ruled over by children, and children are cruel.
>>34435143>Reason always knows better than passionif you just look back in history, what's "reasonable" goes through substantial transformation with every age. passion largely remains the same.all people that actually made substantial changes to reason were able to, at some point, go against it and do what was, in their time, unreasonable.
>>34436463>what's "reasonable" goes through substantial transformation with every ageno, it hasn't. reason is static. it's mathematical. you're conflating social trends for reason.
>>34436536you are conflating omniscience with reason.
>>34439076No, he's not. You should probably take a basic critical thinking course someday.
