I lost my faith when I was 19. After spending time on the internet and
reflecting on everything I’d experienced, I realized that my beliefs about
religion were wrong. I had no
> The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are
cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” – Bertrand Russell
[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6050-the-fundamental-cause-of-the-trouble-is-that-in-the]
Nice
Having a charged phone in your pocket means you can always check social media.
You can consume news reports from the moment you wake up to the moment you fall
asleep. And you
Thinking is wonderful when it’s not ruining your life. Wondering, pondering, and
reflecting are necessary and important. But overthinkers know how often thoughts
can lead to self-destruction.
I always valued the saying,
My Dad voted for Donald Trump in 2020 and my Mom voted for Joe Biden. They’re
still together, and they’re doing just fine. That being said, let’s take it back
We are experiencing a loneliness epidemic
[https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/02/young-adults-teens-loneliness-mental-health-coronavirus-covid-pandemic/]
in the western world.
Modern life creates barriers to connecting with others that did not exist in the
Sometimes you get the vibe that you don’t belong.
You can’t call it a consequence of being introverted. Many introverts excel in
social situations. No, I’m talking about feeling uncomfortably
I support anyone who is going to therapy, especially now.
Micheal Phelps [https://www.talkspace.com/michael], the greatest olympian who
ever lived, is openly seeking and supporting therapy. Despite mastering one of
To me, success is scarier than failure. I have no idea if anyone else
experiences this, but I’m going to explain my barrier to happiness, and what I
feel I need to
Social anxiety is an illusion fueled by false beliefs and low self-esteem.
Bad experiences, rotten relationships, and weird upbringings make people believe
that communication is dangerous and that rejection will shatter their souls
Imagine you’re an Olympic athlete. A sprinter. It’s the one hundred-meter dash.
You plan on running faster than any human has ever run, and you’re favored to
win.
You’ve
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a submission grappling art made for cracking limbs and
stopping the flow of oxygen to people’s brains. I’ve been doing it for about
five years, and the biggest
I almost made the ultimate sacrifice the other day.
I was going to whip my smartphone against a wall, then go out and buy a flip
phone with no apps on it. I
The doctor looks over her clipboard while you sit there feeling a mix of dread
and confusion.
"You see," she says, "you were born with a very special brain. According
In The Elements of Style (a writing book), the author’s English professor,
William Strunk, was obsessed with tearing down weak writing. He hated any form
of expression that held itself back. To
I am an avid listener of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. You could call him my
primary parasocial relationship.
If Joe Rogan got assassinated by a disgruntled fan one day, would I miss
It’s safe to say that we suffer the most when we’re alone. And some of our
strongest moments are when we whisper to ourselves, “I’m not going to stop.”
But
When I was thirteen, intrusive thoughts dominated my reality.
If I had a bad thought about someone in my life, I felt my relationship with
them would become dishonest from that point forward,
You want to talk about self-consciousness? Here's a little story:
I was 15 years old. My hair was greasy, my voice was shaky, and I stumbled
awkwardly into my art class.
What are you really doing when you're apologizing?
“Feeling regret or penitence” is one definition
[https://www.google.com/search?q=sorry+defintion&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS912US913&oq=sorry+defintion&
“You want me to do what?” I asked my therapist.
“We’re going to do the empty chair technique.”
“You’re going to sit in this chair, and then you’re going to
When it came to self-defeat, I was undefeated.
I took every opportunity to rob myself of happiness, prevent progress, and slap
my own face. I was a tyrant to myself, and I thought
Being locked in your head makes it hard to be social. I should know.
If I was around people I didn’t know, I would feel like an unwelcome stranger. I
looked perfectly
I’m turning 29 soon. I was hoping to keep a realistic, level-headed perspective
about my age. But no, it got under my skin.
My mind went into disaster mode.
Instead of feeling
