A conspiracy theorist was once a person who lurked on the fringes of society.
But now it appears they've broken into the mainstream.
One day, someone you know, maybe a dear
What are your unusual habits? What are the things that only you do that drive
you forward?
Instead of talking about the good habits everyone knows like journaling and cold
showers and working
Mandates and Metaverses and Tik Tok videos and capitol break-ins — and that was
only 2021.
America has been hurting for a while now, and our collective mental health is
hitting an all-time low
Shame is no joke.
The wounds from your childhood affect your behaviors, relationships, and ability
to feel any sort of positive emotion about yourself. Shame that goes unaddressed
can keep you from everything
Videogames, pizza, porn, social media notifications, youtube videos, cigarettes,
potato chips — all sources of pleasure that many of us become addicted to.
People online have come up with a way to kick these
> “Being cut off from our own natural self-compassion is one of the greatest
impairments we can suffer. Along with our ability to feel our own pain go our
best hopes for healing,
You might think to yourself, “If I can make a razor-sharp, hyper-efficient daily
schedule, my life will be accelerated to massive success in a matter of months.”
You watch videos about how the
I’ve never had a problem with a substance.
I’ve never felt so controlled by something that it became my default activity.
But that’s what tech use became for me.
I
Hey Americans, remember when politics were boring?
Things would happen. There would be elections. You would get some entertainment
out of seeing Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert make fun of someone’s blunders,
Pain is something you can get used to.
If you’re in pain all the time, you can adjust to it until it becomes your
reality. You can forget that a better life
Some days, you wake up running low on hope. Everything feels heavier than it
should, and you’re not sure if you can face the day.
I call these hard days, and they
When I was 20, I was afraid of everything. What people thought, the universe, my
feelings, speaking, failing, succeeding, and just being alive. Everything felt
like a boundary, and I had nowhere to
Depression is a hope parasite.
When you’re exhausted and in pain, it’s not because there is something wrong
with your body. It’s because something is draining your reasons for moving
Have you ever heard this quote from Dune
[https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Litany_Against_Fear]?
> I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings
total obliteration.
Have you ever run from what you needed most? If you have, then you may have
chosen death.
When it came time to follow through on your commitment, or keep your promise, or
In 2022, it’s easy to feel trapped by social media, people’s expectations,
24-hour news feeds, and just plain old fear. I don’t know about you, but I’m
looking for
Sometimes, we need to let it flow.
And I’m telling you this as a man: Men cry too. It just means you really give a
shit about something.
> Everyone knows that
I always assume that thinking is going to solve my problems.
I assume that the more mental effort I put into something, the greater the
outcome will be. And sometimes, that works. But
The internet isn’t the world.
It is only a window to the world, one that we’re free to look in while sitting
safely on the toilet.
So, seeing as we all
I don’t believe that porn shouldn’t exist.
Even if anyone did believe that, it’s not something we could ever truly get rid
of. Being fascinated by sex will never go
I was never good at hiding pain. I would hold everything in and do the best I
could to keep it together. The most I would reveal is a little desperation
behind my
If you plucked a random person off the street and looked into their mind, you’d
find a matrix of hopes, dreams, fears, and pain.
The burdens people carry can be impossible to
You haven’t been ok for a while. Things are feeling stale. Your routine is
killing you. You catch yourself fantasizing about faraway places, exotic
activities, seeing someone new, being someone new.
Sometimes
