Recent comments in /f/GetMotivated

Trips-Over-Tail t1_j3sr0p6 wrote

Hitler gave up trying to destroy the RAF and abandoned his plans to invade the UK when he had almost destroyed it and cleared the skies for his invasion.

So by all means, give up and die, particularly if your plans are super fucked up.

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JohnSingapore t1_j3sph17 wrote

Yeah, I wanna get this off my chest. I know this guy and he’s into conspiracy theories and all this bull crap. I just cannot listen to him anymore. Just constantly talking about how the world is wrong. I had some kind of breakthrough last time I met him where I just repeatedly told him to shut up right in front of people. I couldn’t stop myself, it was so gratifying making the noise stop but I didn’t like having to be so rough on him. I feel like he’s void of meaning. He’s just everything I don’t want to be. Unable to keep quiet, can’t stop smoking weed, can’t hold a job, carries grudges, won’t accept help, argues he has to learn everything from scratch, says the government “tricked” him, speaks in absolutisms, blames everybody else, says he won’t work hard because he deserves to teleport right to the goal, looks like a hobo and urinates in the street. Devoid of class, can’t find a reason, man. But some of his friends are my friends and I just gotta elevate myself in his presence.

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Guardian808ttg t1_j3spg0v wrote

Reply to [Image] by joki5ing

This is dumb. It's not about hoping to afford it in the future, it's about being able to provide for the ones you love and do fun things.

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bartitsu t1_j3snhdh wrote

Maybe not... Ever heard of sunken cost fallacy?

Edit, just to make it clear: if you do have a goal that is achievable and you know how to achieve it absolutely go for it! But this illustration says the exact opposite.

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Sunny-Shinie t1_j3sn9xb wrote

Aren’t they doing me any good by triggering me? If it hurts it’s on me. It’s my wound, not their actions that hurt. I should have been grateful for being triggered as it is the only way to heal. The only question left is - do I really want that?..

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Eriml t1_j3slqk0 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in [Image] Keep Going! by ZGeekie

A lot of paths may seem like the right way but sometimes they are not. Happens a lot in relationships and jobs. This meme is kind of bs. Everything is more complicated than "keep going because you may reach your goal", no one knows the future and your energy and time is finite

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Raven_Strange t1_j3slakl wrote

Boundaries aren't about telling someone what actions they're doing that upset you and requesting they stop, it's trying them what you're going to do if they don't.

Take the power away from them. Toxic people don't care if they're toxic as long as you stick around to be their target. They won't stop or change. What you need to do is explain to them that you'll have to end your relationship with them if they continue.

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SmartAssaholic t1_j3skh4b wrote

Face your demons head on and with vigor! Kick ass and know that you will triumph thru the dark & emerge into the light of a strong new day victorious!

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cherrybounce t1_j3sk8yk wrote

Reply to comment by Cash907 in [image] by _Cautious_Memory

I tried to bring it up to him but he always tells me "get over it p#!* it's just a joke!*

Sometimes confronting bullies doesn’t work. They simply won’t acknowledge their behavior is wrong. It’s often the best decision to refuse to engage.

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becomethemountain t1_j3sjzh8 wrote

I’m going through such a hard time right now and it seems that no one around me cares. There’s zero room for mistakes in my family. They only want me around to see my baby.

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Turbogato t1_j3sj1mw wrote

Reply to comment by Sergnb in [image] by _Cautious_Memory

This point. I choose not to engage and fire back. I’m too old for that. I’d just rather stay away.

It isn’t running away, it is choosing not to surround myself with individuals who only try to put you down to make themselves feel better.

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[deleted] t1_j3sinw5 wrote

Irish folktale that basically said that a family kept digging potatoes in promise of a pot of gold from a leprechaun. They quit before the very last potato. F*** you potatoes, what a horrible folktale.

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GoodkallA t1_j3shmns wrote

I try to distance myself from people who have triggers. I don't want to tiptoes through life never knowing if me telling someone about my wife redecorating the kitchen is going to trigger a PTSD response because some guys uncle touched him in the kitchen 30 years ago.

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freerangetacos t1_j3shgyw wrote

Reply to comment by BBBBeeeennnnnnnnnn in [Image] by joki5ing

I get it now. Thank you. It's true. We have no choice but to live in the material world. BUT... we should realize its limitations. Material possessions will only take you so far, and then after that mental and spiritual needs must be addressed.

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