This is very needed. Thank you

Future me is always grateful when past "exhusted" me does help out. I know we get busy and for other mental health does pose a big struggle. Keep in mind that, we all struggle in the beginning. Beginnings are hard, yet we gotta drag ourselves at first to build the habits that will help us improve. Easier said than done, but if we don't do it ourselves, no one will. We are our own super heros. Be proud of all those baby steps you have taken alone, be proud because you decided to get up of your bed and live your life another day. The struggle is real, but you won't allow it to defeat you!

this is oddly motivating

have a good day <3

Right. "There is one thing or the other, nothing else" is always an illusion.

Naah, I choose the pain au chocolat!

I needed to hear this. Also, If you want something you've never had, you'll need to do something you've never done.

Life essentially comes down to a battle between short-term and long-term benefits. Taking the easy way out to gain immediate gratification will often result in later consequences and often in important life areas, whereas doing the hard thing now will often pay off in big ways. There is no path without pain, so choose the pain that benefits you. Nothing worth having comes easy.

Pains that also exist:

• The pain of grief.
• The pain of existence.
• The pain of a broken heart.
• The pain of real pain.

There is the positive feelings of the opposite of the pains in the image too:

• The joy of freedom from discipline
• The freedom of not dwelling on regret

lies and plattitudes

I trained really hard for a half marathon. About 3 months of building up from doing the 10 miles. Got into shape, looked forward. Then 2 days before the run: the flu. High fevers, the whole thing.

So yeah, I had both, for the same project. Oh well..

Lmao I hate future almost as much as past me. If only I could do self care out of self hate.

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Your neck, your back….

There is only pain. Live in the pain. Love the pain. We are in hell.

This is just a way to look at life. Honestly if even one person hears this and it resonates with them and brings about positive change then it has served its purpose

Yes!

That is an excellent question, and I was wondering the same thing when I read it! The article didn't specify.

Cbt?

Back when I was a kid I had to work and study to help my parents, and have to lie to myself that I don’t like any of the fancy things the other kids are having.

I specified in a different comment, which you seemingly didn't read. I believed this to be true, but read up on it after my initial comment, and found out a bit more about what actually happened.

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The elephant thing was only indirectly related to him - not false, but not completely true either. The elephant was indeed electocuted, and someone from Edison's company was invited as essentially "guests of honor" to watch the electrocution. They filmed the event, which I believe is considered the first filmed execution of an animal, and the film was dedicated to Thomas Edison - which, you know, even that is a pretty messed up thing to do.

As for the pets: He didn't personally electrocute them, but he actively backed and supported a campaign that paid kids a quarter for pets and small animals - "coinciding" with a streak of missing pets in the area - only to use DC power to torture them, then AC power to kill them. Again: He didn't personally flip the switch... but he provided the equipment and the resources needed, and actively supported what they were doing.

Right? I hate that guy 😂

The Spice Girls still mourn his passing

I really, really, really wanna Zig Ziglar

BULLSHIT

Like certainly if you were born rich this statement falls flat