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baconjerky t1_j5qe6ku wrote

Reply to I need a reason [Text] by svedge_weed

We don’t need reasons to live, living itself is the reason. You are free to assign whatever meaning you want. Or none at all. Just pursue things you enjoy, whatever that is. Self improvement comes from realizing that there’s no reason for anything, sometimes we do things just to see how far we can take them.

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elpinche_wayas t1_j5qdoh2 wrote

Reply to comment by svedge_weed in I need a reason [Text] by svedge_weed

Dude! Your body plays a big part in being happier, from having more energy and being more capable of doing more but also it improves the chemistry in your body. But that numbness is the worst! It made me feel broken and guilty from trying to be better or enjoying my life or not feeling wanted.

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svedge_weed OP t1_j5qcn13 wrote

Reply to comment by elpinche_wayas in I need a reason [Text] by svedge_weed

Thanks for this. Actually an LSD trip i had on September is what made me realize I was in this condition of numbness. I'll try working out or finding a sport i like because i think it makes you feel better in both body and mind. And yeah I recently started to open up more and more to friends and my friendships are improving, like i feel more connected to them.

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Amiibohunter000 t1_j5qc0p2 wrote

Reply to I need a reason [Text] by svedge_weed

If you like animals, volunteers are always needed to help at animal sanctuaries. It will be doing something good for the animals and yourself! I hope you find something to bring your days more joy.

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elpinche_wayas t1_j5qad61 wrote

Reply to I need a reason [Text] by svedge_weed

I was like that for the past 10 years, just in auto pilot. I was 36, no school, no kids and I had an ok job. I dated people here and there but single for the last decade. I was just numb to life, pretending I was enjoying it. What helped me the most was change. Change doesn't happen without trying and what I mean with change is work on yourself, better yourself! Right now, in less than 2 years I was able to switch my life. I have a girlfriend that I love more than anything, a job that pays good and I like, the best friends I can ask for and all of them make me feel great about myself. What helped me the most was finding a good group of friends, working out and psychedelics(lucy and shroomies). Psychedelics helped me get a different perspective in my life and understand that you are the solution in your life, not a victim, also helped me take responsibility on my own life and understand that everyone is winging it, everyone is also trying to figure out life! You are allowed to be YOU and fight for yourself. Working out gave me the discipline I needed in life. Also, people treat you better and respect you more. Men respect you more and women like you more, lol. Friends made me feel that I'm ok, I'm not weird or an outsider and gave me that security that working out did as well. You do better when you surround yourself with good people. Just make sure you have positive friends, people who are also working on themselves and trying to be better. And stay positive!

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TreatThompson OP t1_j5q9rxl wrote

Reply to comment by Kevin_Yuu in Is Adventure Deficit Disorder Inevitable? Do we have to go from dreamers to realists? [Discussion] by TreatThompson

Wow that is really well said, I think I agree with everything

I’m in a similar situation as you. I work full time as an accountant and am in the CPA professional education program working to get the designation, and on the side do writing and also bought a drawing pad to learn art and animation

Animation gets fully ignored during a CPA module and writing gets a back seat

So I think you hit it in the head—I think it comes down to how much are you willing to risk in adulthood. I could drop the CPA aspirations and that would immediately give me so much free time to write and learn animation, but I would give up significant salary upside

Thanks for sharing that 😁 glad to read thoughts I can relate to

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John_SpaGotti t1_j5q97gz wrote

Reply to comment by kbb1960 in [Image] Remember to put the glass down. by mitteeAddibiArw

In this case? Patterns.

It's a months-old account with post history that only goes back a few days. Its only comments are on posts by accounts that have similar characteristics and username naming schema. The posters of those posts are also commenting on this account's posts. Those comments and post titles are all verbatim post titles and comments that are easily searchable in Google

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Kevin_Yuu t1_j5q7cdq wrote

Reply to Is Adventure Deficit Disorder Inevitable? Do we have to go from dreamers to realists? [Discussion] by TreatThompson

As a kid, you maintain a sense of bewilderment for the world and what you can do simply because you don't know what limits there are. Once you become an adult you become burdened by the weight of responsibility and expectations and that bewilderment becomes dulled. I do think it can inevitable that we limit what's possible but we also legitimately have less time and resources to do the things we want as an adult than we do as a child. You can have a lot of free time (at least, for those who are fortunate) to think, dream, and enjoy youth.

I'm 27. I bought a drawing pad 2 years ago and practiced digital art for about a year before I lost interest/got caught up in other things. I really enjoyed it, and still draw on occasion, but I have to study for a professional engineering exam and plan out a trip to Japan this year. I work solely for the purpose of making a stable income and spend my spare time doing things I actually am more passionate about- most of the reason for this is because making money doing things I love (I.E. Art, Games, Music, Etc.) would be extremely risky and would take an insane amount of time and effort to match the income from a career job in engineering. It's possible to quit your job and pursue your real passions, there's people everyday who do it. But how many of those people actually succeed? How many of those people are actually more satisfied than if they just kept their hobbies as hobbies? I'm not sure. And fear of uncertainty is certainly a powerful factor in preventing me and probably most others from making that choice. Do we have to go from dreamers to realist? No, but reality is accepting that you don't want to take a big risk simply due to uncertainty.

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CapeCodRich t1_j5q5vj2 wrote

Reply to I need a reason [Text] by svedge_weed

See things, do something completely out of your bubble and get some adrenaline pumping. Feel alive! Get to the gym, walk around your neighborhood, take pictures. Buy a stranger a cup of coffee just to be nice. Find joy in little things.

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svedge_weed OP t1_j5q1sj2 wrote

Reply to comment by paper_wavements in I need a reason [Text] by svedge_weed

I will look for that book. And yeah what you say about values is true. I thought about that during an acid trip in September. I understood i wasn't living for what I liked and that's what led me to having nothing to live for, because i didn't even know what i valued. I guess i have to find the things I really care about and that's gonna be the turning point. Thanks bro

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paper_wavements t1_j5q0viw wrote

Reply to I need a reason [Text] by svedge_weed

I recommend the book Man's Search for Meaning all the time. It's thought-provoking & will help you find your own meaning in your life.

You should also do the ACT (acceptance commitment therapy) values exercise, & figure out whether or not you're living according to your values. Many people aren't, without really realizing it, instead just feeling a vague dissatisfaction with their life.

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bravopapa99 t1_j5pzivd wrote

Reply to I need a reason [Text] by svedge_weed

Same here. The other term for this awareness is called 'The Human Condition', which I see as the following conditions

(a) Knowing you are going to die(b) Knowing that life is random and meaningless

Therefore, as you rightly say, the only real meaning in life is the one you personally ascribe to it. I am 57, I know too much, acheived too little, and fully recognise that when I die, I will be like an ice cube melting back into the ocean of nothing-ness, for are we not just temporary cubes of sentiences for a short brief period?

I hope you can find something personally satisfying to make you want to get out of bed every day, maybe consider altruism as a direction, assuming you don't already do things for the sheer kindness and pleasure already.

Study quantum physics to truly appreciate how smart we have become but how trivial we are in the grand scheme of things! :D

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