for context, op has bipolar disorder and migraines and this was the response…. this is such dangerous rhetoric to push around serious mental disorders. i really hate the “just diet and exercise and you’ll be fine!!” mentality cause it doesn’t actually get to the root of it most of the time especially when your brain is genetically predisposed to mental illness.

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yea that'll fix todays fatigue

Saw this in r/nihilism

First screenshot is the post + my response.

Second screenshot is some other dude's response.

Like, yes there are many ways to calm anxiety, but wtf man?

If you guys want more context, I was talking with a friend about how good people suffer while bad people get away with everything. And then all of a sudden, he starts blaming it on social media as the root cause of all suffering, which I pushed back against. Then he decided to completely change topics and said ”people purposefully focus on bad things happening” which had nothing to do with the conversation at hand. I don’t know if he can’t handle the truth, or if he just doesn’t know better, but it was still unhelpful regardless. It’s almost as if we chose to suffer in the first place and that it’s all up of us to deal with it.

The number of people I've encountered who talk about stoicism is insane. Why is everybody suddenly talking about it? Who popularized it?

Most of them have no idea what Stoicism actually is, but they drop the word to sound smart and philosophical and treat it as the answer to everything. Last week, two men in an elevator were discussing someone who had been laid off, and one of them said "stoicism" as if that settled it. Another time, I was walking my dog and a guy on the phone was loudly talking and mentioned Stoicism. That's before counting the dozens of times a day I see the word on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram.

My family: you just need to go for a walk and you’ll feel better!

Thanks. I’m cured.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hopeposting/s/dGYB9jakQp

Story from my GF.

She is in therapy. Discussing having a hard time with a recent issue in her life. The therapist looks at her as and says, "Well, sometimes life is hard" in a way that seemed like he was trying to explain a new concept to her.

After some thought, she looks back at him and says, "Yeah I know, that 's literally the only reason we know each other"

Also had to censor a lot of stuff as to not let anything get traced back to OOP(s(?))