negative symptoms are radioactive decay of a part of yourself into nothing One thing people gloss over in the whole mental illness thing (because it doesn't have negative social effects for anyone but the sufferer) are negative symptoms. These are parts of yourself...
existing
(Saw this on Pinterest and loved it) One thing you must understand about yourself is existence is a liability, not an asset. The more violently and specifically you impose yourself on others' senses, the less grace you will be shown. Why do billions of people think...
Forgiveness and Indra’s Net
I am an angry, bitter person. Anyone who knows me decently well (or anybody who has read my writing) knows this well. So I wanted to write about the complexity of forgiveness. The conventional wisdom has a serialized view of forgiveness. Let's say someone gets mad...
Empathy
There is a tendency to view empathy as a positive thing. In my experience of it, it's more like a technology (say splitting the atom) that can be used for good or for ill. I find that a lot of the people who lack empathy also less judging because they don't have the...