I honestly can't think of anything that fans the flame of narcissism more than being judged. When someone judges you they are signaling that there is something about you they didn't like. Generally they don't tell you what it was or they say some bullshit thing that...
Really interesting TED talk about judging your thoughts the way people judge you to quell the like/dislike monster. The book he references Evolving Beyond Thought has you memorizing Sanskrit philosophy to help quell the storm of thoughts in your skull. The two...
I think one of the best arguments against the existence of a personal god is the fact that suffering is so isolating. God's people dropping out of your life like flies. Me and many others on the bottom experience is that the people who claim to be closest to God are...
I want more money. Money in the real world lets you go on all kinds of fun trips (at least pre-COVID) and gives you all kinds of health and security. Money in your brain does something similar, you can spend it to produce beliefs in happy delusions. That's why...
I can't advocate to save my life. But luckily that's not the only way to show we care about black lives. We can offer material support which, when done hand in hand with advocacy, multiplies the help. Give to charities that support the poor, especially ones that put...
I miss the open mics. I miss hugs and gentle touch. I miss restaurant ice cubs at the bottom of a diet coke that you can suck on without the middle tasting like chlorine. It seems like the world has been burning so long it's hard to remember a time where we could just...
During some of the worst parts of my life I have had some strange desires, mainly to LOOK BETTER! I know this is shallow but I have been so lonely for so long and looking better was the main way you got a girlfriend (especially in my early 20's when I felt this the...
Christians are no doubt revving their engines to romanticize suffering as America approaches one of its darkest hours. I have the view that suffering is unequivocally bad and take offense at those trying to find silver linings in my clouds. That being said the reason...
As COVID-19 continues to progress we are going to have to utilize the data already being collected about all of us by Google, Facebook, and other internet companies. This is understandably going to raise some privacy concerns but in these times we are going to have to...
Verbal abuse hurts the most when it is accurate. People fed a diet of modern psychology wish to write off all abusive communications because the ill will of the person dishing out said abuse. But the more wrong you have with you the more likely verbal abuse flung at...