Posts by Alex Rogers96

Kenneth Ward8 said:these are people who don't communicate through emotion or ego, but through pure logic alone.

There isn't a shred of logic there.
Just pathology...

Family dynamics during childhood breed frustrations and all sorts of other bullshit.
Later on, those patterns just get reinforced...
You can easily see how a family 'breathes' by looking at their child.

A total lack of self-respect.
Self-esteem is something your family either provides or fails to provide.
And since most families are just fundamentally psychotic clusters of dysfunction...

Kyle Campbell5 said:Every single day, I feel myself reaching a higher state of bliss.
I want to know if your spiritual growth has hit a wall, or if you're still evolving!?

More bliss means less progress.
The more blissful you become, the less drive you have to evolve because you're too comfortable.
Bliss is a dead end...

Anyone here have experience importing from India?

Based on Transactional Analysis, that individual primarily operates from a Critical Parent ego state. Why they ended up that way is a different conversation altogether...

In your opinion, which video rental shop in Chicago is the best equipped?

Jose Chase2 said:That's the point. They could have cast two people possessed by giraffes and still slapped a "based on a true story" label on it since it's only based on reality. It doesn't mean the whole movie actually happened...

And who survived to tell the truth anyway? All we know is they were forgotten. Everything else is just fiction...

Noah Watson4 said:Well, obviously... it's Wenders. 😉 Plenty of people have lost their minds over stuff like this in, say, Paris, Texas... damn it. 😉

Leave Paris, Texas alone 😠

Amanda Evans29 said:Fine. At least Google won't be misunderstood.

Intellectually? Certainly not. Google is about personal experience and stripping away the concepts that serve as the primary weapon of the intellectual.

One does not discuss Google...

graniteraven92 said:That’s exactly why I started this thread... looking for advice on whether it's even possible to drop this weight I'm carrying. Since nothing seems to be working so far, maybe I just need a way to manage it. That’s where this "accepting the crisis" idea comes from...

Psychotherapy is your best bet for that. A solid therapist gets to the root of the issue and helps you pull it out...

graniteraven92 said:but how to actually let go of my burden... I don't quite get it...😕

Most people just cling to their "burden." They embrace those negative emotions because it's a hollow payoff. Realizing that this weight is just an unnecessary load is where the solution starts. Don't just stoically accept it... drop it.

graniteraven92 said:It all boils down to this: learning to accept (and even love) your own cross to bear...

Not quite. You don't have to carry that cross. But first, you need to learn how to actually accept yourself. That's much harder than just carrying a burden you're already used to. Learn how to let go instead...

Arguments mostly boil down to beliefs rather than facts. Truth is singular; if both sides actually recognized it, there wouldn't be an argument...

hollowviper72 said:Look, it doesn't have to be that way. Even the example of Buddha tells us otherwise—once a person is ready, they see the truth, regardless of whether they suffered or not. Buddha didn't suffer at all, yet that didn't stop him from understanding the nature of suffering. If suffering were truly essential for spiritual awakening, the solution to all the world's problems would be to throw everyone into a federal penitentiary for a few years... 😉

Who says Buddha didn't suffer?

Every action being discussed lacks true selflessness.
If you actually want to make an impact, you stay quiet and work where it matters... without ever telling anyone about it.

Suffering is constant and inescapable.
It’s a disgrace... even happiness is just suffering because it doesn't last...

Anthony Harris14 said:A psychiatrist is just a general term for a specialist dealing with the psyche, much like how you'd distinguish an orthopedist from a gastroenterologist.
A psychologist might practice psychotherapy once they complete specific training.
Sometimes, someone struggling with this needs anxiolytics just to reach a state where working with a psychotherapist is even possible—the compulsive component exists specifically to prevent them from focusing on anything else.

How many psychiatrists actually have training in psychotherapy and TRULY utilize it? It's much easier to just write a prescription.
I agree that medication is sometimes necessary to stabilize a client enough to make progress. But that should only be the starting point... in this country, too often, that's where the treatment ends.

Back to the same old arguments...
You don't need a psychiatrist (who mostly just hands out pills) or a psychologist (who lacks the training to actually fix things).
To solve the issue, you need a psychotherapist. If they’re actually good, they’ll dig into the root cause and address it directly to resolve the problem itself.
Medication might dull the symptoms, but it won't touch the source.

masterblaster said:It worked for me. 😳
So why won't you just tell him how to quit the game?😕

I don't know anything about this guy or his family dynamics... nor what kind of games they play.
Speculating would be unprofessional.