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Swearing is actually a pretty fascinating way for people to react when things get stressful. I’m not really looking to dive into the cultural side of profanity here—let's strip away the social baggage and try to look at it through a psychological lens instead. Specifically, what if we viewed it as a potential form of therapy? A way to vent all those negative emotions and release built-up tension?
So, does letting out a few choice words help you out? Do you find yourself feeling a little lighter after you swear? What’s your take on the idea that cursing can actually act as a stress reliever for the person doing the swearing?
Time doesn't actually pass at all. We're the ones passing through it!
Richard Howard2 said:I mean, you lack any sort of baseline. How can you possibly claim to know anything? I see this all the time on Reddit—people just shouting, "we're trash," or "we're failures," or whatever other self-deprecating nonsense they can conjure up. They ought to stop and ask themselves if they actually possess a single shred of objective evidence to support such sweeping, baseless assertions.
How could one distinguish good from evil, assuming only one of those states exists?
How would anyone even recognize darkness as being dark, if light were the only thing that existed?
Our civilization isn't some one-of-a-kind miracle, is it? There have been countless others stretching back through the ages long before we ever arrived on the scene. This opens up this massive opportunity for us to actually perform historical comparisons between different societies. Of course, trying to pull that off would be an absolute mountain of work, wouldn't it? You’d have to account for the general level of social development during each specific era just to make the comparison somewhat fair.
Casey Ramos78 said:I’ve actually made some huge strides with my confidence over the last couple of years—like, I care way less about what people think now, even if I still struggle with it occasionally. But then, out of nowhere, something happens that just nukes my self-esteem. Someone told me this year (well, not to my face, but you get it) that they think I'm an idiot. Now? I can't stop obsessing over it. Every time I'm around them, I'm desperately trying to act smart, but it's just not working. I feel like a total moron whenever we hang out, which is weird because I don't feel this way with anyone else. It's just this one person, yet it makes me question if I actually *am* stupid in general, and honestly, my confidence is back in the gutter. My old insecurities are just resurfacing big time. Am I actually dumb or what? And how am I supposed to prove to them that I'm not? ... Just a million questions spinning in my head.
It is absolutely obvious from the way you wrote this that you aren't stupid or limited in any way; you're just lacking confidence and a bit of faith in yourself. Define your own worldview and how you approach life, and then just stick to it. Don't give any weight at all to comments like the one you described... after all, isn't it a hallmark of foolish people to see stupidity everywhere except in themselves?
Gregory Jackson3 said:Well, you essentially provided your own answer by the end of it all, didn't you?
And as a side note, I suspect the individual who feels the need to lecture others on grammar while using terms like "constructed" might want to reconsider their own standing before attempting to play the intellectual authority.😉
Whether you say "constructed" or "constructed"—it really just comes down to which regional dialect you're using—but there’s no way around it: that other term is just plain wrong in any context.
I’ve shared my take on perception—really just a personal look at this phenomenon that plays such a massive role in shaping who we are and how we actually make sense of the world around us. If our perception is off, our conclusions end up being wrong, which naturally leads to making the wrong moves in life. But then again, everyone sees things through a different lens, doesn't anyone? People have wildly different perspectives on this issue, just like they do on just about everything else, so I figured there's absolutely no harm in hearing what others have to say.
Gregory Jackson3 said:Aside from the fact that I haven't quite grasped the intended purpose of this discussion yet,
it stands to reason that perception is entirely subjective.
Every individual is unique, which naturally means we all experience, perceive, and feel things through a different lens.
Few people actually make the effort to look at things from an alternative perspective in an attempt to... "see" them for what they really are.
But even then, I suspect such a feat remains impossible.
The whole topic isn't even meant for those who don't grasp how vital perception is to our intellectual growth and, ultimately, to who we become as people.
Lawrence Bailey77 said:knowing that I know
knowing that I don't know
not knowing that I know
not knowing that I don't know
🧐
... so there you go, figure it out! 😬
CAUTION; But Let's just 😵zeznuti 🙂 be a whole different conversation altogether, if you catch my drift.
Everyone possesses a certain amount of knowledge, but honestly, isn't it the quality of that knowledge that actually matters?
Lawrence Bailey77 said:knowing that I know
knowing that I don't know
not knowing that I know
not knowing that I don't know
🧐
... so there you go, figure it out! 😬
CAUTION; But Let's just 😵zeznuti 🙂 be a whole different conversation altogether, if you catch my drift.
Isn't that just the perfect motivation to go out there and learn more?
Lawrence Bailey77 said:knowing that I know
knowing that I don't know
not knowing that I know
not knowing that I don't know
🧐
... so there you go, figure it out! 😬
CAUTION; But Let's just 😵zeznuti 🙂 be a whole different conversation altogether, if you catch my drift.
There’s actually nothing wrong with staying in a state of uncertainty like that, is there?
Lawrence Bailey77 said:knowing that I know
knowing that I don't know
not knowing that I know
not knowing that I don't know
🧐
... so there you go, figure it out! 😬
CAUTION; But Let's just 😵zeznuti 🙂 be a whole different conversation altogether, if you catch my drift.
Now, that right there? That is arguably the worst mental state one can be in.
Donna White50 said:That last line is basically the whole point of your post, and honestly, it’s one of those big truths most people aren't even aware of. The real power of awareness lies right there—realizing that we're pretty much limited in how we perceive everything around us, and even ourselves for that matter. That's why I think we should always be trying to think outside the box and soak up as much experience as possible, just to get a clearer, more objective view of what's going on inside and out. It reminds me of that old saying about how the more you learn, the more you realize you actually know nothing... it all goes back to the fact that everything is interconnected in ways our brains just aren't wired to fully grasp because of our own mental limits. To me, humans are just tiny little specks in this massive universe. Everything hitting us from the outside gets filtered through our past experiences and what we've learned along the way. This perception thing is especially tricky for people who didn't get much education or those who grew up dealing with a rough childhood or trauma. Their view of the world gets filtered through pain and suffering, which ends up dominating their lives. People like that struggle to see things positively or optimistically—they kind of stay stuck in their own personal version of hell. And don't even get me started on perceptions regarding religion, race, skin color, and stuff like that...
It's kind of a universal truth that nobody sees the color red the exact same way from the moment they're born. That richness of different cultures, perspectives, and viewpoints comes from that very difference—it's what fuels creativity and diversity, but it also opens the door to so many conflicts when we forget that being different is actually a valid, objective part of being human...🙂
Honestly, people who recognize their own ignorance have such a massive advantage over those who walk around thinking they have all the answers!
Look, we all pretty much know what perception is and how much it shapes our intellect, so I won’t waste time trying to define the term itself. From a scientific standpoint, perception is essentially just the process where our brains organize the raw data coming in through our senses to create something meaningful.
In short, perception is absolutely vital because it dictates how we grasp the world around us and defines our subjective relationship with reality. Our own opinions and our overall worldview—if you want to call it that—are built through this perceptual process where the brain organizes and "interprets" input from the outside world. But here’s the intriguing part: to what extent is our brain actually perceiving objective reality? Just how accurate is the mental snapshot we take of the world? Recent studies suggest that our brains are incredibly easy to trick, largely because they rely on pre-existing models already hardwired into them.
The truth is, perception is constructed; it heavily relies on the frameworks and biases already established in our minds. Here’s a perfect example to prove the point: imagine walking into a room where the ceiling is 10 feet high at one end but slopes down to 6 feet at the other. If you place two people of the exact same height at opposite ends of that room, an observer looking in from a distance wouldn't even notice the slanted ceiling, right? Instead, they'd swear the person standing under the lower ceiling is much taller than the person under the higher one! Why does that happen? It's simple: our brains have a built-in model that ceilings are level, and since people aren't always the same height, the brain automatically constructs a distorted image to make sense of it.
That little scenario serves as a great metaphor for perception in general. The things we learned early on from our families and immediate surroundings, combined with everything we picked up through our education, have already built specific models in our heads. Because of this, when we encounter new phenomena or information, we rarely see them for what they truly are objectively; instead, we reconstruct them to fit the existing templates in our brains. This might be the real answer to why we are the way we are—why two people can look at the exact same event and see something completely different, or why we can never seem to agree on objective reality. We don't see the world as it is; we see it as we are.