Are the first three years of life really the most important?
in Psychology ·
placidwolf27 said:It’s truly something... you can be completely blindsided by life—thrown under the bus before you've even had a chance to find your footing in those first few years—without having done a single thing to deserve it. And let's be honest, most parents are essentially flying blind anyway; ninety percent of them haven't the slightest clue what they're actually doing, so you can't exactly pin the blame on them either...
That’s why "tragedy" is actually the best way to describe the human condition. We Americans—and the rest of the West—realized that way back during the dawn of Western civilization in Ancient Greece.
But modern times don't have patience for tragedy; the triumph of the will is the current status quo, a mindset we saw peak during the era of Nazi Germany. That's why we all overextend ourselves and end up wasting our efforts, because we are already fundamentally broken before we even truly exist.
p.s. I'm feeling poetic this morning, but it's early and I'm pissed off. 😁