• Bigoldmustard@lemmy.zip
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      8 months ago

      You got it. Things happen and your experience is largely defined by how you react to them, which is arguably by varying degrees even under your control due to biology, the environment you are in and were raised in, and many other factors you are not personally responsible for.

      You don’t have to assign a value of “good” or “bad” to things. When I say that I don’t mean things where people are harmed. I mean things like having to wash the dishes. I like doing it now, because I stopped thinking about it like a bad thing.

      Your brain is just a big overhyped pattern-based machine. You can reprogram it if you want to. Try to make a habit of something that you think will be positive and I can almost guarantee you there won’t be regrets. Shit, if you’re gonna be depressed anyway you might as well get a dune popcorn bucket out of it.

      Really hoping this lsd treatment becomes widely available because it’s just not as easy to get on the street as it used to be and it really can help with depression. Psychedelics saved my life, I promise you that.

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        8 months ago

        I like doing it now, because I stopped thinking about it like a bad thing. Your brain is just a big overhyped pattern-based machine.

        Except not all brains are wired the same, nor do all bodies work the same. You being able to “think” yourself in to enjoying doing dishes is good for you, but really not the answer and definitely not a “guarantee” for everyone (because there is a large range of mild to serious mental and physical illness that mean “thinking” barriers away isn’t an option. Also sever poverty and daily subjection to things like racism, more things that people can’t think away, have a big impact on everything in life, including processing and coping with the world).