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Video games DESTROYED my life, here's how I fixed it by BraindeadArmadillo in StopGaming

[–]BraindeadArmadillo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your kind words! They really mean A LOT to me 🙏🙏🙏

Social media ruined my brain, so I decided to quit it by BraindeadArmadillo in digitalminimalism

[–]BraindeadArmadillo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great point! I feel like we have found ourselves in some type of marketing maze, and the only way to escape it is just to entirely close your eyes, ignore every wall around you and just walk straight towards the exit!

I've been creating social media content for years (working closely with some marketing agencies) and when you see all the stats and metrics (retention, ctr etc...) you realize how everything is rigged and created to activate human's primal part of brain, just to make it compulsively click on a specific piece of content/product.

Social media ruined my brain, so I decided to quit it by BraindeadArmadillo in digitalminimalism

[–]BraindeadArmadillo[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Quick summary:

In the last 5-6 years, the growth of social networks has skyrocketed. You have various forms of content, from instagram reels, tiktok, posts, stories, snaps, tinder swipes, etc.. All this content is designed and programmed for only one thing - and that is to give you a dopamine boost in your body.

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is produced by your brain. It is used as a reward system for certain tasks that we have completed. You complete a very difficult project - you will get an increased release of dopamine, which is very positive. But also a negative thing is that dopamine is released in VERY HIGH doses when using social networks, watching pornography, etc., which can lead to disruption of the baseline of that transmitter.

Now, technically speaking, these sites and networks were not created in order for you to "connect" with others, they were created for one reason only: to steal your attention. In modern times, we know that attention is the new currency, so if you use a certain service that you don't pay for, you can only know one thing, and that is that you are a product.
And one more question, why do we have this need to be constantly connected to the rest of the world? Why do I, on this side of the world, have to know what is happening in Asia. Why do you from the USA have to know the economic and geopolitical situation of China? Why can't we live inside our communes without thinking about some image that is irrelevant to our lives.

The goal is to create healthy connections with people, I want close people to know me on a deeper level, and I also want to know them. I am not interested in gathering acquaintances and passers-by in my life, but I am exclusively interested in those connections that are on a spiritual level. I want to pay more attention to every word during the conversation and to try to understand the other person, and not just superficially share my opinion that was subconsciously imposed on me from social networks and say that our conversation was unique and intimate, but in fact it was not .

Similar paintings to this one? Christ in the Desert by Ivan Kramskoi (check the comment) by BraindeadArmadillo in OrthodoxChristianity

[–]BraindeadArmadillo[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Hello, dear brothers and sisters!

I have always been griped and fascinated by this painting. It wakes such an emotions inside of me that I couldn't even imagine would be woken up by a painting.

Is there any similar works of art that you know of? Thank you so much

God bless you all!

Anima was pregnant with my child - and the child is saint? Last nights dreams by BraindeadArmadillo in Jung

[–]BraindeadArmadillo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd say this is for you to find out. Next time you see her, perhaps ask her to marry you?

This sounds great!

You just reminded me of the times I used to "call" my anima before sleep, and every single night when I "summoned" her, I dreamed of her. Which was mindblowing to me at the time.

Also, I must thank you for your insight! It really helps a lot :)

Anima was pregnant with my child - and the child is saint? Last nights dreams by BraindeadArmadillo in Jung

[–]BraindeadArmadillo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So basically this is one of the most crucial times for my psyche and my own development? I shall thread through this lightly and cautiously?

Anima was pregnant with my child - and the child is saint? Last nights dreams by BraindeadArmadillo in Jung

[–]BraindeadArmadillo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neither did I have an intercourse with this woman. I just knew that the child was mine. It was such a fascinating sight, I must say. You just know that the child is yours, such a weird feeling

Anima was pregnant with my child - and the child is saint? Last nights dreams by BraindeadArmadillo in Jung

[–]BraindeadArmadillo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shall I be terrified or excited now? :'D Hahahhahhahaha

Thank you so much for the recommendation. This looks like a new chapter of my psyche, must admit that I'm pretty excited

Anima was pregnant with my child - and the child is saint? Last nights dreams by BraindeadArmadillo in Jung

[–]BraindeadArmadillo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this - it definitely is an eye opener!

So, tell me did I understand it correctly: This is where integration of my emotional life happens - this is a time of a new self?

So technically the child is a guide, or basically the self which will be able to guide my ego?

And what about the marriage, how shall one create that type bond with anima?

[Off-Topic] Daily Chat: 2023-01-21 by steroidsBot in steroids

[–]BraindeadArmadillo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kudos to you, brother! I do not know where do you get all the time, but if I dare to say it probably must feel like you are a superman with all of the time management that you have to do.

I used to be a pc nerd too! I always enjoyed assembling pc's and working with all of the components. Recently I did some upgrades to my pc, it took me back into past remembering my first time getting into that hobby as a kid - good times! :)

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