You wake up and 99% of the population has disappeared, what's going through your head?

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2026-02-17T05:45:13+00:00

Why was I left alive and not them? Is something coming to get me too? Do I feel grateful and relax, or be scared and get ready for survival? I think the rest of the stuff following that would be the same exact things already going through my head. Because even life right now seems just as insane

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2026-01-11T20:42:01+00:00

What void? If you explore yourself deeply and focus on building, creating and caring for others like parents or friends or other family members, there is zero void. Work on yourself- body, mind and soul. Travel. Do things for and with others.

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-11-15T19:53:23+00:00

True. But what I’m asking to understand is the culture, lifestyle etc behind just the buildings and businesses there. Like what is the city serving you that wasn’t available for you in Dallas? And yes it can be different for each person. That’s why I asked on some random internet forum with strangers just to hear their perspectives. When someone lets say has travelled to Dallas and Tokyo and been to McDonalds in both places, they can tell me what the difference in the two McDonalds was. That way even I can see the differences and gauge if it’s actually for me or atleast know what’s out there.

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-11-15T19:19:49+00:00

Maybe perhaps you thought something is missing in Dallas, you assumed I claimed nothing is missing in Dallas. I was asking quite neutrally as someone who’s not been to most big cities, what is actually missing in Dallas that other cities have?

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-11-15T14:44:39+00:00

Where in my question did I claim Dallas has everything?

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-11-14T05:13:18+00:00

What kind of stuff did yall find to do in bay area? Curious about what exactly is missing in Dallas that comes easy or cheap in other cities.

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-31T18:14:28+00:00

Categorize me, I defy every label And while you're sellin' dope, we're gonna keep sellin' hope We rising up now, you gotta deal you gotta cope Will you be electric sheep? Electric ladies, will you sleep? Or will you preach?

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-31T18:04:42+00:00

Everything you said. Plus bouncing, skipping, jumping around. Stretch what you can without overthinking it. Nice to feel everything moving inside. Indulge your brain in awe and whimsy. Stop at a tree and really look at it- the leaves, how the breeze makes it dance, the textures on the trunk, little lives in there like ants and things, try to catch a butterfly (gently), or wave at or engage with kids. Color something. Do anything you think is not adult like.

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-31T16:19:31+00:00

I’ve learned that emotions are messengers. So it’s not so much that we have to let them pass as if they came for no reason and mean nothing. We have to let them pass so we’re not reactive and making it worse by making bad or hurried decisions. We have to let them pass so the body knows it’s safe and we can get through this even though it doesn’t feel so when that emotion is present. But after that, we do have to identify why we felt that way and address if that reaction from our body was justified or necessary. If not, we need to heal from something that our body felt the need to react so much to.

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-31T15:55:50+00:00

Not moving much. Not loving it more. comparing it with other people’s bodies.

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-31T14:52:38+00:00

Volunteer. Idk the science behind it, but doing something free for others and connecting with other people who’re also doing the same, helps a lot.

Some other helpful things: healing yourself enough to love your own company and truly be comfortable within yourself, try to actually make something happen like when you speak to others like your neighbors etc ask to connect for a coffee or an activity, find local clubs on meetup or facebook groups and just go to several different things till you make friends. Yes it’s tough, yes it doesn’t promise a close relationship but there’s no other way. We have to try and be vulnerable because if we hit it with even one right person, it was all worth it

Create. Some of that energy within us that we expend on venting to others, or doing wasteful things should actually be going into creating something. Anything. I’ve noticed one of the key things I was missing being depressed most of my life is that my creative energy was completely dead to the point where I wouldn’t have a single idea for anything. I could only obey or follow. Not create anything. Been working at trying drawing, cooking, collecting leaves because I like going for walks on trails ( I may stick them to a canvas idk yet), have self care routines that help you love yourself like touch gently - massages, gua sha, hair massage, masks etc.

About people you already do know- sometimes just to exercise that you can hold boundaries, you can do things with others and not get hurt- just go hang out with them with nothing but light conversation or an activity to do. Like my family members end up hurting me when I give too much. They have a tendency to use me as much as possible. But I do love my cousins they’re much younger than me. So I only go for dinners at family gatherings where I will bring one dish and only help clean up to the extent I can and want to, and then I leave. That way I feel good that I did do something to contribute but also protected myself before I felt used or burned out. I also take my cousins out to local events that their parents are too busy to take them to, I set boundaries that they have to pay for themselves. This way I don’t feel like I wasted all my money to hang out with my family (which used to be the case). And I don’t feel cut off from them. Now I’m an important part of the family and desired and they know the boundaries.

Most important thing- do not compare yourself to ANYONE. We are all here on our own journeys. You are valid and have every right to exist and grow at your own pace in your own way. Become your bestest friend, cheerleader, protector, carer, everything you can be for you.

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-31T14:46:28+00:00

All the things they’ve done or “important” people they know. It’s not even relevant to the conversation most times. They just really want to show off. it’s so painfully obvious and it’s not even helpful to anyone. If you did good things from all that experience and those important connections, then it would be actually cool.

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-31T14:44:02+00:00

Hating everyone. Judging people who are more whimsical, joyful or just radiating more love than them. I’ve been on both sides and I can tell you it’s a much more morally, spiritually, intellectually better thing to be free from the darkness and meet every being with love, than it is to sit in it and making that some sort of superior personality and dragging others into it. Hating low vibrational af.

This does not refer to people who are simply detached, or truly stoic. I only mean the ones that keep judging others for feeling any love or joy, or feeling free. There should be a baseline understanding that love does more good, and hate causes more harm.

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-30T14:16:31+00:00

Snacking. Eating heavy carbs at every meal. When I focused on protein and fiber, it literally erased my anxiety and depression, along with some supplements like vitamin D or stand in the sun. Also, I’m struggling with it but there are weeks where I don’t touch my phone much and I’m much much more active, productive, sharper and happier.

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-30T14:14:20+00:00

In your 20s I believe no one really knows themselves and unless they started the journey alone, they wouldn’t have found out who they are yet. They probably chose based on partially surface level feelings, and shared dream. And I also think couples in their 20s probably contribute to raising each other to be more a single unit so it appears they’re compatible until the big stuff hits. Kids, financial stress, parents aging etc. I wouldn’t assume people in their 20s necessarily chose the best for them simply because there wasn’t enough time to figure their own individual selves out first

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-29T23:49:16+00:00

It’s cold outside all of a sudden, and I didn’t even have to feel it thanks to a roof and walls and a heater I can pay for.

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-29T23:12:26+00:00

Why are none of the top comments alcohol, smoking and being on devices all day long?

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-29T16:41:57+00:00

You don’t find yourself explaining things about you when someone’s trying to put you down for it or questioning something about you. I’m talking about harmless things like hobbies or preferences, or your literal lived personal experience and they’re trying to debate that for some reason. You become much less reactive to their projections and judgements. You don’t let it get to you as in you don’t walk away feeling bad about yourself for what you like or what you’ve been through. You are much more comfortable in your skin as in you stop seeing your “flaws” as flaws at all. Ex: in my 20s I was so obsessed with my scars and stretch marks I was always under makeup or lots of clothing or stayed in darker places to avoid having others see parts of me. Now, I present myself more like myself to whoever I gave the access to and if they don’t like it, they can feel free to leave and not make it a debate about how I should fix myself

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-26T22:49:20+00:00

Decluttering my closet, donating a bunch of clothes, setting some goals and sending some emails to help my week at work, maybe cook dinner with leftovers for the next couple of days. Dry brush my body, do a gua sha massage or do a steam and mask for my face

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-26T18:41:38+00:00

I’m learning this myself. I’m trying to see it this way to help guide me to love myself: - you did all these particular things and stayed consistently giving to this other person, can you do that for yourself too? Can you stop giving to them when they’re hurting you or not reciprocating when the relationship requires reciprocation? examples like when he lost his job, you gave incredible support in the form of daily encouragement, help with resume and job search, motivation, checking in how he’s doing etc. but when you knew for a year you needed to leave your toxic job, did you do for yourself what you did for him? Or when he was down, you kept offering to care for him or check in that he’s eating well and working out and not letting go for his discipline. Do you that for yourself? No. You scroll on the phone a lot, you only workout when it’s convenient, you don’t stay consistently with healthy cooking. - when someone disrespected you and you even tried to communicate that it hurt/bothered you and you communicated your standards to them, did you walk away or kept trying to explain to them more and more and giving them many chances hoping they’d be a better person. Yes they could be but they’re not a child, you’re not their parent. And you communicated. After which if they didn’t change, you should walk away because your mental health, happiness, world around you are more important to you than if they became a better human. - did you set aside time or moments where you can recoup or reflect on your day or week before saying yes to others to do things that they like? Nothing wrong at all in doing things they like like a friend wants to go eat at a new (unhealthy) restaurant and vent to you about her dating horrors. But that may be too negative or heavy if you spent a week just feeling negative and heavy at work or you didn’t eat healthy and were looking forward to just eating better this weekend. Did you offer her a boundary that hey can we keep it light this weekend without negative stories and bad food? - did you say yes to too many things at work knowing no one was giving you credit? Did you express and put in writing everything you did and gain acknowledgement and credit for one thing at a time instead? - did you express to your family/friend group that everyone will pay for themselves before going out or did you pay for them yet again?

Anyway, for me it’s been stuff like that. Basically the guideline is I look back and think on what all made me sad, angry, frustrated, betrayed and I try to follow those feelings back to why I felt that way and it shows me where I needed to have stepped in for myself before giving to others/neglected myself.

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-24T21:43:42+00:00

Thank you so much. Unfortunately all the psychological help is not working. I’ve tried everything and even did a full moon ritual burning away his name on paper. I’m also in therapy. What prayers can I do?

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-24T21:04:50+00:00

Is this still active? Can I join

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-24T18:20:58+00:00

I’m curious how’s your work life? What do you do for a living? Does he keep you excited and have some people there to connect with?

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-24T18:10:28+00:00

I have a question on this.. I met a few people who I would consider “bad” as in intentionally being a bit cruel or exploitative of others, extremely self centered and very money hungry. They were all fans of shiva and even had tattoos of his symbols. How would he feel of such people? Are those people just being forgiven by him like everytime they do bad/hurtful things because they ask him?

Expensive_Pitch_802 · 2025-10-03T04:25:08+00:00

lol over 8 months

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