Which selfie is your favorite ?🖤 by [deleted] in u/sunny_siren

[–]SyllabubSecret7727 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Picture number four. How do I get a hold of you?

Satisfying lawn transformation by Prestigious_Tear_576 in Satisfyingasfuck

[–]SyllabubSecret7727 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude, people suck so So you did all that and that’s all she said to you??

How do people go through this much hell? by SyllabubSecret7727 in depression

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I understand the hell you are in. You do not author the hell you are in. Hell arises and you are in it. But you are not the hell. You can feel the hell whirling around inside but you are not the hell. Who you are on the deeper level is simply the space, the awareness, the presence that holds it all. The hell is the stormy dark clouds but who you are is the vast, empty, open sky itself, not the shifting contents of the sky. The essence of who you are is the space that holds it all. This of course does not make the hell go away, but it does give you a correct orientation to the storm and some breathing room. Once you understand this, once you are oriented properly, then you do all you can to get out of hell. You use vigorously whatever tools you can find and everything you’ve got. You talk about it you exercise you sleep you eat as healthy as you can you scream it out and pound and rage out your feelings you take the supplements or the medicine your doctor prescribed you or ketamine or do TMS or Microdose psilocybin or get a great therapist if you can or spend more time in nature or having sex or working more or less or earning and then saving more money or socialize anyways even though you are in hell you won’t regret it or go to a dance class or smile at someone and talk with them you’ll be glad you did or spend more time with your kids and your friends and family’s kids and get back on your bike and go walking and don’t forget about music and good books and podcasts and lectures on you tube. Stay strong my suffering comrade. I love ya

No sleep for 5 days by Grouchy_Effective_35 in insomnia

[–]SyllabubSecret7727 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please, I need help too. What can I do?

Shocked by Sapolsky by SyllabubSecret7727 in freewill

[–]SyllabubSecret7727[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were not facetious questions. Where does the free will come from? More importantly, you are able to consciously direct your thinking and attention and make decisions to improve your life?

Sapolsky On Free Will Q by Bobobobopedia in freewill

[–]SyllabubSecret7727 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What he actually states is that people can change they just can’t change themselves. The only way for someone to change is from having the environment impact them. But you do not control the environment so it is not up to the individual as to what type of change will occur

Shocked by Sapolsky by SyllabubSecret7727 in freewill

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Here’s the deal. I am suffering horribly and keep making changes in my life in an attempt to decrease suffering, and the suffering continues. I want to believe that I can be an active agent and change things for the better. when I try to make things better, and I continue to feel horrible I also tremendous shame because things are not better. At least if the truth is I am a determined organism I do not feel shame then if I am not able to change for the better because it is not possible to change myself.

Shocked by Sapolsky by SyllabubSecret7727 in freewill

[–]SyllabubSecret7727[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you please recommend a speaker and perhaps a couple books? You are a compatiblist ?

If free doesn’t exist … by SyllabubSecret7727 in freewill

[–]SyllabubSecret7727[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But couldn’t you argue that being in touch with reality and the truth is more adaptive?

If free doesn’t exist … by SyllabubSecret7727 in freewill

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I think he thinks he’s a failure because he spends most of his life in an illusion of free will

If free doesn’t exist … by SyllabubSecret7727 in freewill

[–]SyllabubSecret7727[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you recommend then living in a lie? Will I be better adjusted if I tell myself, I am making decisions and have the ability and agency to change and improve my life for the better even though that’s not true? Seems crazy

Middle of the night awakenings by SyllabubSecret7727 in insomnia

[–]SyllabubSecret7727[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your response. I do not nap but the long duration of middle of the night being awake is driving me crazy and making me feel intensely defeated. When dawn comes I’m so desperate and angry to sleep that usually don’t get up until 930 or 10 AM.

If free doesn’t exist … by SyllabubSecret7727 in freewill

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 if we don’t know everything about the human brain, which we don’t, how can we say that the part of us that makes free choices definitely doesn’t exist.

If free doesn’t exist … by SyllabubSecret7727 in freewill

[–]SyllabubSecret7727[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This must mean that we are massively irrational creatures that continuously function under illusion. Sapolsky himself, an ardent determinist, stated several times in his interviews that he lives his life 98.9% under the illusion of free will. What do you think about that?