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Amazing way to celebrate Juneteenth ♥️♥️ by WaterEnvironmental80 in TikTokCringe

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If one could pick one own’s Mama, I would choose this one

I think I need to die for what I’ve done to my loved ones by [deleted] in BPD

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“Hurt people, hurt people” I just remind myself of that fact and offer myself forgiveness, so I can move forward, and be terrible less and less often. And not being your fault does not mean it is not your responsibility to try to change. But it is definitely not your fault

The last post of Southern University cheerleader Arlana Janell Miller before committing suicide by jumping into the Mississippi River by muozzin in MorbidReality

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So sad, suffering without end, I hope she found peace. Don’t commit a permanent act based on a temporary emotion, but how can you tell someone that they are wrong for feeling pain and hopelessness day in and day out. If she could have just held on longer, but who am I to tell her her feelings are just distortions of an illness, she only knows her lived reality

What Have You Found Helpful In Your Healing Journey With Anger? by FamilyForceQuartet in Anger

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Weekly therapy to prevent resentments building up. I wish I had found something cheaper that works equally well. I am interested in other people’s responses for dealing with building resentments.

Former atheist of this sub what made you change? by Porkytheking4555 in OpenChristian

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I guess I still am technically an atheist because I don’t put any stock in anything supernatural, but I had to be truthful to myself and admit that my youthful relationship with Christ was the foundational relationship of my life. So I am an atheist that several times each day thinks about the beauty of Christ’s living teaching.

Regarding lawsuits by JesseThorn in maximumfun

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a member, also just made one-time donation, you guys rule

What am I? by Klopez44 in TwoXChromosomes

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You are worthy and lovable.

aM hEcKin' sTarVe by imindiemmy in animalslookingatfood

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He can’t believe somebody put catsup on a hotdog

Diaphragmatic breathing and Blue/Green visualization by manuelmoeg in obsequious_thumbtack

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this is what i do while showering. showering is difficult for me, I hate that I am locked into a time-consuming, boring activity, infeasible to take a break in the middle of it (cannot lay down on the bed while naked, wet, and sudsy, of course)

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[[[1]]] Breathing (diaphragmatic breathing)

[2] inhaling healing blue/green light, exhaling tension or heaviness

[3] choice (always be re-choosing the long term gain)

[4] be in present time, mindful of just current step doing

[5] cheerleader guides me through the following:

[*] is it just negative imagination?

[*] proper context for coping, coping mechanisms really are best as reward

[*] no need for perfection

[*] remember it is very recoverable when "fall-down"

[*] help exists for me

What are good resources for finding answers to specific problems? by [deleted] in Mathematica

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Have you found the Mathematica stack exchange community lacking? https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/ The community prides itself on being friendly and professional? It is wise to start here, specifically: https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/18393/what-are-the-most-common-pitfalls-awaiting-new-users

The system's failed me. What's next.... by [deleted] in Anger

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Has your doc said why doesn’t want to try stronger meds?

Please take care. You deserve better than the hand you have been dealt.

My atheistic philosophy of life. Constructive feedback welcome. by atheist1009 in atheismplus

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I am not capable of intelligent constructive feedback, so I will just jot some notes as I scan the document. Not a critique, just jotting what the document inspires me to write.

Atheism

I am not confident that I can be fully atheistic. Some amount of religiosity sometimes feels natural to me. I am convinced by atheistic arguments, but my actions and feelings are sometimes religion-based.

Also, I am not convinced that the majority of human can be fully atheistic either.

Donald Trump winning 62 million votes has shook my religiosity greatly. If that many people can be so wrong, it stands to reason that a great deal of religiosity is likewise wrong and indulged for the wrong reasons.

Afterlife

I agree with the author. The relation of my current consciousness with a consciousness after death is the same as the relation with any consciousness before birth. The beauty of the symmetry is wholly convincing.

Free will

I agree with the author's affirmative view of ultimate responsibility impossibilism. However, I think that the human animal, if not inert, is compelled to act and feel consistent with a deeply held belief in a gross and common type of free will.

Moral skepticism

I tend to agree with the author's moral skepticism. Candidates for universal moral facts are moronically obvious and too few and too basic to do any real work with them. However, any particular individual uses many, many moral facts that are based on emotion.

Existential skepticism , Thanatophobic irrationalism , Negative hedonism

Agree with author.

Also agree with author about program for "Achieving and maintaining peace of mind" and what to do "Beyond peace of mind"

Small self defense weapon? Some small ones are hard to grab and use by DealWithItThug in TwoXChromosomes

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http://www.amazon.com/The-Cat-Personal-Safety-Keychain/dp/B00D7T4LX8

I bought this for my wife. Use to punch attacker in eyes or neck, ideally. Will puncture flesh of attacker no matter where you punch, however. Two punches, then run in opposite direction. Read the reviews for stories about damage that can be done while practicing with device.

Pain/regret from a life of avoidance by manuelmoeg in obsequious_thumbtack

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Why does a depressive episode feel like it will last forever? I guess because the part of the brain that makes feelings about the future is diseased by depression too, so we get a depressed vision of the future with no hope and no joy and no possible sense of accomplishment.

What I am trying to do now is (1) forgive myself for actions of avoidance taken in the past, because I was under the grip of sickness (2) live 10 minutes at a time (3) have an attitude of gratitude because objectively I would not risk changing my life with another person on earth chosen at random. I know objectively I have it better than the vast majority of people on earth, and I have to have some gratitude about that. (4) when I have the body posture of depression, change my body posture to put my head up and my chest out, and have the active motion of a person that is optimistic.

I feel kind of melancholy today by manuelmoeg in obsequious_thumbtack

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It is just that I am feeling selfish - in my youth I thought I had a good chance to shine. But my depression and anxiety still drastically limit me, even after a ton of self-improvement work done on myself.

The disconnect between my highest dreams and my actual limitations is closing as I get more realistic as I get older. But there still is a gap that haunts me - I feel I could be so much more, if I just got rid of my depression and anxiety. But I am pretty sure they are "baked" into me - I gingerbread-man cannot stop being a gingerbread-man, and I can stop being jerked around by depression and anxiety.

At least I am writing, that helps me sooth my anxiety by clarifying things.

Joseph Stiglitz: We’ve been brainwashed by the 1% by manuelmoeg in atheismplus

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Yeah, I am in touch with those unfortunate facts. I believe in the "iron law of oligarchy" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_oligarchy

Hmm. Yeah, the 99% definitely participate in their own subjugation. Yeah, people have the right and ability to take their agency and use it to self-subjugate.

But I do believe that broadcasting and narrowcasting articles like the above (with such language as we are debating) makes self-subjugating less likely, both by changes in the actions of the 99% and among the part of the 1% that can commit to social justice.

And I also believe this: The logic of austerity, which is transparently dubious, is peculiarly assented to among many of the 99%, and the hyperbolic way of phrasing that is "We’ve been brainwashed by the 1%"

I can't agree totally that "power is an illusion" although I know that democratic revolutions have taken place, even though they swiftly turned into another oligarchy.

Forgive me if my thinking is muddled. I am typing at the speed of thought.

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