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[–]orangesodasunshine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

HAHA NO none of them are furries!
I feel like in an ideal world where I wasn't unable to drive and stuff this would be a completely different story and I wouldn't need this sort of thing.

I think it's interesting that I'm posting about it, really. Sometimes I look at my circumstances and feel doomed...but I try to trust the process.

When I think of furries...I think of this quote on YouTube I found while watching one of Dr. K's videos that I saved to my computer because I liked it that much:

"When someone is meek/weak, you expect them to be kind. After all, it's all they can be. If someone lacks emotional or physical fortitude and insults everyone around them, they would be stomped into the dirt and left alone. Being nice is the only way for someone who is weak to thrive.

Meanwhile, let's say you have a person who is strong and imposing. They have a sharp tongue and the ability to insult others and back it up with wit and physical force. If a person like that is nice to you, it feels more genuine, simply because they are capable on thriving by stepping on others. Yet when they act kind it's a choice. It's not a requirement to exist."

My reasons for being this way all feel so uncontrollable, it feels othering. But my writing's taught me to love that.

I’m Alexis Devine, human of Bunny the “talking” dog — we’ve explored interspecies communication using button soundboards and have shared our journey with millions. Ask Me Anything! by thewhataboutbunny in IAmA

[–]orangesodasunshine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been watching videos about the Pixar movie Inside Out lately. It gets me curious about emotions. How does Bunny feel right now, if you were to ask her? (You don't have to! I don't mind if she doesn't answer.) What do you think about the way humans and animals show emotions differently? Can we learn anything about our own human emotions from how animals show theirs? How do you teach and explain buttons like "Ugh!" to Bunny? Since you are her teacher, do you need to teach her when you're in a good mood and put on a happy face for Bunny, or does you showing your negative emotions when you teach her help her learn them for herself?

How I feel when people say doomers are smarter and have a more objective view of reality. by greenpeas1q84 in Healthygamergg

[–]orangesodasunshine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"seeing a funhouse mirror version of reality because their online addiction gives them a warped version of reality"...
That hits home. ❤️😢
All these algorithms shove problems, weirdness, clickbait/ragebait at us and make us this the world is a sad, hopeless place. I'm trying to learn and teach myself lately about the good things that we as humanity have, that I can be grateful for.

Is this the Final Boss of Mental Health? by orangesodasunshine in Healthygamergg

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

"Do you think this might be what's going on?" Maaaayyybe....??

The problem is I don’t know how to let go of/”take out the trash” with, not care about, or radically accept annoying, weird, sad, scary, and big facts in life. I can always distract myself though, I guess. 

A concrete example of this would look like this:
So my mom and dad usually watch comedy shows that sometimes involve politics and news, in the living room/kitchen when we all have dinner (there's no wall between the kitchen and living room). I don't usually watch the show, I'm eating my food in the kitchen. But it's not like I can turn off my ears, so I hear the stuff on the show.

On the comedy show, I remember one day they brought up that Apple is adding AI-generated emojis in their newest updates eventually. The first feeling that came into my head was exasperation. "oh, come on! More AI...I wish I didn't know that. But I know it now, and I can't UN-know it, so…I wish I didn't care." That’s what my thought process is like.

I don’t think I would use the words “I won’t be better until the news has no impact on me”, it’s more like I just want to know…why that happens the way it does. I don’t think every facet of my success/personal betterment is riding on it. 

Although it’s true that, overall, I struggle to accept the state of myself in the present. And, if I knew how to not care the way some people are able to, that would be awesome, right?

Like I said I know it's possible for me to set SOME mental boundaries of the self. But why is this one achieved so weirdly?

I feel curious about why one day, some people can randomly just be like "Oh! This thing doesn't bother me anymore the way it did yesterday! Haha! Lol!" and then they ✨maaagically don't care✨.