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Isn't that just entropy in action... There are a zillion ways for any system to be disordered, and only a handful that we would consider "ordered". Life is co
by asdf21 7y ago
Isn't that just entropy in action... There are a zillion ways for any system to be disordered, and only a handful that we would consider "ordered".
Life is constantly fighting entropy, and always eventually fails. It makes sense for disorder and even misery to be fairly common.
I do tend to dismiss the concerns of others, simply because I've come to the conclusion that I cannot fix the vast majority of the problems of other people. I can't fix any of the issues mentioned in this article, for instance. I'd rather work on my own problems, and the issues of people closest to me, because then I have some chance.
- SolaceQuantum 7y ago"I do tend to dismiss the concerns of others, simply because I've come to the conclusion that I cannot fix the vast majority of the problems of other people." Sorry, I don't understand this logic. I cannot solve world hunger but I recognize that poor food distribution is a problem. Similarly, I cannot solve someone's traumas but I can recognize they've been traumatized. Are we operating on different concepts of dismissing someone's experiences or concerns?
- asdf21 7y agoWhat good does recognizing someone's traumas do, exactly? The leading therapeutic modality, CBT, specifically says not to do this -- to basically ignore and try to get past trauma by attempting to live a better life moving forward, rather than rehashing the past and perpetually opening old wounds.
- SolaceQuantum 7y agoFrom what I understand, your interpretation of CBT is not correct. I understand that the first step of CBT is to analyze a patient as a whole to decide what behaviors need to be adjusted. This requires recognizing that trauma happened and its effect on the behavior of the person. Is this incorrect?
- asdf21 7y agoYou identify goals and problematic beliefs and behaviors that impinge on the patient's ability to meet those goals. You can "recognize" that trauma occurred without analyzing it in depth.
- SolaceQuantum 7y agoCan you explain to me what you believe I am saying? I don't understand how your conclusions follow from my language. Most specifically, I do not understand where the alternative to dismissal is in-depth analysis.
- icebraining 7y ago> You can "recognize" Sounds like you are attributing a definition to that word in other's comments and replying to that, but maybe when they say recognize, they mean exactly what you are suggesting here, and they read your use of dismiss as not even "recognizing".
- yuy910616 7y agoEntropy is exactly what i thought of too! It kinda gives a theoretical foundation to find why most people's lives are short of what they expect.
- malvosenior 7y agoI agree. To get anything but the most superficial understanding of someone's problems is going to take a huge investment in time, that's what therapists get paid to do with varying levels of success. It's a very real cost to actually understand someone. I think it's very difficult to even understand yourself and your own actions, and that's with a lifetime of first hand experiences.
- eli_gottlieb 7y agoEntropy is running. Entropy is always running. That doesn't mean you have to help it.