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Issendai’s writing about how to get out of “sick systems” profoundly changed my life. If you are trapped in a job or relationship and feel too overwhelmed to ge

Issendai’s writing about how to get out of “sick systems” profoundly changed my life. If you are trapped in a job or relationship and feel too overwhelmed to get out read these: http://www.issendai.com/psychology/sick-systems.html http://www.issendai.com/psychology/sick-systems.html http://www.issendai.com/psychology/sick-systems-whittling-yourself-away.html http://www.issendai.com/psychology/sick-systems-whittling-yo... http://www.issendai.com/psychology/sick-systems-qualities-that-keep-you-stuck.html http://www.issendai.com/psychology/sick-systems-qualities-th...

lenocinor 5y ago
I just wanted to say that I found these links profoundly insightful today. I’m going to start handing them out a lot in the future. Thank you!
microjim 5y ago
That first article references an essay called ‘Not all vampires suck blood.’ The link is dead, so I found a backup at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20610102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20610102
zuj 5y ago
I remember coming across the first sick systems article you mentioned almost 5 years back when I was with a company which the symptoms of a sick system and this article helped immensely. While I could know that the place is bad and not suitable for me I couldn't really pinpoint why it is bad and how I can get out of it. This article gave me a great perspective and actually propelled my career.
mattgreenrocks 5y ago
Oh my goodness, this feels extremely familiar. I have some reading and work to do. Thank you for linking this.
agumonkey 5y ago
Couldn't be more timely
big-smitty 5y ago
This is incredible work. I recently attended Westpoint and got out for reasons beyond my control, this is basically a recipe for that whole system. Every. Single. Point. Describes what I went through to a T. Seeing this laundry list for the abuse I went through is chilling, but it's nice to be gone. Hopefully people read this and avoid those situations, it's a pretty horrible thing to get involved with.

lenocinor 5y ago

I just wanted to say that I found these links profoundly insightful today. I’m going to start handing them out a lot in the future. Thank you!

microjim 5y ago

That first article references an essay called ‘Not all vampires suck blood.’ The link is dead, so I found a backup at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20610102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20610102

zuj 5y ago

I remember coming across the first sick systems article you mentioned almost 5 years back when I was with a company which the symptoms of a sick system and this article helped immensely. While I could know that the place is bad and not suitable for me I couldn't really pinpoint why it is bad and how I can get out of it. This article gave me a great perspective and actually propelled my career.

mattgreenrocks 5y ago

Oh my goodness, this feels extremely familiar. I have some reading and work to do. Thank you for linking this.

agumonkey 5y ago

Couldn't be more timely

big-smitty 5y ago

This is incredible work. I recently attended Westpoint and got out for reasons beyond my control, this is basically a recipe for that whole system. Every. Single. Point. Describes what I went through to a T. Seeing this laundry list for the abuse I went through is chilling, but it's nice to be gone. Hopefully people read this and avoid those situations, it's a pretty horrible thing to get involved with.