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I consider reality reality. Some things are worth correcting the 'proper' way. Others can be fixed much more easily with a hack. I'll let the computer send t
by wccrawford 14y ago
I consider reality reality.
Some things are worth correcting the 'proper' way. Others can be fixed much more easily with a hack. I'll let the computer send the invoices for me and spend my time on things I love, instead. I'll likely never be completely free of the problem anyhow.
If I were to fix the invoice problem in me, it wouldn't be by brainwashing. Instead, I'd figure out why I felt that way and attack that, instead. Maybe it's a fear of rejection. Maybe it's a belief that money is bad. Maybe it's something else entirely. That other thing doesn't go away if I just attack one of the symptoms. In fact, it hides it, and makes other problems harder to diagnose.
Even reasonable people need shrinks sometimes. Not every problem can be fixed without help. I've never been to one, but I'm guessing they'd attack the actual problem, too, instead of just curing symptoms. At least, the good ones. The quacks will just prescribe the latest wonder-drug and collect their fee.
- wpietri 14y agoEverybody considers their version of reality reality.
- nitrogen 14y agoReality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away (https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick#.22How_To_Build_A_Universe_That_Doesn.27t_Fall_Apart_Two_Days_Later.22_.281978.29 https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick#.22How_To_Build...)
- wpietri 14y agoSure. And the sorts of emotional realities that therapists deal with are the kinds of things that exist whether you believe in them or not. Which is why I think people shouldn't ignore them just because they find them inconvenient or aesthetically incompatible with how they would like humans to work.