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Not only are you confirming the not outgoing, but the dishonesty compounds the mental negatives, making you feel even worse!
by pj 17y ago
Not only are you confirming the not outgoing, but the dishonesty compounds the mental negatives, making you feel even worse!
- anigbrowl 17y agoIndeed. I'm subject to depression, and though this can and has led to negativity that later translates into negative outcomes, I've found it far better to accept my periods of gloom and just acknowledge the fact of my thinking patterns than to try to replace them with ones I don't buy into. It's not that the optimistic views are wrong, necessarily (or that I'm universally pessimistic), but some approaches just reek of bullshit. I'm all for the 'little engine that could' approach of giving yourself permission and encouragement to succeed. But quite a few of the modern motivation gurus seem to espouse a sociopathic level of self-regard that reminds me of religious fanaticism. Don't even get me started on the 'God wants you to be rich' people.