Mental Health
How to Move Away from Scarcity Mindset (Part Infinity)
“It’s all fine and good to just say ‘reframe relationships from a model of scarcity to one of abundance,’ but dude, HOW?”
August 11, 2021
Category: Mental Health
Mental Health
You Say You’re Broken… Like an Overpowered Game Mechanic, Maybe.
If you’re broken, it’s the other kind. You’re like an overpowered game mechanic — the kind that the player discovers and it instantly renders them incredibly powerful and the game ridiculously easy. “That’s so broken,” gamers say when they discover something like that.
July 27, 2021
Mental Health
Sometimes People Just Need to Hurt
One day it became crystal clear: You can’t make anyone feel anything. Feeling is this complex process that also involves the person having the emotions to varying degrees.
July 25, 2021
Mental Health
Little Changes Can Cause Big Stress
*No one fed us!* my cat is screaming. *He’s doing the thing he normally does after he feeds us. We’re doomed. We’re gonna diiiiiiiie!*
July 10, 2021
Mental Health
“I Don’t Want You to Feel Like You Need to Edit Out the Best Parts of Yourself.”
“That sounds weird, doesn’t it?” she says. “I’m sorry if it sounds weird. I don’t mean to be so annoying.”
June 30, 2021
Mental Health
The Last Time I Was Truly Present for Ten Whole Minutes
For ten minutes, I don’t ruin my experience by comparing it to something else or thinking about why it’s not perfect or how it could be better. I don’t destroy the moment by worrying about what is waiting for me to do later.
June 25, 2021
Mental Health
Sorry. Tearing Other People Down Isn’t a Way to Become Confident.
What’s a person supposed to do if confidence is what they’re seeking? It’s the exact opposite of what most people default to: You build other people up.
June 24, 2021
Mental Health
Life Isn’t a Choose Your Own Adventure Book… and Thank Goodness for That
In a particularly complex volume of the series, I’d sometimes end up with the book on my hand like a glove, my fingers all stuck in various parts of the book. Part of me was always left at the second choice, so I never really chose.
June 23, 2021
Mental Health
I Had to Learn to Protect Positive Moods
You can’t make it a requirement that everyone in the world has to be happy before you’re allowed to be. That’s about the best recipe for unhappiness that I’ve ever heard.
June 19, 2021
Mental Health
I’m Making a Commitment to Stop Necroposting in My Mind (Or at Least Try)
It occurred to me the other day that as much as I laugh at necroposting when it happens online — and as much as I try hard not to do it online, that I’m guilty of doing something similar mentally.
June 12, 2021
