Right. I remember learning about introspection in school and thinking "wow I wish I could stop doing that"
The older I get the more I realize the phrase "ignorance is bliss" is tragically true.
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?
-a bumper sticker I saw once
Apathy is bliss*er
Oh, I'm self-aware. Of all the negatives. It's the positives I'm struggling to find. That's why I'm taking to a mental health professional before I pull a Hemmingway in a truck stop bathroom.
So first of all, I'm glad you're getting professional help because being self-aware and having the courage to reach out and tackle your demons head on is tough. Keep up the good fight mate.
But you're going to have to be more specific when saying "pull a Hemmingway" because that fucker did a lot.
So you're either going to rip a skylight out of a ceiling onto your head, accidentally shoot yourself in the leg whilst aiming at a shark twice, publish a Pulitzer prize novel, contravene the Geneva Convention, work for the KGB, be investigated by the FBI for obvious reasons, have several car accidents, cheat on your current wife then divorce then marry the other woman repeatedly, get mauled by a lion, or start hunting Nazi U-Boats with a machine gun and a handful of grenades.
My dog (low IQ, not that self aware) is the happiest person I know.
Shits on fire and he's like, This is Fine!
Huh
"You seem to have a very healthy way of dealing with your issues."
"So it's like I suspected, my depression isn't a cognitive dysfunction, but a fully rational reaction to the state of the world?"
"Yes. I don't know how you haven't offed yourself yet."
It is a problem when you live in a society where most people aren’t self-aware
They are self aware, but see their behavior as more of a price others bear than one they need to invest to improve
Eh, I think it's more like 50% are mostly ignorant and 50% are mostly aware
During an interview, a former boss said, "You're very self-aware. Like...maybe too self-aware?"
Me: "Even if that's true, I'm not sure what I could do about it?"
Then it just fizzled. I did get the job though, for better or worse.
Part of the problem? It is the entire fucking problem
Existential dread? Check. Poor coping habits through drugs? Check. Still a functional member of society barely getting by? Check.
PANIC ATTACK! Check check check oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck. I'm dying, I'm actively dying fuck me I can't move that's a stroke too right? Fuck my face looks fine and I can hold both my arms level fuck it's a heart attack God damnit God damnit oh shit there's no major pain though so why do I feel like I'm dying God damnit. Aneurysm! Damnit! Archer was right! Fuck fuck... breathe okay this doesn't help but it's what I'm supposed to do ok ok ok jesus its been ten minutes how am I alive? God damnit it's a panic attack a real one not just bullshit anxiety like normal... ahhhhh fuck I'm still dying though this sucks it's fake though... ok... ok... I can move again. God damn I'm fucking stupid. So stupid... This time I'll go find a PCP to see a Psych...
See doctor, get meds, brains are scumbags, get better, get waifu, get kids, wake up every day like that one good day you had every two months. FeelsGoodMan
About the most accurate description of a panic attack without actually being able to experience it.
Same
I have so much self awareness than I'm afraid that talking to a professional I will sound like I'm trying to trick them into thinking I have a mental disease. To the point that I think I've convinced myself that I'm lying to myself about my mental problems. So I don't, because I have a lot of respect for people I know who have actual mental disorders.
A good therapist wouldn't judge you even if that were the case, so I'd say go for it if you really want to.
Plus, "I'm concerned that I might be overthinking symptoms X, Y, and Z" is a good enough place to start as any.
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hugo, @toasteredbread
every mental health professional i've ever talked to has been like "you have a lot of self awareness" and i'm like yes i actually think that is part of the problem
It's unfortunate how those doctors aren't as self aware
Ignorance is bliss. So I've heard.
