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Ned Resnikoff@resnikoff.bsky.social |
If there's one message I wish I could convey to every single politics posting addict, it's that there is nothing ennobling about being miserable. One of the nice things about doing therapy is realizing there aren't any good principled reasons for feeding your own depression.
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Problematic Otter
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Also, finding a way to channel that into some small amount of change helps a ton IMO. "Posting through it" feels a lot less catharctic than volunteering somewhere
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ErichV
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Being upset and self immolatingly angry isn’t proof that we’re on the right side.
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HIOM
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Been saying this for years. Having hope can hurt because it can lead to disappointment and fighting is exhausting, but also, misanthropy is not only giving up, it's disrespectful to everyone busting their asses to make a positive difference.
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🚗car downloader🚗
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but i am scoring points with god by being mad about the right things but not actually doing anything about them
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Cataleast
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This is exactly why I've all but stopped reading the news. I hate not being informed, but it seems to be a constant stream of misery and hate, which was affecting my psyche. I know things are bad, but I don't need to be constantly reminded of it. Need a break from reality.
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Jennifer Rose
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Bull crap.
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Nix Onyx
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Thanks for that, honestly.
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vibeulator
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My issue with therapy in the past was always "OK, your hour is up," and it often made me feel worse than when I went in, because at at the end of the day, your issues are someone else's cash generator: it the whole thing seem incredibly impersonal and sterile.
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Ned Resnikoff
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In fact, the reverse is true in my experience: people who work at living balanced lives where they are kind to themselves and others tend to have better politics. Dorothy Thompson: "Kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go Nazi."
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Shaquille O’Gregg
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Pain is inevitable, suffering is a choice? Something like that
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Dag.
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Emma Goldman had the right idea.
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this post is feeding my depression.
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🇫🇮 Onkamoinen 🇺🇦
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Guilty as charged, but it feels you’re stepping over some necessary questions before getting to this exact conclusion. Does following up what’s happening make one miserable - or the actual events themselves. If I choose just to look away, then I’ll become the dog in the very burning room, won’t I?
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Bridge Club Q
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I was just texting a friend this morning about this exact same issue. She was spiraling over the state of it all, and I was like “yeah. I’m gonna play in my garden and plan an awesome dinner and throw the ball for my dog a bunch since there’s not really anything I can do otherwise” 🤷♀️
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Bill Stewart
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Occasionally political stories will push me to go open Twitter again, and wow, that place has gone downhill and is more angry and less fun than here.
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Poetgrrl
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And That. Right there. Is a huge reason why I quit twitter. And it has helped.
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John Perschino
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Theory: Since PTSD is pandemic, many may have become addicted to their own adrenaline. They can't function without mass amounts in their bloodstream, and the only way to maintain therapeutic levels is to be in a near constant rage, which causes the release. fixing this takes uncommon self reflection
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TomNookYankees
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Depression is useless in politics but anger is needed.
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Maximum Mary
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Took one of Hillary Rettig’s Lifelong Activist workshops years ago. Really opened my eyes how activism can just be hiding from past trauma and providing a cover for abusive treatment of others. Book is free to read online.
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Babsbeaty
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Or feeding others’ depression
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messmer's flaming hot cheetos 🔥
@applecider.bsky.social
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I completely missed that this was about politics posting, and not just about posting in general
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Agterrane
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It was a light bulb moment when I realized that I could say nice things to myself. I mean, If I could say nasty things to myself, for no good reason, I could say nice things for the same reason. 😄
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AO
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I disagree with this. I've been in therapy for decades. I've had clinical depression all my adult life. Sometimes I need to be in it, to feel all the negativity and despair. It certainly is not ennobling, but neither is positivity. Sometimes feeding the depression is part of the survival process.
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Nothings Monstered
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Before engaging with stuff that annoys me, I try to get myself to post something that is true or good rather than engaging with lies and trash. I suspect it both feels better and is more useful.
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