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do you think it’s funny to make people (harmlessly) uncomfortable?

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no
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Feels like a type error? Being uncomfortable reduces well-being, thus harmful

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i sometimes deliberately make myself uncomfortable for the sole reason that it's interesting

12:12 AM · Oct 10, 2022

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have you tried co2 whippits

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And also a lot if not most self-help/improvement is about making oneself temporarily uncomfortable in order to be more resilient and therefore increase well-being overall.

Pawel Pachniewski

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A way to unlock new pockets of wellbeing as well, as discomfort fades and you overcome fears, and thus explore more. Btw, bliss/harm dichotomies are anyway not helpful and just not the way things work. The road to amazing wellbeing may be paved with intense discomfort.

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