Best parts of sadness: - low tolerance for my own bullshit. - seeing how quickly emotional & cognitive activity congeals into fixated attitudes - making myself laugh at the weirdness of humanity - lack of hopefulness - sweet, sticky, rice puddingy quality - enjoying it -> release
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I post this also because I had a conversation with someone about Anthony Bourdain and what I'm calling psycho-social reflexivity, yesterday. It occurred to me that part of the reason people kill themselves isn't just the pain itself, or the believing the thoughts about it....
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It's also that many people think suicidal ideation shouldn't be allowed in the space of experience. They feel shame for feeling psychological pain. This is partly why calling people like Bourdain cowards, can do so much harm. It's idiotic. Stop doing that.
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Do you mean, how did it change my cognitive frame around emotion? Or, how did it have a tremendous impact? Or, how would it help someone?
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