Came here to say this- great method and worked for me!

My favorite takeaway from this book, either you control it or it controls you.

You don't even know me. You are lying about when you say you were happy to see me. most people aren't happy to see me cause I am a caligula like figure in their lives.

This sort of mantra talked myself off an actual cliff.

Very helpful words right now. Thank you so much for posting this. I keep fixating on all the things I’m doing wrong or not enough of, but I’m overlooking all of the changes that are moving me in the right direction.

This hits different when you are depressed and when you are working two jobs.

I got over my depression long ago and now I'm working two jobs to save up enough to finally get going with college and man do i feel like giving up. Two to three hours of sleep a day working 16-18 hours a day feels like hell and i feel burned out and ready to fall asleep by the 4th or 5th day

Wellbutrin

Thank you! I hope it resonated with you 😄

This is pretty sad to read. I don't like to think of myself as the great recyclable bird of the universe.

Thnk you for taking your time. Appreciate it. Will give it some time on what u said. Cheers!

I hate how these arguments are right.

I'm going to look forward to a time where they will be wrong, then I will be right!

Damn, it's been so long. I forgot how deep and almost unsettling his comics can be sometimes. Thanks for that!

Fine. Take my upvote.

Ty for sharing

Thank you! Subnormality was on the tip of my tongue. I'd been reading his comic for a long time and almost religiously for years. But I didn't know his name/pen name. Maybe it's time to revisit

Thank you!

And ditto.

Aw man, I feel for you. Getting broken up with is one of the worst feelings; especially, during the phase you’re in right now where you’re abruptly being forced to come to terms with the structure of your days being so different. It’s unavoidable.

For what it’s worth…thankfully, the best prescription for a broken heart works its magic whether you want it to or not — and that’s time.

I’ve gone through it myself (by the woman I truly believed I was going to marry). I felt like I was never going to find anyone as good as her again. I tortured myself over “the things I could have done better” and turned to dating apps to try to quickly fill the void she left in my life, but it only made it hurt worse.

Before I knew it I found myself in a deep depression that I had to climb my way out of through weekly counseling sessions. In my case it took about 3 months for me to get back to the point where I was “standing” and could honestly tell someone that I was “okay” at any given moment. Then it took about two years after that, as well as a few more trial relationships to find the woman I’ve now been with for 4 years, married for 3, and can’t wait to grow old with if we’re lucky.

And you know what? While I definitely could and should have done some things better that might have made things work with my ex, hindsight has me 100% convinced that we simply weren’t right for each other.

I know you didn’t request any advice on your current situation (if this even qualifies as advice). I just wanted to offer some insight into another dude’s experience with what you’re going through. Wish I could tell it to myself back then. Hang in there man.

Thank you ❤️

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A small dick never made a skilled vagina - Franklin Deez nuts.

I quit over an extended period. After deciding how many cigarettes I smoked a day I calculated how long it would be between each if I evened it out over my waking day. After a while I removed one cigarette and recalculated. This continued until I quit. My other approach was to reduce the amount of tar/nicotine over the same period. I chose the next 'lightest' brand (less tar/nic) until it became a regular smoke and repeated as it happened. By the time I got to smoking four cigarettes that had a band of holes punched in the filter it seemed pointless.

Whatever you decide, I wish you success.

Thank you for this <3

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It’s all encompassed in what I wrote. Reread it carefully if any of it doesn’t make sense, but I don’t have the time or energy to dissect a relationship outside of my work. Just sharing my knowledge, hope it helps.

Really needed this. Thank you friend

Great post.