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Ok so if I can't afford to find even a simple therapist finding a good one lol !
Always those with money giving life advice.
Just take the money from the rich. And if you are hungry eat the rich.
Oo-de-lally!
https://openpathcollective.org/ provides a long list of therapists that work on an affordable, sliding scale
US only and still 30$ to 70$ per session !
Well ig you can find a good friend or a crack head to vent to if nothing else works out. Anyway, hope things work out for you in case you are in need of one.
Well wouldn't any other country offer therapy for free? Is it counted as medical care?
Depends on country. In Canada only some provinces provide it
They think they have figured out some other secret other than freedom to make mistakes because they have the financial backing to make them is what sets them apart.
Life is full of people thinking that if other follow their exact steps it will work without realizing the things they have differently, such as money and resources, even just skills or biological quirks, do make quite the difference in being able to followed.
I'm not against them sharing it worked for them but that's as far as I feel it goes.
Fully agree with this comment. This is why I always tell young people "if you don't know what you want to do, chase money"; because it you find out you want to do something else but you're not rich enough to do it, you're screwed
Just because the variables are different doesn't mean you can't find a correct answer. There are no two situations that are the exact same. The comic is just a success story for motivation.. is it really that deep? Pessimism must be exhausting.
In life there really isn't correct answers. There are your answers. Everything comes with a heavy dose of reality being complicated.
I would say it doesn't really speak to motivation. Their motivation was to leave everything behind and start over which isn't very motivating past being able to do so. It doesn't lead to happiness it just changes the days you have which may feel better while it still feels new.
Everything we share is a chance for others to understand us more. It might not be deep but it is a perspective shared that I'm just pushing back against.
Is it really pessimistic to just disagree with a point of view that I find to be a poor message or is it that way cause you want to assume the motivation is correct to handling life?
Why can't it just be that this is my perspective that I share out for others?
Life is also full of people thinking that if others followed their exact steps there would be no way they could turn their life around. They're often just as wrong.
Yeah, the logic seems sound but is a bit what-about.
The problem is that it is a lot of luck and some strong resolve but the luck is very important.
People should grab the reigns of their life and try to get out of a bad situation but if life paths barely work for motivation then life paths to get out of sharing the same odds does make it quite the uphill battle.
I just want to recognize that as trying so hard to get that perfect life turnaround is like winning the lottery and while people shouldn't stop trying I don't want them to be burned out by the lack of response to their efforts in this complicated world.
Part of the issue I have is that what you're saying is technically correct (the best kind). But I think it's only right for a very small amount of people. It feels good to say that you just want to recognize that there are people who can't do it, but saying that in this type of discussion gives that demographic the feeling of equivalent weight when they're a very small portion comparatively and gives the false impression that there are enough people who straight up can't do it that anyone reading that can just assume they fall into that category and never try. Most people can change or turn their life around, there's just a culture of patting each other on the back and saying "not everyone can do it".
I think part of that also comes from something else you said: "I just want to recognize that as trying so hard to get that perfect life turnaround is like winning the lottery". The culture I mentioned comes from this binary attitude of deciding either you're going to go all the way and get that perfect life or you're just one of the unlucky ones who shouldn't try. But turning your life around can happen in so many positive ways that don't include getting a perfect life.
There are almost always ways to get help if needed. You just have to want to find it and be willing to accept what help is given.
The comic reads more like "I had an intrusive thought once, and mistook it for being suicidal".
...good thing he alread had friends, a plan, and a therapist... Oh, and a lake to visit regularly at night. Smacks of privilege.
Oh shit blaming the victim
Now Lemmy is cooking for sure
At least he had alcohol! At least he had a wife to leave! At least he had suicidal thoughts! Imagine being that upset at a guy turning his life around from the brink of suicide.
Exactly! Pathetic ad disguised as life advice.
Do you see every comic as an ad for the comic?