Meirl
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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Controlling emotions is easy when there’s no one around to test your patience, imo.
I never thought of it as a control thing, but it absolutely is. By controlling my environment, I am controlling my emotions.
I went through a period of two years where I rarely left my building. Overwhelming anxiety whenever I left. I lived in a high rise. Everything I needed in the building. Gym, Starbucks, pool. Groceries and packages brought up by mail room clerk. It was a difficult time for me. Thanks to modern life I was able to completely isolate myself from everyone without giving up takeout. A love letter to DoorDash.
Agreed but if I had someone who loved me I’d like to think that would be nice too.
Hell is other people.
This is how it feels to be autistic.
You underestimate my ability to hurt my own feelings.
I recommend reading The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa. It’s more like a collection of diary entries though. It has some of my favorite passages on alienation including one part where he reflects on how lovely it is to be alone in nature since the trees and clouds don’t have eyes or ears to judge us with, etc. Yes, I’m autistic and it sounds like he was too. All I know though is that great art is there to provide solace and let us know we’re not alone. Who cares if we don’t please those around us. There are too many books and paintings and music and films to admire and enrich our souls with, but there’s very little time
Just me or does everyone else feel like they’re living in a simulation sometimes?
It’s very addicting feeling like Jim Carey said be careful could be good or bad
A ship is safest in its harbor
Truth. I think a lot of us feel this way.
Big Preach
Its really not that hard to hang out with humans
You’re always in control of your emotions you’ve just been led to believe you’re not as a way to blame something else.
meirl = I’m a fucking whiny loser
…and here you are on Reddit
Relatable
How bout non-humans? I keep getting invites to an AI town. People seem friendly and non-judgy…😜
Took you long enough to discover it?
Reading the comments is both fun and sad :/
Dude’s profile picture is a Sim
“I think my love of being alone is from my love of being alone” what non statement is this?
Well that’s something new for me to ponder, as I enjoy some time alone.
Ditto
mmhhmm And then you post it for the whole world, where no one will misunderstand or judge you.
Excellent point. Have to learn to go with the flow and be okay with relinquishing control or else you will alienate yourself and be lonely.Â
Hopefully you’ll find that when you can achieve that same level of peace and comfort around certain few loved ones, you experience such joy