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This! Share your experience with those who ask for your input. You can't shove your "deep opinions" down other people's throat. There are few types of people who are more annoying than those who try to be philosophical and deep all the time!

I started to get interested in personal development because I had unresolved emotional traumas (that ended up triggering depression & anxiety). During college, I was meditating a lot, pursuing enlightenment, etc. It was an overly inward kinda thing. I was basically withdrawing myself from the world. And truth to be told, my practices were not giving me results. I was half-assing self-actualization, It's as if I was trying to self-medicate my depression through self-help. It didn't work. Only when I started to treat this illness through the traditional approach did I actually start to feel like I was truly self-actualizing. You mentioned that you did therapy. How did that go? Do you still do it?

So you're saying that this technique can treat cancer?

Are you ok?

First of all, it's hard for anyone to help you if you don't give more detail. Second, if you're not seeing any kind of progress whatsoever, then it's a waste of time to keep pushing it.

evidence?

Well, I think it's important for you to exert self-control so that you don't have a neediness attack. This is a sure way to repel someone. How are the other areas of your life?

Why do you have this need of telling people what you realized? Maybe you're not as evolved as you think you are. Check out this episode: I agree. He's way too arrogant. That's airy-fairy. I can see if I read this years ago (when I was spending way too much time alone), I would use that to rationalize my social anxiety by telling myself: "Oh... you see? I don't need anybody. I should feel content being with myself 24/7. I am connected to everything." We do need emotional bonding with others. There's no other way around it. It's basic Psychology.

I find this relatively recent episode to be truly motivational: It's not that Tony Robbins high-energy motivation (which I personally don't resonate with). Instead, it's a calm explanation on how to live wisely.

I do like to chant "OM". I find it very relaxing and it's good to quiet down the mind. As with tapping, I'm done with it.

If you can afford it, I highly recommend you go to a good psychiatrist. Depression and social anxiety are treatable illnesses.

This is nothing but placebo. If you change the tapping points, the effects will be the same. I attended a workshop on EFT once. I thought it would be the answer to all my emotional problems, that I would be immune to depression, and that I wouldn't need medicines ever again (as if it were a secret ultra-powerful self-healing technique). Needless to say, that was a completely unrealistic expectation. I don't use this technique any longer, and I don't recommend it. For me, it was a waste of time and energy.

Unfortunately yes, I do. There you have it.

Congrats for being open-minded. Why are you in this "truth hunt" in the first place? This is not a valid reason to continue doing something. Is your spiritual seeking bringing you any benefits?

Do you eat a lot at lunch?

I agree, namely a psychiatrist. It can be really transformative! I doubt that this has to do with your diet tbh, Wanting to sleep forever and escape reality is a classic sign of depression.

NO! There is nothing loving about killing oneself. Do not romanticize suicide. I do feel compassion for those who take their own lives away -- because it means that the pain was so intense that the person could not put up with it anymore. It is a tragedy. Seek help! Feel free to PM me if you feel like talking. How can you be so sure about that?!

What an asshole. Good! “If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. Don't be a damn fool about it.” ― W.C. Fields You deserve someone better! That said, letting someone go is definitely not an easy thing to do. But you'll survive!

Writing classes can be really useful.

Indeed, crying can be comforting, or it can be literally painful. Excessive crying is actually a common sign of depression. I had a depressive episode a few months ago, and as soon as it kicked in, I started to feel a lot of self-pity, hopelessness, and I really felt like crying. It was awful. I’m glad my psychiatrist and I figured out what triggered it.

Haha, relax... I would guess this one. I didn’t really get why you cut ties with him. Being very similar to each other was a bad thing? Or did you broke up out of fear?

Obviously.

Do you smoke weed? Do you take sleeping pills?

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