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Honestly since I went through pickup, and learnt about power dynamics in social interactions. I really think the opinion people have is often based more on the context of the social interaction in which it is expressed. For example, if I engaged my diaphragm and talked to someone with steady eye contact about spiritual enlightenment I'd get a lot more supporting opinions than if I said it with less authority. Rhetoric is everywhere! That said, ideas of consciousness popular in our circles do tear apart a lot of people's world views, and ultimately there sense of security and safety. So, it makes sense, to me, for them to resist accepting our views.

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Not sure myself, but wanted to say congrats on the job offer!

Do you actually want to have sex with her? I.e. do you feel turned on during the date at all

I'd imagine so. However, you'll probably be told by plenty of people irl that you do need one to be happy.

@Barbara Damn NDAs are everywhere these days

@itachi uchiha I'd call it marketing rather than propaganda

This is such a common pre-newbie experience. You are continually re-watching content that reassures you that you don't need to take action. I'd go to a depth psychotherapy and start working on your internals

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Has anyone here recovered from the emotional affects of bullying? If so, how did they do so? I want to hear about certain techniques that people have used. I am not looking for things like the following. "I just decided not to be held back by my bullies anymore". I want a method that enables deep change. Thank you in advance.

Brother go to a depth psychotherapy and deal with the painful shit that happened in your past, i.e. bullying. Talk about any situation in which you felt lesser than.

I really like Richard Rortey's words: Rorty suggests, that “we see knowledge as a matter of conversation and of social practice, rather than as an attempt to mirror nature” (PMN, 171). Rorty provides this view with a label: “Explaining rationality and epistemic authority by reference to what society lets us say, rather than the latter by the former, is the essence of what I shall call ‘epistemological behaviorism" (quoted from stanford encyclopaedia of philosophy)

@Amannl3in There are some free universities in Europe. There's one in Norway I think.

Listen, Preety, its a fucking horrible situation for you. I've been following your progress on the forum for a while, and understand you have CPTSD. I really don't think your going to progress with things until you leave your living situation with your family. And I mean by any reasonable means necessary. Like even going to university for year so that you can get funding for your own housing (if your government runs such programmes).

I fucking love Julien's humor lol, and I love his style of game accordingly. So prefer his content. Trolling in game is life Owen was always the bedrock of why I got so interested in game back in the day tho.

Its become apparent to me that I was constantly, and regularly abused during my childhood, including by my parents. My mother actually sided with my main bully over me, and would often compare me to him. I realise now this is the route of my feeling of defencelessness. People could do whatever they wanted to me, and I wouldn't be protected. Any advice on how I could deal with this? (I know about drawing boundaries, but I want to learn about how to make identity level change such that I am inclined to draw these boundaries) Thanks in advance.

The thing is 'pick-up' doesn't exist. There is no 'pick-up' to say as low/ high consciousness. There are lots of different approaches that are labelled as pick-up, and they differ massively. Some are predatory. Some are non-predatory, but just about getting validation. Some are about using pick-up as a means of achieving profound life changes. I think the last version is pickup in its most amazing form, and what the better parts of RSD were always about. To me, pick up was always about emancipation for a demographic of guys who were thrown a tough deck of hands in life.

@fopylo Fair play dude. I respect the introspection. Sounds tough with the brother and all. Perhaps, it would better serve you to leave the spiritual stuff for later in life, and work on grounding yourself more now. That could be done via using different types of meditations, i.e. 'see, hear, feel' mindfulness meditation

@Yoremo Congrats on the speech! And, let us know how the start to therapy goes. We're with you dude. Regarding toxic relationships, Dr Ramani is a great starting point. Her Youtube videos online are great. Regarding life circumstances, I'm not sure what to recommend. Also, I'd watch Leo video on mindfulness meditation, and do the, 'see, hear, feel' type of meditation. For whatever reason, I feel like we're on a similar wavelength. And see, hear, feel meditation does wonders for me. I think its incredible. Also, if you happen to have a really vulnerable moment, i.e. suicidal or something, 'see, hear, feel' has been wonderfully useful imo. One thing with doing meditation whilst having trauma is I would consider doing open-eyed meditation. It may make you feel safe enough for your mind to relax enough for meditation to be useful and a bit easier. Hope it helps chief

If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say its because you've got some deep rooted trauma. I'd look into a depth psychotherapy, which it sounds like you're doing. I'd learn about toxic relationships and life circumstances too.

@Bob Seeker Julien's stuff is broader than PUA stuff these days

I'd go watch, 'Why rationality is wrong'.

Go to a depth psychotherapy, i.e. IFS therapy, or psychodynamic therapy, for a long period of time. That'll give you the long-term change you really want. I would guess that your fear of not being liked comes from a conditional love relationship between your parent and you.

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It sounds to me like there's a lack of boundaries in the household. I mean the poor dude has to share a room with grandma at 13. Seems like he's lacking a lot of privacy, which is an important thing for children. If he has no place that is his own, then anywhere he jacks off is innapropriate.