Whitney Edwards

This is a social problem. This needs to be removed. Psychiatric help can do wonders. It's sad thing when it's taken as an insult, the same reason why so many people will forever be deprived of real mental help. We demonize mental illness. To the OP - I forgot to give enough context. To be elaborate if you're constantly struggling with thoughts and obsessive temptations and addictions an online forum can only give you support but not much beyond that. If you read on the serious medical consequences of your addictions, you are better off doing something urgently about it like contacting not only medical professionals, I'm suspecting that your addiction might have already led to some medical conditions that you might be oblivious to, so go look into that. You're simply wasting more time delaying the inevitable. Also there could be mental causes why this addictive behavior exists, trauma etc. So go seek psychiatric assistance for the underlying causes which will heal your symptoms partially. You'll need to do serious work to get your situation in order since substance abuse unchecked for long whether it's cigarettes or alcohol has long term consequences and dangers and the mind has a way to trick that everything is okay. Rest is your own choice. I was simply trying to warn about the dangers you might have to potentially be facing.

Telling someone to seek help is "not being nice" now. A person is declaring that self destruction is stoicism and them believing this might further degrade their already declining situation. And you think that they shouldn't be told the truth. Is it time to play nice or is it time to make a person accountable for something extremely misleading and dangerous? Smoking can be extremely harmful and will lead to health situations that might become irreversible. I don't think this should be taken lightly. My tone is blunt on purpose. It's not to bash a person. But if you try to simply debate and argue with them, I don't think it will be very helpful. From the nature of his posting, it's clear that he is running away from his addictions. Telling him that is not necessarily being mean to him. And there is nothing wrong with getting psychiatric help either. In fact most people on the forum will benefit from it as they are quite mentally vulnerable and being ignored. Tell me if my claims are unreasonable. Thanks.

Get psychiatric help for your issues and addictions. I see a clear avoidance of real work.

Stoicism involves personal responsibility. Not recklessness. You're least responsible.

I don't think damage equates resilience. Damage is just damage. And even if it does create resilience, is it worth it? Difficult experiences should happen of their own volition. Not something like injecting a heroin overdose.

Just don't interrupt the Journaling. The other commenters are dudes. I don't feel awkward discussing sexual stuff with other men and they aren't going to be commenting forever. So its ok. But I don't appreciate a woman commenting on my sexual stuff, gets hella weird. Would you visit a male doctor to discuss your female sexual reproductive issues. The answer is an obvious no. Same way. I feel uncomfortable having a female probe into my sexual vulnerability. I hope you get that.

Yes.

Explain this. Not agreeing.

Good for him. No?

It reminds me of the peacock. Pete. What does it remind you of?

Have you been touched by love?

Love is bigger than Everything. Love is bigger than Evil. Love is bigger than Trauma Love is bigger than Intelligence Love is bigger than Validation Love is bigger than Submission Love is bigger than Transcendence Love is bigger than Excellence Love is Purity

Have you noticed - a white shirt always makes you look innocent and pristine? A Jesus Christ like appearance and a slightly unbuttoned white shirt is all you need to fool people lol. I'd like to hear Candace Owens on Russell Brand allegations.

When he said "stay free" at the end he really meant "stay free of your underwear."

He decided to copy Leo in that regard.

Who are you?

Russell Brand is guilty. Don't be blind.

I wrote a short poem lol. Follow Andrew and give all your money to Tate Meet Russell and give all your underwear to Brand Watch Donald and give your votes to Trump Take therapy from Jordan and Peterson will seal your Fate (btw, the Brits are a bit, you know what , oops it can sound racist, I better not say).

But he must have felt it.

Music has been known to heal parts of the brain. My brain is more creative when I'm listening to music. It activates different areas of the brain. This is dependent on the type of music you listen to. Traditional music has a better effect. I don't think music can lower IQ or low IQ people listen to music more often. Listening to music is a sign of creativity. Creativity is a form of intelligence.

This.

I guess Beethoven was low IQ then. They pull this research out of their ass. Seriously.

X, where Leo goes to vape.

I think you're being too simplistic about it. Would you risk not having casual sex just because someone might accuse you of rape? That's like saying don't drive because people die in accidents everyday. Everything in life is a risk. How would you know how the woman is going to react in the future if you reject her and she is not able to take it well? That's not written on her face. You talk about trust the person. On what basis are you supposed to be trusting a person? What makes a random woman more trustworthy? The consent form is a good idea in general. Regarding bad behavior later, you gotta learn to play safe. Don't consent to a strange guy to begin with. Do some background check on the dude you wanna consent to. Get to know him better. Carry a pepper spray. Meet him in public first. Have sex where you can easily escape, like a car. Not a hotel room. Learn some self defense moves. Have the cops on speed dial. There are options to stay safe. If you are open about the idea of your sexual rendezvous to be public, then maybe install a security camera in your bedroom that can capture the guy forcing himself onto you. So you have evidence. In case nothing panned out. The best option is to let the guy know that you care about boundaries. In my opinion, most guys would be scared to bed a random woman, much less rape her, unless the guy is a sociopath. Most men are scared to approach women, lest they be deemed a creep. An average guy would try his best to make you feel safe, simply because he doesn't wanna fuck up his date with you or come across as awkward/socially uncalibrated. But at least with consent rules, the trouble is greatly minimized. Also it's nice to include what kind of sex can be anticipated, so there's little confusion or misunderstanding. I don't see why a woman would refuse a man who is only trying to keep it all safe for both of them. Isn't it better to know what kind of sex he wants. Regarding your third point, that goes without saying, if she says no, time to stop and let go. That doesn't take much brains, I think if a girl says no mid sex, the poor dude is just gonna freak out wondering if he failed to please her. Most guys would find such an encounter (especially if it's their first time) intimidating anyway. Read about premature ejaculation and performance anxiety, it's not easy.

I revoke whatever I said before on this thread since I hadn't done my due diligence on the actual rape accusations and simply went on a whim and didn't believe it at first. Because so many celebrities get accused these days, especially with the metoo movement, opportunistic women sometimes come forward without any evidence. Although it's understandable why some women take so long to come forward since the power and influence of a celebrity can be mind crushing and there are NDA contracts and sometimes threats involved, not to mention the burden of public scrutiny and the shame associated with being tagged as a rape victim, all of this is overwhelming and makes it reasonable for rape victims terrified of reporting rape or even bothering to show up in court. These things should be taken seriously. Regarding the actual meat of the matter - This is what I'm reading - excerpts - Taken from the guardian - Timeline of sexual assault Russell Brand 2012 A woman alleges that Brand raped her against a wall at his Los Angeles home in July 2012 after she refused to join him in sexual activity with “a friend” of Brand. She alleges that she told Brand to get off her and that she wanted to leave, but he carried on and briefly blocked the door to prevent her from leaving afterwards. She told the Sunday Times she was treated at a Rape Treatment Centre that same day, and had therapy treatment there for five months. Records seen by the Sunday Times show she contemplated criminal or civil proceedings but ultimately decided against it. After the incident, Brand sent her text messages apologising for what happened and describing his behaviour as “crazy and selfish”. It happened the same month that Brand’s divorce from the singer Katy Perry was finalised. 2013 A woman who told the Sunday Times she had met Brand at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting before they started working together claims he sexually assaulted her at his home in Los Angeles. She alleges he tried to kiss her and remove her clothes as he pinned her down, and she shouted at him to stop. “I was screaming: ‘What are you doing, stop, please, you’re my friend,’” she said. She claims he eventually relented but he “flipped” and shouted at her, saying she was fired. She claims that years later she spoke to someone who had been working on a project with Brand and was outside the house at the time of the incident. He allegedly apologised for not helping her, and said: “I heard you screaming” and: “We were all so scared of him.” Brand allegedly threatened the woman later with legal action if she told anyone about her allegation, and she said she never formally reported him because she feared it would affect her career. So these are serious things. There are multiple women. He was famous at the time, which gave him tremendous leverage in these situations. They must have felt pressured to not press charges against him, I'm assuming threats were involved as well. He easily took advantage of his influence as a celebrity and pressured the women both mentally and physically. Doesn't look good for him. He is looking really bad here and he needs to take accountability for his actions. He is in denial and assumes that fan support will rescue him. My final take on the matter - he should be prosecuted on this accusations because they are serious enough to amount to persistent abusive behavior around women and abuse of power as well. He blatantly misused his status and was being predatory with them, although fame has him disillusioned and he fails to see how the women were treated and how they perceived him. Regarding the two allegations, there was absolutely nothing consensual about it and in his latest video he calls everything consensual which is bull based on witness reports. He is being an overconfident douche in this video. Quite predatory if you ask me. I hope the victims get justice here because clearly he got issues he doesn't wish to admit to.