Light Lover

@andyjohnsonman I think you hit the nail on the head here with your analysis. Hell, I won't even go into the fact that they have arrested millions of Muslims in the country from all sects who literally haven't done anything wrong!! They just say, 'oh, we are just PREVENTING terrorism'! Disgusting!

It's a shame where China has gone in the last decade, the country has always been torn with internal conflict, but now the Government has literally become one of the most strict and downright inhumane in the modern world, just look at it's scary-ass new 'Social Credit System' where even the slightest mistake in your life can take off points from your 'profile' and restrict you from doing basic things in your life! That and the fact that A.I now monitors pretty much every corner of the damn place, you will be being watched intensely from cradle to grave. Such a shame, a beautiful country and culture with no doubt a lot of beautiful people.

@Ampresus try and find the strength in yourself to summon the courage to approach her and tell her how you feel, I know my comment is late so the party would have already finished, but that is my advice for the future, just simple, as real as you can get, if you feel scared just try your hardest to do it, I understand it can be awkward beyond belief in the situation of a party as it feels like everyone is watching you sometimes, but only you can do it. If it is too loud try your best to take her somewhere where you can talk properly, keep your eyes peeled for each opportunity!

Hi everyone! I know I don't post much on here these days, but I just felt like this was a really good question that I have been contemplating today, even if it has been asked on here before, and even if it is a very obvious one, I feel like a lot of people don't think about it that much? I think many people just subconsciously assume they are trapped where they are lived so they never actually think about life outside their city/country. So my question is why do you live where you live? Where do you live, and then explain why you continue to live in this place, is it out of choice, friends, family? If any of you wonder why I ask it's because I myself am seriously considering leaving the UK to somewhere maybe up north of the globe, Norway, Sweden, Denmark etc...sound like good places to live, this country is going down the pan by the day I am very afraid to say, (just like most other countries across the world). Any answers will be extremely appreciated as I want to see all of YOUR perspectives on this, mine is not good enough (P.S If any of you DO live in Norway, Sweden or Denmark it would be amazing if you could tell me what it's like, economically, socially etc...is there room for artists there?

@John Lula Wow...it sounds incredible there dude, exactly what I am looking for to be honest, can I swap places with you for a week? Hahahaha @Missy in Japan Sounds like you made the right choice. Japan must be truly an excellent place to live if you were willing to move there permanently, that takes a lot of motivation! @Epiphany_Inspired Damn that does sound like paradise, compared to where I live it's the opposite, glad you are enjoying yourself, I envy you! @Keyhole Very interesting, another American! Thankyou, again, good to know you are enjoying the US in all it's glory @Sleyker Thankyou for sharing my friend. Yeah, I hear Venezuela is not doing the best at the moment, it's a shame as well. @Becks Wow!! That's really inspirational! I am very sorry to hear about what happened, congratulations on starting a business as well, it seems like you are going places! So far on this thread there is a hell of alot of different stories from across the world, it's very enlightening to hear and I am very humbled that you all would share your personal stories for me and others to read. It looks like I am not the only one who struggles with where they live! Keep em' coming!

Wow, so much response on this topic, thankyou thankyou thankyou to all who posted!! So many questions Light Lover has... @Shiva that is very interesting, thankyou, I have heard a lot about Spain, apparently it is has gone downhill politically but it's good to know you are enjoying it there at least. @Dimi again thankyou for your insight dude, I don't know anyone who lives in Belgium to be honest. @Shadowraix I have only been to US once when I was a child so I don't remember it well, those are some damn cheap apartments!! Over here in the UK the house prices are the laughing stock of the nation, ask anyone, it's at least £600 a month to rent most places (761 dollars) and they are tiny and crammed. And that applies to the whole country. @Commodent I might have to ask you more later about Norway dude as it's the country I am by far most interested in living in....thankyou for your insights and allowing me the liberty to ask you more questions about the country!

@tenta and @Toby thankyou very much for your insights, @Toby I will have to see if I can find one, I have never heard of that!

Hello all, I was just wondering how all of you (if you did) found out your body type (for men)? For example, I am not sure if I am a 'Mesomorph' or an 'Endomorph'. I know you can look online but I can't seem to find anyone in our healthcare system to is actually able to give you this information. I have very broad shoulders and my hips are a bit bigger than they should be, but I don't see myself fitting into either of these categories, I have a sort of feminine build in the lower half of my body, which makes it even more hard to specify what I am. I only ask as once I find out what body type I am, that helps to know what exercises are better for me in regard to my goals, some exercises may not work as well for me as for other body types, for example.

@Elham that is really interesting, thank you so much for sharing your own personal experience and being so open about it, it definitely sounds like a hellhole, hopefully soon you will be able to get into a university and get out of there!! What is the freedom of speech like there?

@peqkno thankyou for sharing, very interesting, as @nowimhere said!

Myself! (Search your feelings, you know it to be true!)

@Kiko there is some really good advice on here! I agree with @Shiva if you give us some more details people would be more able to help you!

Thankyou for asking this question @Rinne I was wondering the same thing! Lots of useful answers on this post.

@Danioover9000 @Salvijus explained it much better than I did, that's exactly how I would put it! Ignore the people who mention being able to go days without sleeping and feeling amazing due to no-fap, these are trolls I argue.

@Danioover9000 most people who recommend 'no-fap' and claim its benefits are people who masturbate at least 10 times a day and are totally controlled by masturbation. They then say that after they quit it they have more energy, feel mentally and physically 'clearer', can sleep better etc...but this is obviously going to be the case when you are masturbating a ridiculous amount like that, you are of course going to feel much better in comparison to jerking off 10 times a day to being free of it, just like if you were overeating! It is NOT necessary for the vast majority of men I argue, the key is moderation, 1-2 times a day is a fine and healthy number! It's when you loose track of it that you are probably going to get lots of physical issues, luckily I have never tried it myself so I have never felt it, but I would imagine pressuring your body and mind like that throughout the entire day would do it great harm, just as it would to hold in the need to jack off even when you feel you really need it. The people who champion no-fap are blind and deluded, and most of them lie or overstate the benefits to try and lure people into it's bizarre cult which treats jerking off as an extremely unhealthy activity. Again, just my opinion dude, but I feel very strongly on it!

Hi guys, I don't know if any of you know exactly what happens if you change your internal email address in your profile, it says your account will be reset, does that mean that I loose all of history on here entirely (conversations, posts, followed members, private messages) etc...or is it safe too do? I am changing my email address at the moment and I want to update my profile on here.

@Mada_ great question and @Leo Gura thanks for answering, it was something I wanted to know for a while as well, as I am struggling with understanding marketing at the moment.

@JohnnyBravo @Mirror of Confusion thankyou both very much so for your time and contribution, I will have a read of these now!!

@Joseph Maynor thankyou dude!

@Javfly33 I feel you 100% my friend, unfortunately spirituality is a minefield with lots of pain to be had along the way, but that is the way it is, there appears to be no other way around it, it seems like you are getting alot of it out the way, so that is surely something, you are making progress, spirituality as you said will be worth it and is much more important than your freelance studying in the long term, at least from an internal perspective, keep at it, you are bearing the burden of a self-actualizer, this is what it is to grow! If you feel like you are pushing yourself too much then give personal development a break for a while, lay off the psychedelics, but only you know your limits, of course.

It's a really good question dude, but there is no way to answer from an outside perspective, only you know the answer, it completely depends on your finances and passions. How much money do want to make, if you want to make huge amounts for whatever reason then it would be best to stick with your business, but if you feel like deep down it is a distraction and isn't going to fulfill you, then maybe it would be best to leave it? It's difficult without knowing you personally dude but that's just my 2 cent!

@Jacko I think you have chosen the most mature and sensible of the options available to you dude It's one of those situations that unfortunately seems to be an ugly choice either way, hard to make a clean break from people without them clinging, as you have just pointed out. Yes, inform them that the break up is continuing, otherwise exactly they will cling right back onto you again and you will be exactly back at square one again, in my opinion at least, hope it goes well man, keep us updated on this thread! You are doing very well so far.

Hello everyone, just a quick one. I just wanted to make an apology that I feel is overdue to anyone I had offended either intentionally or unintentionally on my behalf over the course of me being on this forum, lots of times I was undoubtedly a huge douche, I felt the need to apologise to make amends to anyone I had been offhand with or been unecessarily confrontational. These last few years I have had crazy amounts of growing but so much pain with it as well, almost too much at some points, but now I can look back and reflect on this and I can see that I was wrong on so many areas, including my approach on this forum and sometimes how I had acted. Thankyou all for reading, hopefully when I am on here I can now be more of help! Here's to the forum, hoping it continues to live a long, healthy and productive lifespan!

@Jacko seems like quite the pickle you are in, interestingly I am in nearly the exact same situation ahahahah! So it's probably good you posted this so as to answer my conundrum as well! It is a very very difficult situation I must admit but I think I have to agree with the advice most peeps on here have given you. It depends where you are in life and what you feel is appropriate given your age and depth of friendship, ask yourself, would they be looking after you if you were in a terrible situation and needed help? If not, then possibly you need to slowly fade away the relationship, try point them in the right direction, mental health services maybe? You can't spend you life like I have feeling like you have to be everyone's saviour, unfortunately these issues that you have described that your friends have are issues that only they can face, yes you are a support net, but they need to be able to stand on their own two feet at sometime otherwise this could potentially go on forever, sometimes you need to think of yourself first. That is just my two cent anyway, I am slowly phasing out some friends that I feel are dragging my down as well and spending more time with my 2-3 deepest relationships. You just have to decide really do you think it is fair these friends are stealing time from your one and only life which you could be spending on bettering yourself and helping the world in a much wider sense, I do understand first hand how this is difficult though

@Baby Zen thankyou for that information, sorry for the late reply, been a bit 'stuck' in myself I suppose