Exhaust comes from pretending, so be yourself whether that is being stupidity positive or gravely negative. That won't demand much effort.
this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2025
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Although, being gravely negative comes with its own additional issues like worrying about possible negative future that in 99% of cases does not happen. We have one overly negative person in the family and it is wearing them down, all is bad, other people do [put anything that you'd think is absolutely fine] better/differently so we must be doing it wrong and it will fall/catch on fire/explode. Being positively realistic is IMHO the best path.
But what do I know, maybe that is just the positive side of me talking and some train really derails and hits me in my office in 4th floor.
There does also exist kinds of mania that comes with all the same downsides.
Some of my most depressing moments where expressed through positive joy. Nothing hurt more then people proclaim how much more they like me “this way”. Which i answered with a big dumb smile.
I can’t and won’t blame people for not seeing trough the mask, the point of masking is that they don’t see but considering those where my parents it hit deep that they where so easily fooled by a pure act.
Yes, that's healthy for me, but what about the people around me who need to maintain the illusion that everything is fine and okay?
"Gasligting" I suppose it is called in English and it is considered bad.
Good boy Mr. Peanut Butter.
I am a centrist...but for anyone near me. You happy? Don't you see all this fucked up shit? You sad? Come ooon, look at all the places where sun shines through the bad news!
I am making other people bipolar xD
I’m kinda just lukewarm all the time. Not overly positive or negative. Course that can vary depending on the day
What makes a man go … neutral
Tell my wife... I said... hello...
Isn't it exhausting?
So... you're like, emotionally stable?
Seems like a rarity these days huh
I guess dysthymia is technically being emotionally stable.
I have BPD; there are only extremes. There is no middle ground.
Then always choose the high ground...
Its not negativity, it don't-give-a-shittery