The older I get the more I realize the phrase "ignorance is bliss" is tragically true.
this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2023
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If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?
-a bumper sticker I saw once
It is a problem when you live in a society where most people aren’t self-aware
I have so much self awareness than I'm afraid that talking to a professional I will sound like I'm trying to trick them into thinking I have a mental disease. To the point that I think I've convinced myself that I'm lying to myself about my mental problems. So I don't, because I have a lot of respect for people I know who have actual mental disorders.
A good therapist wouldn't judge you even if that were the case, so I'd say go for it if you really want to.
Plus, "I'm concerned that I might be overthinking symptoms X, Y, and Z" is a good enough place to start as any.
Ignorance is bliss. So I've heard.
Part of the problem? It is the entire fucking problem
Right. I remember learning about introspection in school and thinking "wow I wish I could stop doing that"
During an interview, a former boss said, "You're very self-aware. Like...maybe too self-aware?"
Me: "Even if that's true, I'm not sure what I could do about it?"
Then it just fizzled. I did get the job though, for better or worse.
Oh, I'm self-aware. Of all the negatives. It's the positives I'm struggling to find. That's why I'm taking to a mental health professional before I pull a Hemmingway in a truck stop bathroom.
So first of all, I'm glad you're getting professional help because being self-aware and having the courage to reach out and tackle your demons head on is tough. Keep up the good fight mate.
But you're going to have to be more specific when saying "pull a Hemmingway" because that fucker did a lot.
So you're either going to rip a skylight out of a ceiling onto your head, accidentally shoot yourself in the leg whilst aiming at a shark twice, publish a Pulitzer prize novel, contravene the Geneva Convention, work for the KGB, be investigated by the FBI for obvious reasons, have several car accidents, cheat on your current wife then divorce then marry the other woman repeatedly, get mauled by a lion, or start hunting Nazi U-Boats with a machine gun and a handful of grenades.
I think he means the very last thing Hemmingway did.
Second to last is also not great.
Move to Idaho?