Ok well first of all...
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Originally Posted by Philangicality
I appreciate your concern. You have a good heart looking out for another's well being. The problem is, not to be an asshole, I did not ask for your concern. I asked for your help in creating activities that would fall under specifications.
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Asking for help is not a prerequisite to receiving
or needing help.
Second, regarding the following exchange...
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Originally Posted by me, analog
I think we're just trying to help you understand that there are plenty of options out there, and that this one may not be the best idea in the world.
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Originally Posted by Philangicality
There is no way for me to tell if this option is right for me unless I experience it first hand.
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Perhaps it's my fault for not having been more directly articulate with what I meant, but "this one may not be the best idea in the world" was a nicer way of saying "this is the worst idea in the world"- just to clear up confusion.
With regard to going to class, there's a big difference between withdrawing from a class you don't want/need to take, and just randomly not showing up to a class because it falls on a "fun day" or whatever.
And then there's this...
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Originally Posted by me, analog
All due respect, one day you'll realize how incredibly misguided the above statement sounds and you'd have wondered why no one pointed it out to you. I'm now pointing it out to you. Think about why it might be absurd to say that a way of living is a provable science.
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Originally Posted by Philangicality
No, it does sound absurd right now, but a lot has changed since I wrote that. Just because I am going to see things from a different perspective does not mean that I should cut myself off from self-development. Which enforces the power of facts.
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I'm sorry, but you wrote that almost exactly 24 hours ago...
what has changed, precisely, since yesterday? Why is it now absurd when it wasn't yesterday, and why do you recognize it as absurd but stick with it?
You're dealing with a "quick fix", akin to a catchy slogan on a shirt or bumper sticker- not a life solution. Consider that for every "self-help" book that insists it contains "the answer", there are a few dozen others that all insist the same thing. Some books can truly offer an education on constructive ways to live a successful, happy life, and some are simply an author's attempt to subjugate the easily-lead into buying their books. I think many of us are trying to convince you that this is the latter.