I've been in pain and anguish before from past perspectives I've held including emotional pain including emotional pain that later upon introspection I realized I had made up to myself. I had to figure that one out for myself because it's a possibility counselors never look at.
How did I do this? By realizing that our emotions, any terminology about the mind are just narratives, just stories although ones which have consequences as far as our direction in the real world. I figured out I wasn't really depressed because I came to realize that the optimal narrative to follow to lead myself to success involved a narrative where I had made up a great of my feelings in the past without realizing it.
Could I be making up feelings to myself right now? From the moment's perspective no. From the future's perspective possibly, if it serves me to reframe my life's narrative that way in the future but that's not to worry about now.
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I've been in pain and anguish before from past perspectives I've held including emotional pain including emotional pain that later upon introspection I realized I had made up to myself. I had to figure that one out for myself because it's a possibility counselors never look at.
How did I do this? By realizing that our emotions, any terminology about the mind are just narratives, just stories although ones which have consequences as far as our direction in the real world. I figured out I wasn't really depressed because I came to realize that the optimal narrative to follow to lead myself to success involved a narrative where I had made up a great of my feelings in the past without realizing it.
Could I be making up feelings to myself right now? From the moment's perspective no. From the future's perspective possibly, if it serves me to reframe my life's narrative that way in the future but that's not to worry about now.