The red-pill was extremely helpful for me.
Ask HN: How did you rebuild yourself after having hit rock bottom?
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Re: Ask HN: How did you rebuild yourself after having hit rock bottom?
#322The red-pill was extremely helpful for me.
Also, therapy generally encourages effeminate behavior. Re-read the Unabomber Manifesto while standing on your pile of crunchy broken glass and let it sink in.
Everyone in PhD programs feels the same way.
Sounds like you need some gym-and-beer friends.
Re: Ask HN: How did you rebuild yourself after having hit rock bottom?
#323You're getting a lot of excellent advice here. I feel similarly to you and have been through my own troubles that have seemed quite immense to me. In the end, the best thing for me has been Buddhist meditation and practice. I know it's a weird thing to say, and that it will probably therefore have no effect for me to say it. But I've been there, and am doing much better now, and my Buddhist meditation/practice is the…
Thanks for the reply. Which practices did you try and/or which one helped you the most? In what ways are you doing better compared to before? What makes you confident that you can attribute the improvements to meditation?
Nuts,I missed that you asked for more info at the time. If you're still seeing these replies let me know and I'll answer.