Para?noid on 29/7/2006 at 20:58
Quote Posted by Vigil
"an intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" which noid should probably hang on his wall.
hahahaha i love it
But seriously I don't fancy myself to be intelligent. Mentally competent, but distinctly average. It makes me bleed with rage when self-confessed "intelligent people" like Sypha bitch and moan on the internet, frittering away their talents into a sea of juvenile self-pity.
littlek on 29/7/2006 at 21:15
Quote Posted by Vigil
...."an intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools".
I think there is merit in that quote. A college chum and close friend of my parents was a nuclear physicist and he drank himself to death. My father always said he was intellectually bored with everyone around him.
SD on 29/7/2006 at 21:31
Either that or he liked the taste of alcohol.
Renegen on 30/7/2006 at 19:17
You know, I do agree that different people need different degree of simulation and might be easily bored, but for cripe's sake, do we ever hear of the successful stories? There's plenty of intelligent people who found happiness, instead of drinking themselves to death. We're really selecting the evidence here.
First if you're that smart and really want to be happy, why don't you research a bit on it then say the world sucks, for example I learned most happy people are happy from the daily small things in their life, not their big promotion or their house. I try to laugh at everything, have fun every day, the point is that if you don't work with what you have, your path will already be chosen for you. It's a never ending circle saying that you're unhappy, that nothing makes you happy, but you haven't really tried at all. From someone who knows a bit about the subject, I can assure anyone who reads this topic that the accumulated knowledge in here is VERY good and can change a life around. Just because your personality says that it's very difficult to be continously stimulated doesn't mean that you just have to accept it and lay down and die, the brain works in mysterious ways and practically everything is possible. Just hear the stories of the older people here in TTLG and how they've been everywhere, nothing is set in stone.
Gray on 3/8/2006 at 22:37
Indeed I have.
After living on practically no money, with no job, no future and generally nothing of everything, I've come to realise:
(Warning: the following post may include rude truths, or just poorly veiled insults)
Fuck your average neurosis. You'll get by. Everything will work out in the end anyway. And that's the word of a man who's been there, seen it, and done it. The worse your situation, the more you'll adapt and find new, previously unknown strengths inside yourself. Unless you're a complete pussy.
Any odd "feeling of being trapped" is all in your tiny little mind. Just shrug off. Also, "goth angst" doesn't really apply to real life. It might help you feel special, but it really won't help you get on with your life.
I hate to use new-agey wordy-like-thingies like "find yourself", but, in fact, once you DO feel comfortable in your skin, evidence will show you can do pretty much anything if you really put your mind to it. Well, except fly to Mars, or magically become heterosexual, or other such outlandish nonsense.
Step one: move. Anywhere is a good start. Anywhere good is better, but anywhere slightly less bad might also help.
Steps 2 - 13 will follow automatically. Honestly.
Shockedder on 4/8/2006 at 09:45
Quote:
Originally posted by Scots_TafferSeriously though, go fucking someone. Not necessarily a therapist.
Fix'd you good now.Too late though. Damn.:p
BEAR on 4/8/2006 at 14:43
Quote Posted by littlek
I suggest volunteering at some organization that interests you. Do you like to be around horses? This organization and others like it need lots of help: (
http://www.reinsoflife.com/index.html) http://www.reinsoflife.com/index.html
Working with the handicap makes you realize how fortunant you are. And being around horses is just soothing to the soul. It may just help you deal with your anxieties about yourself by trying to make others feel better.
I volunteered for a while at a place called "mountain hopes", sounds like alot the same thing. Unsurprisingly it was mostly women, so me and my brother helped doing some manly work they couldnt do, and we also walked the kids around. More rewarding than you might think to see how they smile when they are riding.
