As a psychiatrist, I’ve seen how chasing happiness leads to misery | Psyche Ideas
But if happiness and enjoyment of life is ‘health’, is unhappiness and struggle ‘ill-health’? Isn’t struggle natural and inevitable? Are sorrow and grief not a part of the human condition? Are we to pathologise every ache of the soul? I used to believe that emotional pain was something to be solved, something that signified to me a failure in my... See more
They Convinced you to Love Yourself So you’d Forget to Respect Yourself
Man chases “happiness.” But in actuality, he doesn’t chase happiness at all. He chases freedom from pain. And he believes that happiness is the opposite of pain. And it is this that sinks him. He chases and hopes for “positive events,” something to go his way, so that he can gain a moment of happiness. But he does not understand that no matter how
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Happiness within doesn’t always feel happy.
We live in a world that is emotionally unintelligent and immature. One common misconception that stems from there is the expectation that you can always be happy. And sure, there are all these pills and promises, but that misses the point.
Emotions are often represented by water in esoteric traditions.
... See moreThe philosophy of the West is individualistic in essence and capitalistic in manifestation. We are encouraged from infancy to develop a fixation on individualistic pursuits of happiness that place enjoyment of life at the heart of what we perceive as mental and emotional ‘health’. But if happiness and enjoyment of life is ‘health’, is unhappiness... See more