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Tommy Dixon on Substack
The way you see the world will depend upon the emotions you are feeling. When you are angry, everything around you is wrong, nothing is right. You blame everything including the weather; whether it’s raining or the sun is shining, nothing pleases you. When you are sad, everything around you is sad and makes you cry. You see the trees and you feel s
... See moreDon Miguel Ruiz • The Four Agreements
However, there is often a recognizable trait in the people who are willing to sit with suffering. It’s hard to identify, but I know it when I see it.
Andrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
You know that movie Punch-Drunk Love? The weird one with Adam Sandler? He’s at a dinner party, and everyone there thinks he’s a weirdo, and somebody asks him, “Do you feel like there is something wrong with you?” He says, “I don’t know if there is anything wrong because I don’t know how other people are.” I don’t think there’s anything wrong with m
... See moreWill Leitch • How Lucky: A Novel
Despite formulaic acknowledgements that of course others have it worse, the basic claim remains the same: “The persistent low grade dysfunction I am experiencing is a social problem.”
Gawker • Failure to Cope "Under Capitalism"
I think it’s just that we don’t talk about this stuff out loud very much. I feel the same way describing the kind of social anxiety I get from performative parts of social media—to detail it out loud feels unhinged. But I think most people are feeling similar stuff. It’s bleeding into everyone’s behaviors.
The Atlantic • How to Leave an Internet That’s Always in Crisis
Each person is a fathomless mystery, and you have only an outside view of who they are.