meaning crisis

I often take care of people after suicide attempts. When they explain why they tried to die, a large proportion say they could no longer see “the point” in life. “There’s no meaning for me, no reason to live.” Most clinicians push against this idea to dissuade people from it. 1/

You don't need therapy, you need to feel part of a meaningful community, you need to build a loving family, you need to be able to share deep, open conversations with friends you completely trust.

“Burnout” is a particularly modern affliction, feeling simultaneously overwhelmed and paralyzed. I’ve found it’s best to think of burnout not as a disease but as a symptom, with many different etiologies. The big three: permanent on-call, broken steering, and mission doubt.

It’s crazy to me that every optimist talks about “going to the stars” as the A+ perfect future scenario The universe supports qualia, experience, the only natural resource that inherently matters. We can shape that resource how we wish. What matters is what it’s like to be alive

Believe in something. Anything. You are not enough.