No need to discuss why, it’s not helpful and will only foster toxic back and forth I’m trying to avoid.
Please peruse these suggestions, even if not suffering, it might be helpful to someone you love or have never met.
#1. The number one way to increase neurochemicals dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine (happy chemicals) in our brains is performing challenging acts which provide a net good to ourselves, someone we care for or society in general.
Examples;
-Taking an online class in an area of interest, there are many free online certs through MIT, Harvard, Saylor University, etc, education no longer means impoverishing oneself.
-Teaching your son/daughter how to change oil, catch fish, or capping a game/lose at gambling :
- Volunteering at a nursing home, AA/GA, medical reserve corps, veterans or church, or dating a morbidly obese person
#2. Free yourself of anxiety by living in the moment . To quote the the stoic philosopher Seneca...
“True happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the past or future....”
Two simple ways to start to achieve this process of quieting your mind...
-Listen to Audiobook, “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle, the combination of spiritual enlightenment along with practical exercises is an easy and useful listen.
-With each passing thought or action, ask yourself, “why am I doing this?” “Why am I worrying about this?” “Why am I trolling thomorino?” Over time you will find you no longer care about certain things which you gravitated towards for toxic reasons.
#3. Eliminating Addiction. Whether it’s substance, social media, sexual, any form of loss of control is wreaks havoc. Addiction is perhaps the most difficult issue to solve and not a one size fits all.
IMO the entire premise for any form of addiction is gaining control and what Nietzsche called the “Will to Power”
The only honest useful suggestion I have here is going to a therapist and/or listening or reading one of Allen Carr’s books “Easy Way to Stop Smoking” or “Easy Way to Control Alcohol”. I’ve seen the most insight gained and improvement made from these two books when it comes to any form of addiction, not just smoking or alcohol.
Please peruse these suggestions, even if not suffering, it might be helpful to someone you love or have never met.
#1. The number one way to increase neurochemicals dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine (happy chemicals) in our brains is performing challenging acts which provide a net good to ourselves, someone we care for or society in general.
Examples;
-Taking an online class in an area of interest, there are many free online certs through MIT, Harvard, Saylor University, etc, education no longer means impoverishing oneself.
-Teaching your son/daughter how to change oil, catch fish, or capping a game/lose at gambling :
- Volunteering at a nursing home, AA/GA, medical reserve corps, veterans or church, or dating a morbidly obese person
#2. Free yourself of anxiety by living in the moment . To quote the the stoic philosopher Seneca...
“True happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the past or future....”
Two simple ways to start to achieve this process of quieting your mind...
-Listen to Audiobook, “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle, the combination of spiritual enlightenment along with practical exercises is an easy and useful listen.
-With each passing thought or action, ask yourself, “why am I doing this?” “Why am I worrying about this?” “Why am I trolling thomorino?” Over time you will find you no longer care about certain things which you gravitated towards for toxic reasons.
#3. Eliminating Addiction. Whether it’s substance, social media, sexual, any form of loss of control is wreaks havoc. Addiction is perhaps the most difficult issue to solve and not a one size fits all.
IMO the entire premise for any form of addiction is gaining control and what Nietzsche called the “Will to Power”
The only honest useful suggestion I have here is going to a therapist and/or listening or reading one of Allen Carr’s books “Easy Way to Stop Smoking” or “Easy Way to Control Alcohol”. I’ve seen the most insight gained and improvement made from these two books when it comes to any form of addiction, not just smoking or alcohol.