Originally Posted by MarieMarie (Post 2098726)

Have you ever read Andersen's tale of the Snow Queen? You remind me of the boy who got the piece of the magic mirror in his eye which makes him see things in an ugly way

Originally Posted by WWWP (Post 2098727)

Batty reminds me of the people in my outpatient program who were just in such denial that they aren't special and might be able to get help so they wouldn't hear anything offered to them. They respond to the therapists by describing how the world is just too ****ed up, their situation will never improve, no one understands, etc. etc. They're a dime a dozen and whenever they would start lamenting the therapists would just put their clipboards down and patiently wait for them to finish, while the rest of us rolled our eyes and tuned out because it's just so predictable and after a while pretty pathetic.

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2098731)

I don't care how pessimistic I am those people exist and they suck. They don't suck the most but they're tedious.

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2098708)

Honestly when I see rising suicide rates and rising mass shootings (that are essentially hardcore suicides) I kinda think it's the human race realizing the nihilism of existence and responding accordingly in a sort of Lovecraftian loss of sanity in the face cosmic horror. When I see the majority of the human race around me who don't understand suicide they don't seem to be on a higher level of understanding than their suicidal peers, they just seem to be more cow-like and willing to accept the generic platitudes meant to keep them compliant and productive. And the smarter people just seem to be eating up the atheist platitudes that living in a world with no meaning just means that you have to make everything out of the time that you have, as if it's not just another desperate platitude. I'm really beginning to think that mass suicide by "**** it, launch the nukes" mentality will be the end result of human psychology.

I mean life's only purpose is to perpetuate life and yet it's reached a level where life sometimes just negates itself. WTF even is that?

Originally Posted by WWWP (Post 2098734)

When have I ever been an optimist?

And my therapy has nothing to do with Donald Trump, yet another piece of evidence that you have no idea what you're talking about re: mental health

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2098731)

I mean what does your therapist have to say that makes it okay for Donald Trump to be president?

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2098737)

Alright then next time you're in group therapy try to explain your anti-natalist views and see if your therapist and everyone else doesn't zone out because they simply aren't willing to consider your views.

Originally Posted by MarieMarie (Post 2098732)

They do exist, and just in case, I want you to know I'm not one of them. (Congratulations! You managed to get under my skin ever so slightly for the first time I think)

Originally Posted by WWWP (Post 2098739)

I wouldn't bring that to therapy because that's not what therapy is about r word