Anybody know of any /x/ ways to deal with melancholy and discouragement?
I don't feel like i want to give up or anything but some nights can suck when you're not tired.
>Surely somebody more skilled than me has had this problem and solved it
Anonymous
8/5/2025, 5:29:24 AM
No.40855982
>>40856081
Try masturbating to younger women
Anonymous
8/5/2025, 5:52:22 AM
No.40856081
>>40858379
>>40855982
I don't know, anon, doing that would feel like a concession at this point. I'm generally regarded as handsome and get enough attention in rl to stroke my ego so I'd rather pursue that in the real way than simulate it.
I'm just at one of those points in life, I guess, where I need to make some changes to pursue the happiness which satisfies my soul- I'm just comfortable enough that making those changes sounds unpleasant and like a lot of work, however. Maybe i should just go work out. I don't think my gym is 24 hours, though kek
Anonymous
8/5/2025, 6:03:01 AM
No.40856113
>>40858323
>>40855936 (OP)
When that happens I sit down, take a deep breath, and re-examine my own assumptions about reality, because at least one of them is apparently wrong.
The only reason I ever even feel that way though is when I am for some reason unable to continue my work. The work sets me free, and brings me peace by showing me who I am.
Anonymous
8/5/2025, 3:18:52 PM
No.40858323
>>40856113
Kek, consider yourself lucky then. Ursula LeGuin called them French diseases of the soul; pique, umbridge, ennui. I don't know how the fuck I got that. Nobody else in my family has it desu
Anonymous
8/5/2025, 3:21:56 PM
No.40858337
>>40855936 (OP)
Different solutions have been offered, you can read Nietzsche, Gurdjieff, Cioran, etc. Personally I'm still lost.
Anonymous
8/5/2025, 3:29:29 PM
No.40858375
>>40858443
emotions actually correspond to certain subtle energy flows occurring "within the body" (which is not JUST the physical body).
I spent like ten years in deep depression without any strong positive emotions, and just recently I saw a really kind person and was overfilled with love. and I could actually FEEL the motion roughly around my chest area. it has its own "colour" (not actually colour, but it feels like it) and "texture" (not actually texture, but it feels like it). and its own way of flowing too. love moves at a gentle pace, is a bit airy, like tendrils of slightly thicker mist that flow around your chest area. for me, it feels light green-whitish.
depressive feelings on the other hand feel very dense, "pressed in", like you've crushed them in a trash compactor or something. they have a ton of weight and drop straight down, and it feels like your mind is dropping with them. they feel pitch black in colour. their consistency is like that of a thick liquid, maybe similar to quicksand in some ways - almost solid, but not quite.
the point is, you actually have a good measure of control over these sensations. for example, when I reflect on the memory of loving feelings, or put my attention on those loving feelings, I immediately get the loving sensation in my chest (and it tends to be around the mid-upper chest, whereas depressive feelings are around the lower chest and lower lungs for me). with practice and awareness, you can loosely control the emotions you feel in most situations. I haven't trained this ability myself, but I have seen other people talk about it, and I can definitely believe it. after feeling love recently, I really think it's somewhat similar to learning how to move for a sport or some kind of exercise. you can definitely move your emotions in this way or that way, if you put your mind to it.
Anonymous
8/5/2025, 3:30:30 PM
No.40858379
>>40858443
>>40856081
>I'm just comfortable enough that making those changes sounds unpleasant and like a lot of work, however
you have no faith in yourself. that's your problem.
work on that instead of evading.
Anonymous
8/5/2025, 3:43:58 PM
No.40858443
>>40858375
I appreciate this post, being well written and practically helpful. The best advice is always the stuff you can adapt to many situations rather than being exclusively helpful in one. Thanks, anon.
>>40858379
This is exactly the thing I'm evading. It's not like one can't feel it whisping around the edges of your consciousness when one does evade lol. I'm not so deluded as to think /x/ is my therapist so I won't go on lmao
>hey
