friction

[nayomi]

I talked with a friend about my difficulties and what I suffer from. I suffer from shopping at the supermarket, cooking, driving, working, sometimes eating—pretty much anything in life that I don't feel like doing and is just a means to an end.

Often, pain doesn't bother me in life. When I sprained my ankle, the inability to move was harder for me than the pain; when I did Ayahuasca and Psilahuasca, I was in so much suffering, but it didn't really matter to me.

On the other hand, things that cause friction in my life lead to suicidal thoughts. It seems to me these are triggers rather than a worldview; they take over me and alter my entire perception of how to deal with them in one way or another.

I have difficulty with friction in life, and the solution is immunity—and immunity is found in death.

 

[timf]

If by "friction" you mean unpleasant encounters with others, these can be managed. Sarte was supposed to have said, "Hell is other people".

One thing we can do is identify if we do or say something annoying such as, "Hey moron, pass the salt". We can learn to say "Please pass the salt".

If we encounter someone who generates friction and is not willing to learn how to modify their own behavior, we can learn to avoid them.

The quality of life can be improved by controlling our environment to reduce such friction.