how do you feel about being referred to as a “lost cause” ?

[starboy2k]

do you care?
do you not care?
do you hate it?
do you agree?
do you wish people would stfu and stop giving you their unsolicited perceptions of you?

talk to me <3

 

[littlecutecorpse]

honestly if anyone else were to ever call me a lost cause (like my friend) i'd feel better. it'd mean to me that they finally understand why and how i'm just so, so hopeless to continue any further in this hellhole of a life. shame too many people these days are trying to be 'saviors' and make my life 10x more miserable than before.

 

[wheelsonthebus]

It would be accurate and validating at this point

 

[washingsocks]

It's disheartening. Growing up, I was constantly called a "lost cause" by my mom and it never hurt any less than it did the first time. It was her giving up on me. I feel like it follows me everywhere I go now.

 

[TwistedNightmares]

Honestly, I wouldn't care. I am already a lost cause as it is.

 

[Deadweight]

I'm numb to insults now. I've been over-exposed and over saturated with insults. I've set the bar so low for myself now, it will be difficult to fuck it up. I'm sure I'll find a way though. Fucking up is automatic for me. I can do it with my eyes closed.

 

[Houraisan_Kaguya]

That's a categorically true statement for me. Like saying I have two legs. It would be validating, though, to have someone be upfront about it. It'd be nice.

 

[kopebaldy]

My honest reaction:

 

[Vivir_O_No]

do you care?
do you not care?
do you hate it?
do you agree?
do you wish people would stfu and stop giving you their unsolicited perceptions of you?

talk to me <3

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Since the self is an illusion, it naturally follows that free will too.

We are just a bunch of causes and conditions coming together.

In a certain way realizing this and experiencing it directly by meditation or psychedelics frees you from expectations, blame, and all of the other shit.

The "I" is just a psychological construct, a very illusory one. It is a very imprecise story that people create about themselves to justify agency, winning, losing, and all of the other shit. We are interdependent, as some monk would say, there is no space for independents beings here. As so, the multitude of causes of conditions that interfere in a person's life are very vast. Judgments about the situation of somebody speak more about the person doing the judgment, as the psyche has a natural tendency to project its own non-recognized tendencies.

 

[astroproto]

They wouldn't be wrong. This is why I think society is pretty cruel.

It mandates that no one should be able to CTB on their own accord for puritan reasons. So the people who are basically a "lost cause" end up a burden to those within proximity while the rest of society turns a blind eye because you're none of their business unless you somehow try to kill yourself.

 

[Macedonian1987]

For years, I've been called a lost cause, and they were right. At first, it bothered me greatly, and I couldn't accept it. Once I realized they were correct, hearing the phrase no longer hurt me.

I'm numb to insults now. I've been over-exposed and over saturated with insults. I've set the bar so low for myself now, it will be difficult to fuck it up. I'm sure I'll find a way though. Fucking up is automatic for me. I can do it with my eyes closed.

Pretty much this sums up my life.

 

[Pale_Rider]

Like others said if the shoe fits.