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Helping others vs. helping yourself (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sometimes it helps to think of yourself as a friend you are helping out.

[–] MisterMcBolt 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right, but my problem is that I hate myself

[–] rtxn 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Try doing it out of spite.

"That lump of shit in my cranium thinks I can't do this task, well, I'll show you, you glob of expired tapioca pudding!"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

I have heard that self-talk actually helps you at doing tasks but I never managed to learn it so I can't speak from experience.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The Kimya Dawson song "The Competition" is a great anthem for this.

I just wanted to prove wrong the voices in my head... the ones that told me that I would never win
When I delivered newspapers they said I was to slow
When I was a barista they said I made lousy foam
When I worked in retail they said I was a slob
Much too dumb for school and much too lazy for a job
So I rode my bike like lightning
I made cappuccinos that would make the angels sing
Took two showers a day and I dressed up like a princess
Shook my fist in my own face and said "I'll show you who's the best!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

for me this is just eventually causing burnout and i end up in a dark place instead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A cogent warning. This is a great way to pump yourself up, but you can't be always on. You have to give yourself time without motivation to recover. I've definitely overdone it and ended up in a days-long depressive funk.

[–] bl4ckblooc 7 points 1 year ago

This works for me when I work out