/lit/ - Literature

>>16775626
So how can I act or feel stoic if I know my mind will be secretly analyzed and my thoughts and feelings will be used against me? answer is simple. Know you are being used and know that no one else but the one being attacked by your mind will ever truly know it. You are in control. Embrace your mind, watch it evolve, grow, grow, learn, and then come back and live your life as you choose.

We always ask ourselves, "Will I grow as an adult?" Will you be able to do this year after year reflecting upon your sad and impossibly deranged situation?

>>14648423
>there's always a layer of discomfort when I'm with people I barely know and have almost nothing in common with
>there are just some parts of social interaction that I find dishonest and upsetting, like petty, banal, and constant criticism of everything
I feel the same way, Anon. Though I will try to chime in during my classes as well, because I feel that I am taking my withdrawal to extreme degrees and that might harm me in the long run.
Anyway, have a nice day and I hope I'll see you in the next thread as well!

>>14649693
If you show emotion to anyone, not just women, you'll cease to be seen as an equal worthy of respect. Instead, you will be seen as someone less, who doesn't deserve love but pity. Do you also find it funny how these days the media constantly spews bullshit like "men should not be afraid to cry"? And then society will completely cease to see those men as men.

I do realise how completely autistic this sounds, but in the past I felt guilty about finding certain girls pleasant to look at. Pic related, for example.
Nowadays I don't really look at people or at pictures of them so it's no longer something that affects me anymore. But since I'm here, I was wondering whether anyone else had this problem, or something similar.