"I can feel your anger. It gives you focus, makes you stronger!" ~ Emperor Palpatine Another great essay, Blerdy! And this one may certainly be valuable because of the current poignancy in the USA right now. Introspection like this, illustrates how close we all are to one another, regardless of minor variances. - One thing I wanted to mention is that the dangers of using tools like these, unguided by a professional, may include delusional thinking - as one may mistakenly justify their egotistical biases. It can actually make the issues worsen, and become harder to overcome. Taking precautions can be as simple as being very aware of those "unhealthy thinking patterns" 5:04 and snap out of them if veering in that direction. Those unhealthy thinking patterns are prevalent and really do shut people down, which means they may never reach their best self. Take a break if the game is increasing stress, perhaps that Pomodoro method could be used in playing the game. The goal of the game is to understand oneself so as to feel better, not worse. - People gotta remember that the body is but one thing to care for. The mind is absolutely another. Of course some would further say that the soul is another. When the self is healthy, then there will be benign growth. When the self is unhealthy, then the growth will be malign. The journaling helps to "get it out of your system" via processing it meaningfully, and when combined with self reflection to work out what one feels and why they feel it - this self-enlightenment leads into the stoic, when one can temper themself with self control and further be empowered by themself. We've known about ourselves for thousands of years, and the ancients were able to codify and explore the psyche even back then. Modern techniques will still trace back to these ancient philosophers and their observances of human behaviors. - I'm definitely interested in seeing America become healthy again. There's too much stress, and not enough compassion. Too much corruption, and not enough integrity. It surely causes people to wild out when so frequently - up is down, and down is up - and this ends up making people weaker as a result. Society has shifted to accommodate all of the pressures of day-to-day life with all of it's expectations, and the result is very unhealthy. In a word: decadence. We've lost touch with the natural world and our natural selves because of the clockwork nature of our society that we depend upon. We become less human, and become more enslaved drone, as a result - and so our minds rebel while they have the strength and wherewithal to do so, before being suppressed entirely. "You know that pain and guilt can’t be taken away with the wave of a magic wand! They’re the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don’t want my pain taken away, I need my pain!" ~ Captain James T. Kirk
the concept sounds great, but how is this an RPG? It sounds more a list of prompts to think about. I don't want to downplay the meaningfullness of this, since i believe it's ultimately helpfull, but it doesn't sound like there's a game here.
Thanks so much for making this, Blerdy! This is so wonderful. I'm sobbing!
I'm glad the video was able to resonate! I appreciate the love!
"I can feel your anger. It gives you focus, makes you stronger!" ~ Emperor Palpatine
Another great essay, Blerdy! And this one may certainly be valuable because of the current poignancy in the USA right now. Introspection like this, illustrates how close we all are to one another, regardless of minor variances.
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One thing I wanted to mention is that the dangers of using tools like these, unguided by a professional, may include delusional thinking - as one may mistakenly justify their egotistical biases. It can actually make the issues worsen, and become harder to overcome.
Taking precautions can be as simple as being very aware of those "unhealthy thinking patterns" 5:04 and snap out of them if veering in that direction. Those unhealthy thinking patterns are prevalent and really do shut people down, which means they may never reach their best self.
Take a break if the game is increasing stress, perhaps that Pomodoro method could be used in playing the game. The goal of the game is to understand oneself so as to feel better, not worse.
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People gotta remember that the body is but one thing to care for. The mind is absolutely another. Of course some would further say that the soul is another. When the self is healthy, then there will be benign growth. When the self is unhealthy, then the growth will be malign.
The journaling helps to "get it out of your system" via processing it meaningfully, and when combined with self reflection to work out what one feels and why they feel it - this self-enlightenment leads into the stoic, when one can temper themself with self control and further be empowered by themself.
We've known about ourselves for thousands of years, and the ancients were able to codify and explore the psyche even back then. Modern techniques will still trace back to these ancient philosophers and their observances of human behaviors.
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I'm definitely interested in seeing America become healthy again. There's too much stress, and not enough compassion. Too much corruption, and not enough integrity. It surely causes people to wild out when so frequently - up is down, and down is up - and this ends up making people weaker as a result.
Society has shifted to accommodate all of the pressures of day-to-day life with all of it's expectations, and the result is very unhealthy. In a word: decadence.
We've lost touch with the natural world and our natural selves because of the clockwork nature of our society that we depend upon. We become less human, and become more enslaved drone, as a result - and so our minds rebel while they have the strength and wherewithal to do so, before being suppressed entirely.
"You know that pain and guilt can’t be taken away with the wave of a magic wand! They’re the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don’t want my pain taken away, I need my pain!" ~ Captain James T. Kirk
I Liked the video, but it still says +0. WTF UA-cam?
UA-cam is a strange beast. None of us know how it works all the time haha. Thanks for the support, it is greatly appreciated.
the concept sounds great, but how is this an RPG? It sounds more a list of prompts to think about. I don't want to downplay the meaningfullness of this, since i believe it's ultimately helpfull, but it doesn't sound like there's a game here.