ZenAlex

I'd personally be just getting a mortgage on a decent property, have my own place, and just enjoy being financially secure, and live your life. I love having 5 figures in the back simply because it's there for security.

The whole thing about "nothing mattering" is the same sort of thing as people saying life has no meaning. But things can matter TO YOU. Just like things have meaning FOR YOU. Meaning could only ever be subjective because what gives something meaning is the value something brings to your life, and what brings value to you may not bring value to someone else. It's subjective but it also exists in whatever form matters. If you're in a state of mind where you think nothing matters, then you're depressed. I'd highly suggest avoiding drugs of any kind until you're in a better state of mind Life is not a bi-product of meaning, meaning is a bi-product of life.

All this Alpha, Beta, Sigma bullshit is amusing. So many people obsessed with their social status.

If Turkey Tom wants to focus on merely the parts of Actualized.org that he's concerned about, I don't consider that unreasonable.

I think I may have schizoid personality disorder. I feel similar to you, you should look it up.

3 out of 40... Interesting that I scored reasonably high on the psychopath test lol.

Your score from primary psychopathy has been calculated as 2.4. Primary psychopathy is the affective aspects of psychopathy; a lack of empathy for other people and tolerance for antisocial orientations. Your score from secondary psychopathy has been calculated as 2.6. Secondary psychopathy is the antisocial aspects of psychopathy; rule breaking and a lack of effort towards socially rewarded behavior. Interesting. I'm surprised I got such a high score tbh. I don't think the test is in depth enough.

The difference between them is emotional activity. Psychopaths are more born, and they tend to have low neuroticism and tend to appear more robot like, and lacking emotions in general, not just lacking pro-social emotions like guilty, empathy etc. Sociopaths are more made, and tend to have a greater range of emotions, often tend to be more impulsive, and tend to appear more human, but like the psychopath, they lack those pro-social feelings like empathy and guilt. They often tend to have mid to high neuroticism. Psychopath - Ted Bundy. Sociopath - Ailen Wunroos, dianne downs, casey anthony.

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Forget about the good guys/bad boys dichotomy, it's stupid. Be confident and don't be a pussy. You don't have to be a terrible person, just don't be too nice.

I experienced something similar in my jaw, but also in my nose and my brain as a whole. I caused myself some discomfort that lasted months and stopped focusing too hard during meditation. If you have ADHD or naturally weak attention span, you're having to put a lot of strain on maintaining that level of attention, be careful.

Are narcissists confident? Considering they crave validation I'd say not.

1. Get your mind in a better place. You cannot save the world yourself, so accept what you cannot change. 2. Do your small part to contribute to making it better. 3. Just because so many people are miserable, doesn't mean you have to be.

Have you ever been diagnosed with ADHD?

I'm basically schizoid. I rarely to never find anyone attractive. I don't get laid ever and I don't care. The way it feels? Just think of everything else you enjoy, and imagine being able to do all that and be happy with life without need for orgasm, an no sexual urges.

I think people take this "alpha" and "beta" thing far too seriously. The only thing objective about being an alpha male is that you are the dominant male in a social hierarchy. That's it. Everything else is just people making up shit as they go along, creating characters like "alphas" to try and become that thing so they can think better of themselves and compare themselves more positively to others. I've seen so many people descriptions of alpha males and they often differ quite significantly. And considering humans live in big societies where you can be dominant in one situation and not dominant in another, the whole alpha male/beta male thing really doesn't make much sense when applied to humans. We don't live in tribes/packs anymore, we don't assert dominance through violence as a primary tactic to establish order. Sometimes we might, but you don't see people doing this often. You try to assert dominance through violence and you'll often end up in jail. You've just created an idea of what you consider to be an ideal man and applied the term "alpha male" to it. Those traits are simply your preferred traits. The reality is a dominant male may be a complete psychopath womanzier who doesn't give a shit about women and sees them as nothing but pieces of meat, and can end up being far more sexually successful than 99% of men. Or a dominant male could end up being a fantastic lover who loves women and treats them with respect. The only thing that determines being an alpha male is dominance over others, nothing else matters to determine who is the alpha or not. But I really think humans who really give a shit about being "alpha" are just insecure people who care way too much about how they compare to others, and think worth is purely determined through social class.

Caffeine is the main issue. If you enjoy coffee just go for decaf. If you need caffeine to get you through your day then your lifestyle likely sucks.,

Nah, I'd say the psychologists definition is correct, it's just about finding a method to make it work, it's not as simple as flipping a switch.

Does anyone have any decent sources to determine what the limit on eating nuts should be? I can eat between 35-70g per day of mixed nuts - Cashews and almonds. They're a great way to get enough calories and be healthy, just wanting to know what you guys think?

Well regardless of what you believe, you are taking a risk here. So it's up to you to decide whether or not that risk is going to be worth it. The drugs could help you a lot, or they could make you worse, and your blind belief that you should be able to just overcome it is potentially dangerous. If you have a history of serious mental health issues, be very careful. I'm not telling you not to take them or to take them bro. Just be careful. You don't know fully what these drugs could do to you.

@ShardMare As @Leo Gura says right at the top of this section. SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP FOR SERIOUS ISSUES. As much as anyone on this forum wants to believe they know best, if someone in deep shit mentally/physically needs support, remember that we're just a bunch of random people on internet. As much as you may want to argue about corruption or incompetence at times in professional fields, you need to make a decision, and if you're in serious shit mental/physical health wise, and you want to know who to listen to, your safest option is professionals. By all means educate yourself, don't blindly trust authority, just realise that no one on here has anything more than info we gathered over the internet. If someone is telling you do something as a substitute for professional help, be very concerned. If I was in your situation, from what you've described, I'd personally not take them, but I don't know you, so I wont tell you not to take them. You may not have fully articulated your issues.

When did I ever say this? When did I ever say a single word of this? When did I even imply this shit? You are doing the same shit you always fucking do on every fucking thread. You twist and manipulate what I say. I never said you knew nothing, on the contrary, I said you're more than welcome to try and advise him on the subject. You may be very knowledgeable on the subject. AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU. I don't want to take medications either, and I realise the issues they can cause, and you are well within your right to educate him. But just give him the information and let him make his own mind up!!!!!! The issue I took is that you told him NOT to take medications. IT IS NOT YOUR PLACE TO TELL PEOPLE NOT TO TAKE THEM. You shouldn't do this. You don't know his circumstances. NEVER EVER EVER tell someone to take or not to take meds. This is not me forcing me view on you, you are forcing your view on him by telling him not to take meds. I'm not saying take meds or don't take meds THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE FUCKING DOING!!! As much as I may not want to go on meds myself, I know people who would be dead without them right now, so what you are saying is irresponsible. This is the final straw with you. I'm adding you to my ignore list, I can't be bothered to deal with your slimy personality anymore. You misrepresent what I say, you often don't focus on what the person is actually saying and just them themselves. You have the audacity to sit there and preach to me and others at times about their own bias and paradigms, yes you are so sure of yourself that you think you have the right to tell someone not to take medications. What you have said to him is irresponsible and reckless.

100% this. Life is life, choose an option, try it. If the end result is that you are satisfied, then that's all that matters.

How dare you sir.

People take MBTI way too seriously. Being a good musician has nothing to do with MBTI.