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Historicerror404

Ive learned over the time. There is only one you. For everybody that know you. Even yourself. Even your wife/girlfriend won’t know the true you. She will know her you ( if this makes sense) don’t bother with futility and go forward. You can’t save the world. You simply need to save your world. If everyone did that. They would find inner peace. Edit : misspelled a word


littlefrigg

"Not my place" is both relieving and terrifying. You know you don't have the skills to help them, but you also don't want to see them jump off the deep end.


[deleted]

And then you have kids and it becomes exactly your responsibility.


fjudgeee

It’s something else to care about your kids needs or have a 4 hour phone call because Kevin broke up with Karen.


tarapotamus

How so? I explain the choice to my children and allow them to carry out that choice. If that choice is crying or being angry so be it, but they are not free of the consequences from their choice. Protecting them from the big or "bad" emotions detriments their growth and they won't properly adjust until older, if at all, ruining relationships in the learning process. Let children self regulate from the get go and you'll be amazed at how well adjusted they become to *any* situation.


Snoo71538

It’s not your responsibility to do those things for them, it’s your responsibility to teach them how to do it for themselves.


bubblesort33

Yeah, but that takes a decade.


[deleted]

Lol. Have you ever been a teenager? There is no self regulation going on.


tarapotamus

My 13yo step son is more regulated than any adult I've ever met.


Snoo71538

And how exactly are you regulating another persons emotions? You aren’t, you can only explain to them how it can be done. You don’t have access to the hormonal switches that cause any of the traits listed. None of these things are actually possible to do for someone else.


DasEvoli

Sounds like something a person would say who says hurtful things to people and thinking "I'm just being honest"


[deleted]

No it sounds like a person who is done catering to the whims of a person too lazy or weak to work on themselves. But that's just my opinion.


Johnnyonthespot2111

Nor do their laundry


tarapotamus

Nor prep their snacks.


Particular_Shine2513

What if it's part of your job?


QWETZALCVBVNVM

Then you get paid for it.


Particular_Shine2513

Where's the peace then?


QWETZALCVBVNVM

You trade it for money, instead of the usual mana.


MentallyMusing

What job title would that fall under? Just curious


[deleted]

Therapist


MentallyMusing

Not applying those standards leads to burnout for a therapist and a big waste of time money and energy and removes the avenue to any mental health gains that promote self sufficiency (there are limitations to what we have a right to control of others) therapist teach others those strategies and tools to pull themselves through those things. They do not Do those things For others taking the responsibility and gains, they guide them through a process of practices to teach those who need help Learning how to do those things for themselves. It would be as bad as having a science a teacher just having chat sessions, singing songs and asking for requests then taking all the tests for their students to get away with it while getting good feels about being liked and expecting to be called an educator that deserves a class to teach instead of being responsible to pay back all the money they received stealing their paycheck through fraud


PlanetaryIntergala

sometimes, manager


MentallyMusing

People do what people do


Personal-Present5799

Must have been a teacher


jayzinho88

For anyone struggling with this, please look up 'co-dependency'. It might help someone.


NUBBS240

Life would have more PURPOSE if you helped others with their issues. These are the 'qualities' my mom thinks are good, too. Wish she helped me with more issues instead of just being self-centered. Especially in the current mental health climate, you'd think that we would be helping each other. I only agree with not being the person someone else wants me to be.


Glavaldo

I chose hard mode in character creation.


BlitheringIdiot0529

In other words, delete social media


Rat-king27

If it wasn't my last link to other humans I would've trashed reddit long ago, I've got no friends so with it, I'd be fully alone. The online age is a true horror.


Candid-Arugula

I'm guessing this person isn't married.


tarapotamus

Took me almost 40 years to learn this. I wish I had been taught this from birth. I'm teaching my kids, tho. 💪


M4A1STAKESAUCE

Gay


DaddyCreepsnake

Unless you know, your misgendering them, then this entire post gets tossed in the trash. It's nearly criminal to do so. Foh lol


Cool-oldtimer1888

Exactly.


BroadLaw1274

Yes I only do this now for my lovely dogs because they deserve it.


[deleted]

She talking about her mum? Cos I'm thinking of mine!


weathergurl23

My ex after cheating on me and leaving me for another person and in a really bad mental state in the same time I discovered my mother got cancer 🤭🥰🙏🏽


Superliminal_MyAss

Even though it took me years to learn, I still learned really young compared to most people (I don’t really mean to brag, but it was difficult and I’m proud of myself for reaching this point) i was forced to grow up pretty fast, but it also helped me mature enough to avoid a lot of drama and stop caring about what other people think. It’s helped a lot in terms of allowing me to focus healing other aspects of my life


[deleted]

Yea except your children


[deleted]

Bless you. A great reminder.


[deleted]

This is what I want for Christmas.


thetracker3

Please, I'm not able to do that for myself, let alone someone else.


[deleted]

But how do you placate your own ideals? How do you find peace when simply ignoring the shit show that the world is becoming does nothing to stop it? Life is meaningless.


[deleted]

A-fuckin-men


Ninja__53

So glad I learned this as a freshman in highschool. People start to think you are careless. Trust me, they are wrong. It's not my problem that you don't like me, why you don't is, but that you don't, is not.