Embracing your cringe is equivalent to self actualization for gen z

Remember Maslow’s Pyramid/Hierarchy of needs? This mine:

On a rainy evening when your eyes pour as you leave someone’s home, it’s okay to hold yourself together with the warmth of a latte and the silence of your company as you occupy yourself with work. It’s okay because maybe by the time you finish the food you ordered with your coffee you will realize that you were very hungry. And as you get more of your work done, you will realize that you were lowkey stressed about getting it done at the back of your mind that whole time. And as you keep quiet and not force yourself to articulate anymore you will realize that you were just done with socializing and your social battery being below red was what was making you feel off when you were leaving that home earlier. And by the time you are done at the café you will realize that this evening you successfully overcame a bunch of the cognitive distortions that fuck with your mind like emotional reasoning and jumping to conclusions and all-or-nothing thinking. And then you can realize that the last six months of therapy have helped. And you may also realize that you are simply like a child who gets cranky when they get hungry and tired and that instead of some sort of emotional outburst which is unnecessary and confusing you just need to step away, feed yourself and rest and recover. And if even after that you feel off or low, we can investigate and confront. But first, let’s just check in with the first level of your Maslow’s hierarchy needs - your physiological need to eat food and nourish yourself in a timely manner, your need to keep yourself hydrated with water, your need to use the loo (even though you hate using any restroom outside of your home’s), and your need to sleep and let your body and mind rest. And now, we can leave this café on this rainy night with a smile and more confidence in our ability of taking care of ourselves, of understanding ourselves better, and of improving and healing. 

When my class was going over questions we had about part one of 1984, someone asked why there was a shortage of razor blades; my teacher mentioned that shortages of essential items such as razor blades are probably orchestrated by The Party in order to keep its members in poverty. At first one might wonder why the heck they would want their members to have such poor living conditions, but then it occurred to me: it has to do with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. According to Maslow, a person’s basic needs for survival (such as food, water, shelter, and, by extension, a feeling of safety) must be met before they can worry about higher needs such as love, self-esteem, and self-actualization (including creative and intellectual pursuits). Obviously Party members wouldn’t feel safe knowing that Big Brother is constantly watching them through the telescreens and a network of spies, and if they are also kept in a state of fluctuating half-poverty due to the occasional scarcity of a basic need such as food or, in this instance, razor blades, they will be more likely to worry about if they’re going to have enough food or how long their clothes will last and less likely to start committing thoughtcrimes. From Big Brother’s standpoint, it’s genius: keeping your citizens preoccupied with the physical conditions in which they live ensures that they will not have the time or energy to conspire or rise up against you.

Thank you Skizzleman for helping me today on my psych test.

Manifesting no more traumatic moments for Hunter in For the Future

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Looking for a 0% on that clay, all my Dream haters speak up

Been thinking about Bioshock again. BS2 will always be my favorite.

That being said I need help