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19 Lies You Were Told as a Kid—That You Probably Still Believe

Adam and Eve ate an apple
“We see it in artwork, in TV shows, and movies that the forbidden fruit Adam and Eve ate referenced in the bible was an apple, right? Not so much. It is never actually referred to as any specific fruit. Many theologists theorize that, given the other geographical landmarks referenced, the fruit was likely a pomegranate or fig.”

Holy cow, I’m not religious but I just assumed there was an apple in the bible in the Adam and Eve story, bc that’s just what we’ve all been told, everywhere. […]

The fuck is this? Oppositional Defiant Disorder??
They’re just straight up making up shit.

Oppositional Defiant Disorder- ODD
“A disorder in a child marked by defiant and disobedient behavior to authority figures.
The cause of oppositional defiant disorder is unknown but likely involves a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
Symptoms generally begin before a child is eight years old. They include irritable mood, argumentative and defiant behavior, aggression, and vindictiveness that last more than six months and cause significant problems at home or school.
Treatment involves individual and family therapy.”

So literally anyone who doesn’t believe in mainstream propaganda or doesn’t believe in authoritarian rules […]

Im 42 and I feel like I just wasn’t made for life. The thought of living 40 more years is so overwhelming. It’s also scary to share with people who aren’t strangers because they will lock you up for 3 days like they did my friend Mel. She’s dead now. I’m having a hard day. I have an autism 5 year old who screams ALOT and I love him so much but it’s hard being his parent. I hope I haven’t broken any post rules. I’m new. I haven’t left the house in 3 years and I needed to talk about how I am feeling. […]

I’m so damned tired- physically exhausted- but can’t sleep, then can’t function during the day. I am so weak. Bc I’m too exhausted to even go to the grocery store, then I don’t have enough nutrients, causing me to be even more weak and tired.

It hurts so bad.

I don’t want to be sick and tired anymore. No one knows what it’s like except for the ppl who are chronically ill and with chronic fatigue syndrome. It’s absolute fucking torture. And yes, I WOULD wish it on my worst enemy.

I don’t know if I’ve ever given as far into medications as I have this past year. Like borderline abusing medications, getting as medicated as I could so I didn’t have to feel. I’m not even sorry about any of that. I think that was the right move.

Lately though, the cost is getting to me. For one no sex drive, and I’m married to someone I love, I have things I could do if I had a sex drive. The other thing is that my energy level is constantly low right now. I thought I was just unmotivated, but I just feel tired all the […]

Trying is scary to me. If I do everything within my power, and it’s still not close to enough to get me anywhere worthwhile, but I still don’t have it in me to end it, then I’m just… stuck. Stuck in complete misery and despair. No more false hope or fantasies to tell myself, to get me through the day. Just the unrelenting awareness of my failure and inferiority. That’s terrifying.

But at the moment the story I’m telling myself is that I will try. That I am trying. Tentatively and gradually at first. But  that I will eventually do all that’s reasonably possible to find […]

Woke up to being thrown out of my guild in this stupid game I’m playing. Then I went to join another guild, only to be kicked out of that one bc “my team is too weak.”

TF. We can’t even play games now without having to be in teams or guilds where you have to rely on others to do their end of the “work” and to do it well.

Whatever happened to just playing a fucking game at your own pace and having fun? Back in the day, games weren’t so “team” based. It’s fucking annoying now.

It wouldn’t be such a fucking […]

Emotional Deprivation in Infancy. 1948 Study comparing orphans to home babies

And this is why shit like “just think happy thoughts” don’t fucking work. Someone who has been physically and emotionally neglected since they were young does not and CANNOT get better with just “thinking positive.” We are so damaged, physically and cognitively. The problems are permanent (unless the baby was taken out of that bad environment into a good one as a baby/toddler).

I wasn’t an orphan but my childhood was SUPER horrible- I was neglected and uncared for, and then later abused for most of my childhood/teens, so no, I did […]

I’ve moved around a lot all my life. I would say that I’ve had about 7 childhood homes? I’ve lived in about 5 more houses, and I’m about to move again. Considering I’m only 16, it’s so much. A lot of people don’t have to constantly shift areas, they can just live in their childhood homes up until they leave school. Or maybe they’ll move once or twice. Sometimes I wonder how it would’ve been to have a stable place. It’s more of a passing thought though, it’s not my reality.

Centering this back in. At some point I started living with my mom and brother. […]

Started getting ready around 2:10PM.
Left the house at 2:40PM

1- I went out to get groceries, then put everything away
2- Did Laundry
3- Showered
5- Ate Dinner

It is now 10:08PM.
Took me 8 fucking hours to literally get groceries and do laundry.
I’m exhausted and feel like I’m about to collapse.

FML.

for the record, never found support for this, and I’ve been looking.

I was raised in high achievement culture. Put it this way, I only made friends with weirdos and outcasts, and most of the people I grew up around ended up pretty damn successful. I say all this to say I’m the runt of the litter, the black sheep who despite fine breeding and training still ended up almost useless.

And again; this is something I’ve never found another likewise afflicted. The pressure, to be something, somebody….. it’s unreal.

Today it hit me in the gut again, because once again I demonstrated my ability to adapt and […]

To the outside world, everything seems perfect in my life. I am a guy, 34, have a wonderful wife, parents, and family. We had such nice lives till 2020.. I have a job which pays ok but sucks the life out of me and drains whatever little energy I have. Past few years have been a constant battle from within. I have no will or strength. We were looking to have kids, but went through 2 miscarriages. Drs have now suggested artificial techniques.. I feel horrible to make my wife go through IVF. I want her to be really really happy, but it is so […]

Things are diffucult and im sorry that i hurt you bu ignoring you. I didnt want to upset you even nore than i have by sayong something inconsiderate or delusional. I never had an ounce of hate for you, i jusy had my guard up because borh of us were mentally impaired.

I have nothing to live for anymore. I have cptsd because I was bullied by hundreds of assholes, I can’t get a job because I am autistic, my parents are probably gonna kick me out and I have no skills to survive on my own. I want to keep living because I want to give my 8 year old nephew a better life but I am so useless that I can’t really help him in anyway.

What makes me more suicidal is that all my bullies are successful while I am the biggest loser I know. Karma doesn’t exist. And life isn’t a movie so […]