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Tag: mental-health

  • Why Social Media Makes Us Crazy

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    Pastor Rich Lusk
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    Society will always get more of what it glamorizes and less of what it stigmatizes. The law of incentives remains undefeated. Every society has a shame code – certain practices it publicly shames. You can tell a lot about the health of a society by looking at what it shames versus what it celebrates. Shame…

  • Red Pill Proverbs: Hard Edged Advice for Life

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    Pastor Rich Lusk
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    Fake friends are like shadows. They stay close to us while we’re in the sunlight, only to leave us immediately as we step into the darkness. — Understand that not everything is meant to be understood. Live, let go, and don’t worry about what you can’t change. — You can apologize over and over but…

  • Emotions

    Emotions

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    Pastor Rich Lusk
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    Emotions are not neutral. Feelings are implicit, reflexive judgments about ourselves, others, and/or the world. If I love something, I judge it worthy of my love. If I feel angry about something, it is because I perceive a situation as unjust or somehow disordered. If I feel joy, it’s because judge that my experience of…