I'm not talking about being in denial. I'm saying that if you want things to not suck, you do have to have the idea that things might not suck somehow later. If you think things are always going to suck then you'll never bother to make things not suck.

Yet positive thinking has proven to be better for your mental and emotional state, helps you heal faster, and actually helps you succeed because you're looking for opportunities instead of ignoring them, as well as actually trying those opportunities instead of talking yourself out of it.

It's not a fallacy to try to think positively, it's a scientifically proven tactic.

Yeah, you gotta know when to fold em, but saying that thinking you can do something is the same as a gamblers fallacy is a false dichotomy.

I'm not saying never to be angry, I'm saying never to give up.

Also most of the rights we enjoy are thanks to the French and Russian people who had a whole lot of negative thoughts about their kings and expressed them loud enough for the ruling classes in the rest of the world to hear.

TIL, /s stands for spoiler

Not once have people channeled negative emotions into action or art. It’s impossible.

Except, no? Art is about expressing one's self. There's tons of art out there inspired by negative emotions. Anger-fueled protest songs, Emily Dickinson's poems about death, countless paintings created to express a people's or an individual's plight, the list goes on.

Being positive is definitely better for one's health, but to say negative emotions have never and could never be used to create art is absurd.

Edit: Or was your comment sarcasm? I truly cannot tell anymore.

I'm not saying that you need to do it in NT style at all! You gotta do it your own way.

This is a brilliant way of looking at this whole situation. I think that if people can contextualize it like you said it would really help bridge the gap!

Spite’s some good shit, but it’s always diluted by a lingering fixation with others’ objectives. It works, but it’s just a common street drug, and you need more of it every time you use it.

The pharmaceutical grade product is called determination. Pure determination makes you unstoppable.

If you find a reliable supplier btw hmu

Ok yeah, I've lived like that too and I can relate. Trust me when I say that I totally get that mental state.

The one flaw with it, though, that one has to break through eventually, is that it's reactive. It's always, ultimately, defined by others.

The escape clause I found was that one of the best ways to get back at the fuckers was to thrive. But to do that, I had to do what I wanted, not just react. But to get what I wanted, I first had to want something for myself, and then I realized I couldn't get that if I held onto the idea that everything would be terrible forever. I had to have a gritty version of hope. I had to adapt to a positive mindset for my goals or else I'd be hampering myself.

So yeah, spite can get you to accomplish things, but it's always a contrarian way of doing things, constantly teathered to showing someone up rather than actual freedom.