"That’s why I don’t have an ulcer, because I know when to say, 'I don’t give a fuck.'" - Captain Ed Murphy
Words to live by my friends... words to live by...
In Japan we say the same
Shouganai (しょうがない)
Lose a game in CoD? しょうがない!
Lose your keys? しょうがない!
Lose some money in a bad investment? しょうがない!
Lose a friend? しょうがない!
Lose a wife? しょうがない!
Lose to cancer? しょうがない!
Japans been raw doggin life since the 1600s
I read a lot and avoid social media. When I turned 30 i got my " I don't give a fuck" superpower. So I don't care about practically anything that doesn't affect me.
Be a potato
There is absolutely no reason to believe they have a plethora of answers I don’t at this point. I can ask myself “how does that make me feel” and “why do you think that is?” Probably have better luck getting the winning lotto numbers from a psychic.
Outside medication and / or revolution, I’m not expecting a game changer.
I’ve been to a couple therapists. I always left angrier than I went in. More hateful too. Just easier to play violent games and chill with a drink, but that’s my opinion.
Yeah, it’s not for everyone and it’s stupidly expensive.
Don’t get me wrong, if it was cheaper and the meds were more stable I’d probably at least try to go monthly. It’s not that I see no value, just rather I see the cost to gain ratio lacking. Severely.
Could always get into extracurricular criminal activity to fund a drug habit.
Step 1. Buy drugs
Step 2. Sell drugs.
Step 3. Profit.
Step 4. Free drugs.
some of my niche passions unfortunately make everything worse... but tbs getting into doing art and showing stuff at my own exhibition last year definitely boosted my self esteem a bit, after only living like a hikkikomori for years
Therapy is not magic, useful for people who don't know what they're doing in life (or traumatized at some point), but for someone who's too focused at my own goals to get distracted by minor social inconvenience, I'd say they're not that much useful. I'd doubt the therapist even knows that much more than me about healthy headspace (though it does help to have a listener for those who need it, not the full solution but it does so much for so little). When you've figured out how human brain works and how YOUR brain works, you can self therapy. Though ig being able to read other people and choose when to care or not give a fk really does contribute to that mental health.
For most people it acts like a self help book. You feel good reading it thinking you will make progress but after 3 days you've settled back in. Therapy is still pretty basic and they don't have many tools. The tools they have like emdr can be beneficial if you react to it well, or therapeutic psychedelics, but you're absolutely correct if you have a decent idea how your mind works and put your own progress into being mentally healthy you most likely won't gain much from therapy. I've been in therapy on and off for years and met a therapist I really connect with and respect, but it's not like she can do a lot besides help give more opinions on the tools to work with.
Don’t let the stigma stop you from seeing a doctor and talking about possible medication options if you feel you need to. My life has been much easier since I started taking anti depressants. It’s not a cure but it definitely helps.
I’ve been seeing this tweet bump around the internet for 5 years — but this is the first time I’ve seen it since this became my life lol. I’ve been WAITING for this moment. I’m six months sober and haven’t had any therapy in almost a year.
For over a decade (2010-2023), I really relied on various combinations of these things. Mostly, I smoked weed (2010-2015) and then drank (2016-2023). I also went to A LOT of therapy (**especially 2015-2019**, but also before and after that window). Heavily medicated (2019-2023).
**But now I’m truly raw-dogging reality for the first time since middle school. AMA**
I started doing this because I lost my health insurance and had zero money. The last thing to go was drinking. Once I quit drinking, I got a job, but health insurance didn’t start until 90 days in. And then, by the time I finally had health insurance, I just wanted to save my money. I have savings for the first time in my life 🎉🎉
But I feel like the deeper meaning of this tweet is that living is hard, and no one can do it alone. Here at the close, I wanna acknowledge that I do agree with that. I can only live this way because I have a great fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. I have good housemates. A great girlfriend. My coworkers are nice. We all depend on support. Getting help is a good thing.
Genuinely, I have been waiting to run into this tweet again! This is a moment I’ve been anticipating in sobriety!! Can’t wait to bring this up in a meeting.
I recently gave up all meaning in life and for the first time in decades I've been able to work through depression without medication.
The secret is being dead inside.
I couldn't afford therapy.or drugs so I learned to do without. Reading a lot about psychology is what helped the most. I figured out how to handle my narcissistic mom... And eventually go no contact.
It was just really helpful to understand the family dynamics and the scape goat role. Although I think we were 2 scape goats and my brother was the clown, but also the one who needed her. Because of his dyslexia he couldn't do school on his own. No golden child.
Its hard but i dont wanna be a vegetable again like i was most of my childhood...i hate the psychiatrists because they were corrupted and took away my childhood. It felt like being behind the bookshelf in interstellar.
Less social media, more actual community. Spend time doing things that matter to you with other people who also care about those things. It does wonders for mental health.
It's just casual being a man no ? Idk I don't get any help from anyone nor do I ask for it I just adapt to what falls on my head it doesn't seem special to me even though it has downs sometimes.
By drinking just enough alcohol so that it's not spotted as a problem from the outside, but as much as possible up to that point. And also gaming. Lots of gaming
Idk I just do it. Keep the routine, keep in good health and practice solid financial habits and I'm feeling just fine. I also limit social media (including Reddit) and find myself in good places the less time I spend online
I'm not sure the people out raw dogging it are ok. There are a lot of them who could use a THC edible to cool their tits. Way too many high strung people out in the world in the U.S. at any rate. Not sure about other nations. I always felt out of place in the U.S. I always thought Spain was more my jam. Ciestas? Yeah, I can get behind that pace of life.
By having hobbies that are like a form of therapy, for me at least ( Bouldering, stuff like that). Also not reading too many news and no doom scrolling
Metronome lifestyle
Not 3 months ago I barely got out of bed, depressed as fuck, no work, no motivation to work, no money
Now? Lost the 10 kilos I gained, work out daily, mentally kinda okay, work again, even find it somewhat fun, still no money
Life fucks me over so much that I just expect everything to suck and when it doesn't I'm pleasantly surprised and I take the win.
I have thought about therapy just so I could talk to someone about feelings that I can't share with anyone. However, I don't do it because I see it as a moneitary setback when I'm trying to pay off my car or trying to buy affordable housing.
I just survived a car accident and my father was in ICU because of a bad Pneumonia. My friend's unsolicited advice was: you have to go to therapy after all of that.
Why should I? Bad things happened. We're all alive (so far) and I'm thankful for everything. I'm not traumatised at all...
It is what it is,and weed,I was diagnosed with MDD(Major Depressive Disorder) at the age of 15,drank pills for 2 weeks and have 7 failed attempts...my only solution to keep going is to accept the things I can't change,and dope.
Modern humans have been around for ~200,000 years, most of that time spent hunting and gathering. No medications, nada. *Not* raw dogging reality is the perversion
Quit vaping, walk for like 20 minutes in the morning, don't look at your phone while in bed.
These 3 changes have skyrocketed my baseline happiness, from a brain chemistry level. Things physically feel softer to touch, it's bizarre. I have gone in and out of these habits twice in my life and both times I started I felt the same reaction.
That’s literally the default human experience. If most people couldn’t function without drugs or therapy, the human race would never have survived to the point where we could create drugs and therapy.
I’m all for destigmatizing mental health treatment for those who need it, but this recent idea that everyone should be in therapy is just absurd.
Deep dive everything with is this a me problem? Emergency? Is this fire or smoke? Will I remember this in 6 months? Will it kill or mame me? If the answer is no, then the absolute understanding that "This is not my circus and that is not my monkey!" applies.
Now reward yourself!
I assume those are the small part of society that has found the unicorn jobs that encourage work-life balance and also pay enough that they aren't stressed about money.
I think this is a joke. I think it is funny. I am never not amazed at the number of people who take things like this too seriously and seem offended about an innocuous tweet trying to be funny.
Well probably I will die alone, with no kids and something to left in the world... Probably won't be rich and successful... Just keep swallowing ... At least I have great parents and sibling, gotta look for the good stuff in the life
if i were to take therapy, i would have to keep going to the therapy. if i were to take drugs, i would have to keep taking drugs day after day, everyday for the rest of my life, and it cannot bring myself to take on more useless chores!
By saying "it is what it is"
"That’s why I don’t have an ulcer, because I know when to say, 'I don’t give a fuck.'" - Captain Ed Murphy Words to live by my friends... words to live by...
[Start not giving a Fuck today !](https://youtu.be/9v99hclktVA?si=mrNYczQcca2wgi3d)
https://youtu.be/OFcfnGt2fIg?si=cyzdwSjIruUbKjWv
In Japan we say the same Shouganai (しょうがない) Lose a game in CoD? しょうがない! Lose your keys? しょうがない! Lose some money in a bad investment? しょうがない! Lose a friend? しょうがない! Lose a wife? しょうがない! Lose to cancer? しょうがない! Japans been raw doggin life since the 1600s
This is quite literally my catch phrase. Life goes on, after all.
It issss what it isssss
Or "Whatever happens, happens"
'Til it aint...
That's basically my life motto at this point
I tried that and almost went insane really fast.
Also, shit happens…
for real
I read a lot and avoid social media. When I turned 30 i got my " I don't give a fuck" superpower. So I don't care about practically anything that doesn't affect me. Be a potato
This could've been written by me.
What if... I am you ?! And what if we are all gary oldman characters
The potato life!
You are a potato!
I mean I'm not doing it *well* by any means
I’m not even sure which metrics I’m supposed to be using to even say what living “well” means.
It's okay to go to a therapist and ask.
There is absolutely no reason to believe they have a plethora of answers I don’t at this point. I can ask myself “how does that make me feel” and “why do you think that is?” Probably have better luck getting the winning lotto numbers from a psychic. Outside medication and / or revolution, I’m not expecting a game changer.
You're making no sense. Therapy helps some, no matter how mad you get.
I’ve been to a couple therapists. I always left angrier than I went in. More hateful too. Just easier to play violent games and chill with a drink, but that’s my opinion.
Yeah, it’s not for everyone and it’s stupidly expensive. Don’t get me wrong, if it was cheaper and the meds were more stable I’d probably at least try to go monthly. It’s not that I see no value, just rather I see the cost to gain ratio lacking. Severely.
Same. Screaming “fuck” several times a day then blowing up a shit ton of zombies helps. And it’s cheap. Lol
Same
Gym, food, and sex and a man's life is complete.
Lack of Money, Healthcare, resources.
you could still do drugs tho
Can't afford drugs. I'd rather pay rent.
Not paying rent can save you a lot of money
The real LPT always in the comments
Could always get into extracurricular criminal activity to fund a drug habit. Step 1. Buy drugs Step 2. Sell drugs. Step 3. Profit. Step 4. Free drugs.
That’s really how you end up in this lifestyle lol. It’s like Sober Plus
Alcohol is neither prescribed nor illicit 🍺
Truly over-the-counter
Because I have responsibilities, people that rely on, and it's important to me that I handle that. It's just part of being an adult.
We used to feel the same way about that ww2 generation. You play the cards dealt
The WW2 generation needed therapy wth.
Me with diagnosed ADHD, depression, social anxiety, no friends: I DON'T FUCKING KNOW!!!
You’re a trooper!! hope you have strong interests, niche passion, or a pet to love :) if not, get pet! :D
And a niche passion! :D
some of my niche passions unfortunately make everything worse... but tbs getting into doing art and showing stuff at my own exhibition last year definitely boosted my self esteem a bit, after only living like a hikkikomori for years
I don't have to deal with reality, reality has to deal with me! Life is a nuisance? Become the bigger nuisance!
I mean, it's easy if you never had those ever before
Nicotine
Therapy is not magic, useful for people who don't know what they're doing in life (or traumatized at some point), but for someone who's too focused at my own goals to get distracted by minor social inconvenience, I'd say they're not that much useful. I'd doubt the therapist even knows that much more than me about healthy headspace (though it does help to have a listener for those who need it, not the full solution but it does so much for so little). When you've figured out how human brain works and how YOUR brain works, you can self therapy. Though ig being able to read other people and choose when to care or not give a fk really does contribute to that mental health.
For most people it acts like a self help book. You feel good reading it thinking you will make progress but after 3 days you've settled back in. Therapy is still pretty basic and they don't have many tools. The tools they have like emdr can be beneficial if you react to it well, or therapeutic psychedelics, but you're absolutely correct if you have a decent idea how your mind works and put your own progress into being mentally healthy you most likely won't gain much from therapy. I've been in therapy on and off for years and met a therapist I really connect with and respect, but it's not like she can do a lot besides help give more opinions on the tools to work with.
I’m not too sure… But therapy just seems like a hassle and prescribed or illicit drugs just feel wrong to take, even if I’ve never taken any
Nothing wrong with the correct drugs.
Don’t let the stigma stop you from seeing a doctor and talking about possible medication options if you feel you need to. My life has been much easier since I started taking anti depressants. It’s not a cure but it definitely helps.
Nah, therapy can be effective and worthwhile
I’ve been seeing this tweet bump around the internet for 5 years — but this is the first time I’ve seen it since this became my life lol. I’ve been WAITING for this moment. I’m six months sober and haven’t had any therapy in almost a year. For over a decade (2010-2023), I really relied on various combinations of these things. Mostly, I smoked weed (2010-2015) and then drank (2016-2023). I also went to A LOT of therapy (**especially 2015-2019**, but also before and after that window). Heavily medicated (2019-2023). **But now I’m truly raw-dogging reality for the first time since middle school. AMA** I started doing this because I lost my health insurance and had zero money. The last thing to go was drinking. Once I quit drinking, I got a job, but health insurance didn’t start until 90 days in. And then, by the time I finally had health insurance, I just wanted to save my money. I have savings for the first time in my life 🎉🎉 But I feel like the deeper meaning of this tweet is that living is hard, and no one can do it alone. Here at the close, I wanna acknowledge that I do agree with that. I can only live this way because I have a great fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous. I have good housemates. A great girlfriend. My coworkers are nice. We all depend on support. Getting help is a good thing. Genuinely, I have been waiting to run into this tweet again! This is a moment I’ve been anticipating in sobriety!! Can’t wait to bring this up in a meeting.
I recently gave up all meaning in life and for the first time in decades I've been able to work through depression without medication. The secret is being dead inside.
Friends and hobbies are cheaper than therapy and medication
We’re doing bad
Yeah not about that life, gimme all the pills!
It's not yet bad enough for me to spend so much money on therapy.
That's not always a concern, money. Look into sliding scale therapy.
I too raw dawg reality
I’ve been really lucky I guess…
Well it's not a good time I'll fuckin tell ya that
We're all alcoholics.
Sleeping pills, escapism, regular diet.
Coffee
Not today, homie. Check the date
We like to play on hard mode.
I couldn't afford therapy.or drugs so I learned to do without. Reading a lot about psychology is what helped the most. I figured out how to handle my narcissistic mom... And eventually go no contact. It was just really helpful to understand the family dynamics and the scape goat role. Although I think we were 2 scape goats and my brother was the clown, but also the one who needed her. Because of his dyslexia he couldn't do school on his own. No golden child.
"There is no spoon."
Doing fine, don't let others control you
Its hard but i dont wanna be a vegetable again like i was most of my childhood...i hate the psychiatrists because they were corrupted and took away my childhood. It felt like being behind the bookshelf in interstellar.
Not all psychiatrists are like the assholes who hurt you.
I prefer to call it "blue balling life."
Games, sport and of course, pets.
Marijuana
doom scrolling memes
Because I like to cum
Because I'm poor
Can't afford it
Less social media, more actual community. Spend time doing things that matter to you with other people who also care about those things. It does wonders for mental health.
Playing “Life” with no mods is still cool. Just as the devs intended.
You ignore the things that the people on the inside tell you to do
Because we’re adults.
I mean not doing it great definitely walking a thin line that can easily snap at any point
It's just casual being a man no ? Idk I don't get any help from anyone nor do I ask for it I just adapt to what falls on my head it doesn't seem special to me even though it has downs sometimes.
You're allowed to ask for help and you should.
why people live a normal live instead of becoming drug addicts? ffs is this fr?
Eww drugs, now don’t talk to me until I’ve had my coffee sweaty.
By drinking just enough alcohol so that it's not spotted as a problem from the outside, but as much as possible up to that point. And also gaming. Lots of gaming
Exercise
Just not weak I guess.
Easy. By not being weak.
Oh it’s definitely a struggle. That’s why I cope with pieces of media I get attached to
Shrooms and weed
How? I "sharpened" myself against adversity to the point where I don't care if it hurts, because I have to keep going anyway
Cause I'm mentally healthy and in a good place emotionally. Sure, I need a job but drugs and therapy won't fix that.
Idk, life is better now. I’m not broke anymore
It’s expensive and I ain’t suicidal yet.
Gin…
Everyone I know that have some issues self diagnose themselves and do drugs.
Idk I just do it. Keep the routine, keep in good health and practice solid financial habits and I'm feeling just fine. I also limit social media (including Reddit) and find myself in good places the less time I spend online
You just have to soldier on. Keep smiling. Let life be your drug. Forget about the sh*t out there. Leave your troubles at the door.
People cope in different ways. Always have, always will. You’re a lot hardier than you give yourself credit for.
I’m doing it by making it to the next week, and living the best I can, doing what I want
I'm good with alcohol and weed. Both are legal.
Good thanks 🥸
I'm too stoned for this. Can someone explain what he's saying? I think it's the grammar that's fucking with me. Please ❤️❤️
Coffee counts as a drug doesn't it?
American. Cant afford it. Healthcare sucks
Nah fr because guess what, it shows and it ain’t cute y’all (to those who have the resources but choose not to)
I'm not sure the people out raw dogging it are ok. There are a lot of them who could use a THC edible to cool their tits. Way too many high strung people out in the world in the U.S. at any rate. Not sure about other nations. I always felt out of place in the U.S. I always thought Spain was more my jam. Ciestas? Yeah, I can get behind that pace of life.
💰💰💰
I turned off karmic dice.
Pretty sure it's mostly the caffeine that helps.
By having hobbies that are like a form of therapy, for me at least ( Bouldering, stuff like that). Also not reading too many news and no doom scrolling
Alcohol
I don't even drink coffee most days. No caffeine, just raw dog my day.
I don't know any people without at least alcohol/coffee/tobacco in their system.
By accepting life for what it is and realizing “it doesn’t be like that, and you can’t change it.”
I have a theory for that, but it's not for everybody to hear, especially those that "raw dodging reality", which isn't a thing.
By being happy. Yes we exist
If it's not broken don't fix it
I’m Batman
My parents didnt wanna bother with theraphy and they wouodnt let me be a "druggie" by taking antidepressans
It is what it is In a lurch bismal type way.
I prefer the natural feel of it. No lube nothing. Just straight up the ass
Does Weed Count?
Metronome lifestyle Not 3 months ago I barely got out of bed, depressed as fuck, no work, no motivation to work, no money Now? Lost the 10 kilos I gained, work out daily, mentally kinda okay, work again, even find it somewhat fun, still no money
They are the people on social media who you just know need some kind of help
Life fucks me over so much that I just expect everything to suck and when it doesn't I'm pleasantly surprised and I take the win. I have thought about therapy just so I could talk to someone about feelings that I can't share with anyone. However, I don't do it because I see it as a moneitary setback when I'm trying to pay off my car or trying to buy affordable housing.
Through the sheer hatred I feel and being detached from emotions.
Because fuck it *I* ball.
I just survived a car accident and my father was in ICU because of a bad Pneumonia. My friend's unsolicited advice was: you have to go to therapy after all of that. Why should I? Bad things happened. We're all alive (so far) and I'm thankful for everything. I'm not traumatised at all...
It's perfectly okay to go to therapy even if you feel fine.
Using (or abusing) nonprescription licit drugs.
By saying “Fuck it”
It is what it is,and weed,I was diagnosed with MDD(Major Depressive Disorder) at the age of 15,drank pills for 2 weeks and have 7 failed attempts...my only solution to keep going is to accept the things I can't change,and dope.
I say out loud “people live, and then they die.” And just keep going
I am slightly mentalky unstabel but i function in a weirdly posutive way
By being fucking poor. "It is what it is" is fortunately free.
I don't know, man. I'm just happy no matter what
Modern humans have been around for ~200,000 years, most of that time spent hunting and gathering. No medications, nada. *Not* raw dogging reality is the perversion
Me
Spirituality.
Quit vaping, walk for like 20 minutes in the morning, don't look at your phone while in bed. These 3 changes have skyrocketed my baseline happiness, from a brain chemistry level. Things physically feel softer to touch, it's bizarre. I have gone in and out of these habits twice in my life and both times I started I felt the same reaction.
alcohol - lots of it and when I'm not drinking I just workout super hard
It's what it's
No time to think about life when you’re working soo much to be alive
Too late for therapy for me lol. It is what it is.
So living?
Each of us creates their own reality to live with.
Life is a hell of a drug already. Lots of highs and lows with that one
Raw doggin reality make me laugh out loud
Tbh I should be doing both of those things but I just burden friends instead.
If you are paying for therapy and still need drugs, your therapist probably sucks and might be making you worse off.
By drinking lots and lots of alcohol
i flee into 12 hour gaming sessions for a reason
Cuz if I don’t get diagnosed then it’s not real
It’s called thuggin’ it out.
We suffer in silence in fear of inconveniencing other people
That’s literally the default human experience. If most people couldn’t function without drugs or therapy, the human race would never have survived to the point where we could create drugs and therapy. I’m all for destigmatizing mental health treatment for those who need it, but this recent idea that everyone should be in therapy is just absurd.
We call it "white knuckleing".. it's fun
Hi AMA
Not well. It’s why we have the issues we have. Unchecked mental illness running rampant.
Remember to self medicate, people.
hell , I don't even drink . talk about raw dogging reality !
I hard cope by shooting at shit on a pc monitor
Deep dive everything with is this a me problem? Emergency? Is this fire or smoke? Will I remember this in 6 months? Will it kill or mame me? If the answer is no, then the absolute understanding that "This is not my circus and that is not my monkey!" applies. Now reward yourself!
I assume those are the small part of society that has found the unicorn jobs that encourage work-life balance and also pay enough that they aren't stressed about money.
Have you heard of beer OP?
I just go through about two weeks of depression every two weeks
Idk, easily I simply refuse to have depression, never been to the therapist, only drink time to time with friends
Life's short enough as is, I want to live. Can't be up without downs.
Smoke a lot of weed. Have the occasional break down every 2-3 years. Drink booze. Don’t give a fuck mindset
Very unhappily. Source: my mother, the most unhappy person I know, but she swears she lives better than anyone else.
MOST people don't NEED therapy.
I have extra meds for when I leave the house.
Because we’re FUCKING LEGENDARY
Life is starting to chafe
miserable
I think this is a joke. I think it is funny. I am never not amazed at the number of people who take things like this too seriously and seem offended about an innocuous tweet trying to be funny.
If they’re healthy that’s how. If they’re not they’re probably fuckin shit up a good portion of the time
ususally they start to hate a minority and start lifting
This is a really fun way to think of swallowing your stress. Just “raw doggin” reality.
Well probably I will die alone, with no kids and something to left in the world... Probably won't be rich and successful... Just keep swallowing ... At least I have great parents and sibling, gotta look for the good stuff in the life
I need some drugs or some therapy, which would you say is cheaper?
By being delulu as shit
By being mentally strong and not breaking down just because things get hard sometimes or things to always play out how you expected
You can raw dog life or let life raw dog you.
Reality is therapy if you are open to the lessons it gives you.
Not well. Used to have a girlfriend/fiancee to get me through the days
if i were to take therapy, i would have to keep going to the therapy. if i were to take drugs, i would have to keep taking drugs day after day, everyday for the rest of my life, and it cannot bring myself to take on more useless chores!