My Troubled Relationship with People

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around personal feelings towards social interactions and relationships with others. Participants express varying perspectives on their experiences with people, including feelings of dislike, loneliness, and optimism. The conversation touches on themes of psychological conditioning, pessimism, and the complexity of human emotions.

Discussion Character

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses a strong dislike for people, attributing it to past experiences and psychological conditioning.
  • Another participant counters with a message of support, suggesting that love exists in the meaning we give it.
  • A different viewpoint is presented, where a participant humorously reflects on their tendency to assume others are speaking negatively about them.
  • Concerns are raised about the apparent contradiction of disliking people while engaging in an online forum.
  • Several participants share feelings of isolation and the struggle to express emotions, with one noting a tendency to see things negatively.
  • Another participant encourages a more positive outlook, suggesting that not all people are unkind and that good individuals exist.
  • Optimistic perspectives are introduced, with participants discussing their positive outlooks on life and relationships.
  • One participant humorously describes their perfectionism and how it affects their daily life and productivity.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a range of emotions, from dislike and pessimism to optimism and support. There is no consensus on the nature of relationships with people, as multiple competing views remain throughout the discussion.

Contextual Notes

Some participants acknowledge their struggles with emotional expression and social interactions, while others challenge the notion that all people are unkind. The discussion reflects a variety of personal experiences and interpretations of social dynamics.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in exploring personal feelings about social interactions, emotional struggles, and varying perspectives on relationships may find this discussion relevant.

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I think in the back of my head, I just plain hate people.

For one, I am not a smile at somebody person.

For second, I am hard of hearing, so I guess I have been raised up to hate people through my own psychological conditioning. Being taunted at while young is still being felt and always will be.

For another, I think some people are just incompetent fools.

There, that's my rant.
 
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But we love you.
 
Love doesn't exist. Instead, we give it meaning.

Everything else is just detail.
 
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How angsty! My turn:

Sometimes when I see two people talking quietly I pretend they're secretly badmouthing me. I'm a very conceited pessimist.
 
It doesn't seem like there are any unconscious processes going on here. You seem to fully cognizant that to some degree you don't like people. It's hard to understand to what extent you mean this. After all, you're posting on these forums and there are people here. If you really disliked all people, it seems you wouldn't want to interact with them, even online.
 
I just don't have anybody to talk to. I keep things all bottled up.

I see everything half empty and I would rather keep it that way.
 
ubermensch said:
I just don't have anybody to talk to. I keep things all bottled up.

Well, feel free to rant here. We all do it from time to time. :smile:

I see everything half empty and I would rather keep it that way.

I try hard to see things as they actually are, but that can be difficult. Sometimes I make errors by being overly optimistic and sometimes by being overly pessimistic. It goes both ways.
 
ubermensch said:
I just don't have anybody to talk to. I keep things all bottled up.

I see everything half empty and I would rather keep it that way.

Not all bottled up. You're discussing it.

Just because some people have been unkind to you in the past doesn't indict everyone now does it? There really are good people around most everywhere. Sometimes it just seems like there aren't.
 
ubermensch said:
I just don't have anybody to talk to. I keep things all bottled up.

I see everything half empty and I would rather keep it that way.

I also had a bad morning today. So, I slept to 1 PM, did some work, watched a movie, and I am back to normal :biggrin:

btw. I am a perfectionist or OCPD.
I just a wrote a professional report yesterday about my inefficiencies and made some recommendations. And, today I spent 6 additional hours sleeping/3 hours watching movie/lots of time doing absolutely nothing. :smile:
 
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You don't need people. You have the internets.
 
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I'm an optimist. My glass is half full. That girl wants me. The sun is going to shine tomorrow. The world is a beautiful place. The only thing I don't like is grumpy people. and aids...oh and any "cherry" flavored drink they all taste like cough syrup.
 
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ubermensch, are there times when you're quite happy and get along with people without feeling bitter or angsty toward anyone?
 
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tribdog said:
I'm an optimist. My glass is half full. That girl wants me. The sun is going to shine tomorrow. The world is a beautiful place.

my glass is twice the size it needs to be.
 

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