Archive for Forms of Unhappiness
Pain and Unhappiness/Nothing Causes Unhappiness
In this talk, Bruce Di Marsico discusses pain and unhappiness. He talks about how that the biggest fear around pain is often around feelings of helplessness. He also elaborates on the illusory nature of unhappiness.
Needs and Depression
Unhappiness is believing, in practice, that we need help to be happy…
On Depression
In this talk, Bruce Di Marsico discusses depression. Depression is being scared that you are unhappy or will make yourself unhappy for no reason. If you would make yourself unhappy for no reason whatsoever, then you can conclude that you are the “kind of person” who is “damned” to unhappiness, because you choose to be […]
Fearing Fear/Guilt
In this talk, Bruce Di Marsico discusses two topics. First, that fear of possible outcomes often drives people to experience what they fear, so that they can relieve their uncertainty. For example, to resolve the question “will I shoplift?”, a person may shoplift, or to resolve the question “will I drink?”, a person may drink. […]
Pain
Pain is wanting to be not aware of a sensation, but believing that we should be aware of it. An analogy: if you were in a hotel, wanting to have a conversation with a friend, and finding it difficult to hear her because of a loud TV in another room, you might first investigate to […]