How to Escape Mediocrity and Mental Illness - The Road Less Traveled

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“When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.” ~ C. S. Lewis

"remember pain is inevitable but suffering is optional" - Pain

“Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.” ~ Henry Ford

🌌 The journey to transcend mediocrity and mental illness is often mistaken for a path of gentle self-improvement, yet it demands a confrontation with the darkest aspects of our psyche. Many embark on this journey seeking solace, only to discover that it requires dismantling deeply ingrained habits and beliefs. True transformation is not just about self-reflection; it's a radical upheaval of our very identity and the narratives we've clung to for comfort.

I have not had a nice life and 2 years ago it caught up to me and i fell into a big depression. I went to a psychiatrist and got on medication and also wanted to go to therapy but didn't get a place because everything was already full. That + the realization that medication would not fix the root of the problem flipped a switch in my brain and I started to think about myself a lot and only a few later I was already feeling much better. Pulling myself out of that deep hole has forever changed me and sent me down this path of personal growth through dealing with my pain. I am only 19 and i am very grateful for this because my perspective on life in general has changed. Channels like this have helped me a lot to find meaning and have guided me on my path. Thank you

I shall remain forever indebted to this channel. It has created a profound hope, a desire within me, to keep going despite my tribulations. It has given me multiple means and perspectives with which to view life and society in general. I may not have much to give other than my gratitude. Please know that you are changing lives - I pray that you be remembered for that.

"Laziness is the law of entropy working within us" Whoa, that blew my mind, never thought of it like that. Great video.

Big 5 highly neurotic in a nutshell: “There are many who, by virtue of their passivity, dependency, fear and laziness, seek to be shown every inch of the way and have it demonstrated to them that each step will be safe and worth their while.”

“The more real you get the more unreal the world gets.” ~ John Lennon

“I took the road less travelled and it has made all the difference.” To quote Robert Frost.

Most of society are lost souls....they watch and follow others blindly.......it all starts with self awareness......figuring out who you are.....your core identity.......

Like Nietzsche says: Fear and laziness are the greatest dis eases of mankind because man is even lazier than they are fearful 😮

I find myself surprisingly pleased to have opened YouTube and to have been greeted with this upload. I first picked up this book a few years ago in an outdoor library and it instantly spoke to me. Recently, I’ve had the urge to read it again, thoroughly and contemplatively. This video couldn’t have come at a better time.

This channel painfully hits home so accurately every single time.

Twenty five years ago, (aged 36ish) I concluded that all bad behavior was rooted in one of four personality traits; Stupid, Lazy, Liar, Coward. This is useful when resolving why someone has done you wrong, or why you have done wrong.

Our conditioned world as it's currently constructed has one great teaching, how to be lazy at all cost. Investing 100% to this madness of rushing around going nowhere is the road most traveled. Choosing is a road of knowing you're chosen,not because you're special,it's simply because you're truly saying Yes to who you really are.

What blew my mind was the fact that recently I've been on a spiritual journey of self-improvement and I started recognizing my laziness within me, then when I decided to try to overcome my laziness, I started realizing that fear was a constant factor keeping me back from overcoming my laziness, and then this video draws the connection and I was astonished that other person's out there has recognized this as well.

Philosophy teaches you to embrace your true self Modern psychology teaches self hatred, that something is wrong with you that needs to be remedied. How can being you be wrong... " no one knows what they are , what they're doing here They think they do They think I'm crazy for not thinking I do "

Boy do I love this channel. you sir absolutely read my mind. then you somehow manage to get rid of the white noise and turn all the gruntings and shoutings into an incredibly coherent message. Bravo