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Who said life is fair? Like that place you finally obtained after years of searching? Want to keep it? Probably need money to pay for it. Being bitter about it won't change that fact so you need to figure out how to accept it and move on to improving your quality of life. Get an education/learn a trade, get a hobby or 2, make friends along the way and get some therapy from a professional to work on your trauma.
Choosing to be miserable instead of facing reality and working with it will only make things worse for you. Your misery will fester and grow. People will sense it and either avoid you or try to take advantage of it. Your past will dictate your future. I don't think you want that so good luck.
I get your frustration with this kind of attitude. I also felt like a reality check was warranted. However, when people are evading or grieving about something, even if being childish, in my experience it's usually better to validate their feelings first and then compassionately convey the harsh realities that they must face for their own sake and perhaps that of others.
Slapping people with the harsh truths they have trouble dealing with can do wonders for our frustration, but i think it's not the best approach for those who need some guidance.
An extreme version of this would be the father that yells at his child and tells him he will never amount to anything with this attitude, in frustration, as a response to the kid's depression. I was this kid.
Conflict tends to create resistance, you know? He was right too, but not a great way to convey his message.
I try to go with the following algorithm for this kind of situation: remind self of importance of compassion -> validate feelings -> convey perspective -> advise
Just my 2 cents. Hope you have a good week.
edit: some clarifications.
There's no frustration in my comment. Why would I even be frustrated? I'm speaking plainly about reality. Taking offense to that is a luxury OP doesn't have, and the faster they realize this the better their outcome will be. In my experience working with people in OP's position, trying to soften the message gets interpreted as platitudes, insecurity, and untrustworthyness which only gives them reasons to doubt or blow off the information. No bueno.
Well, I don't know. Maybe you're right. You just didn't offer any acknowledgement of the difficulties OP faced, which didn't sound like a picnic. People tend to have trouble finding empathy when they're frustrated, stressed or in any kind of distress really. This and some of the wording in your final paragraph is what gave me that impression.
But yeah, I don't know what's best or what you were feeling when you wrote it. You may have a better idea than I do for all I know and you're free to disregard my comment.
I'm not the advice police or anything. Just someone who thinks compassion helps communities grow healthier and was chipping in.
Either way, have a good week.
and you as well.
Spot on. We all have our own demons. It's up to us to overcome them and make a life for ourselves. Life is not fair, some get it better, so e have it worse, but it's for each of us to conquer ourselves
Life is learning that no one looks out for you, no one is going to swoop in and make it easy. Nobody wants to go to work, but we all do anyway. I'd love to take a year off, but then I'd probably go homeless, so I don't. I can wish it all I want, but it isn't going to happen.
So, I could be resentful that others may have it easier, or I can enjoy my days off how I want and put in my time as I go. C'est la vie.