Alright Jow Forums, share your social secrets and how to stay happy.
Whenever I see someone walking down the street, I always give a soft closed-lip smile. This portrays a sort of false happiness, but also shows that you are friendly. Almost always the other individual will reciprocate this smile and you will feel happy because people know that you exist.
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Try to practice on this smile and it will help you start conversations, make friends, and increase your mental well-being.
Always speak in a pleasent tone, even when sad or upset. Always ay please and thank you to everyone, even at fastfood restaurants and you will find that they never mess uo your order.
I would also recommend abstaining from porn and fapping, but that meme is everywhere
What other advice can you offer?
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>abstain from fap
yeah nah, that is mearly imposible
I always get intense horny episodes during the night and only the fap can make sleep after i masturbate.
Try taking melatonin, it increased pro-lactin levels temporarily which are the post fap hormones and also helps you sleep. You will become less horny, sleep better, and feel good in general :)
>abstaining from porn and fapping
You have destroyed your own thread.
That sounds terrible.
We are talking about long term changes, if you think that you can get from point A to point B without difficulty, you need to reevaluate life and posting on Jow Forums in general
I'm friendly to people who are friendly to me but I stopped trying long ago and just mind my own business. People are either scared of me or try to start shit with me. Nobody waves, women are cold and men are angry and want to throw hands if you so much as make eye contact. Except for basedboys but they just have their face stuck in their phones.
I'm not expressing my opinion one way or the other, just saying that the entire thread is going to turn into an argument about nofap because you mentioned it.
Have you tried just smiling, even when noone is around? This will help a lot and actually produce hormones that will make oyu happy. When people see a happy person, they too become happy. Practice smiling, people always forget smile day :)
How about not mentioning failure when you do not failure is going to take place. Pessimism breeds sadness. Try and be more optimistic. You can do this by hoping for the best :)
not *know* that failure is going to take place
It's just city people. When I visit my family in rural Montana everyone around town waves and smiles. It takes me a while to readjust to the unfriendliness of the city when I come back.
How do you get over the occasional burst of nihilistic thoughts of "nothing matters"?
I get over it by asking myself what does matter. Everyone gets sad user, that doesn't mean we have to stay sad. For me, I imagine all the happiness I have had in my life. I imagine I am 4 again and playing imaginary animal-pokemon and I have a giant squid attack her Jackalope rabbit. Thoughts like that make me cry from how much I miss them and even now that my sister basically hates me and is full on SJW, I would still be sad to part with those memories.
Crying is a powerful tool user. I recommend watching movies that make you cry as it releases some kind of neurological response and makes you feel better.
I would recommend watching Hacksaw Ridge or Catch me If You Can. Both have very uplifting moments, but also really low moments that make you hurt.
Essentially. There is no happiness without sadness. There is no hot without cold. And there it no way to understand that things matter, without sometimes asking yourself if they do.
Nice tips thanks OP. I think giving small but genuine compliments is a great way to brighten someone’s day and possibly spark some conversation. Definitely a good practice.
wholesome, have a good life, user
read tolstoy's "confession", it's a direct counter to the nihilism of the worlds most brilliant minds (buddha,solomon,schopenhauer, socrates...), i'd unironically say this memoir was what directed me to meaning in life. it's also only like 80 pages so it's a quick read
thanks senpai
read his short story "the death of ivan ilyich" too, the two works are complimentary
I try to stay natty but thanks for the response
Thank you for making this thread