Finally, We're Healing! - Therapist Plays Disco Elysium: Part 3
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"Maybe I can lean into the whole 'I'm brain-damaged' thing"
"What are you, brain-damaged?"
hahahahahaha perfect
Followed closely by "The capacity to apologize is not an easily adopted trait. I'm gonna have to pursue that one."
This game....
41:17
I feel like your roleplay main stat should be half light, considering the level of anxiety you project onto every interaction haha
Half-light should really be renamed into "The Amygdala" - it's the most caveman Fear/Aggression voice of all since the beginnings of humanity and I absolutely love it.
@@loonie5468Half-Light is canonically your adrenal glands.
God Half Light is fun to listen to as well.
@@Z3r0Sk83r "Remember the world is a wooden house and you are a GOD-DAMN flame thrower"
I feel the character he plays rn (psychological) is not exactly the person he is role playing because he has empathy, espirit de corps, Volition, etc that enable mc to feel who he can trust. The physical archetype on the other hand, has all the trust issues, electrochemistry without volition to reign it in.
"How'd you like to roll with me?"
as a person in a wheelchair, i VERY MUCH approve of that joke.
The more I think about it, it’s brilliant that there’s such a complex fictional economic situation that the game all but forces you to participate in. As I was playing, I got hella panicked, thinking “oh my god I don’t understand ANY of this shit, and everyone else does, and it’s super important to everyone”. You know…like an amnesiac would.
"Money doesn't make you happy. But it does let you be unhappy for a bit longer. If you run out of money, you die. It's like that for all of us."
01:01:14 Oh man without spoiling anything, the story behind Cuno is *quite* something I hope you play long enough and do enough sidequests to find that one out.
any Lena character: *exists*
Brady: “I TRUST YOU WITH MY LIFE”
Seriously though, her character is great. Definitely don’t forget about her
I will return to her whenever the world beats me down
Lena is such a sweetheart! Now if you excuse me I have to discuss this green monkey pen with her
@@doobzsalam1847too bad she's actually a racist. Something she accidentally let's out when discussing Kim.
I call displacement "Biting the Irish setter." Years ago, I had a fluffy little dog who would never bite a person. My roommate once picked her up at the vet to find her wearing an e-collar and he laughed at how she looked. She glared at him, then bit the goofy Irish setter standing next to her, who had done nothing.
That's exactly it!
The comment at 24:00 ish is great, the combination of the game's writing, your characterisation and a bit of luck makes it so immersive. Like when you push back against being called Sweetie and Authority immediately afterwards is like 'who the fuck are you calling sweetie' it almost feels like the game is listening to your mic when picking which psyche characters are going to step in.
Seriously, it's getting pretty eerie lol
I just wanted to say, as seems evident from some of the comments you've made about why you're having your character act the way you are/why you're roleplay in some ways (especially with regards to Kim), I get the feeling you've received a bit of...maybe "pushback" isn't the right word, but surprise? about it from some viewers.
I just want to say, that while I personally loved Kim from pretty early on, I 100% get where you're coming from- but more importantly, I'm genuinely enjoying the fact that you're making different choices than I did in my playthrough. I've watched maybe a half-dozen playthroughs of this game, and this might the most interesting ones! Definitely the most educational.
So, yeah, I hope you don't worry too much about the fact that you're taking a different path than most people- that's a GOOD thing; it means its a new and fresh experience for us viewers. Can't wait to see the next episode!
@kinzey2 one of the things that's so great about the game is the degree of flexibility it gives you in *how* you roleplay the main protagonist.
I guess part of it is how he’s being a dick to Kim because he’s expecting Kim to make their professional relationship easier on him, whereas he’s not putting the effort in himself. It *is* his case, Kim isn’t just forcing it on him.
@@birdup1_2 that's the thing though - he's not playing a reasonable character! so his character's choices aren't the logical decisions you or I would follow, he's distrustful of Kim because he has baggage of his own he's working though. I really love how much he's rp'ing and how much insight he's giving the character from a psychological perspective. It's really similar to how I go into writing and a really fun way to engage with a character.
@@birdup1_2 But the MC is a dick? Brady is roleplaying how he thinks the MC would act based on the context the game has given him. If you woke up with amnesia like that I don't think you be open in arms to a guy that's just told you that you're a cop investigating a hanging? You don't even remember your name. Kim doesn't exactly have a 'warm' persona either, he's incredibly shut-off and only focuses on the job. Idk I think some of you folks are forgetting that you're playing this in the context of a video game. The game even gestures that Kim is important as the camera pans over from him when you first go downstairs. You wouldn't get any of that pretext irl. I think a lot of you have also finished the game too so you have that context which ofc Brady doesn't have, and even if he did he would play this ignoring that since he's trying to 'RP' the MC in order to psychoanalyse him.
In my playthrough I was motivated by not wanting to let Kim down because of my personal issues. That caused me to turn down most of the extreme options to get social acceptance.
I seen people praise this game for the quality of writing, for humor, for heart, for the amount of choices, for the art style. But it's interesting to see someone appreciate it for completely different reasons.
This will be a very, very interesting playthrough. Can't wait for the next episode!
I love that you're so invested in roleplaying for this. Definitely gonna make for some great moments. Its completely fine if you miss some things, the whole reason I watch these lps are to see people make different decisions than I did in my playthrough. It'd be boring if everyone played the same way. Especially a game like DE.
One of the great things about this game which you touched on is there's really no "min/maxing" unless you're seriously on your 10th playthrough and you want to engineer some specific set of circumstances like youre bill murray in groundhog day. Generally (with a few specific storyline white checks being the exception, and usually there's at least 2 options even there) whatever stat you put a point to, whatever thought you decide to internalize will just be "fine" and your main concern should just be roleplaying and figuring out what you think sounds neat. The thoughts are specifically vague about what they do once you internalize them on purpose and half the time it's not even the fact that they give you stat boosts, it's the fact that they unlock other dialogue trees you wouldn't even know about from reading the description. The stats themselves are essentially just a matter of "which voices in my head do I want talking to me more regularly"?
Which is why I recommend to experience the game with a lot of points in either Inland Empire, Shivers or Esprit de Corps. The rest of the skills enhance a viewpoint for Raphaël, how he thinks. But those three show conections, how he experiences the world.
Also, Esprit de Corps helps you understand Kim better and how much he has your back.
It really speaks to the talent of the writers when they make you feel like they can read your mind! In reality the writer is the one who subtly implanted that thought in your mind to begin with, so of course he knows it's there!
Man I wanna see him find out about The Apricot Chewing Gum Scented One
You *absolutely* can make it up to Lena. Check back with her later on. A wonderfully warm, human character in a game of sharply written human characters.
you know the game is good when the drawing board comes out
It's kind of interesting learning about displacement in that way because I've always thought of it as "kicking the dog". Half-Light reminds me of that because if someone or something is stronger than your character or they hold some kind of power, Half-Light tends to act more cowardly and defensively. Meanwhile if it's an easier target (like a kid or a lady in a wheel chair) Half-Light will show (or feign) aggressiveness towards that person or thing because it knows it's a safer target to vent the frustration at.
1:00:57 I agree with you completely! I used to box and some guys had aggression issues, but they came to boxing to exercise it get better. There was no malice when we sparred, and all the malice went into the punching bag, the weight lifting and the running.
But some guys were angry and were just displacing all their life’s anger onto their opponent. Like they were just there to hurt people as badly as they could. Those people usually either learn how to reign that in pretty quick and make it useful, or they let it run wild and get kicked out/loose interest.
This is genuinely one of the most interesting play styles I've seen of this game. It really makes me appreciate the game more with how it's able to keep up with you. As much as I love Kim, I am now very invested in how your character interacts with him and everyone else. I've yet to start my second playthrough, but you've inspired me to want to push my own boundaries instead of settling for the "good" or "correct" option, bravo! Can't wait until you get farther in the story!
(Edit: I also love that I'm actually learning stuff from you lol)
also holy shit this is kind of like free therapy in weird ways. i was a bullied kid and everything you said about authority felt terrifyingly true, and explains why i sometimes bite back when i shouldn't.
I've been watching a DE lets play from some lady that gets ridiculously offended and scared by every part of the game. Discovering this series is just what I needed, so much more relaxed commentary. Thank you for actually engaging with the game instead of looking away
I know exactly who you are talking about xd
Please DM her chanel 👀
Wait, who is that? I'd love to watch that one
I think I know what channel you're talking about 😂. I saw one where the lady playing was 100% positive that the devs are misogynists based on some dialog from the game.
channel name?@@SolidSnake240
Best DE series I've seen on youtube so far! Really hope he reaches the finale
There's a great handful of videos where a Writing professor explores the game with some of his students.
Yesss!
@@josephkrengelWhat's the channel name?
what are they called? @@josephkrengel
Commenting in case that ever gets answered
The Thought Cabinet is a great concept, and I bet you'll love it considering the direction you're coming at this game from.
Also, if your version of Raphael really wants to heal, pump up Volition. It's the voice in his head that will try to keep him on the straight and narrow, and has some of the best writing. I think you'd have some great insight or reactions to some of the things it has to say!
Yes! I'm discovering more of the virtues of Volition as we go, definitely curious to see where speccing into that leads
I'm glad Brady has shifted direction. This YT videos being pumped regularly has been great.
I hope he doesn't get married to it. Pumping out content for contents sake makes bad content.
That's basically why I switched from reactions. It was feeling like that lately and I stopped enjoying it, and I think the content was worse as a result. I'm enjoying the change myself, and for sure when I stop I'll shift focus again to whatever is interesting :) @@IsaacMorgan98
Disco Elysium is such a content rich game that you can spend literally an hour psychoanalysing 2 conversations.
And I am trying to be concise here 😅🙏 there is just so much to say
@@eurobrady No please, for real, this series so far has made me think I've only scratched the surface of the deeper narrative and character moments. I can't wait for you to meet some of the other characters and how Raphael Ambrosius Costeau can respond to them.
For background I work in education so the whole "trauma response" angle to each character interaction is blowing my mind, like how did I not see this before? Top tier content, thank you so much.
This guy is literally just half light
One of many brilliant things about this game is that you can arrive at the same places through different skill sets. Some of the skills in motorics can give you intuition based on what feels comfortable or alienating to your hands.
So far my favorite thing about the game is how dynamic it is and at the same time not limiting what I can do as a result of my skillset.
I've both played through this game multiple times and watched multiple people including my favorite youtubers play through this and yet I find your playthrough the most fascinating because you actually have a very unique perspective on the world and the characters around you while also being very educational and informative. I hope you continue to do this with a bunch of other media as well because you are very interesting to watch. Keep up the good work!
Thank you!
I played this game 2 times. I absolutely loved it. And now I listen to your playthrough while working on my computer. You got a new follower here 💪🏼
this was actually eye-opening for me. i've never noticed that kind of "pushing people away" behaviour in myself and was wondering for a long while why i am such an obnoxious person to be around. i wonder how i can work on that
About all the things you mentioned at 53:45 like redirecting emotions to safer targets, and it gave me an insight: i work with customer services in brazil and i end up the day sometimes with a lot of stress and anger that i end up redirecting not to someone else, but to myself in a lot of destructive ways. I never managed well the anger feeling, and i end up transforming it into deep sadness and depression. I think i have a lot of points spent in "Composure", as it says in it's description: "Composure makes you tuck your gut in and maintain a stern expression. Even lying in bed late night when no one else can see you, you’ll have to keep it up. You’ll never be able to stop" - i clearly related to that, and i use sublimation (as explained in 55:25) with weights. Gosh, things get blues pretty fast when i don't lift weights on a daily routine. Great game. Great channel. Thanks for the insights and laughs.
Kim gives you responsibility so early on in the game because your character has a higher police rank than him. Kim knows this but you seemed to have forgotten that. So its a simple reason, not so psychological at the beginning of the game (from Kim's point of view).
How about we don't spoil things to the streamer that the game will tell them in time? I really don't get this. - Like, at this point in the playthrough, it is intended for the player to not be aware of certain things.
Its not a spoiler in any meaningful sense at all, not tied in to the story. It rather just saves Brady some time and not theorising when there's no reason to @@doe2226
I'd say 'The past of the character' is one of the major mysteries of the game. And thinking about it and figuring it out was a major source of fun for me. Not sure why you wouldn't want him to have some ideas about why things are how they are.
So that part is such a minute detail in the cop's past that it's not really "the past" in any sort of meaningful way. There are zero emotional implications, and the story doesn't progress differently whether you know this to be true or not. I'm with you on not spoiling deeper stuff that you indeed *can* make choices about, stuff that affects the game. But this detail? hmm... well... i find it too small to be of any real impact in the grand scheme of things...
52:10 - This was really illuminating. I've often noticed and apologized for this behavior but I'd use the phrase "I took it out on you", which generally doesn't get accepted readily. This is a much better way to phrase it.
The background music you were talking about being calming at the start is named "Whirling in Rags 8AM" it is actually a sample from a lofi original song named "Snowman", really good study music
Hello, greetings from Poland. I just discovered your channel. It is great that proffesional therapist is playing this game. It has so much tu offer from psychological and therapeutical point of view in dealing with trauma. I just recently recovered from my deep psychological problems, categorized into BPD, and still working on myself on therapy. This game also helped mi alot, and is very interesting to encounter it again with my changed self, and with your commentary. I am planning and studying to become a therapist myself, so this is very interesting for me. Great thanks and i wish you best, and to play this game to the end❤
Just wanted to say you inspired me to get back into Disco Elysium, these videos are great, keep up the good work!
It's a fresh take. Loving these series so far!
Holy crap you spent an entire hour on two conversations in the whirling 😂. This playthrough is going to go into hundreds of episodes at this pace
You’re an amazing commentator. Love this gameplay!
I started watching your series when I found by happenstance as I was getting back into another playthrough of Disco Elysium, and came away from this video in particular realising that I need to talk to somebody about how to properly direct all of the anger I collect
I love the game so much and your analysis and comments are a fascinating layer. I've side-watched several playthroughs of the game and everyone's experience is so varied, both in-game and their expression of their thoughts. Thank you!
Okay, so the first few minutes hit home hard. Thank you for this.
My insurance company called me last week to ask if I wanted a free checkup from them. My immediate response was doubt. I asked why there were offering it, because I couldn't see any reason why a for-profit institution would offer me something they didn't have to. I'm still skeptical, if I'm being honest.
So when you said that people who grew up in a abusive and/or troubled home life (which I did), it immediately made me think of that recent interaction 😅
I like a lot to see your POV on this characters interactions, please, keep uploading these. I will try to catch you live on twitch as well.
Have seen a few playthroughs before, this one made me subscribe
I love this game so much! Your approach to everything is so very different to mine but it's just as valid and makes just as good a story/playthrough. I'm really enjoying all your insights into the psychology of the game too. Can't wait to watch all the rest of the episodes!
Great job, I'm loving the playthrough
Love it so far and your professional perspective as a therapist (I hope to be one soon).
This is a great let's play. Can't wait to watch more :)))
Honestly i really love hearing your thoughts behind why youre roleplaying the way you are!
This is such a great lens through which to examine this game.
I wanted to play this game myself for some time but didn't have the tech to run it; I'm experiencing it through this playthrough now, loving all the commentary and character analysis!
Hope you get a chance to play it sometime! This is a game that should be experienced firsthand imo
I found your channel cause the algorythm showed me your first video and so far I've been patiently watching this series and I'm in love with this already
I find it easier to listen and keep my focus on your series is cause you sound so nice, which, coming from a shit household makes me feel super happy to listen to you speak.
You're wonderful and I have only known you for a week or so
Aw thank you, I'm glad to be make a positive impact even if only a small one!
Love this playthrough ! I was wondering how is perceived the concept of displacement in your countries. I live in France and here it is deeply associated with psychoanalysis (because we are still obsessed with Freud for some reason ...) and i am quite curious if this concept is used in other countries with more modern and empirically validated approaches !
Enjoying this POV of the game. I went with an empathetic brute (high physique at 6 and psyche at 4). And the types of social interactions are quite different. Much more focus on power dynamics and how to improve/worsen them with drugs or force. Yours seems to be more spread on types of social intelligence, with only a hint of physical actions.
Edit: Another side effect is my game seems to focus on how the different political factions are forcing me to do things (or the other way around on good rolls), rather than convincing me or out-maneuvering me intellectually.
I love that things can play out very differently depending on the psychological angle the character is coming from. I'd love to replay this at some point with a totally different build
i am loving this, please continue
I can’t tell you how helpful this has been in developing my own game. You’ve become my Lena 😂❤️
Oh man, I can't wait to see more of this playthrough!
Ohh my gosh 43:20 Kim wants to offer to pay 🥺
(gotta finish this ep since a new one just dropped lol!)
my fav disco elysium creator! Would love to see more cRPG's with psychoanalysis
Loved this episode
Love your insights
Good shit man! Keep it up!
Very interesting what thoughts you come to on the Thought Cabinet mechanic, because for me it was very conceptually interesting.
Short version: I enjoyed researching a thought, only to realize "you know what? This isn't helpful to me. I need to leave this behind and internalize something else."
Definitely going to give it some analytical attention soon, though I need to see more of how it works out in my playthrough first. So far, I'm very intrigued by it as a game mechanic.
So i just want to point two little things:
It's okay not to say everything. The devs planned for people who exhaust every single dialogue option, and WILL use it against you if it makes sense. So role-playing "what will my character do" is acceptable and might even be optimal in some cases.
But also: just because a dialogue three is greyed out doesn't mean there's nothing else worth saying. The game isn't multiple choice, pick one, choose your own adventure. Feel free to go back to a submenu and keep digging into the other options until you're satisfied about all the things you want to say or ask.
A lot of streamers I've watched get stuck because they pick one choice and never think of going back to pick another one (like actually asking something you need to solve the case).
This is good to know! I really appreciate that there don't seem to be many soft locks in this game in terms of choices. I'm finding that every role playing decision I make is resulting in a very realistic outcome, yet it never feels like I don't have other options to do what I need to.
@@eurobrady just don't go to Evrart early on in the game, wait a bit, he's a boss battle, getting your volition high and finding your badge at day 3 will fck him up big time.
Also, get your suggestion high for smoker on the balcony.
Wish you can also get perception at 5 for the drug trafficking car, but it doesn't seem plausible, you could get that though if you get the cap from Siileng by failing check and internalize cryptozoologist thought which gives you +3 perception.
Also, start looking at the map more, you missed money and bag for bottles.
I could be more specific, but i don't want to spoil too much for you, generally do side quests and wander around before doing main quests.
the lens through which you see this game is throwing a whole new light on this game.
What you said about Authority and Garte redirecting his anger towards you is interesting. But also keep in mind, your Skills are very opinionated. They sometimes see the truth, but other times they see what they want to see. The higher the Skill, the more they think they are right during passive checks. Sometimes a check is Legendary not because it was hard to achieve, but because it was such a reach that only someone who is such an Authoritarian would think in such a way
It is possible that Garte is mad at you because you deserve it, but Authority thinks that's unfair and clearly must have a different reason and is taking it out on you.
That's the coolest part of this game: you can't always trust your Skills x)
As a few others have said, they way you describe your character sounds a lot like half light.
"It's much more natural for someone who's traumatized to actually push that person away..."
This is something that came up with a character I RP as! More specifically, she suffered severe trauma as a child (and ended up running away from home and basically starting her life over), and a part of how that was reflected in her behavior was that she felt an immediate distrust and fear toward people who showed her unconditional love. Of course, as a fictional character in an action-oriented story, she started interrogating that reaction much faster than the average person would.
(It didn't help that she'd developed a coping mechanism of treating relationships as transactional--which was itself a reaction to her 'unconditional' relationships turning out to be harmful.)
Love this parallel! You nailed it with relationships becoming seen as transactional, I find my detective always considering whether or not Kim's empathy or small forms of recognition are simply because we are useful to him. It fits very well with this kind of experience. Your RP character sounds very well developed!
@@eurobrady Thank you, I try. I think I've learned more about mental health from trying to write characters sort-of-accurately than from trying to improve myself, lol. On the plus side, I'm going into therapy with a bit of useful background knowledge...
As someone named Lena, this episode gave me so much validation 😅❤
I love this. Gaming. Psychology lesson. Top content right here. Totally drag this game. This is your game.
Yes! Another one!
Greetings from Mexico
This game can really get into your head! My comment on the other video about Volition over-correcting feels foolish now that I've gotten further into the game, because I'm doing a high Psyche playthrough as well and I'm starting to feel like the "might go crazy" warning was about the player and not the character! Some of the choices you are presented with are not as black and white as they first seem haha.
53:37 "Cuno happened to be my safe target." It didn't turn out to be a safe target though, now did it? 😛
I think Garte is not a safe target to retaliate though. Because he literally has the possibility to take away your shelter to some degree. I think he respects the law though and wouldnt let this happen anyways.
As someone who already completed the game I still find it extremely fun to watch other people blind playthroughs. And this one comes with some unique and interesting perspective as well! Can't wait for you to learn more about the world and characters, especially the protagonist.
Wowww, my playthrough was very different this is so interesting
I’m really loving all the psychology knowledge Brady is dropping during this but I also think he’s somewhat ignoring the amnesia aspect sometimes. I don’t think asking Lena about her disability is the character “pushing her buttons to test her limits” he just literally doesn’t know what some concepts are. If the mundane obvious explanation can explain something in totality, a deeper more profound one isn’t always necessary and may even result in coming to incorrect, fabricated conclusions
The thing about Lena is that the option to recruit her was a genuine design plan at some point. She could have joined the player's party, so to speak.
This game is amazing. The writing is some of the best in the industry.
33:46 it's pronounced "free-est" but it's spelled "freest". like "most free".
13:39 i like to think of those moments as a "smartass" skill check. I tend to see it a lot with older people personally where you kind of have to make fun of them back to a certain extent to get their respect. (Might just be an Australian thing)
Hello! I'm here because ofc i can't comment on the log of the stream lol, but i'm seeing how you explain how you "push" people to the psycholocial work zone. I just wanted to talk about myself for a while lol, i think my last therapist tried to do that, but she kept on going to the point that every time, without fail, I had to go on walks to try and cry it out to calm down before I got home/ to work. So i guess it's VERY hard to get to that work zone without, yk, making the situation worse lol. I stopped going after a while.
Yeah, it is very hard indeed. Sometimes it is a very narrow zone and it's certainly possible to push too far past it. That's why it's important to check in frequently and make sure that we are either escalating the intensity less or trying a different approach. My way of explaining it is only one of many ways to practice, and it's not always the best one, especially if the subject is very sensitive or there isn't a lot of trust established with the client yet. I would not do this too early on in sessions for example.
@@eurobrady It was a very interesting explanation, i couldnt help but comment on it, it's like now I have a different perspective about the situation.
I usually don't watch twitch streams but your playthrough is very very interesting, fun and even makes me think about *my* stuff in a productive and retrospective way 😭 It's amazing, i'll try to be there next time!
Definitely put more points in authority. I think it will fit your characters insecurities well.
It's always fascinating how different stats give you different dialogue for the Detective, which let's you solve the problems in the game in really unique ways. I never get good advise from Authority.
Let's get some Lacan in here. I like the incomprehensibility.
I hope more to come
I'm here for 36:46 😂😂😂
Just an important thing, consider most of your actions on the game thoughtfully. For example, really consider if you want to take drugs as your character, even the most basic things can bring consequences further down the game.
Also you dont need to do every dialogue option, sometimes you can say something that you didnt meant to say and change your relationship with the character you are talking to. But also, you can miss an important thing. Play the game with the mentality of saying things that you meant to say or ask
41:17 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH THE GAME KEEPS DOING THAT
Hell yeah.
Stay strong Harry he'll learn your name eventually
Is there a name for behavior you talk about around 8:20 ? I might be experiencing it right now and i want to read more about it
Well chat is figuring out how to get therapy for free 😂
This playthrough is the greatest thing happening on TH-cam right now
58:07 ok, this is a problem for me. when the issue is capitalistic forces and your response is, you cant punch capitalism in the face instead BE PRODUCTIVE and exercise. i hear, make yourself more fit for the capitalist to make a work horse of you. this pull to being productive gives me a reflexive revulsion. im no therapist, but when disorders are defined in your field of work it seems to be centered on the effect a problem has on a persons capacity to do work. its a pay walled "get help" feature that im not sure is meant to help the individual, but the businesses that want to exploit them. so here i am after a mental breakdown and instead of going after the root of the problem, we're talking about distractions and misdirection, as if the goal is make me docile.
I don't think it's good to let capitalism control your life and perspective that much. To always frame advice and council as some attempt to "optimize" you or turn you into a model worker sounds to me as its own type of redirected emotion. Being "productive" no doubt is often framed in a capitalist manner, but must it be so? Working on a hobby, going out with friends, learning about something tangential to your work - I'd classify all of these as productive, but do they make you some sort of model desired worker? I don't think so.
It's fine, even good, to spot these relationships between our theory of medicine and the overarching economic system - no doubt these feed into each other. But again, I can't help but feel like you're just allowing capitalism to take complete control of your life by taking its framing as a given. To do something you find worthwhile with your time, to exercise, these are actionable pieces of advice - that can and will improve your quality of life, they aren't tricks meant to distract you from what "really ails you". "Fighting the system" itself can be cut up into actionable component pieces, such as networking with like-minded people, reading up on the history of the particular tradition you follow, etc...
Definitely what the other person said, but also - being productive means showing up for yourself. Feeling good in your own body, looking after your own health and well being, not allowing life to make you forget that you owe some things to yourself too! Maybe it's exercising, maybe it's just going for a walk. Maybe it's spending some time cooking a good meal. Maybe it's going out to eat. Maybe it's playing a video game, or creating art, or journaling, or writing in general.
Therapists are there to help you discover the root of problems you face and to help you find ways to make your life work better for you. They aren't just there to diagnose. They want to find the root of your problem, but they can't just get there. They need to talk you to the point where you recognize it yourself. And part of resolving that is understanding why the realtionships in your life are unhealthy - misdirection - and how you can work to make those relationships healthier so you have a better quality of life.
It's all a process. Not everything in the world is set out to use you - and even the things that are, try to use them to your benefit in return. Lifting each other up doesn't need to be a negative thing
@@bulletsandbracelets4140 best way to help your fellow man is to unionize/democratize your workplace and spread that effort. our liberation will only come from our own hands, and only when we have the courage in numbers to fight as one.
@@sheepwshotguns42 I mean, this is true too - but you won't have the energy or motivation to put in that effort if you aren't taking care of yourself as well. It all goes together. We need to come together and help one another, but we also need to be patient with ourselves and make sure we are enjoying the time we have too. It's all a balance, and it's hard, but it's also super important.
And they ask why DE is a communist game, lmao.
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Careful with the gun, Harry is that type of a person who would threaten to commit suicide to get what he wants.
Which program were you using for the painting?
It's called Concepts! Excellent software.
Listen to your ADRENAL glands and put points into HalfLight