It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
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Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.
If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
That's one of the peculiar things about bad moods - we often fool ourselves and create misery by telling ourselves things that simply are not true.
It's curious how we act in moments of personal despair.
Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
And when I get bored, it's like the worst parts of me come out. I really veer to self-destructive tendencies quickly.
Self-pity, a dominant characteristic of sociopaths, is also the characteristic that differentiates heroic storytelling from psychological rumination. When you talk about your experiences to shed light, you may feel wrenching pain, grief, anger, or shame. Your audience may pity you, but not because you want them to.
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
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