A fellow metalhead?
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I have experienced more growth in my mindset and knowledge the past few weeks then in my entire life i feel
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So true. And I just want to point out this doesn’t have to be a lone wolf expedition. There’s power in having others that support you so you don’t have to go it alone.
I’ve been through some dark years in my life over the years. I know how “letting the storm pass” isn’t as momentary as you’d want it to be sometimes.
If anyone is going through a tough time my DMs are always open. I know we’ve all got our own separate journeys and stories on here, but you don’t have to push through it by yourself.
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Bro you have no idea how harmful this line of thinking is
I say this from personal experience
Stop telling yourself how far you “should be” and just accept that you are HERE at this point NOW
If you can accept yourself as you are now, or at least WANT to accept yourself, I promise you that all the change you desire will become SO MUCH easier
Drop “should” from your vocabulary bro, you got this 
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Me, running RoD and Genesis and having dreams of being chased by zombies:
“Being chased by flesh eating zombies is said to be a sign that you’re running from your problems. So if you do have this dream maybe it’s high time you faced them.”
Also me: 
My (short) experience of Genesis has been like a mini version of DR in that it triggers an internal mini-crisis, helps me through it, and I emerge on the other side stronger, a bit more wiser and insightful than I was before. This weekend was particularly nasty but having come through it I also feel better. A lot, actually, and that was surprising. Today I feel like a mini-dragon, which is kinda fun 
I don’t recall Saint’s exact words (somewhere in this thread) but it was about just hanging in there while letting the recon pass. I gave myself permission to feel “not ok” for as long as it (the recon) needed, and also gave myself permission to do things for myself, ie self-care.
Self-care is important, so it’s totally OK to start a whole new Total War campaign to help you through it!
Also, that time when the reekon hits so bad they call in the army everything they’ve got.
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lmao I had the same dream yesterday but while running elixir. Im constantly uncovering more and more fears I have carried with me. Healing be wild and so are dreams
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been realizing this lately as well. Using word should could be easily replaced with “I wish to” or “I will”.
Our day to day life would stop feeling like a failed task but rather something we conquered instead.
Running around all day repeating all things we haven’t but “should” do / be is a fools race you will never win.
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God damn you’re wise, I rarely ever see you talk but when you do, it’s Gandalf time
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This sub is good. It’s only been two weeks but I’m feeling a light heartedness to life I haven’t felt in a long long time. Yes people can be jerks and abusive, but they don’t take up as much mental real estate in my head now. I’ve still got my pain points but my energy is shifting from “how do I protect myself 24/7” to “what can I do to enjoy my life more?”
I don’t know if I’ll run alpha titles in the future or not. Genesis has shown me when I focus too much on that alpha stuff I just get into fight mode. At the end of the day why do that to myself? Maybe it’ll change but for now I’m loving the casual non chalance of Genesis, not taking things so serious
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This right here.
I wrote a song about this when I was 21.
I grew up “in fear of missing out” or that life would pass me by without actually doing the things I wanna do. That I would look back many years from now with regrets that I wasted life away in misery & fear.
As the younger me had once written & “sang”:
Try to embrace each moment… for it may be your last… Reach out for everything you wish for & never give up your dreams… or you may look back thinking you’ve wasted it all away…
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You asked me a question?
I experienced a power outage yesterday with no internet connection. What I just shared was lagging from yesterday.
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Oh yessss
Since being a young child hearing Metallica and Pantera.
I was a front lady in metal bands before kids. 
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Yes my therapist told me to replace “should” with “want”
I should go to the gym today —> I want to go to the gym today
Changes the vibe completely and makes you actually feel like the person you want to become
Your ideal self doesn’t just do things because they feel they should
Your ideal self wants to go to the gym because self-love, self-care, fun, (insert your own reason here), etc
Genesis helping me integrate this form of thinking
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Very cool.
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I’ve been working on consciously not using should anymore.
I can or I will!
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Because I am healthy I do what healthy people do
Because I am successful I tend to do what successful people do
Because I am wealthy I do what wealthy people do
This opens up cool pathways
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Another good one is I get to do this or that
I get is more like being grateful for something in a way i think…
I get to wake up every day
I get to see opportunities everywhere
I get to earn money and enjoy life
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Y’all need this song
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