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Originally Posted by jayswin
Well, I'm the last person on earth to tell someone else how to live, but now that online is almost equal to real life I'd suggest not looking at other sh**ty people as the bar. Just try to be a positive contributor. I've been doing a lot of reading trying to be more positive and strong and have come a hell of long way.
One important thing is to look at your positives and highlight them. For you?
1. Humour - Dry cutting wit that cracks people up
2. Knowledgeable
3. Empathetic to people with mental illness, disabilities
Highlight those in positive ways. Ditch the shots at the board and groups of people. That's just my opinion, but feel free to disregard as you didn't really ask for it.
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Honestly I appreciate this post. Thank you.
I 100% understand I paint my own target, but I truly feel that the generally dissenting voices on here are necessary, and often are shouted down. I've mentioned before that I've long given up trying to have lengthy discussions, and I don't feel alone in that either.
That said, you are correct. Being a positive contributor is certainly more difficult for me than the reverse; if you can believe it, with years of therapy I'm actually far less of a general ####### than I used to be. Thanks again for seeing beyond our past disagreements; it's nice to see growth.