anarchyfan said:

I WILL say that IF I HAD to do it over again, not that I would want to, but if I died and some shitty universal force made me repeat this, I would never touch weed, I would never touch psychedelics, and I would never touch any drug not prescribed to me by a doctor. 

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Belome said:

anarchyfan said:

I WILL say that IF I HAD to do it over again, not that I would want to, but if I died and some shitty universal force made me repeat this, I would never touch weed, I would never touch psychedelics, and I would never touch any drug not prescribed to me by a doctor. 

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man i'd tell myself the total opposite (apart from weed, i'd tell myself to pump the brakes on that a bit). i'd tell myself to not let my doctor put me on antidepressants for the crime of mourning my dead dad. i am still pissed off to this day about how i was railroaded by my doctor and mom like that.

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What one peice of advice would you actually listen to, take it to heart, and follow to the absolute T in order to change your life for the absolute BETTER:

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AND, What warning would you actually take seriously, in an attempt to avoid mistakes/pain/and bad outcomes for your future self:

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anarchyfan said:

I would say don't.  If you have to repeat your life to make it better, you have missed the point.  Every day is new.  Stay present and instead of harboring regrets over past mistakes, do your best now and improve from here on.  Yeah you could perseverate over your failures or missed opportunities, but it's learning from those things and adjusting in the present that I feel personally defines you. 

I also had a really shitty childhood.  I would never ask to repeat my life on account of that.  I would never expect anybody else to have to go through what I went through nor would I expect anyone who went through similar or worse to want to repeat their experiences for the sake of avoiding mistakes or missed opportunities.  I think in the end, it's about how to choose your direction and if it previously was negative or inadequate, then reclaiming that direction and correcting it in THIS life is the thing to be learned. 

So in short, no I would not do it over.  I want to learn from my mistakes, not live to avoid them.

I WILL say that IF I HAD to do it over again, not that I would want to, but if I died and some shitty universal force made me repeat this, I would never touch weed, I would never touch psychedelics, and I would never touch any drug not prescribed to me by a doctor.  For some people these things do not affect them, but for me, my drug use clouded my judgment so badly for so long that I totally eradicated my mental health, which is something I have only recently started to recover from in the last few years.  I can blame my past, but I don't really experience trauma like other people.  I absolutely destroyed my better judgement just because I thought I was having fun, but in reality all I did was hurt other people and myself through my drug use, which culminated into a toxic fucking addiction.  So maybe other people can smoke weed and do shrooms and take acid, but I cannot and wish I had never.  I do not know what life should be like because of this, and honestly that is a disappointment I now have to live with and learn from.

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Northerner said:

Yeah, feeling sad or fucked when you lose a loved one is normal. It doesn't need to be medicated away. It's a process.

I would have definitely hit the brakes on weed, stims and MDMA too, but not psychedelics. Every single part of it has been special and important to me.

I would advise myself to be more objectively thoughtful though. I feel like I've spent my life being caring and empathically thoughtful but failing to see the true nature of consensus reality around me.

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raccoon_cat said:

I would tell myself to take a real honest assessment of my strengths and abilities and apply that to the process of choosing a career. As a young idealist I had this notion that I could become something I was not. I’m not saying people can’t change, but I do believe the often repeated assertion that personality traits are stable over time. Basically I “fumbled the bag” of a lot of the potential I had to establish a more successful career earlier in life. Now I’m at a stage where, while it’s not impossible, it’s gonna be a hell of a lot harder, and demand much more sacrifice from my loved ones.

On a related note, I would also tell myself to pick up the guitar as a teenager and pursue music as a course of study and/or career. Which I realize sort of contradicts my first paragraph haha. What can I say, I’m in a slow burning midlife crisis and feel completely unfulfilled and unsuccessful in my so-called career. I just wanna play music all day while also somehow avoiding financial ruin.

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raccoon_cat said:

I would tell myself to take a real honest assessment of my strengths and abilities and apply that to the process of choosing a career. As a young idealist I had this notion that I could become something I was not. I’m not saying people can’t change, but I do believe the often repeated assertion that personality traits are stable over time. Basically I “fumbled the bag” of a lot of the potential I had to establish a more successful career earlier in life. Now I’m at a stage where, while it’s not impossible, it’s gonna be a hell of a lot harder, and demand much more sacrifice from my loved ones.

On a related note, I would also tell myself to pick up the guitar as a teenager and pursue music as a course of study and/or career. Which I realize sort of contradicts my first paragraph haha. What can I say, I’m in a slow burning midlife crisis and feel completely unfulfilled and unsuccessful in my so-called career. I just wanna play music all day while also somehow avoiding financial ruin.

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Wow I feel like I could have written this myself. I'd say all of the above, and I'd also tell myself to watch it with alcohol. Probably unrealistic to ask myself to never pick up a drink in the first place, but if I could have known how much bullshit it had the potential to cause from day 1 I think I would have been a hell of a lot more careful to steer clear of abusing it.

But who the hell knows - knowing myself I would ignore my own advice anyway