I find the """man up""" school of thought generally works for me when faced w a tough situation but 97% of the time it's presented as an obnoxious show of bravado. What are better ways to phrase this? - eviltoast

like, if i’m feeling bad but force myself to do something, i usually feel better. how to maintain the usefulness of this advice without presenting it as ‘fuck your feelings’, in that usual arrogant right wing sort of way

  • stom@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    “I have to get over this some time, why not now?”

    ~ Louis Wu, from Ringworld, written by Larry Niven.

    “Because I’m not ready” is also a valid answer, but it gets your brain moving towards the goal I find.