I feel I have very distinct beliefs.
oh so random thought I never got the hate against strivers.
I think it’s awesome to work hard and people who say this kinda shit don’t work hard enough. the smartest people I know would all be considered strivers.
I just went to dinner with my friend who’s an IOI gold medalist he’s smart asf and I think what he’s doing is so cool.
I only hold a disdain against people who are bad at striving that is a different thing imo.
I also feel a lot of successful cracked people are mentally ill and very few are willing to tweet abt this. there’s a correlation btwn intelligence and mental illness/autism.
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stronger and better painkillers if ur talking abt the physical pain
as for the mental suffering, lowk i just grew up lol
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I think being mentally ill made me a lot more cracked and smarter.
a lot of the most talented people I know in tech suffer from some kind of mental illness or neurodivergence like autism.
I would not trade it for anything in the world.
I have never wanted to be “normal” maybe I did when I was like 14 or 15 ish then I realised that if people don’t like me the way I am that’s their problem not mine.
tech has been the first place to not care if im insane as long as I can get work done.
my life would be a lot worse if I was normal. as my lovely ex @menhguin once told me being normal is boring asf.
i think of having bpd as living my life trading on leverage when things are really good everything is like 10x better than what everyone else can feel and when it’s bad it’s quite literally hell.
but it’s been good for sometime now.
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okay so I am out of ethical principle against mental health care, what other people do with their life has nothing to do with me and I fully support other people getting the help they need.
I despise psychologists and psychiatrists a lot more than words can fully articulate.
the most traumatic experience of my life was mental health care which is crazy given that social services took my parents away. i will never believe a mental health professional again.
involuntary commitment is insane to me, as long as ur not hurting others we should give people who are suicidal the right to die. there’s literally no medical evidence that this has ever made anyone any better yet we continue to do it.
I believe that anyone in the mental health care system is a party to the torture and incalculable suffering I personally experienced and hence I despise them.
I try my best to believe that everyone has the right to choose and maybe it’s good for some people but I could not ever date or be friends with someone who is trying to become a mental health professional.
I refuse all psychiatric medications on ethical grounds this is my version of an ethical commitment.
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yo who’s reporting me lmao btw I hate psychiatrists & want to be freely insane.
i have a whole rant abt why I don’t seek mental health help and fundamentally think it’s wrong but that’s for another day.
on a more serious note, I just want to say whatever I want please don’t be concerned I live a good life where I eat yummy food and have lots of amazing friends. I feel if nothing else I am blessed with lots of privilege.
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yeah i care a lot insofar as it relates to work which comes off as unempathetic. idt ive ever been particularly kind in that sense.
not when it comes to my interpersonal relationships in general tho. i value sincerity above everything else. i honestly think ppl r too afraid to tell each other the truth. yes there’s a level of swe whos neither but they’ll likely be unemployed.
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thank you! i think not enough ppl in tech hold strong enough opinions abt things - everyone on twitter kinda has converged on the same shit which is kinda silly.
I’m open to changing my mind tho and have from arguing w ppl on twitter.
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thank you!
btw if I haven’t responded to you it’s cuz ive been sick and travelling and had to present at a conference and have deadlines but next wk ill continue responding & following up w ppl. pls ping me again sorry if its taken me awhile.
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