“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” Winston Churchill
Summary
When you become red-pilled, you must realise you are committing yourself to a new and better way of seeing, and acting in, the world around you. Red Pill isn’t there for you to opt-in and opt-out when it suits. Rather, this is a fundamental and permanent shift in your way of thinking, acting, behaving and understanding the society we live in to maximise your potential.
Body
Recently I was going through hell. Work was insanely busy, I fell ill, and there were a lot of family pressures. It was not a fun couple of months. What made it worse was that the carefully developed habits I had formed were one-by-one disappearing. Long work hours replaced my gym and meditation time. Stress meant I made poor diet choices. Family problems meant I was losing my cool and not leading. The stresses at work made me irritated and snappy. In short, I was falling back into the pre-RP lifestyle of poor diet, lack of exercise, negative mental state, and I sure as hell wasn’t attractive to anyone… I could start to feel people retracting from me.
My response to those external pressures was not the correct one. I let go of my positive habits. This in turn accelerated my decline. I ended up taking two days away from everyone to go hiking and fishing (no cellphone, no TV etc) and think about how the hell I got myself into that situation… and what I had to do to get out of it.
I returned home with a refreshed mental attitude and I made changes. I made time to lift and meditate. I concentrated on eating better food. I got myself out of the nose-dive by returning to the same actions that had given me strength in the first place.
Conclusion
The Stoic mindset tells us that there are many external factors that we cannot influence, that we can only influence how we respond to them. I’m sure that you’ve all had those periods in your lives, where external forces make your life hell. They can be due to death, illness, being laid off, money troubles, the list goes on…
What we must remember is that it was the red-pill actions and thoughts that got you to your improved state. They are still the go-to actions and thoughts that will get you through hell. Casting aside RP theory because “its too hard to fit it in” or “it’s not the right time to be thinking like that” are only going to do you damage: you’ll decline further and faster as a result.
When you are under pressure, rely on what you have learned here and put into practise, and prioritise it. Keep going.
NormalAndy 5y ago
Fall down 9, get up 10.
I'm the same. Life interferes with my plans simply to test how strong my resolve is. I often fail and have to redouble my efforts and dig deep once more- to prove the world wrong.
The thing is that these days I am happy for the chance to improve myself. Without the shit tests, I would have no yardstick to measure my performance by.
Bring it on life! I'm still standing...
thunderbeyond 5y ago
I actually believe you summed it up better than I did.
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gbdoragnic 5y ago
> Rather, this is a fundamental and permanent shift in your way of thinking, acting, behaving
I believe it's just understanding, I'm not a different person, I'm the same person I was when I was 5, I just have more experience and knowledge, once you learn water is wet you tend to stay dry.
> In short, I was falling back into the pre-RP lifestyle of poor diet, lack of exercise, negative mental state, and I sure as hell wasn’t attractive to anyone… I could start to feel people retracting from me.
This has nothing to do with RP, you're a complex person , RP can help with women but it can't cure depression and child hood issues , It's not intended too, while our lives are much more than the women we sleep with, it's important to conflate the two.
You can have success with women while being broken, but it can never fix you, falling back into hold habits has nothing to do with RP because the rest of society isn't wrong, this creates a us vs them mentality.
> Casting aside RP theory because “its too hard to fit it in”
Most people are RP in a lot of ways, talking about women and theory is only ok with your guy friends, other than that there are many ways to connect with people besides what we learn here
BrenHam2 5y ago
"This has nothing to do with RP, you're a complex person , RP can help with women but it can't cure depression and child hood issues , It's not intended too, while our lives are much more than the women we sleep with, it's important to conflate the two."
Not to detract from what you have said above, but I disagree with that statement a little.
Pre RP I spent years in a state of angst and confusion. I felt mentally split in a way, I had a big problem with anger and not knowing who I was. Friends in the past have described me as having a split personality. I would have have two different styles of thinking and perspectives that would both be in conflict with each other. My anger was one of a Jekyl and Hyde style, which was most noticeable in with my LTR at the time.
When i found the RP things started to make sense and fall into place. I think that now the split personality problem has lessened and my anger is more under control than ever and I am happier.
Overall there is less confusion in my mind and I don't suffer from spouts of mild depression.
The reason for this change in perspective I think is because I may be naturally red pilled (due to upbringing) and in my early childhood I conditioned myself to be blue pilled (also from my upbringing and TV).
So I do know the RP has helped and is helping me with my childhood issues and I'm sure it has helped many more, whether it be insecurity issues, mental health issues,woman issues etc.
gbdoragnic 5y ago
> Overall there is less confusion in my mind and I don't suffer from spouts of mild depression.
I really want to think about what to reply to you, I felt the same way and adopting a certain mindset really help with my issues of loving myself, But I'm not sure it will help you also, So I must ask, Do you understand what people mean when they say your shit don't stink?