I'm feeling pretty... Blackpilled, at the moment. Maybe even worse than that. Things are bad. Things keep getting worse. Not just politically, but... As a human being. All the failed relationships, all the lost friendships, all the... Shit, that has happened in my life, is sort of getting to me pretty bad.
But more than that, it feels like we're losing. Like things... Are spiralling out of control (in Aus, but also outside it). I literally can't look at ANY popular media, or any sort of news, without being utterly bombarded by it.
So... If you've got a good "whitepill", or just... Something that counteracts all this... Existential angst, and feelings of sheer... Doom, I would appreciate hearing it, I guess. Thanks. While it lasts, and while I last.
There are versions of this for as inexpensive as $1.50. It has loads of material from the best classical minds of stoicism. Benjamin Franklin's autobiography is amazing.
Really reading and contemplation of what these people said has been a huge help for me. I recommend against any modern interpretations. I only started one, because the English is easy to read, but they butcher all meaning, especially when they work so painstakingly to remove any reference to God from the original works.