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New comment by wjellyz in "I am rich and have no idea what to do"

wjellyz — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:06:38 +0000

i know therapy has helped a lot of people in my personal life, which is why i tried it, but i think it really made me feel alone that the only person i can talk to is someone that i pay to listen to me.

i went to therapy for 2 years with this perspective that the therapist would fix me like the mechanic fixes my car. I spent 2 hours a week with a psychiatrist & therapist bitching about my life thinking eventually I would get "better".

but then i realized that wasn't getting any better. it's not their responsibility to "fix" me. the only person that could help me was me.

the first thing we reach for is an external solution to solve or escape our current problems and everything is so commoditized that there is something that we can fixate our attention on.

i think that reflecting this fixation inward has made all the difference for me personally.

I'm treating my phone addiction and taking care of my mental health

wjellyz — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 04:26:39 +0000

Article URL: https://thewinniewiki.substack.com/p/how-im-treating-my-phone-addiction

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37799013

Points: 1

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Japan Launch – Overcoming Localization Challenges

wjellyz — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 22:05:00 +0000

Article URL: https://doordash.engineering/2021/06/09/overcoming-localization-internalization-challenges/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27466413

Points: 7

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Managing Complex React State with the Class Pattern

wjellyz — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 20:31:34 +0000

Article URL: https://doordash.engineering/2021/04/21/managing-react-state-using-the-class-pattern/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26895060

Points: 1

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