Therapy is great. Life-saving, even. But let’s face it: it’s not always affordable, and mental health doesn’t wait for your next appointment.
That’s where Freud Intensifies steps in. This Instagram page is packed with darkly hilarious memes for anyone who’s ever said “I’m fine” while dissociating in the frozen food aisle.
So scroll down, laugh a little (or a lot), and remember: humor can help, but it’s not a cure. If you’re struggling, real support is always worth reaching out for.
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I had a bat calendar in high school and when one of my “friends” was over, she looked at it and said, “Nikole, ew.” And I also love possums.
Load More Replies...Odd, but this perfectly summed up my sentiments after learning 1/2 of American voters are complete morons by electing Donakd (his spelling, not mine). And lo and behold, Crisis and Fear are what we're getting.
This is so true. It was not better before and no society was less destructive than another.
"Nasty, Brutish and Short" - it was worse back then. Doctors still thought cutting you to make you blood run out was a good idea, for instance. And if the harvest was poor, you starved to death.
They used to think that washing hands before delivering a baby was a bad idea🤮
Load More Replies...Yea, just think, Trump is no Vlad the Impaler, just A nasty little p***k!
History keeps repeating itself because humans have short memories for the vile!
Love the title and looked it up. One of MANY similar reviews: "Quite frankly, one of the biggest ripoffs in publication history, not named 'Art of the Deal'... basically a mediocre 10 page essay that the publisher has 'expanded' into book length by virtue of squeezing about 140 words per page into a poetry-like 'layout'... and the essay itself is pretty much just pontificating about obvious aspects of past civilizations without any real insight as to how to fix things moving forward, which is the author's alleged premise... and the only humorous thing in this $17 con job is the title." Too bad
At approximately the same spot in the Earth's orbit. But six feet lower.
I don't think it made me either 😒 Toxically independent and snarky, with an RBF any evil queen would admire? Yes, absolutely.
I have already found my four lost sisters, and I suspect you are my fifth.
Load More Replies...Mine made me jaded. cynical and sarcastic but no one really noticed because I'm a Gen-Xer
yeah I think we've got a generational trauma response
Load More Replies...That BS crammed down our throats that kids are resilient or the other one about time healing all wounds? Nah, trauma has a way of inserting itself.
Frog and Toad is timeless and nothing will ever top them. except for maybe dragons.
I have always wanted one of these hats since I first saw one many years ago.
I was actually jealous of people who could do that. My job is "essential" so we were at work as usual.
Load More Replies...What happened to the days when one introvert could force another introvert into an unwilling friendship?
Where's the ups? They're driving those brown delivery trucks all over town.
You want ups and downs, go to an amusement park. Now, get back to work and stop whinging.
No one tells me what to do. Now, I've got some more raving and ranting to do.
Genghis Khan, Doctor Doom, Adolf Hitler, any random FBI Agent, Donald Trump, ... The list goes on.
Load More Replies...Humor got me this far from my trauma. I'm not about to change tactics this late in the game.
Life does give each of us gifts. But no receipts, so we can't exchange them for what we really want.
A gifted child without a mentor is just another child. Ask me how I know.
Or a gifted child in a dysfunctional household. Abuse and no emotional support. No opportunity.
Load More Replies...First, I need to get a few million dollars, then, I need all of the world leaders to be mentally stable and reasonable. Sadly, the second one is even more unlikely than the first
"Million-to-One chances succeed nine times out of ten!" -- The Guard, Ankh-Morpork, Discworld.
Got a hankie for Fred Colon to even the odds? 😆GNU, sir Pterry!
Load More Replies...If a sequence of events is impossible, they cannot play out at all..
Oh, my thoughts on my precious, but lost (as in adulting skills) daughter.
It's the mentally stable ones who are having to give way to the mentally unstable minority because of the mentally unstable powers that run the country.
Load More Replies...When an anxiety attack begins nibbling my mind, constricting my breathing, and causing shaky weakness, I submerge my face in a bowl of ice water. I will repeat this step until I've shocked my anxiety into submission. Easier to do in the privacy of my space, but listening to my well thought out playlist tends to ward these attacks off when in public.
You can make it through anything if you have one good friend.
I live across the street from a massive apartment with multiple buildings that looks like a prison complex and surrounded by industrial buildings. Doesn't get better than this. Kafka's surreal fiction vividly expressed the anxiety, alienation, and powerlessness of the individual, and my neighborhood reminds me of this daily.
I don't care how many times I see this, it's still the most accurate meme I've ever seen. But I wish the years on the bottom would stop advancing 😭
Actually it started in 2019 here where I live, with huge fires. It went downhill pretty quick after that.
Load More Replies...If life gives you melons, you're probably dyslexic.
Load More Replies...Life is meaningless, so stop searching for something that doesn't exist. Putting your own meaning into your own life is what's necessary.
I said something similar to a teacher way back in my teens. Teacher was so sad for me that I thought life had no meaning - which I still don't understand. If it's your goal to be good at tennis, or have 15 children, or make a ton of money or whatever: that's on YOU. Life is something you DO, a course you take, a process, a flow. There is no checklist that I know of being kept that says *what* to do to do it right.
Load More Replies...That's the plan. Sadly things don't work out that way for most of us.
Load More Replies...I ask myself if I under reacted; I think I’m too chill and easygoing sometimes. But then I think to myself, “Would it do any good for me to lose my shǐt over this?”
Load More Replies...Subsequent entries - All the same picture, '... went *in* to therapy', '... listened to the therapist', '... followed the therapist's recommendations', and so on.
My granddad was very abúsive to my dad. I really respect how my dad worked really hard on himself to make sure that he didn´t treat me and my sibling abúsive. He did have a little bit too much of a temper in my opinion, which did affect me as a kid. But seeing where he came from, made me really appreciate how hard he worked to break the cycle, because he has never once beaten us, which is quite an achievement if that's how you grew up yourself.
Enough already. We can't judge other people or ourselves??? Give me a break. Just take all the fun out of life, why don't you.
The worst part is that they ask you, if you're all right, but don't expect an honest answer.
Which is why billionaires should be allowed to make all the decisions for the rest of us?
I don't think "billionaire" and "boring idiot" are mutually exclusive in the first place - and neither is an inherent qualification for *good* leadership.
Load More Replies...Aristotle can go suck a big one. Keep being a friend to all. The world needs more friends.
I mean, there are people who are just so terrible that you should ignore, confront, or vote against them, but being nice to people - most people - is a good thing.
I always assumed this ment if you spread yourself too thin by trying to be a good friend to lots of people, you will do less good than focusing more attention on a special few. I have no basis for this assumption, but it feels right to me.
here here! I know a person who has SOOOOO many shallow relationships. He's the life of the party, but no one really knows him.
Load More Replies...Loyalty to a friend is an important facet to the relationship, and loyalty cannot be shared by all. Pick a few for friendship, be kind to others, but don't waste your loyalty on just anyone.
Or you could spend eternity worshipping Jesus. An eternity. Worshipping one dude. ETERNITY. Just giving all your attention and adulation to Jesus. Forever and ever and ever and ever and…does this sound like fun yet?
Load More Replies..."Heaven, for the climate. Hell, for the companionship." -- Mark Twain.
Plus I hear heaven has a shortage of chairs (family guy reference)
"There you have it. Heaven for climate, hell for society." - Mark Twain
I recently heard a relative say "You go to heaven for the climate, and to hell for the company"
"I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints". (Billy Joel)
My answer to the person who told me I'm going to hell because I'm Jewish.
What about all those people burning the candle at both ends? Why do we ignore them like this?
If the dog's arms appear to be behind his back, what the hell is he holding the vase with??
I’m beginning to think it will be kind of a relief to be déad.
You've reached adulthood when you know what an unnecessary ruse love is. It's liberating if nothing else.
I'm actually kind of ok with this. Besides being a positive influence on friends and family, thinking that there's no big meaning to it all is freeing.
We live in a universe where chaos reigns, galaxies crashing into each other, stars being shredded to oblivion by black holes, and on a planet that will be destroyed by our life-providing sun when it goes red giant. I you want to find meaning in any of this absurdity, go for it. I find life's meaningless to a be a state of freedom.
It's not about finding it. It's about creating it.
Load More Replies...The universe is not meaningless, but meaning must be created. The electron has a purpose. It creates the electromagnetic spectrum. The proton has a purpose. It creates the elements. Sentient beings have a purpose. We create the meaning. That doesn't make it contrived. This is specifically where meaning is supposed to come from. Without us, the universe truly would be meaningless, and broken.
"If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.." *pin-drop silence*
I'm happy. I just got screwed out of a multi million dollar inheritance, by my own father, and that upsets me for how it affects my daughter, but I'm happy. Why shouldn't I be? She's awesome.
Load More Replies...MEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"My boss yelled at me" → "My boss was having a bad day." → "My boss is a b***h."
You call that cognitive restructuring? The boss gets to yell at the employees because they were having a bad day? And no sincere apology? In this job market, I'd be depressed because I'm stuck working for a selfish jerk.
"My boss yelled at me." -> ""That a*****e's wrong again." -> Deja vu.
Smarter than I was at 22. It took me until my late 30s before I discovered this magic formula.
Looking back over my life, the only time I truly enjoyed living in the world was with my animals.
The only good moments were in nature or with other critters. It never happened often enough.
Definitely fattening. And it involves lots of tacos.
Load More Replies...It will take the military waving American flags! Oh no this has happened!
d**n, sorry, missed the earlier comment - how do I remove this?
Load More Replies...It's not by choice. Or perhaps I'm just a masochist and I never realized it...
I like figuring things out. As a direct consequence, I spend most of my time thoroughly confused. It's wonderful.
I think Moth was exhausted from her English lessons. She wouldn't stand a chance in an intro course to Philosophy.
Family isn't the same as relatives. Keep that in mind when you're in their toxic environment. Too many people insist on love, when it's like that we need most days. If you wouldn't pick any of your relatives to be your friend, then it's time to set out and find family.
If the people disagree, this merely shows that they don't even know their own feelings
That's what had me worrying for weeks that I might have a heart attack or something else might be wrong with my heart, bc I had a weird pain/sensation in my chest back in April and had a panic attack bc of it. There was nothing wrong with my heart before the pa, so why should there be something now?
Heavy metal played on piano sounds classical. Check out some of Margarita Sipatova's covers.
Load More Replies...Are you allowed to sleep all day? That's what I'd do. Lay in bed and be left alone!
Spent most of my life a voracious reader. About a decade ago the ADHD got so bad I now find it difficult to make it through a page. :(
OMG me too! I used to love to sit and read for hours but I cannot do it anymore! Audio books help me though, but I miss reading a physical book. :(
Load More Replies...At least he's getting some action. Some of us just....
Load More Replies...I'm dumb, can you explain? What is TOP?
Load More Replies..."When life gives you lemons..." ...throw them on the compost heap, go out and buy some strawberries, put them in a blender and make a strawberry shake. Or make strawberry shortcake. Or just eat them plain or with a little sugar sprinkled on top, or smothered with whipped cream. ANYTHING except eating the lemons. Well, yeah, making lemonade is o.k. I like that.
Load More Replies...I find that "hanging on in there" works most of the time. If I can speak at all, that is.
Me after having a panic attack: Mmm, my bed would look better up against that other wall, actually. And maybe I should organize my clothes based on clothing type? Oh, and maybe my stuffies should be lined up in REVERSE rainbow order? And come to think of it, I've been needing to fix up my jewelry organizer
I *think* that's a hedge trimmer, not a chainsaw. But your point is well taken.
Load More Replies...Can't exist in *your* dimension, maybe. Don't make assumptions about mine.
Load More Replies...People who are sad your are not alone and you doing good ya got this - Random stranger
People who are sad your are not alone and you doing good ya got this - Random stranger
