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Originally Posted by Trippin2.0
I use the words greedy and gluttony bcoz its appropriate. Just bcoz I'm underweight does not automatically imply that I starve myself. I eat like a pig, I eat an entire pot of pasta made for a family of 4, bcoz I can. I do not need a pot of pasta, I WANT it, its my favourite. And yes, that is greed. Its not an insult, its a fact. Just bcoz I'm not greedy for curry, does not mean I am never greedy. Gluttony isnt ice-cream specific,I call a spade a spade. I am greedy at times, and so are you  |
it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO refreshing to see somebody who is honest about their vices. It's not even negative self-talk, it's what it is.
I too can pig out horribly. I'll eat bag of roasted salt nuts till my mouth hurts. Not, it's not healthy attitude to food and no, it's something that I would take pills for either.
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In terms of chemicals, Venus, yes, indeed, we differ drastically. I am so happy that I do not want to spend and I reap the benefits of not spending because I now have credit in order to pay my lawyer. Sure, you can put limits on the credit cards and do other tricks, but who needs that? So Lithium fixes some chemistry in my brain removing the desire to spend - great job Lithium! Why would I want to choose a long life of putting limits on credit cards? The desire to spend is not normal, in my view, so it should be treated. If you cannot treat it safely, then you put limits on credit cards and work your way around bad impulses because that is your only option. Since I can treat it safely, that is what I choose to do. This choice gives me the freedom to do other things that are more interesting to me, because I am not preoccupied with how to prevent damage from my next shopping spree.
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I guess I like my kidney's too much and I prefer to have long term strategy. YOu said you skip one pill and splurge... and yet you don't bother to work some roadblocks? What if, God-forbid, you had to go off lithium?
WHo needs limits on credit cards? Many do, according to how world's economy looks like.
We all limit ourselves everyday. I do have desires to fly to Tel Aviv and sleep around with IDF girls, or buy a dress by Matragi and such... so I indulgue myself in fantasies for a bit and then go on, thinking of consequences. Who is to decide which DESIRE is not healthy? Should I take "anti-buy Matragi dress pill" and "anti-want to have sex with Aurela Gace in a bunker pill" and "anti-lust after Michelle Obama pill"? Desires are fine, as long as you know how to treat them.
ANd hamster, you do show some willpower. You are driven. Maybe instead of never-ending odes to pills, you should really give yourself some damn credit and rationalizing. You don't NEED to rationalize hedonism, in fact rationalizing hedonism is bit iffy in my eyes. And let go of zero-sum games. Let go of need to be oh-so-right. You can have quirks. But that is your choice.
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