You're looking at Less Wrong's discussion board. This includes all posts, including those that haven't been promoted to the front page yet. For more information, see About Less Wrong.

ialdabaoth comments on Rationality, Transhumanism, and Mental Health - Less Wrong Discussion

8 Post author: ialdabaoth 14 October 2012 09:11AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (129)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: ialdabaoth 15 October 2012 06:11:41AM *  1 point [-]

I think I have, but how could I tell if I actually had tried or not, rather than merely deluded myself into thinking that I had tried but it was too hard?

Comment author: Nisan 15 October 2012 03:09:19PM 4 points [-]

Well, you say you want a partial personectomy. That indicates a desire to destroy part of yourself, rather than a desire to ultimately understand and nurture that part.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 16 October 2012 01:50:16PM 0 points [-]

I believe that that relaxation/uncurling my spine is an indication that I've succeeded at compassion towards myself.

Here's an alternate explanation for not succeeding-- you tried, but you didn't know what you needed to do, so you did something but it didn't work.