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ChristianKl comments on Sharing about my mental illness and popularizing future-oriented thinking: feedback appreciated! - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 07 May 2015 04:09PM

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Comment author: ChristianKl 07 May 2015 04:58:52PM 2 points [-]

I would start the post by talking directly about your mental illness and the effect it has on your life instead about talking to want to share it.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 07 May 2015 05:41:02PM 1 point [-]

Good idea, thank you (danke) for the suggestion! Makes sense, I'll play around with revising it to frontline my mental illness and see how it looks.

Comment author: Elo 07 May 2015 06:59:04PM 2 points [-]

It would definitely be more relate able (especially to the greater blogosphere) with a start in personal story land.

Without an emotional story it feels like you are making an emotional appeal through system 2 (or through a calculating brain) which may work for some but if you are trying to appeal to a greater audience; maybe some emotional guidance would help people connect with the idea more.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 07 May 2015 08:56:09PM 0 points [-]

Sounds like I should make paragraph 4 into paragraph 1, and expand on it. Thanks!