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#4642·Dennis HackethalOP, 5 days agoIt’s wild and sad how self-abusive some people are:
When I was in my second year of studying for me degree, I got heavily into political debate forums, even more so than I am now, and along with playing a lot of computer games and watching a dozen tv shows, I fell really far behind on my studies.
As I realized that I had a problem, I made myself a solution. At the first meeting of the semester for my fraternity, I announced to my brothers that I needed their help kicking my computer addiction. I told them to be on the lookout for any time they saw me doing anything non-school related on my computer. I told them if they did, they were to tell me to stand up and take off my glasses and then slap me as hard as they could in the face. They were very enthusiastic and motivated to “help” me on this problem.
Force stems from pessimism. These people don’t think their problem is soluble.
Maybe traditional/coercive parenting enables this kind of behavior. It’s like he’s his own strict parent, punishing himself.