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a lot of posts and comments that are similar to what (i think) you're discussing, OP, seem to me that they would be non-issues if people were less inclined to be texting about stuff like this.. it re…
Why ex-tech creators are bad fit for conferences? — I haven’t been to many design-related conferences throughout my career, but I decided to give a CoCreate Conference a shot. I won’t go into the event organization here – just the speakers. From what I…
Duolingo leader throws shade at r/UXDesign — You all might remember this thread a few months ago, [debating Duolingo renaming UX to “Product Experience.”](https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/1j3hvkw/duolingo_renames_ux/) The VP Mig announ…
Would you use AI to automate emails and newsletter drafting for your products? — Hey there marketeers! 👋 I’ve been working on an AI-powered newsletter tool that automates content curation, summarizes insights, and generates newsletters based on sources you choose. The idea is to…
Build something meaningful on the side community — hey i've always been someone who loves to start side projects like apps, newsletters, etc. but wish i had other people trying to do the same the communities i join are always super money-driven and …
Manifestation coach hired me and fucked me over — Hi everyone, this is my first post here and I’m writing because I’ve exhausted every other option. And I am FUCKING DONE WITH IT. I hope some of you will see this and help me to hold that person accou…
Letter to my ex — **7th February 2026** “You will find me, right?” That sentence is the last sentence. The one that always stays with me. Every single day I think about it, and I think that’s why I know what I have t…
Seneca Letters Translation — What translation for Seneca's Letters from a Stoic would you recommend? I know penguin classics can be a little difficult sometimes. Is there a modern translation that is easier to read? Or do you guy…
Six Months of Dating in Europe as an East Asian Guy — Honestly Better Than I Expected — Today marks my sixth month living in Europe. Looking back at the past half year and all the European girls I’ve interacted with, I thought it would be fun to do a little reflection—what I did well, wh…
Questions on Seneca's Letters — Hey everyone, I am working my way through Seneca's letters to Lucilius. The translation I have is by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. I am a bit confused by what Seneca's views on feeling emotions ar…
I (21F) Am losing feelings for my (22M) boyfriend. Any advice? — Throwaway account. I (21F) and my boyfriend (22M) have been together for a little over two years. It's been good for the most part, and i can tell you that my boyfriend is one of the best people i kno…
What was happening to my Codependent mind? — I am a Codependent in recovery, and as I heal my emotions, I do realize a lot of difference in how my mind used to operate back then and how it is now. And I wanted to share about my experience becaus…
The "Manosphere" — Last night my wife and I watched the new Netflix documentary on the Manosphere. It was entertaining and informative, but also quite sad. My first reaction, honestly, was that with the exception of th…
"Why I am a Stoic" (collection of excerpts/essays by Seneca) — Recently got this Penguin title (2025, ISBN 978-0-241-74689-9) which appears to be a selection from "Letters from a Stoic" also by Penguin, trans. by Robin Campbell. Wanted to post an image of the con…
Love after Love — I've been separated for seven months, after 23 years of marriage, a marriage where I slowly changed myself into the person I thought she wanted me to be. I wore a mask every day, suppressing my true s…
My psychotherapist gave me an AI-generated workbook, and I’m unsure how to proceed. — I (28F) am no stranger to therapy. I’ve been receiving mental health treatment since youth and met many different professionals, some good, some not so much. I’ve been seeing my current therapist for …
I wanted to discuss letters 3 to 5 of Moral Letters. — I just finished letters 3 to 5 of Letters From a Stoic by Seneca. I wanted to summarise what I got from them, and talk with y'all about the parts I didn’t fully understand. If I misrepresented or mis…
How do I deal with a non-virtuous past that led to a good and comfortable present? — Hello everyone, In the past months I have been studying Stoicism (I have read the Discourses, Meditations, and now I’m on my way through the Seneca letters). I, however, wanted to have an opinion on s…
Coming to terms with the fact that I am a stalker, and I'm not sure where to go from here — I met a girl online about 4-5 months ago, and she basically love bombed me. Was super into me, kept pushing to meet, and told me she loved me. I was initially really indifferent about the whole thing …
Stoic Quotes to help Soldier in need — One of my best friends is currently in United States Army Ranger School which is an incredibly brutal task which pushes people to their limits. During ranger school they are completely shut off from t…
Writing about my experience with Iboga medicine 🌱 — Earlier I made a post and someone commented that they didn't want to watch a video. Understood! Here is an account of what I saw during my time with ceremony number one with iboga. It was not what I i…
Anyone else just ends up with a lucid dream mimicking separation? If that's what it is? — I go through the entire process, the vibrations, the subsequent feeling of separation and finding myself floating in my room, only to be met with radically different environments, for example yesterda…
My (M29) girlfriend (F31) has built up a significant debt and I’m feeling lost. — My girlfriend and I have been together for 12 years. She does more domestically which I feel guilty about but doesn’t drive and wouldn’t be the best at keeping on top of life admin so I feel we balanc…
For people who begged their exes — I begged crazily for months and days, broke down crying in airport over call, in public, effed up my higher education interviews, went so far as to say that I would be at their feet if it meant they w…
I think I manifested way more than I thought was possible — Okay… so I think I just came to the realization that I manifested ALOT more than I actually knew was possible…. Whether it was positive or negative. For instance. My elementary/ middle school crush…
Synchronicity and the Beginning or Continuity of Experience? — To begin, I have had quite a long winded set of experiences, that have seemed to have calmed down a bit over the last few weeks. They went on for several months beginning 3 months and 3 days before my…
It’s Been A Year… So Here’s My Last Post — Well, tonight makes it official. It has been a full year since I was dumped. Whoever said you lose track of time when you’re having fun is a liar. You REALLY lose track of time when you’re miserable a…
I'm fourteen and I've been in a really weird situation my entire life. I don't know what to do. — trigger warning for sensitive content such as abuse (only financial abuse is really explicitly stated), alcoholism, s icidality (in the past, censoring in case it gets the post removed or something)?…
My grandpa spoke 5 languages and passed away with Alzheimer's and I have almost nothing of his voice — I need to write this out somewhere. My maternal grandfather could speak Korean, Hindi, Punjabi, English, Urdu, and Farsi. He could write in all of them. His own father used to write him letters in Fa…
All Day Awareness.. — Today, I figured, I am going to use ADA. (for helping with Lucid Dreaming) What I take from actually using it, is kinda like looking at it as meditating throughout the day. If i notice my mind wander…
Can you also have angel letters? — For the past two months I have been seeing “CUG” on multiple license plates, to the point where it is driving me insane. I see it every single day, on multiple cars, and I can’t get it out of my head.…
My (26F) ex(25M) ended our 5‑year relationship out of nowhere and I’m devastated — Hi, I’m going through a very painful breakup and I’m really depressed. I don’t know what to do. My post might be long, but I’ll try to keep it as short as possible while including the details that fee…
Do I cut him off completely? — Longest story short me (f21) and my ex (m20) we're together for a year, he was cheated on horribly multiple times by the same girl and was in an extremely emotionally abusive relationship with her, wh…
Saw my wife's phone from an over-the-shoulder POV, saw the word puzzle she was doing, suggested what she was currently typing as if it was my own answer — Title, basically, but I'll give more background. (I know it's April 1st but this is not an april fool or anything like that.) My wife and I were on the sofa. It was shortly after dinner and I was pl…
Had to go to my mother's after 9 months. And it's more of the same. — Me and my wife had to pick up several bags with baby stuff that I had deposited at my mother's a year prior after our newborn died. Now my wife is pregnant again, and we had to pick them up. Context:…
Read this if you're miserable and want your ex back. — # Your ex won't come back until you've COMPLETELY let go of them. ...and it's not gonna take 30 days of No Contact. I wish it was that simple. Let me explain how I've come to this conclusion while …
Unsent letter — I'm sure there are plenty of unsent letters on this sub, but here's my version: STBXW, I know you, and who you really are. You're a vindictive, spiteful, jealous and manipulative person. You're a l…
Welcome! Read Me First. — # Welcome to r/Stoicism. This community exists for serious discussion of Stoic philosophy. It is not a forum for general self-help, motivation, validation, or professional therapy. It is also not a p…
I (28F) broke up with my ex (32M) after countless attempts to communicate & now he keeps insisting we talk — Hello all :) I recently broke up with my ex because I wasn’t being truly heard. I made repeated efforts to communicate and work on the relationship : I arranged therapy sessions for both of us, wrote…
I thought some people could relate... — Would love to hear any thoughts! I taught myself to read. I made flashcards with letters and drew pictures for the sounds – an apple for A – colored with red, yellow, orange, brown, an attempt to …
My former in laws want too much — I need some insight on my former in- laws. My ex and I have been divorced for two years and we have two children together, 6yo and 3yo. My ex was neglectful, had addiction issues and had an affair. He…
A Plus — I taught myself to read. I made flashcards with letters and drew pictures for the sounds – an apple for A – bright with streaks of red, yellow, orange, brown, to bring it off the page and into life. …
THE ONLY ANSWER TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS! (manifestation and neville) // PART 1 — (YA'LL I DONE POSTED PART 2 AND 3 - GIVE IT A READ OR DONT -YOU DO YOU LOVELIEESSSS!) Alright now ! it's gonna be some tough love so take it that way.' Also it's gonna be one long post so imma need y…
THE ONLY ANSWER TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS! (manifestation and neville) // PART 1 — (YA'LL I DONE POSTED **PART 2 AND 3** \- GIVE IT A READ OR DONT -YOU DO YOU LOVELIEESS) Alright now ! it's gonna be some tough love so take it that way.' Also it's gonna be one long post so imma need…
THE ONLY ANSWER TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS! - PART 3 - IT'S YOU! (NOT ME) — THE ONLY ANSWER TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS!- **IT WAS/IS ALWAYS YOU** Never me , nor anyone else. No post in here could make you get all your desires, no coach could teach ya all that you wanna know about…
THE ONLY ANSWER TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS! - PART 3 - IT'S YOU! (NOT ME) — THE ONLY ANSWER TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS!- **IT WAS/IS ALWAYS YOU** Never me , nor anyone else. No post in here could make you get all your desires, no coach could teach ya all that you wanna know about…
Do you ever check the original? — As somebody coming from classical languages and literature, I’ve been wondering about how much people here like to look up the original phrasing or wording and try to understand it. A sentence from …
Why is she just messaging me out of the blue? — I moved out almost a month ago. I told her before I left I was going no contact to help myself heal and that it's not that I don't want to message her all the time but I am giving her the space she wa…
I’m emotional… — Hey! So I’m currently going through a break up. I want him back. I know deep in my gut that we are meant for each other. I knew when I first saw him and dint even know his name yet that he was going t…
kinda confused honestly — Me and my ex broke up on good terms mid-december ish and decided it’d be the best to process and go about this with NC. We had one of the most heartbreaking conversations both of us have ever had righ…
Am I overreacting or is it time to call it quits? — My partner of 10+ years and I are on a “let’s try again” phase after a they had broken up with me a few days ago and I begged to give it another go. When things are good, they are pretty amazing, and…
Most people lived in small villages(or close proximity) and wouldn't be that far away from each other about...70-80 years ago, and even before the internet you'd be close by your partner (otherwise, h…
There's a million different opportunities. Most are viable. At 18 you basically have no experience. There's nothing wrong with that, and even a few advantages. But you also don't know what you don't …
*" I am VERY familiar with the law and with NG's teachings, so no need to reiterate basics and quotes please - I'm asking about your real experiences. What made you actually believe and know? "* Repe…
Thanks for the read. I am in a very similar situation. Thanks to you I have come up with the idea of writing letters to her. She knows I am not asking for responses. It's just a way for me to express …
I'm going to take a crack at this using critical thinking alone. *" The very concepts of "beginning," "created," and "suddenly exist" are all products of our three-dimensional perception, where we ex…
Separation/space/distance triggers feelings of loneliness and abandonment and even though you aren't breaking up, you may self sabotage to either reconnect to feel connected or to breakup first. Here'…
I promise I’m not holding him hostage in a basement demanding emotional growth. I tell him my needs, he chooses if he wants to meet them, and I choose whether to stay. Very adult, very boring. People…
A tool for "Digital Hypomnemata" I’ve been practicing Stoicism for a few years, but my biggest struggle has always been the gap between reading The Enchiridion in the morning and actually applying it…
Maybe it might help to find a way to acknowledge and honour the part of you that cares about her still. Honouring our own grief, no matter how significant a relationship was, or how toxic it was, lett…
It’s very easy to just replay thoughts and ruminate and have these circular conversations with ourselves I’ve found that writing letters or journaling helps to get me out of that cycle, and it sound…
Oh gosh that’s so horrible to trash them, especially in front of you! I love sending cute love letters, I wrote an extremely horny one to my bf at the time on the back of some sheet music, because I d…
Back in college, my bf at the time made dinner and dessert (Thai red curry and vegan mint chocolate chip ice cream -- that's right, he MADE it...or at least claimed he did lol) and we shared it on the…
How would you feel if your boyfriend of 3 years wrote sexy/adoring/"lust" letters to other women, but you discovered it in a nefarious way by logging into his Insta, and \* you were both "technically"…
I listened to a podcast where the host talked about how she loved hand written letters and her partner didn’t but she told him she loved them, so he always did it. She said that the fact that this was…
Is this love or just the comfort of being chosen? I'm 23M working in Bangalore and have always been the type who never dated or had much experience with girls. To change that, I started attending soc…
I'd definitely say 11th. Traditionally, part of what made the 3rd house comms/travel be 3rd house things of the lunar/terrestrial realm (the house of Luna's rejoice, as opposed to the over-arching or …
I know the post office received a letter stating that they must carry it with them and their id . Since the federal government they okay travel I feel why is the Post office giving there carries these…
I’ve had two daytime dates with someone. He was warm and engaged both times. But I’m frustrated by his texting style (4-5 paragraphs at a time but only every 2-3 days). It’s like we’re writing lett…
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I did not use recent translations for Seneca. But if of any help, for the *Moral Letters to Lucilius*, I had tried several of the free translations several years ago, and Richard Gunmere's was the one…
I have no idea about the readability of quality of translation of it, but the Penguin edition is only a selection and not the complete letters. If you want the full set (and you **should** get the fu…
What code are you talking in? Both of you. I don't understand how what he said was offensive and I don't know what you are responding with. It's nuts to me that a few letters and numbers is making peo…
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Seneca sometimes plays fast and loose with the orthodox Stoic distinction between *pathe* (passions) and *eupatheai* (rational emotions). For example, he sometimes seems to suggest that we should actu…
Awesome! Thank you. I will read those Letters and On Anger. I appreciate you taking the time to go into such detail.
The person who started this trend never tells exactly how she picks the songs. I think she adds up the letters of the song name to get a frequency number that matches a certain result (money, health, …
It's racism, but that's not the real story. Stuyvesant used to be mainly Jewish males. The people complaining about the current demographics are almost always Jewish parents, and they're pushing the…
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This is truer than true as far as I’m concerned lol. The woman I’m with now? When I initially met her, she was just supposed to be something short term. I left her on read a lot. Ignored her. Did my o…
My therapist has totally given up on me getting better at dating lmao For the record, I'm an autistic man and I've had about a dozen first dates since the start of 2025 and one second date. I've bee…
If shes sending letters to your fiance, their parents and your friends in an attempt to break up your marriage, then she should not even be allowed NEAR the venue of your wedding. If you give her…
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You're doing the right thing to not invite her, OP. If she attends either the ceremony or the reception, she will sabotage whatever she can. Her writing those letters is beyond the pale, and that alon…
Side note: your mom truly and deeply embarrassed herself sending all those letters denouncing your relationship, and if she divorces your dad and blames you, she’ll embarrass herself again. Truly I’…
I hear what you're saying, but yeah meditation is also used to essentially "become nothing" if that makes any sense. Rejoining with the collective consciousness and not attempting to see beyond. Thi…
I dated a guy who looked a lot like a sports figure back in the 1980s. Larry Bird, if you must know. He began wearing a bright green, shiny satin jacket that looked like a flashy team jacket, and it…
My mother was always overweight. She had one of the earliest bariatric surgeries in Chicago in the late 70’s. Her mother was obsessed with weight and I found old letters discussing my childhood weight…
Okay, that is fascinating. History is full of pockets of ignorance we simply fill in to the best of our expectation, and the trick is in challenging that expectation, and challenging it well. This is …
Hold up a second. You're thinking of this in the wrong way because of the guilt and shame you feel. But look at the matter factually. For your entire relationship, you were the emotional pillar. You w…
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I also want to add my elementary school sent home letters that they suspected me of severe psychological issues and depression and my mom has kept those letters in a box under her bed an I believe the…
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I regretted it for a few years until I finally had the stability to go through old photos and letters and I saw how things really were.
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Facts! I had a horrific boyfriend I broke up with when I was 22. He still emails me, I'm 42. But I entertained him a few times over the years with nothing more then speaking on the phone with him for …