Read me first

Welcome to the community. A few things worth considering here. You mention you've been "unknowingly practicing the basic parts of Stoicism" your whole life, but you also say you haven't read the anci…

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…

Overcorrections 2 Electric Boogaloo — This time I'm focusing on the way things are phrased in this subreddit's Read Me First. The problems I'm noticing can be either attributed to right understanding but wrong phrasing, or wrong understan…

Did you read the post called “read me first” at the top of the subreddit?

> I’ve started learning about Stoicism and the dichotomy of control, but I find it hard to apply this to such a deep-seated habit. The Stoic path requires commitment and effort and it starts with eng…

Read the “Welcome - Read me first” pinned post on the r/Stoicism homepage. I would recommend you dive into some reading - [this is a helpful list](https://reddit.com/r/stoicism/wiki/readinglist) from …

You are fine every day. Us humans have reasoning capacity for seeing that everything is part of the whole and nothing can do us real harm. In every situation there are good choices that we can mak…