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The fatalistic overcorrection of the dichotomy of control.

The fatalistic overcorrection of the dichotomy of control. — I wrote part of the body of this post as a comment in another thread, but I see these comments very often anyway so I thought (voluntarily) that I would give a general objection to them here. The g…

r/Stoicismpost3/29/2026
Day 17 - Made some progress today

Day 17 - Made some progress today — so today I made some progress after all it is day 17 and I feel great I feel in control of myself and this is a good sign for me actually was I never thought that this will come but there is a test fo…

r/selfhelppost4/5/2026
Today was my hardest day

Today was my hardest day — It is day 19 of no contact for me. And today I could do nothing. Yesterday I had a nice day hanging out with friends but I just had a shadow on the day because of how much I was thinking about him and…

r/BreakUpspost4/6/2026
Question of virtue ethics: Proper Ambition, the golden mean between ambition and unambitiousness.

I think for the most part you're right but you explain it really poorly when you say that "thoughts occur to us". What is passively received is impressions. Impressions happen to you, not thoughts. Th…

r/Stoicismcomment3/29/2026
The fatalistic overcorrection of the dichotomy of control.

> Thoughts are verbal representations of impressions. You get the impression of light from your eyes. You create the thought "It is day". The thought is in your agency, it is within your power. The im…

r/Stoicismcomment3/29/2026
The fatalistic overcorrection of the dichotomy of control.

"Impressions happen to you, not thoughts. Thoughts are verbal representations of impressions. You get the impression of light from your eyes. You create the thought "It is day". The thought is in your…

r/Stoicismcomment3/30/2026
The fatalistic overcorrection of the dichotomy of control.

I think you are not correct in this. You said:  "What is passively received is impressions. Impressions happen to you, not thoughts. Thoughts are verbal representations of impressions. You get the i…

r/Stoicismcomment3/30/2026
Husband cheating online

Thank you for your reply ! In my case he recognizes he is an addict, but now what ? I am happy you had your baby, being a mom was always my dream, but now, I don’t know anymore. I am seeing his true c…

r/survivinginfidelitycomment4/5/2026