Does Success Make You Sick?

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These distorted thoughts can get in the way of people embracing opportunities and celebrating their achievements. Do any of them ring a bell?

. But how were we persuaded, by whom, under what duress? Tracing those twisted messages, naming their messengers, can help us de-claw and defuse them.You don't deserve success because you're stupid, ugly, evil, weak, or otherwise inferior.Whatever victory seems yours, you stole or obtained by mistake.Life is innately tragic and ironic. All joy must be followed — and punished — by pain.You won not outright, on your merits, but because grifters are using you as their dupe in some scam.

Friends will abandon you because you've changed, leaving you in the hands of pretenders and shallow fans.Success is fleeting, false, and ultimately meaningless.at the top. Prepare for misery. The only way to go from there is down. Reading these statements in this depersonalized way, listed like items in a textbook rather than inherent truths, weakens their grip.

We must ask: What inspired those who terrorized us into hating or fearing our potential? What inspired them to cancel us before we could begin? Some of them envied us. Some aimed to shield us from defeat. Some had been traumatized by their failures. Some believed they spoke for higher powers. Some despised us. And yes, some of their assertions contain micrograins of truth. Lifebe sad.

We must learn to accept victory bit by bit, not because we are godless greedy gluttons, but to own whatever we have won. And appreciate that every tiny joy is its victory — over discomfort, hunger, ennui, isolation, confusion, unrest. So, within every hour, we can win.

 

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