How do the imprisoned get by?

DigitalScetis · 2016-04-01T14:36:26+00:00

Probably the same things that men have always done:

1) Booze 2) Porn 3) Arts (sculpture, literature, painting, photography) 4) Religion

The thing that makes men better than women at coping with adversity is that they have a tremendous capacity for abstraction. They have the uncanny ability to compartmentalize all the shit the world throws at them, put it on the shelf, and pursue an inner life or secret life that sustains them.

I'm not saying it's always easy to do, or even optimal to do, but it gives men a reason to get up the next day.

bombow · 2016-04-01T14:40:50+00:00

Practise stoicism Find a calm male role model and react to the fights as he would. Be loving and pitying toward fights. Get your identity, find some new music, new clothes, you like, be your own person.

shipwreck0570 · 2016-04-01T17:09:23+00:00

I was in the same boat as you truthserum23. I tried the stoicism route and worked for awhile. Then I spent more time with friends at our lodge. Surrounded myself with really powerful and positive people, only to find out that quite of the few men in my fraternity went through exactly as I. They told me to look at the other side of the fence. I went over and looked. Wow, it sure really was green, and quiet, with less stress. Surrounded by people who genuinely cared. I have not looked back since. Now I'm planning my future in Belize. Almost their. Aaaahhh, I feel even better now.

LifeMedic · 2016-04-02T08:04:49+00:00

I've been there. Here's the answer to all you problems.

FIND YOUR 'NO.'

It can be a tiny 'no'. A little ity bitty 'no'. But find it. And once you do, you can help it grow. A little 'No' next. Then a bigger one. Until finally, you can stand there, completely confident in your rational decision and say 'NO!'

To her honey-do list, cross things off, and say 'Not these!' To going shopping with her -- 'No, I'm busy.'

Find that beautiful word that's been beaten out of you. Reclaim your 'NO'.

And once you do, you'll feel better, and after a while, even she'll feel better.

dirtydog413 · 2016-04-01T15:18:34+00:00

My situation does not allow an exit strategy for me

Yet, or ever? Is what you are gaining by staying really worth what you have to put up with?

Glocks10mike · 2016-04-01T22:02:47+00:00

Have you looked into leaving the country? Maybe going by a different name, dressing different, different hairstyle, etc. so you cannot be recognized once you take off with all you can?

oldredder · 2016-04-02T08:23:34+00:00

All choices pivot on where the prison is.

Title	How do the imprisoned get by?
Author	truthserum23
Upvotes	6
Comments	24
Date	April 1, 2016 2:28 PM UTC (10 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MGTOW
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