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Originally Posted by phoenixxx  MY stupid stupid beliefs. It's so much harder navigating this murky water and climbing out of it than it was to get stuck in it. |
Your beliefs aren't any stupider than anyone else's. You'll never find a belief that couldn't be called stupid for one reason or another; all beliefs are contradictory.
Let me give you some semi-practical advice. Find what you are proudest of, and give it up. I don't mean physically, I mean internally (although physically may help if it's possible). Whatever it is about yourself that you are proudest of is probably what is causing you the most misery, because that is what you will resist letting go of no matter how much it hurts. This pride will probably be in something that sounds good to begin with, but if you really analyze it closely you'll see that it is destructive to both you and those around you, and you'll begin to realize that it's just not worth fighting for. Then all you have to do is stop fighting on its behalf to be free of it.