Changing the rules because you don't like them is being in denial. It's a conscious attempt to cause mental schism to insulate that part of your psyche which finds reality unacceptable.
When reality is too painful for a person to bear, they unconsciously dissociate as a defense mechanism. "Changing the rules" is just dissociating consciously - dissociating "on purpose".
You don't change reality by denying it. You just dig yourself deeper into the hole of delusion.
Amusement is such a low bar, such a cheap substitute for true meaning. It's a distraction, nothing else. A momentary, fleeting distraction that makes you forget for one short moment. You "shock" someone out of their sad view and you steal a bit of their energy. It's vampiric. Your thirst for shocking people will grow insatiably like any other addiction to an outside substance.
You think you're filling yourself up by "shocking people" but you're actually slowly killing yourself.
Does reality frustrate you?
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Originally Posted by Plato When I reach an impasse the key to escaping it is to change the rules until I am able to win. |
You try to achieve something, you fail, so you deny reality by redefining the definition of "win". If this really worked, you would be able to define your current state as "winning" and then you would instantly have "achieved" your goal that you so desperately seek.
There is no possible goalpost that will satisfy you. Accept reality as it is even if you don't like it.