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Can you hear the wolf cry in a moonlight night?
- Nov 1, 2020
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Hello everyone, is there such a thing like the Peter Pan syndrome?
Same I found some articles online about this, and they had such a passive-aggressive tone to them. It's disgusting. It's not our fault society sucks and that society isn't empathetic and inclusive. It's just a mean rat race.Think I got it then...
I've looked over some entries about this condition, and I think I'm noticing it too. Can't say I'm surprised. I would probably also refuse to treat well people who aren't contributing to my well-being or to those who I care about. Why would I treat nice someone who is not only worthless to me and everything I care about, but is also a parasite? Symbiotes are okay, parasites are not.Same I found some articles online about this, and they had such a passive-aggressive tone to them. It's disgusting. It's not our fault society sucks and that society isn't empathetic and inclusive. It's just a mean rat race.
Please define "parasite". I'm quite sure that most people who have this condition, if that's an appropriate word, have something to offer to society. Does anybody care? I guess not. The problem is, in my opinion, that only the loudest and most "popular" people are favored. I don't believe that being shy and artistic should be labeled as disability. Also, I find it frustrating that most employers want experience right after one graduates. Does volunteering count? Where I live, it counts in theory, but in practice is useless. What can I say about the job market...? Without proper connections, good luck. I could go on and on about these things that make some of us look like "parasites". Sorry for the long post.I don't know what people mean by Peter Pan Syndrome but I 've seen the Peter Pan movie (1953) and can relate to the eponymous character to some extent.
I too prefer to live in a world of dreams and fantasies, over "real" (collectively-subjective) world, and think that freedom is preferable to slavery. And that everyday RL routine isn't worth my hassle. And that Neverland (non-existence) for me is preferable to the existence I'm having so far.
I've looked over some entries about this condition, and I think I'm noticing it too. Can't say I'm surprised. I would probably also refuse to treat well people who aren't contributing to my well-being or to those who I care about. Why would I treat nice someone who is not only worthless to me and everything I care about, but is also a parasite? Symbiotes are okay, parasites are not.
Exactly. Not sure I will ever Can ever enter that rat race.Same I found some articles online about this, and they had such a passive-aggressive tone to them. It's disgusting. It's not our fault society sucks and that society isn't empathetic and inclusive. It's just a mean rat race.
Don't be sorry, you're right in every single word you wrote.Please define "parasite". I'm quite sure that most people who have this condition, if that's an appropriate word, have something to offer to society. Does anybody care? I guess not. The problem is, in my opinion, that only the loudest and most "popular" people are favored. I don't believe that being shy and artistic should be labeled as disability. Also, I find it frustrating that most employers want experience right after one graduates. Does volunteering count? Where I live, it counts in theory, but in practice is useless. What can I say about the job market...? Without proper connections, good luck. I could go on and on about these things that make some of us look like "parasites". Sorry for the long post.
Without looking into dictionaries, here are the key characteristics of a parasite I would define: It's feeding on someone else, doesn't give anything in return, and is hard to get rid of. Me, living on a welfare provided to me by the government or whatever institution represents the government, would be a parasite in relation to that government.Please define "parasite". I'm quite sure that most people who have this condition, if that's an appropriate word, have something to offer to society. Does anybody care? I guess not. The problem is, in my opinion, that only the loudest and most "popular" people are favored. I don't believe that being shy and artistic should be labeled as disability. Also, I find it frustrating that most employers want experience right after one graduates. Does volunteering count? Where I live, it counts in theory, but in practice is useless. What can I say about the job market...? Without proper connections, good luck. I could go on and on about these things that make some of us look like "parasites". Sorry for the long post.
You don't have to feel like a parasite. I'm sure you're not. There are some mean people out there who treat this issue meanly (looking at you, Psychology Today guy with a phD), so this is where the discussion derailed a bit to the rather darker side of this syndrome.Sorry everyone but this topic is running a bit out of topic. A person who has Peter Pan syndrome is a person who is stuck and thinks like a child, day dreams of a fantasise of a world who doesn't exist. Finds beauty in all the small things, refuses to grow up and is afraid of getting old. At least that's how I feel. I don't feel like a parasite.
I think these people have no fucking clue what it's like to be consistently lacking the motivation to work. Motivation can be explained as a driving force that urges people to reach goals by doing (or not doing) things. So someone who works consistently and "hard" is consistently well-motivated. They say as if one can work "hard" without motivation to do so, which strikes to me as utter bullshit.An unwillingness to get working or stay working when you're not motivated. If you're only willing to work hard when you feel like it, you won't feel like it often enough. Working hard must be something you do; it's not a decision to make. It's foundational: believing that being productive is core to the life well-lived.