To Feel Better Is [Sometimes] To Make Things Worse?

There's something brewing around us these days.  Most of us are so locked-in with our fervor to be better, richer, much more successful, aesthetically better-looking, with more recognitions from society OR at the very least from our family or co-workers.  And to give credit WHERE it is due, most of us end up successful on that note.  BUT after the dust has settled down, there will go again, about to throttle off to the next pit stop, and next pit stop and next pit stop.  ISN'T this becoming a too familiar story?  We live in a world that admires hard work.  We therefore admire self-control, even WHEN it blurs into painful restriction.  Some of the things we do to make us feel better might actually end up making us feel worse📗📙📘

One lady may NOT like the way she looks and often feels fat even though she actually keeps herself painfully thin.  She feels that she is taking care of herself by sticking to a rigid diet and excessive exercise regimen.  Extremely critical of herself for almost everything she does, she feels secretly proud WHEN she can feed a delicious meal to everyone else without succumbing to the temptation to eat it herself.   Oh Oh.  Scary Mary.  That pride at WHAT she sees as her accomplishment can also be her downfall.  In the the end, WHAT she's good at is destroying her physical and mental health.  If one is anorexic, that person could even be at risk of starving to death.  Reminds of world celebrity Celine Dion WHO is admired by everyone BUT we commiserate for the struggles she's facing with regard her health💚💛💜

Heard of someone so hardworking, burning the midnight oil day-in day-out.  After clocking out from work, he goes drinking with his buddies because it helps him feel relaxed and he proclaims he's NOT hurting anyone with his drinking  BUT that may NOT be true.  HOW do we know his wife's NOT worrying WHEN he drives home after getting that intoxicated?  Of course, HOW sure are we, if his drinking was NOT triggered because he just gotten passed over a promotion at work?  At the end of the day, too much of a good thing, WHETHER it is something we generally think f as healthy, like a diet OR exercise OR it is something we think as potentially unhealthy like too much alcohol OR fried food OR chocolate may actually backfire on us💥💥💥

And it is that backfiring of the very thing that we started doing to make ourselves feel better that can end up making us feel worse.  I vividly remember I was in a Philosophy class and my classmate asked in class, if it is possible to daydream too much.  Our professor bluntly said that if we do too much of something that's good for us [at that time], t can also become bad for us, eventually, like it OR not.  I've seen people recuperating from an illness and now at the therapy phase.  BUT how long can one remain in that therapy phase.  I've witnessed some WHO got stuck in that therapy cycle❎❎❎

Our takeaway:  WHAT's the fix for this conundrum?  Let's consider MODERATION in almost every single thing we pursue, WHETHER that's our diet regimen, our exercise program, our drinking relaxation with our buddies OR even shopping [for shopaholics].  Let's NOT attempt to break the glass ceiling because we're NOT intending to end up as a record holder in the Guinness book of world records, right?  So, Is It True Trying to Feel Better Will Sometimes Make Things Worse?  If it is, let's disprove it by embracing moderation instead, dude😁😁😁