Scale Back the Dragon Until You Find One That’s Conquerable

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[@alettamurray500]

The self-authoring suite is not an easy exercise by any means, but without it, my life would have been an empty albeit decorative shell. It was so good finally meeting me 😊 Thank you dr. Peterson for the gift of your wisdom and compassion.

[@Megan6772]

Where do you find this self authoring suite?

[@lexuscrow1932]

You just reminded me to buy it. I forgot a week ago.

[@jesslove8372]

Wow. I remember being so depressed I couldn't get out of bed. Waking up in the morning, taking a shower and making my bed was a big win for me at one point in my life. It's a habit now and it was he beginning of a new life for me.

[@TheCosmicBusker]

Yup. 5 straight years homeless (and counting). But because I knew it was going to happen and had time to prepare, I made it one of the best, most transformative experiences of my life.

[@ExecutionStyleInc]

But your still homeless? After 5 years?

[@justwill8239]

@@ExecutionStyleInc He is on KZbin… at this point, is he really homeless?

[@JacksonBenete]

Depending on where you live you can have public wifi hotspots around cities, specially on subways. One can also have access to the internet through Cafes and other establishments like Malls. Also, by homeless he/she can be living in a car, or maybe he/she doesn't sleep on the streets everyday but have access to some kind of public shelter or hostel once in a while. Homelessness is a common social problem and it's increasing in North America including to middle class, there's no reason to doubt that someone isn't homeless only because of having access to internet. To @X, do you think that going out of a homelessness state is easy? Once people know you're homeless, they don't give you a job out of pure prejudice. Also, it might be hard to have clean clothes or access to shower and this obviously can hinder one during a screening process. There are channels dedicated to show homelessness problems, and you can find every kind of people being homeless, including people with PhD in Mathematics and Engineering.

[@outlander234]

@@justwill8239 I think its much much cheaper to afford a phone than a home lmao

[@TheCosmicBusker]

@@ExecutionStyleInc Yes. Child Support takes 66% of my income. I am homeless for life.

[@ghulamnabi1305]

These words from jordan sir, you have family, friends, surroundings, you have job , you have carrer and goals and dreams. You have intelligence and use your time to work outside was literally life changing words.

[@johncondon4647]

To have friends, you need to be a friend. Volunteer work is a good place to start practicing being a friend to others.

[@tiempos_de_noe]

Also a pet ?

[@johnzientek735]

Jordan I been suffering on and off for 27 years or better and you give me hope.

[@joseph8468]

Cherish all hope, Mr. Z.

[@potapotapotapotapotapota]

Finding something that you can do really makes the hopelessness melt away...

[@Ed-ig7fj]

Towards the end of the video, Dr. Peterson says that [positive] aggregates exponentially increase, but failures do, too. This reminds me of Hemingway's line in The Sun Also Rises, where Bill asks how one goes bankrupt. His friend Mike answers, "Two ways, gradually, and then suddenly." A parallel is the creaking of the floor on the porch. The creak slowly gets worse, but it is ignored till your foot goes through the floor. It is vital that you correct your glide path as soon as you see the hazards ahead. --Old Guy

[@biscuitsandthat]

Lex Friedman's charisma can only be described as magnetic. Like when you try and put two north ends together and they repel each other.

[@keith7377]

lmao fr

[@agingerbeard]

Mald and seeth 🤣

[@biscuitsandthat]

@@agingerbeard Hey everyone, this virgin dork subscribes to ASMR channels. Bout all you need to know 😂

[@keith7377]

he's just like a pencil sharpener but you're sharpening rock

[@samikatz826]

Thank you so much Dr Jordon Peterson. 💕 💞

[@brainmusic5844]

Jordan I've been having a rough run lately if you could give me some advice i had experienced a 3 degree burn around 13 months ago and I'm still trying to deal with my ptsd while trying to help mold my two little brothers into capable men my stress is weighing on me I would greatly appreciate if you would ever take your time to reply I've been listening too your lectures and stuff on your KZbin for 6 months now and it has had a tremendous effect on my life.

[@andreigabrielion9575]

Keep it up brother! Serving others gives you purpose and it's easier to endure the stress. Your brothers are lucky!

[@_aibohphobia_]

Try find a psychologist near you if things like your PSTD are distressing and are having a negative impact on your life. They can offer much more personalised and comprehensive answers than Jordan could do in reply to a single KZbin comment. It sounds like your heart is in the right place though champ. Your brothers are lucky to have you, if you are concerned for their growth. Be there for them and help with advice from time to time. Be their confidant and you may well save them from certain mistakes that you have made or seen in your life. I wish you and your family the best. Hang in there.

[@richarde3996]

Let go of pride and shame and dare to ask for help among your peers or loved ones. Often times all you need to do is but reach out and most people will gladly take your hand and help you. Not only that, they will love you for it. As you will love them. Loving someone gives you courage. Being loved gives you strength. Allow yourself to be loved and it will feed you with unfathomable strength. Ask for a favor. Ask for advice. Let go of the self that refuses to share the burden with anyone else. You are not alone and you are loved. I wish you all the best stranger, you will get through this.

[@BLynnE]

Paraphrasing a quote attributed to Aristotle: "Learning is not childs play. There can be no growth without pain."

[@Sagittarius-81]

Very good, Jordan. VERY good.

[@victoryoliaku7341]

I agree in some sense and I'm relatable to it ...I'm a labourer and dam that work is tedious and i don't like it but no choice i have to do it ...days where i feel like i have no choice ,I'm a slave to money is the days where i will want to die or faint in construction site but days where i say "u know what i don't mind if this job kill me fine let me die at least better dying while working a tedious job than dying in a bed " work is at ease in such days .... VOLUNTARY SUFFERING IS THE CURE TO SUFFERING.

[@godisgood789]

The part about interpreting dreams is true. I have interpreted many dreams for others including myself and can attest the reality. I aquired a business just recently through my dreams and am making much more than before the pandemic. So the pandemic made me a wealthy man.

[@amandaredeagle9572]

I'm stuck in the neglect and tangled in my head...still not doing therapy bc they don't give af they rather give u meds are send u to another doctor.

[@LeeAdrian777]

Keep pushing on. Brainforce, chillforce, dna force, knock out = all help to boost your health. Try wim hof breathing too. Never forget Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.

[@weshuber8055]

❤

[@letsgoBrandon204]

My first thought was - My 'dragon' is something more like a drowsy fly.. but then I thought, that's just comparing myself with other people and their dragons. They have their own dragons that are just as fierce and intimidating as mine. Just looking at and saying good morning to people feels impossibly over exposing to me. Every time I go anywhere in public there are dragons _everywhere_

[@kynmasters8670]

Very smart to not compare yourself to others. That's one dragon conquered, keep it up!

[@letsgoBrandon204]

@@kynmasters8670 I'm sure that dragon will come back. I've kicked him in the nuts a few times but he's a sucker for punishment.. or maybe he _likes_ being kicked there 😕

[@johnsmith-rd3zx]

i respect jordan peterson so i actually put in some of my time to listen to him say even the innocent must be voluntarily sacraficed to the highest good facing death and hell

[@karnagilgamesh3095]

Suffering only makes two things: dead men or monsters. I became a monster. I don't regret it. Kindness will not save you from suffering, karma is nonsense. The only thing that matters is power. The weak are devoured by the strong. If you're suffering then you're weak so get stronger. Simple as that.

[@Ash-zh5yg]

Lots of days where I feel like you.

[@karnagilgamesh3095]

@@Ash-zh5yg It's never a good idea to lie to yourself. You can "feel like" all you want, doesn't make it true. Just like you can "feel like" you're a millionaire but you're still just broke, or you can "feel like" you're a successful python/tensor flow programmer but in reality you're just a simple minded individual. I suppose when you are nothing and have nothing worthwhile the only way to cope with your sad reality is to lie to yourself. The problem is this is another form of delusional and you will end up posing a danger to not only yourself but also to those around you.

[@maximeb190]

As long as the monster is held under voluntary control and doesn't prevent you from being warm and kind when needed.

[@wesfin]

0:46 It’s voluntary exposure to the fire that purifies you, the more transformative the fire is Garden of Gethsemane, drinking from the cup, picking up the cross 3:24 Are you depressed or is it just that you have a bad lifestyle and no life 4:09 what a bad lifestyle looks like 5:05 develop a dream/vision/ideal/goal/plan and start taking practical, conquerable, bite-sized, realistic, manageable steps/action/operations towards it 9:03 5:56 need someone to talk to truthfully

[@elinope4745]

The dragon guards the treasure and eats the virgins. The purpose of the quest is to retrieve the treasure. If you aren't willing to fight the dragon then why are you still playing? Wounding the dragon before it kills you helps the next challenger defeat it. The world is made great when old men plant trees under who's shade they will never sit.

[@117Industries]

This was a great comment. And I agree.

[@rnt45t1]

I don't have friends, and I don't have any intimate relationships. I'm not depressed, I have a terrible life. That's actually way more re-assuring than you realize.

[@chrisklugh]

Its a crazy balance between staring into The Abyss and running from it. Think about it. The Abyss is nothing but facing some sort of Fear. There is a a good reason for Fear, its life preserving. But in order to learn something new, you must look. You must observe, make notes, and come to conclusions. Maybe that thing your looking at can be solved. Maybe were afraid of something that just needs a good strategy to interact with it and it could be a benefit. Or you can learn to defeat it if it needs to be destroyed. Or it no longer hold you back. So you have to look. But to look is to face death every single time.

[@axandio]

This is what I do in Dungeons and Dragons.

[@НальяСаттар]

Thank you!

[@insights3140]

Well said. I was just remarking to my husband how different reality is now versus the last several years of crippling anxiety.

[@tchyard9312]

Where’s the full interview

[@DerGoRaN96]

true, if get thown into the abyss and dont know whats happening and why its happening it completly shreds you apart to the core. depends on how long you were forced to gaze into it but if its long enough it cant get fixed, it can just be worked with.

[@geneticsmatter3834]

Destroy the 7-headed dragon of globalism.

[@d.donald6855]

Always a good start to first destroy something eh? Especially if you're not even able to articulate a valid reason for it or just don't want to take to time to write it out.

[@geneticsmatter3834]

@@d.donald6855 Have you ever tried writing a long, well-thought out right-wing ideology on KZbin? It doesn't make it past the auto censor algo.

[@d.donald6855]

@@geneticsmatter3834 Usually people who follow ideology aren't quite the thinker types. Maybe you should actually start writing out why you hold a set of beliefs instead of pretending to in a KZbin comment section.

[@Raydan116]

None of us are innocent Jordan None of us are worthy of anything more than Hell Only Grace saves us

[@agingerbeard]

Lmao you fundys are so adorable. There is no Sky Daddy.

[@dtgb7]

@@agingerbeard but there is and you not wanting to know about it will only make things harder on yourself

[@JB-he5pk]

I hunt the biggest one. He's already tried to kill me. Multiple times. - SHRININGSUN, Ambassador of God

[@donaldfrederick501]

No, exposure therapy was a disaster for me and it's a miracle it didn't end up with me murdering people. The problem with "measured" exposure is trying to determine what is the proper exposure level.

[@TheReaper569]

That is more about your therapist rather than the method, because it helps millions. Maybe you were utterly forced? Or that it was too much? What was the therapy for exactly?

[@donaldfrederick501]

@@TheReaper569 edited ad-said it was a disaster for me, not a critique of method for others 3 different therapists attempted it in 3 different settings (in office, in public away from people-park, in public, mall store). Results ugly. Eventually realized with at least 1 PTSD scenario (I had 15 triggers involving a specific mask). Got it down to 7 over the years.

[@bernadettesavage4786]

Wow. You got it down from 15 to 7. Do you mean that you healed the other 8?

[@donaldfrederick501]

@@bernadettesavage4786 realized the triggers in isolated settings I had means of gaining control of .. public ones are harder. (Had to figure it out on my own).

[@me-me-me-me-me]

Try doing it with virtal reality

[@RayRay-rg8yu]

No cap elden rings taught me so many life lessons and this is one of them lol

[@atsu12moses]

which movie incorporates these lessons; can i get a recommendation????

[@spennny1000]

I am a 🐉

[@gustavoeliasmorales77]

Taking antidepressants? Do you swallow it whole or do you bite down and chew it?

[@Omfgwhtavid]

yeah

[@gustavoeliasmorales77]

@@Omfgwhtavid yeah what? Do you swallow or chew? Try chewing see if it tastes disgusting

[@Omfgwhtavid]

@@gustavoeliasmorales77 yes

[@gustavoeliasmorales77]

@@Omfgwhtavid I guarantee it's disgusting get off that garbage

[@gladwelltailor]

Even the innocent are sacrificed momentarily

[@gilbertayala1069]

Jordan is an exceptional man...his intellect is Amazing...

[@mc166589]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@digitalartK]

Did anyone else notice Jordan Peterson matches the tone of the person he speaks to. He’s very mellow sounding in this video but in others not so much

[@Milestonemonger]

Death, heaven and hell are all part of a full life. I welcome it with naive curiosity because it's inevitable, why fight it? I'll go even further and say, enjoy it, dance with it, tease it. Because what's the alternative...Living in fear? Fuck that!

[@Inspiriments888]

Investigating my BS(Belief Systems) has been the only real insight to change. Separating my parents BS from my friends BS, to the schools BS, to the Gov't's BS, to Religions BS, was a tough task yet at the end of that exercise you are left with a Clean Slate and opportunity to write a new narrative. Chosen over Forced BS within the great BS that allows us to have freewill aka the ability to BS ourselves.

[@LazyOtaku]

I have a long ways to go

[@mackychloe]

"Dreams contain the seeds of the potential future" Last night I dreamed I was locked up in an American prison. something went wrong lol. I'm from the UK

[@jackhubert]

Lol some dreams are nightmares

[@mackychloe]

@@jackhubert It was defo' scary. I had a distinct sense that I didn't stand a chance against these serious guys. it's worth mentioning that I had a very small amount of LSA in my system before going to sleep that night lol. it gets weirder: last night I dreamed I was in a UK borstal (for young offenders) but it was way more easy going. no LSA that time

[@quantiquefilms]

Years of therapy. That's a lot of money.

[@free_at_last8141]

Don't let the Twitter moralists do you in! Rescue your whale from the belly of the father by slaying your room and cleaning your dragon. Become the lobster!

[@MrGobsmack]

poor mr. p. way too serious.

[@superwormhalz2607]

Lex always seems stoned or lethargic.

[@abum3thedon]

It could kill you that true

[@mamabear3887]

Depression can be situational. So stop drugging everybody...Like jiffy lube.🙄

[@outlander234]

4:33 "Or some other vice" Like watching endless stream of motivating and life coaching videos but not actually applying any of that?

[@FOURTEEFIVE]

Lex seems off his face

[@kentuckyproproductions1624]

Lex could speed up and be less boring if he wants to be better

[@ccboxer529]

A dragon has 1000 scales. You choose which one to grab onto:) dis the information

[@raz3788]

With all the Love but am i the only one who think Lex failed in Ukraine ? I mean he brought almost no value only some ua propaganda

[@keithjohnson1983]

Depressed!? Yeah...i'm depressed like somebody in a chokehold has respiratory problems. Remove chokehold, and like magic, no more respiratory problem. (Mom dated a guy who hid a rat in the bathtub, so he could come to the rescue when the time came.) What's a disposable hero?

[@johnsmith-rd3zx]

i skipped lunch today so i could use my lunch money to pay tibees money for her work that she did with science and math videos. i die so others live sometimes and other times others die so i live

[@ET_LWO]

🌁

[@King_Illuminaughti]

I call heaven and earth, that is, the Angels and men, to witness today, that I have set forth before you life and death, good and evil, blessing and curses; and so choose thou life, so that both thou and thy descendants shall live! (Deuteronomy 30:19, 1319 Wycliffe Translation) Hi, I need a friend⁉️😜🙏🏻🤴🏻🗽🦄👼🏻~Stephen Culp

[@brentm2925]

2:18 whew 🤯

[@jackdugan5566]

Death and hell and the innocents must be sacrificed. Ok back to math

[@reacionario2026]

Lex is the perfect example of a n incurable narcissist

[@fredapel6039]

Day 27 of highly recommending that you read Berserk.

[@Francisqolito]

Does one really need friends?? ... won't just trolling random people online cut it

[@richardt.buryan832]

BECOME A DISCIPLE OF JESUS. STUDY SCRIPTURE AND LITURGICS, PATRISTICS, AQUINAS AND LONERGAN. BECOME A COMPETENT THEOLOGIAN CONVERSANT WITH LONERGAN. LEARN FROM THE HOLY MOTHERS AND HOLY FATHERS OF HOLY CHURCH. THE DOMINICAN HOUSE OF STUDIES (IN WASHINGTON, D.C.) AND THE CARTHUSIANS (IN VERMONT AND FRANCE) COME TO MIND. LEARN TO "PRAY CONSTANTLY."

[@agingerbeard]

I'd rather burn in hell than worship the monster you call god.

[@soulstorm8806]

I implement voluntary suffering into my life at times for the sake of others or sometimes just to do something good for other people that is secret and known only to me and The Lord of spirits aka GOD. But only when my heart can remain at peace and even have a form of joy in the midst of the trial. Otherwise it is as if I am living a lie. And I think people who do so are being dishonest with themselves. GOD will not accept a prayer where the person’s heart is not meaningfully involved and fully agreed. Neither will your work mean a thing if you should go against your heart to accomplish it. At least not to GOD. Personally I think when men are always “pushing it through” I think they do so to exalt themselves in their own minds and then go forth to proclaim themselves righteous as “honest men who keep their word” and exalt themselves in their own minds as therefore “better than lesser men”. GOD says those who do so will be abased. Furthermore it is done originally for a dishonest reason. These are the intricate lies of the devil. Many of those lies are set specifically to promote the other lies in the person’s mind. To BIND and BLIND THE MIND of the man. Because once he sees himself as righteous he becomes the merciless judge able to tear down and verbally abuse anyone in his vicinity: ESPECIALLY FAMILY. How many have been destroyed by these lies? Has America thrived in its utter self righteousness? Think again. We have fallen utterly into prideful idiocy. And been systematically divided and simultaneously destroyed. Only literal LOVE can overcome Hate. Not flattery or “speaking lovingly” to someone when you don’t really truly mean it. See that is the thing. Your heart must be TRUE.

[@geneticsmatter3834]

Slay the dragon of multiculturalism.

[@elinope4745]

You are the dragon to me. Well not you personally, but your authoritarian ideals. Justice is that YOUR culture be the first to be wiped out. Those who can't live and let live should not live.

[@tomh2121]

What’s the problem with people of different backgrounds living side by side? I like it.

[@Davidzxcv1]

Pure ideology here. And I don't say that lightly. What he says almost whispering is worrying. Almost indistinguishable from the way of thinking of the most terrible ideologues. The difference is that, like all those who think in this way, he believes that he is aiming for the true common good, not like the previous ones.

[@justwill8239]

Exactly where? And what makes it an ideology? He seems to have proper reasoning behind his belief

[@saradobravc3143]

Are you vegetarian? Then maybe i can take you sereously for a sec.. These little pigs trucks, that take pigs to killing, drive by me sometimes. Empty they smell of fear, panic and death, so sad.

[@thebigdawgj]

The title makes no sense. Only fight battles you know you can win? That's pansy bullshit.

[@beaconoftruth1990]

My Lord. This interviewers voice is so incredibly boring!

[@quetailion6762]

pseudo-intellectual jabbering

[@chrismachin2166]

“Why should I have to subject myself to death in Hell - I’m innocent?” Unfortunately you are not innocent,you are hostile to your creator, you will not submit yourself to God’s law,nor can you do so. Only repentance and faith in Jesus Christ (the only mediator between God and Man) will satisfy God’s wrath.

[@agingerbeard]

You're unhinged man, just let it go 🤣

[@King_Illuminaughti]

So I guess they deleted my earlier comment… but I need to know if you received my email message & payment? if so, whether you have the integrity to follow your own advice & reply to me personally & directly, which could be an epic opportunity to ‘face the dragon! 🐉 you are avoiding, or ‘face hell🔥with purpose’ as you espouse, rather than ignore evil & risk ending up there forever, which I am asking to test your resolve to reciprocate the loyalty of my first ‘subject’ (your idea, no?🙏🏻⚔️) I have placed my mission on hold in an act of solidarity on your behalf in support of your efforts to stand up to Big T⁉️🙏🏻🤴🏻🔥☦️🦾🐕🦄🗽⚡️ ~Stephen Culp 👼🏻