“More Seneca, less Prozac? Is this a medical book? Who uses a philosophical-psychological perspective to warn us that we have never been so materially rich and so poor spiritually. Proof of this is the increasing use of drugs such as Prozac or Alprazolam , who have become inseparable travel companions for millions of people.
There are still those who worry about not having them in hand, not realizing that instead of eliminating suffering, they are fulfilling to relieve symptoms, but there are also those who think that drugs are not the answer.
- To these people is addressed the book of Clay Newman.
- Inspired by revealing quotes from Seneca.
- Senator of the Roman Empire under the governments of Tiberius.
- Caligula.
- Claudius and Nero.
- Whose pages encourage stoic philosophy and give the dose of wisdom necessary to learn from Be.
- Happy.
The source of suffering often comes from the belief that our way of seeing life is the right way to see life, and those who see things differently from our own are wrong. In fact, we tend to surround ourselves with people who think like us, considering they are the only healthy and sensible people.
When our beliefs are faced with other people or circumstances that are far from our way of seeing things, we enter a psychological discomfort that causes us pain.
Seneca has already said it: ignorance is the seed of unhappiness, and this, the root from which the rest of our conflicts and anxieties arise, there is not a single human being in the world who wants to suffer voluntarily, people want to be happy, but in general we do not know how to do that.
Since the most common lie is what we tell ourselves, rather than questioning our belief system and initiating a process of personal change, most of us remain trapped in victimization, outrage, helplessness, or resignation.
Let’s stop looking elsewhere. Self-deception is a lack of honesty, honesty can be very painful at first, but in the medium term it is very liberating, this allows us to face the truth about who we are and how we relate to our inner world.
Seneca and his stoic philosophy postulated that freedom and tranquility can only be achieved by ignoring material comfort, outer fortune and dedicating itself to a life guided by the principles of reason and virtue. philosophical currents and now by new generations of psychological treatments.
Our interpretations related to our emotional reactions lead us to suffer and conflict with ourselves. At the end of the day, we are the cause of our own harm. Repressed pain can make people vulnerable and belligerent. Choosing to adopt a victimistic attitude will lead not yet to understand that the cause of suffering is not related to the stimulus in question, but to the reaction to stimulus.
In fact, we are the only ones who can disturb us, we are and we will be the cause of our suffering. Others may even kill us physically, but spiritually, only we have the power to hurt ourselves. Even if it is fought in our minds, this illusory war creates a series of emotional burdens such as guilt, resentment, resentment, hatred, punishment, and a desire for revenge.
These emotions are the result of having overly and subjectively interpreted and distorted certain facts and emotions that have occurred in the past, however, past events condition your network of relationships in the present preventing you from moving forward into the future, revealing a lack of forgiveness.
This quality develops as we release the pain we cause ourselves by not knowing how to interact in a more proactive, constructive and harmonious way.