Not Like You with Anonymouse Donor

I made this one with my father in mind- hi, Pop! I love you! It's an unscripted recounting of my first prison experience and a bit of what led up to it. Enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anonymousedonor/message

I have been coping with some pretty difficult circumstances this month, ironically the first month in almost ten years I have not used THC (so far) by choice. So I'm trying to determine what is of value to me and pare away nonessential aspects that stress me out. I'm looking over the tools and coping mechanisms I have collected and keeping them handy. As a self-actualized adult who has needlessly relied on others for most of my life, it feels like my responsibility to develop as much self-reliance as I can. My problems are too weird and dangerous to burden others with them when I feel like I am right on the edge. And as well meaning as the words may be when others say them, if they REALLY don't wanna know, hearing people ask"are you okay?" just feels like a kick in the head to me. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anonymousedonor/message

Now that my mind feels more agile, I am comfortable asking big questions and open to whatever insights or data may arise..I mean, it's early and I didn't sleep great so this one miiiiight be crap. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anonymousedonor/message

A few experiences I've had which make me feel certain this life ain't everything. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anonymousedonor/message

While insincere words or actions, minor ones, at least- have long been considered a necessary evil that keeps us civilized to a point we no longer notice when we engage in them, acceptance and adoption of this 'okayness' with falsehood or insincerity seems to be reaching a poisonous level in our society today. Insincerity or agreeing with,'liking,' or 'retweeting' what is popular instead of what is personally meaningful to us as individuals seems to be the dominant paradigm. Since fortunes and careers can be built or destroyed solely on the ability to appeal to a massive audience/following, has being true to oneself lost its value? Unpopular opinions still deserve to be heard, and a refusal to acknowledge this fact is changing things in a dangerous way. We NEED new and unpopular ideas, or at least the absolute freedom to express them without judgment, or we can no longer truly be a free society that allows room for all perspectives, not just the sexy ones. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anonymousedonor/message