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Any book that unlocks confidence? I know stupid ass question but I've found a safe substance i've been taking that has almost 100% taken away my anxiety which is crazy. If I can figure out confidence I might be able to get a half decent job and give good speeches without fear ya feel me? I'm already blessed by Jesus and try to live as he did. If this clicks with anyone could you offer some advice? Thanks

>> No.14152703 [DELETED] 

This is /lit/ faget. Leave. Sage this shit ffs

>> No.14152719

Post substance pls

>> No.14152887

>>14152692
Confidence is action despite fear, uncertainty and lack of knowledge. Act within the world and challenge yourself to improvise in the face of risk, however small the consequence of failure, and build competency.

>> No.14152906

>>14152692
God I wish I was in between them. Where would one find girls like this?

>> No.14152914

>>14152906
Not anywhere near books

>> No.14152916
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>St. Jerome says, that there is nothing more vile or degrading than to allow oneself to be conquered by the flesh. ”Nihil vilius quam vinci a carne.” Is it a small evil to forget God, and to banish him from the soul, for the sake of giving the body a vile satisfaction, of which, when it is over, you feel ashamed? Of this the Lord complains by the Prophet Ezechiel: ”Thus saith the Lord God: Because thou hast forgotten me, and has cast me off behind thy back”(xxiii. 35.) St. Thomas says, that by every vice, but particularly by the vice of impurity, men are removed far from God. ”Per luxuriant maxime recedit a Deo.” (In Job cap. xxxi.)

>> No.14152926

Check out The Enchiridion.

>> No.14152927

>>14152914
I would sell all my books if I could spend every day with those two vixens and their butts

>> No.14152928

>>14152916
based

>> No.14152931

>>14152906
Everywhere, as in this day of Tinder and Social Media they will actually approach you, given you're really handsome and confident. You're like that, right?

>> No.14152934

>>14152927
Me too bro. I'd sell my friends and my gf and just to get a whiff of that poon.

>> No.14152933
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>>14152927
>I would sell all my books if I could spend every day with those two vixens and their butts

>> No.14152935

>>14152692
>unlocks confidence
Do you think life is a fucking video game you cogwheel bike motor brain retard.

>> No.14152940

>>14152931
Y-yeah.

>> No.14152956

>>14152692
confidence is the theater of either fools or masters
the middle is hell so I suggest remain a fool

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>>14152927
>Is it, then, a small evil to see a man endowed with a rational soul, and enriched with so many divine graces, bring himself by the sin of impurity to the level of a brute? ”Fornication and pleasure,” says St. Jerome, ”pervert the understanding, and change men into beasts.” (In Oseam., c. iv.) In the voluptuous and unchaste are literally verified the words of David: ”And man, when he was in honour, did not understand: he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.” (Ps. xlviii. 13.)
>It is worse,” says St, John Chrysostom, “to become like, than to be born, a senseless beast; for, to be naturally without reason is tolerable.” The saint says, that to want reason by nature is not disgraceful; but, to be born with the gift of reason, and afterwards to live like a beast, obeying the lusts of the flesh, is degrading to man, and makes him worse than a senseless brute. What would you say if you saw a man who would, of his own accord, live in a stable with horses, feed with them on hay and oats, and sleep, as they do, on dung? The man who submits to the tyranny of any passion, does what is far worse in the eyes of God.

>> No.14152972

>>14152719
probably ashwagandha

>> No.14152975

>>14152961
Always hide christcuck posts

>> No.14152982

>>14152975
do they think anybody actually reads this rambling garbage

>> No.14152988

>>14152975
Imagine being a midwit that thinks it is bad. Imagine not being galaxy-brained atheist that takes this advice seriously because he doesn't want to the slave to a sensual drive that distorts his reason.

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>>14152692
GOD FUCKING DAMNIT

>> No.14152994

>>14152988
Kill, fuck, die is my motto, m8.

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>>14152982
>do they think anybody actually reads this rambling garbage

>> No.14153003

>>14152982
t. cumbrain with hypofrontal lobes unable to read

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>>14152997
he's got a point, nobody's impressed by your bible quotes

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>>14152997
>christ cuck
>wojak poster
every time

>> No.14153014

I know this question if retarded. I'm 8 beers deep is the only reason i'm asking. I'm not some virgin black piller either. I've actually had sex and have traveled, blah blah idk how i'm suppose to qualify myself. My one setback is that I don't think highly enough of myself and I just don't go all out and I don't have some unshaking confidence.( I know how stupid that sounds, like that is this..and I some 20 year old on reddit or some shit?) I have a theory there is some book out there that has the philosophy to unlock it but it might just be a bullshit dream and the real cure is to do it by facing my fears and failing and going through the shadow of death ya feel me?

>> No.14153019

>>14152972
no it's not. I am no redditor

>> No.14153030

>>14152989
its not fair why cant i play with their bodies

>> No.14153040

>>14153014
confidence is a meme
there is only appearance of confidence
everyone inside always has that gnawing desire to become more
even the bully would be still if he were truly secure with himself, but he desires to be more

>> No.14153111

>>14152692
A while ago I read a paper on evolutionary basis of social anxiety which gave me a whole new perspective on socializing and social activity in general. Not sure whether it was the most current research but I feel learning these have less anxious and more confident (though it might have been coincidental since I've been improving anyway). This was the paper:
Gilbert, Paul. (2002). Evolution and social anxiety: The role of attraction, social competition, and social hierarchies. The Psychiatric clinics of North America. 24. 723-51.

>> No.14153128

>>14153111
social anxiety is caused by orgasm and is attenuated by pair bonding which is why couples experience it less severely. masturbate, leave the house and then you'll experience social anxiety.

>> No.14153130

>>14153111
have you fucked any beautiful girls since reading it
if not idc

>> No.14153137

>>14153128
If this is true, it explains my entire life.

>> No.14153153

>>14153130
No but nevertheless I suggest you read it. The paper was enlightening for me.

>> No.14153161

>>14153111
That paper doesn't explain shit besides the obvious

>> No.14153184

>>14153161
Maybe for an educated and knowledgeable person like you it was obvious, but it wasn't for me and I'm sharing them, just in case someone might find it helpful.

>> No.14153189

>>14153128
It makes sense.

>> No.14153200

>>14153128
interesting

>> No.14153254

>>14152692
Huh I actually know this girl, her insta is Sofiaxpizza

>> No.14153279

>>14153254
>Sofiaxpizza
Damn she's really not that hot at all. That's her best pic. She probably looks way more average in person too without the instagram filters

>> No.14153283

>>14152916
>Jerome

>> No.14153297

>>14153128
This is straight psuedoscience that only manages to spread online due to it sounding "reasonable enough"

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>>14152927

>> No.14153304

>>14152719
agmatine sulfate

>> No.14153311

>>14153279
She was really hot in high school. Her ass is her best feature, but only because she reveals it so much. She's not hot, but very amorous. A girl that yearns to be fucked by all types of men: black, bald, midget, gay, Jewish, etc.. And then her life ends, and there's no morality: she's just another hoe.

>> No.14153350

>>14152719
Medroxyprogesterone acetate.

>> No.14153373

>>14153297
>Oxytocin is released
>makes male vulnerable to cause pair bonding and laying there instead of running off
Hypotheses begin with "reasonable enough" and then they are tested.

>> No.14153501

>>14152926
stoicism is so 8th grade though

>> No.14153519

>>14153501
Just because the style is easy to digest and some redditors claim to read it doesn't mean you won't find wisdom in it.

>> No.14153524

>>14153519
ok, ill look into it

>> No.14153528

>>14152989
You posted the porn thread, didn’t you christcuck?

>> No.14153554

>>14153528
>materialist

>> No.14153622

>>14152961
So beautiful
Ty anon
Stay strong

>> No.14153627

>>14152994
hurry up then

>> No.14153680

>>14152692
Confidence means facing fear no matter what

>> No.14154694

>>14153128
This really makes all the pieces fit together

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>>14153519
The solution: Read Simplicius commentary on it.
Get the middle brow stoicism, WITH receding-hairline-high-brow late Neoplatonism at the same time.

>> No.14154960

>>14152961
>”I don’t have sex not because I’m an ugly retard, but so I could please Sky Daddy”

>> No.14154967

Why do girls wear thongs in public?

It really seems inappropriate to be honest

>> No.14154977

>>14154967
>why do girls x?
sexual attention

>> No.14154980

>>14153128
Leave the house, masturbate and then you’ll conquer social anxiety

>> No.14154986

Phenibut?>>14152719

>> No.14154990

>>14152692
I would love to be able to attend social gatherings where stuff like this happens and not feel completely awkward and embarrassed.

>> No.14155531

>>14154960
Jerome was a womanizer in his early life much like Augustine. St. Alphonsus writes so cogently on it that we can assume he dealt with the same habit at one point. You're an idiot probably projecting.

>> No.14155539

>>14155531
he's not insulting jerome hje's insulting the person quoting hiom

>> No.14155566

>>14154967
Thongs are super disgusting and I don't know why. I hate thongs.

>> No.14155614

>>14155539
>St. Alphonsus writes so cogently on it that we can assume he dealt with the same habit at one point. You're an idiot probably projecting.

>> No.14155633

For "real" confidence, Stoicism is the best. The Discourses of Epictetus is the best book.
Reading Plato helps too.

But at the same time, you will want to be less of a fleshslave if you read and understand both.