The Role of Sadness in Life and Biohacking

Biohackers should embrace sadness as a necessary part of life to foster personal growth and resilience.

### Embracing Sadness: The Biohacker's Perspective on Life's Pain
* 🤔 In this video, the speaker addresses the question of whether a biohacker should ever feel **sad** or intervene to avoid such feelings, sharing **personal insights** on the topic.
* 💡 The speaker argues that while one can alleviate sadness, it is essential to recognize that **life inherently includes pain**, and understanding this can lead to a **healthier mindset**.
* 📖 They emphasize that life is not solely about happiness or hedonism; rather, it encompasses both **joy and suffering**, with the latter being a **crucial part of the human experience**.
* 🧠 The speaker advocates for facing emotions directly instead of resorting to distractions like drugs or social outings, stating that "**everything that comes will pass in the end**."
* 🚫 They also mention the importance of **limiting interactions with others during sad phases** to avoid unintentionally bringing others down, although this approach may not suit everyone.
* 🔄 The speaker warns that failing to confront sadness can lead to recurring issues, as **unresolved feelings will resurface once distractions fade away**.
* 🏆 Ultimately, they conclude that suffering can lead to **personal growth and greatness**, provided one finds **meaning in their experiences** and adapts accordingly.
* 💬 The speaker invites viewers to share their thoughts on the **necessity of sadness in life** and whether they believe biohackers should strive for **constant happiness**.

the same exact thing that you are trying to avoid thinking about and being sad about will hit you the same way because [Music] good afternoon friends in this video I want to answer a question which is should a biohacker ever actually be sad or should they intervene to make sure

that that doesn't happen I'm going to give you my opinion in this video but before I do please subscribe to the channel if you're not already like the video and comment on the video for the sake of the algorithm now let's get started the reason I'm making this video

friends is because I noticed that there's some disagreement of opinion I think among subscribers as to what one should do if they're feeling sad and I thought I'd give my opinion maybe it could help some of the younger guys and otherwise maybe it may help some people

understand me a little bit more first of all a biohacker can completely alleviate their sadness or anger or displeasure if they want to but they shouldn't I'm going to tell you why I think so here beginning with the subject of life I

feel that in our generation or in the 20th century especially and in the 21st century people around the world have begun to develop a fanciful idea of what life is about life is not something that you should live your life and go have

fun and it's not a hedonistic journey it's not even a way for you to collect the best memories you have it's true we all want to optimize our lives we want to live the happiest lives we can but life itself is not happy in fact there's

No such thing as happiness without sadness. While technological improvements and cultural changes may shield younger people from realizing how much pain there is in life, they will eventually know about that pain one day. We all learn about it, even though we're shielded from seeing it in our youths in

fact. There are some philosophers that would say that life itself is suffering. I don't go so far personally. I don't think that's a little bit ridiculous, but life does include serious pain and suffering, and there are problems with not experiencing it. If you accept that

life contains necessary suffering, that is tremendous. When you look at somebody that commits suicide, you'll find it to be a dishonorable and cowardly, and also stupid and embarrassing way to end your life because you really should have been knowing since you were a child that life

would be suffering and that how much you suffer depends on fate, but also on your preparation, and you could have committed suicide as a child. In fact, you could have realized, 'Oh my god, there's so much pain in the future, so this whole thing'

of you know, people committing suicide because they go through pain and life. I think a lot of it comes because people don't realize that life is pain. When you know that life contains pain, that impetus to want to check out doesn't exist anymore because you have the right

mentality. You know, there is pain, but you also know there's meaning, there's love, there's beauty. And instead of becoming nihilistic and feeling that the world is not right and everything goes wrong, you act as an actor in the world to promote what you love, whether it be love

and honor and beauty and whatever else and not promote what you don't love because some of the pain that we encounter comes from other human beings and you can sort of by your own vote lessen that in the world when you commit suicide you check out and don't

help the world whatsoever and you also fail in your own life so I feel that this I this understanding of life as suffering is a little bit valuable and can even be protective what I do when I'm sad is not go take new medications to alleviate the

sadness or go do hedonistic practices go out drinking with friends or use drugs or date some new girls or something like that I don't even use a distraction you can have distractions that are not drugs also that can distract you from your life's problems I completely face the

thoughts and feelings that I have and what I do instead of introducing new techniques is I continue the techniques I've been doing and because it's very likely for you when you're in that kind of sad or angry phase to potentially lessen your meditation every day or

prayer or whatever else you do I maintain those things and face the feelings that I have because everything that comes will pass in the end and because of other reasons which I'll talk about in a little bit but there's a second thing I do which is one of the

reasons I realized that people had differing opinions on this subject than me which is personally I try to limit my interactions with others when I'm in these kind of phases and the reason is because I just don't want to bring down others it's a personal choice I don't

recommend this for everybody because people who are truly suffering from suicidal thoughts or something like that may really need their friendship group and the support of that group as we learned in an earlier video sadness is contagious your friends will get sadder because you talk to them but you will get less sad and

you may need it more than them so for people that are suicidal and so on they may not want to do what I do but that's why I was man actually this is why I mentioned on Instagram to the people that follow me on Instagram a couple

months ago I received some news that's not very important but affected my feelings a little bit and in that phase I didn't want to talk to people and potentially be impatient with them or potentially rude especially to a subscriber just because I'm having a bad

day so what I wanted to do was to distance myself a little bit so that I don't bring down anyone else that's just my personal choice what I do is continue the practices I normally do and distance myself from others as much as I can with

my responsibilities now let me tell you if you don't consciously accept and adapt to the new information that you discovered in your life whatever's making you angry or sad if you distract yourself with drugs or with people or any other kind of distraction or

obsession you will encounter two things and I speak about this from personal experience and I feel quite confident that most people will encounter something similar to this the first is it will come back when you stop being distracted by whatever you're being distracted with the same exact thing that you are trying

to avoid thinking about and being sad about will hit you the same subject because you never thought about it properly before you could stay drunk for four years on the fourth year that same exact thing that upset you made you get drunk in the first place will be in your

head you will have never digested it so that's one thing but the second thing is that because you never were consciously thinking of what happened you didn't adapt specifically you didn't adapt in the way you think of the world in your schema of the world and you didn't adapt

in your behaviors so what happened that made you sad can happen again from a different source because you haven't changed your behaviors or the way you think about the world so you're going to have the same thing happen to you again and similar things happen to you again

if you're not consciously accepting and adapting to the new information now a final note on suffering suffering can make you great in fact looking back I don't think I respect any historical figures scientists or writers that didn't respect a lot I mean particularly so

that didn't go through suffering in their lives serious suffering most of my heroes from the past from history are people who went through very deep suffering I feel that deep suffering in our lifetimes can create in us a sense of gravitas of weight magnitude also of

depth of our understanding in fact I believe that sometimes the reason why I understand some subjects better than people that are smarter than me is because I think of them very deeply and I came to think of things very deeply in my life because of boredom sadness

Loneliness, these kinds of things, so suffering can create greatness. What it needs to create greatness is meaning. If you have a reason to suffer, a reason to adapt, accept, and go on, you will find it possible to do so, and you will gain advantages from the suffering that you

go through. All you need is meaning, anyway. Friends, my takeaway for this, is just my opinion, is that if you encounter sadness or anger in life, it's okay to feel that. It doesn't necessarily mean you did something wrong with your life, but you should feel that pain, anger, sadness.

Whatever it is, you should feel it and be there consciously for it. If you are, you will adapt to it, you will accept it and adapt to it, you will change, and that same kind of subject that saddened you won't happen quite as powerfully to you

in the future. If you numb your feelings or distract yourself, on the other hand, it'll come back worse. At least in my experience. What I'd love to know is whether you guys agree with me. Have you ever been in this experience before? Have you ever been sad and tried to

distract yourself and numbed yourself? How did it go for you? And you feel that biohackers should have a perfectly happy life all the time, or do you agree like me that we should optimize our happiness, but that sadness is a necessary part of

life? And in fact, more importantly, without sadness, there's no happiness, and everything else changes, anyway. Friends, thank you so much for bearing with me. This was an opinionated video. I was actually going to make a video today on the mutants that tolerate high-altitude living more, and I got a little bit

distracted because I was speaking to some people and thought this might be an interesting discussion, let me know if it is. But we'll continue tomorrow with more on vitamin D and high altitude living. Thank you so much, friends. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

Don’t Numb Yourself

Leo and Longevity

Should biohackers intervene to avoid sadness?

The video addresses whether biohackers should actively prevent sadness.

The video creator explains the reason for making this video, noting a disagreement among subscribers on handling sadness.

The creator aims to offer their opinion, hoping it helps viewers understand their perspective.

Biohackers can alleviate sadness, but shouldn't, according to the creator.

The nature of life and the inevitability of suffering

The creator challenges the modern perception of life as solely about fun and happiness.

Happiness cannot exist without sadness; life inherently involves pain and suffering.

The creator discusses the problems associated with avoiding life's suffering, referencing suicide as an example of a failure to accept this reality.

Understanding that life includes pain prevents the desire to avoid it entirely.

The creator emphasizes the importance of finding meaning, love, and beauty amidst suffering, promoting positive actions instead of nihilism.

The creator's personal approach to sadness

The creator's method involves facing feelings directly, without using medication or hedonistic distractions.

The creator maintains their usual practices (meditation, prayer) and avoids distractions.

The creator limits interactions with others during sad phases to avoid negatively impacting them.

This approach is not recommended for those with suicidal thoughts, who may need social support.

Avoiding sadness through distractions leads to its return with greater intensity.

The creator explains that avoiding the issue prevents proper processing and adaptation.

Failure to adapt leads to similar sad experiences recurring from different sources.

Suffering can lead to personal growth and deeper understanding.

The creator believes that suffering, when coupled with meaning, can create greatness and enhance understanding.

The creator attributes their understanding of certain subjects to the deep thinking prompted by past suffering.

Meaning is crucial for transforming suffering into positive growth.

The creator reiterates the importance of consciously experiencing and adapting to sadness.

Numbness or distraction only prolongs and intensifies future sadness.

The creator invites viewers to share their experiences with sadness and distraction.

The creator poses questions about the role of sadness in life and whether biohackers should strive for constant happiness.