Can a chronic complainer ever be content?

The Overwhelmed Brain

Paul Colaianni

Therapy, Emotions, Sad, Health, Mental Health, Personal, Abuse, Anxiety, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Psychological, Self-improvement, Mind, Stress, Emotional, Anger, Philosophy, Divorce, Psychology, Addiction, Happiness, Happy, Development, Thinking, Success, Education, Frustration, Sadness, Manipulation, Resistance, Brain, Depression, Overwhelm, Mental

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🗓️ 17 March 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

There's a fine line between real suffering versus just getting stuck in a cycle of feeling sorry for yourself. The chronic complainer's suffering is real, but is it self-inflicted? Do they really want to change? And do some people benefit from expressing their pain and suffering? There's no victim-blaming here. I'm just exploring a subject many of us might run into.

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0:00.0	Love and abuse is another podcast I host over at love and abuse.com. It's all about how to deal with the difficult relationship.
0:08.0	If you feel bad after most conversations with someone who says they care about you, you may want to check it out.
0:14.5	Love and Abuse.com.
0:16.1	Welcome to the overwhelmed brain where you'll learn to make decisions that are right for
0:20.4	you so that you can create the life you want now.
0:24.4	Hey, this is Paul Kolyani and I'm here to help you learn to deal with difficult people
0:28.6	and tackle life's challenges without compromising who you are. This show consists of my personal opinions and
0:34.8	is meant for informational purposes only. Always seek a professional for your mental health
0:38.9	and well-being. So glad you are here. Thank you for joining me for another show and what are we talking about today? I think what we're going to talk about is baby steps.
0:50.0	Baby steps to help someone get to a place that would be more beneficial to them, and
0:58.6	maybe you too.
1:00.3	Help them get to a different way of thinking, a different belief system, a different outlook on life.
1:09.4	So let me preface this by saying this isn't about trying to control or influence someone,
1:15.8	especially for nefarious purposes.
1:19.4	The goal is to help them get out of a miserable state. And specifically, maybe somebody who's always
1:26.7	complaining or always saying how the world is against them and before I have another preface before I talk about that
1:36.6	I'm not talking about real suffering there are people in the world that are really
1:40.9	suffering and then there are those who may have suffered for real 20, 30, 50 years ago,
1:48.0	and they're still complaining about it and they're still saying how wronged they were and I don't want to sound
1:54.4	insensitive because there are truly bad things that have happened to truly good
1:59.2	people and so if you're listening and you're one of these people and you know you talk about your
2:06.4	challenges from the past and you think it might be what I'm talking about now, just know that
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