I’m exhausted of being exhausted and exhausted of knowing that exhaustion is the key to their success. Fucking exhausted.

If you haven’t played it, you should get Shadow of the Colossus for your PS2. Way ahead of its time and super unique.

And pain acceptance is a hard sell

Is it possible to tell stories to those people that somehow overrides the pain/discomfort they would have to go through to in order to see it as self-reassurance?

In my experience know one chooses to really deconstruct, they choose to accept the pain of the new journey seeking a bigger truth.