If you're depressed just try to calm down and go do whatever you like. Watch a movie, play a video game or something. Maybe take a shower or nap just chill out. Therapy and reading books have helped me. Not a popular answer here but religion sometimes helps. I don't know if you have a lot of friends but spending a lot of time by yourself can be harmful, if you can go have some fun with friends or go to some lefty meeting and try to make some new ones.
It's true not everyone learns the same way. I'm a terrible visual learner.
Benjamin Martinez
get therapy
Samuel Gutierrez
I used to be suicidal and still suffer from ptsd and anxiety. You really shouldn't worry about being an 'embarrassment'. Most people really aren't as smart as they seem, and you probably as dumb as you think you are. A lot of leftist literature isn't exactly trivial to read either. 19th century German philosophy isn't most people's cup of tea.
If Leftist activities are making you feel this anxious or depressed, it may also be worth just backing away from it for a while to just enjoy yourself. Play a video game, watch some anime, knit a sweater, ride a bike. Just do something to have fun.
James Thompson
Just read then? Why the fuck do you feel the need to argue if you don't know shit?
When i started with Marxism and later Leninism, i never argued and tried to promote a cause i don't grasp yet. I asked questions. And i read to find my answers and check those given me by others.
Calm your fucking tits and just take a step back until you feel confident in your education.
Asher Scott
I don't want to be rude, but can we keep this board from turning into /lefty/r9k?
Like I have problems too,but I don't come on here to talk about that. I come on here because this is a leftist board where I can talk about leftist causes and theory. Do you think the anarchist in Catalonia brought up their personal problems when they were fighting fascist?
Do you want advice, or is this just a sympathy session? Why don't you try expressing what you've learned in leftism through a medium, maybe just write essays and put them on a blog. If you've read a lot, it shouldn't be too hard. You don't need to be smart to read, you can write essays without being smart as well.
Tyler Morales
Read books dude. You'll benefit so much from them and also it's a great way to get your mind off of things that are bringing you down. If you're really interested in ancom, try reading Mutual Aid by Kropotkin. It's really not that long of a book by any means, and it gives you a pretty clear argument against capitalism that's hard to argue. Things will get better for you, user. Just let time do its thing.
Andrew Collins
But his problems are likely caused by capitalism. Also fuck we should totally have a lefty/r9k I guess not here though. If you go to r9k to talk about your problems everyone just blames women/immigrants/whatever not capitalism.
Luis Baker
Outside of actual combat they probably did tbh
Dominic James
Just because you're good at refuting them on the internet doesn't mean you'd be good at it in conversation. IRL, in western countries (especially America), people have a lot more hostility to socialism and communism because of various things they were taught while growing up during the Cold War. Anxiety and depression fuck up your perception of things and the peer pressure from those around you doesn't help. These things combine to make it so you'll be more likely to trip over arguments even if liberals are using the most fallacious ones.
Jace Ward
I have trouble articulating the basics of value theory to people, partly because I speak very fast and partly because I realize how foreign the concepts are to most people.
Speaking in conversation with someone is a very different game than speaking on the internet.
