Your critique of this "Wounded Club" mentality is well placed and well taken but man this is like the least sympathetic response possible.
Yes, we should take responsibility for improving our lives, especially in the face of clear signals that a change is needed. But, did it occur to you that this post was indeed OP taking responsibility for their suffering and a first step towards improvement?
It takes a significant measure of courage and vulnerability to publish this confession OP has written. We can be pedantic about whether or not OP is clinically addicted to anything, but I see this post as a positive step in the same direction of healing/improvement you emphasized.
Yes, we should take responsibility for improving our lives, especially in the face of clear signals that a change is needed. But, did it occur to you that this post was indeed OP taking responsibility for their suffering and a first step towards improvement?
It takes a significant measure of courage and vulnerability to publish this confession OP has written. We can be pedantic about whether or not OP is clinically addicted to anything, but I see this post as a positive step in the same direction of healing/improvement you emphasized.