The anime protagonist just told everyone that there’s no hope. I don’t have a “don’t feel like shit” button. Not flinching away from reality and not feeling like shit are completely incompatible in this scenario given my mental constitution. There are people who can do better, but not me.
Just a reminder to everyone, and mostly to myself:
Not flinching away from reality is entirely compatible with not making yourself feel like shit. You should only try to feel like shit when that helps.
The anime protagonist just told everyone that there’s no hope. I don’t have a “don’t feel like shit” button. Not flinching away from reality and not feeling like shit are completely incompatible in this scenario given my mental constitution. There are people who can do better, but not me.
I’m going to go drinking.
Given that, then yes, feeling like shit plus living-in-reality is your best feasible alternative.
Curling up into a ball and binge drinking till the eschaton probably is not though: see Q1.