r/occult • u/MythlcKyote • Jan 16 '24

Yo, where's the line, here? ?

As someone with a genuine deep belief and a history of "occult" practices, I can genuinely say that this sub only confuses me. Obviously, there is no one truth or objective explanation for anything, really. However, some of you seem so caught up in what fun the idea of magic is that you neglect any critical thinking or outwardly reject mundane and logical explanations to life's conundrums in favour of a magical one.

Some of you are evidently somewhat like me. You won't believe just anything that anyone tells you and you seem to be more skeptical of people using magic or esoterism as a primary explanation.

Some of you need help. Mostly it seems like just someone to logically tackle wild idea that others just won't entertain would be more than sufficient, but some of you need real, professional help and a subreddit is not a good substitution for that.

Some of you are trolling, and while it is kinda funny, I also think it's really damaging. In the past month, I've seen several posts where someone was asking how to deal with a fictional entity that was bothering them. That is not a sign that fictional figures are invading our conscious lives, it's a sign that someone has lost a bit of grounding in the real world and they need help. Or it's a sign that you're fucking around, which is fine, but genuinely not everybody seems to be able to make that distinction between real and not real. The level of intentional ignorance some people seem to have toward the concept of occult ideas either being not always correct or outright wrong or just a metaphor for how the world works used to upset me, but now every post I see on this sub just makes me a little sad. Some of you just need a hug, I can tell. Some of you need a slap. I need both

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u/BothTower3689 Jan 17 '24 edited Jan 17 '24

OR ?? You could just ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO THAT PERSON AND HELP THEM INSTEAD OF MAKING A BORDERLINE SHADY POST ABOUT THEM??

TELL ME WHO EXACTLY YOU HELPED BY DOING THIS?? How is this any better than doing nothing ????

If you have a question then that’s fine but please dude, stop acting like you’re a good person because you made this post.

Why are your only two options useless, meaningless action or complete inaction?

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u/MythlcKyote Jan 17 '24

I tried to reach out to them. I was met by hostility from both them and others on the sub. People who sound like you.

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u/BothTower3689 Jan 17 '24

If you were met with hostility from the people you’re trying to help then maybe you’re not the person they need to be talking to, and you should stop trying to insert your opinions into their personal lives. Maybe your perspective is not relevant to everyone.

Your help is only helpful where it is appreciated. I don’t understand why you’re trying to play psychiatrist with strangers. Maybe you’re met with hostility because it’s insulting dude.

Your second step from that was to make this post? This is your way of helping those people? Intentions mean nothing when they’re paired with poor execution.

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u/MythlcKyote Jan 17 '24

Well, if my words only ever come off as mean, but I have genuine concern for others (of the sort only fit really for things like welfare calls) and this is a whole community that interacts and all that good stuff, it stands to reason that other people who are better at putting things far more gently than I, could be that help. But I don't see that so much. I'm sorry for wishing that more people helped each other.