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Suffering
“Might as well suffer now.” (2 December 2025)
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Posts551
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Likes20,744
First post21 January 2018
Latest post20 May 2026
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Suffering, for GritCult, is the forge: not a curse to escape but the path itself. Everyone suffers either way, and the only choice is whether it builds a man or buries him. Pain is information, fuel and the price of becoming; avoiding it just spreads it thinner across a whole life until insignificant things become torture.

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He grants that life is suffering, but not as a final word; to anyone who offers "life is suffering" as one, his reply is naw u just a loser [1]. The suffering is real; using it as an excuse to lie down is the actual sin. Everyone will suffer regardless [2], so a man might as well suffer now [3], on his own terms: in the gym, in the work, in the cold reps nobody sees. The pain is already there and the hurt already done, so the instruction is not to quit but to get a reward from it [4].

The arithmetic nobody wants is binary: either the pain of discipline or the pain of regret [5]. He shares Thomas Merton's warning that the more a person tries to avoid suffering the more he suffers, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture him in proportion to his fear of being hurt [6]. Softness spares no one. It just lowers the threshold until everything wounds.

But suffering has meaning. He posts a message to the depressed and anxious: their pain makes sense, and they are not machines with broken parts but human beings with unmet needs [7]. He borrows Kahlil Gibran's line that out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls, and that the most massive characters are seared with scars [8]. The scar is the proof. Nietzsche carried his own ashes to the mountains and invented a brighter flame for himself [9]; the lesson is to transmute suffering, not worship it. On a long enough timeline, suffering becomes a choice [10]. His prayers carry the same shape: beyond my suffering, your consolation; beyond my death, your resurrection [11]. The transition hurts. The destination doesn't.

Recurring themes

  • pain of discipline vs pain of regret
  • avoidance multiplies suffering
  • the forge of strong souls
  • pain as meaningful signal, not defect
  • transmutation: Nietzsche's brighter flame
  • God, redemption, joy on the other side

Notable post

The most retweeted GritCult post on the subject, with 189 retweets:

Might as well suffer now.
GRITCULT on X, 2 December 2025

Selected posts

The 120 most retweeted of 551 posts in the archive about Suffering. Select a column heading to sort.

DateRetweetsLikesPostMediaSource
2 December 20251891,387Might as well suffer now.Post imageView
13 December 20251881,383Specific knowledge + Delusional Optimism + Relentless Action + High Energy = Total Transformation

You need all four.

Knowledge without action is hoarding. Optimism without knowledge is cope. Action without optimism is suffering. All three without high energy leads to burnout.		View
26 April 20251041,322The pain you’ve been feeling.

Can’t compare to the joy that’s coming.		Video stillView
3 December 202272469DON’T QUIT. YOU’RE ALREADY IN PAIN. YOU’RE ALREADY HURT. GET A REWARD FROM IT .View
29 August 2025641,152honestly, being horny as a male is more painful than giving birth.View
27 July 202459394Nothing lasts.
Your pain, your glory, your empire—all sand slipping through trembling fingers.

Kingdoms crumble, love withers, flesh decays. Embrace the brutal truth: permanence is the greatest lie.

Carve your legacy in the wind and watch it scatter.		Post imageView
25 July 202458495"I overcame myself, the sufferer; I carried my own ashes to the mountains; I invented a brighter flame for myself."

- Friedrich Nietzsche		Post imageView
4 June 202253316U either feel the pain of discipline.

Or u feel the pain of regret.

That’s it.		View
10 May 202644800hot take: loneliness is not a disease. its a signal.

it means youve outgrown your environment and havent built the next one yet.

the pain is the transition, not the destination. keep moving.		View
20 May 202631286the pain you avoid today becomes the regret you carry forever.View
19 April 202530342Mental toughness isn’t about grind mode all the time or constant pain.

It’s more about being adaptable and keeping a clear head.Being able to be comfortable in every situation.

A man for all seasons.		Post imageView
6 December 202030246"life is suffering"

naw u just a loser		View
1 October 202529788"I would rather suffer with coffee than be senseless".

- Napoleon		View
11 July 202125189YOU ARE NOT A VICTIM. NO MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH, YOU'RE STILL HERE. YOU MAY HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED, HURT, BETRAYED, BEATEN, AND DISCOURAGED, BUT NOTHING HAS DEFEATED YOU. YOU ARE STILL HERE! YOU ARE NOT A VICTIM, YOU ARE A VICTOR. YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF VICTORY.View
20 August 201823161hate going to gym and hearing club music
i want to hear while moving iron or pushing myself to my painful limits:

mantras chanted in an occultish manner
or blood oaths with deep swamp tones or gongs

lower resonating sounds
[umwelt => protolanguage, evolutionary connection]		View
1 May 202323148LIFE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, BENEFIT FROM IT.
LIFE IS BEAUTY, ADMIRE IT.
LIFE IS A DREAM, REALIZE IT.
LIFE IS A CHALLENGE, MEET IT.
LIFE IS A DUTY, COMPLETE IT.
LIFE IS A PROMISE, FULFILL IT.
LIFE IS A STRUGGLE, ACCEPT IT.
LIFE IS LUCK, MAKE IT.
LIFE IS LIFE, FIGHT FOR IT.		View
26 January 202321143BE SOFT. DO NOT LET THE WORLD MAKE YOU HARD. DO NOT LET PAIN MAKE YOU HATE. DO NOT LET THE BITTERNESS STEAL YOUR SWEETNESS. TAKE PRIDE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE REST OF THE WORLD MAY DISAGREE, YOU STILL BELIEVE IT TO BE A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.View
30 July 202121128IF YOU ARE DEPRESSED AND ANXIOUS, THE MAIN THING I WANT TO TELL YOU IS: YOUR PAIN MAKES SENSE. IT HAS MEANING. YOU AREN’T A MACHINE WITH BROKEN PARTS. YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING WITH UNMET NEEDS. DON’T LET ANYONE TELL YOU YOU’RE CRAZY OR BROKEN. YOU DESERVE LOVE AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT.View
29 October 202318111Life. Its simple.

You will suffer.

You should enjoy.		View
2 September 202517357when you experience poverty - there is a deep pain that comes with it - for some, it is so intense you never wanna feel it again - it revolts you.

you end up looking down on people who dont rise above it. you look at people who stay in poverty with a sense of disgust and hatred		View
13 December 202117102THE TRUTH THAT MANY PEOPLE NEVER UNDERSTAND, UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE, IS THAT THE MORE YOU TRY TO AVOID SUFFERING THE MORE YOU SUFFER BECAUSE SMALLER AND MORE INSIGNIFICANT THINGS BEGIN TO TORTURE YOU IN PROPORTION TO YOUR FEAR OF BEING HURT. - THOMAS MERTONView
3 April 20211793AFFIRM:

I NEVER GET BURN OUT
BURN OUT IS A MYTH

MY ENERGY IS GROWING
THE MORE I DO
THE MORE ENERGY I GET

MY ENERGY IS A MUSCLE, THE MORE I DO THE MORE ENERGY I GAIN

I AM A MACHINE

I AM UNSTOPPABLE

YOU CANT HURT ME

CANT STOP, WONT STOP.		View
1 July 20211757HARD WORK IS PAINFUL WHEN LIFE IS DEVOID OF PURPOSE. BUT WHEN YOU LIVE FOR SOMETHING GREATER THAN YOURSELF AND THE GRATIFICATION OF YOUR OWN EGO, THEN HARD WORK BECOMES A LABOR OF LOVE. - STEVE PAVLINAView
23 April 202316283This liver shot is the most painful shot you can experience. You don’t feel a headshot as much. But a liver shot. Disables your nervesView
9 October 20211662DEAR GOD,
BLESS THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING AND HELP THEM PERSEVERE. SHOW THEM YOU ARE WITH THEM.		View
28 November 20221575"IF PLEASURE IS HOW WE SHOULD MEASURE HOW ATTRACTIVE THINGS ARE, THEN NOTHING SHOULD ATTRACT US MORE THAN SELF-CONTROL; AND IF PAIN IS HOW WE SHOULD MEASURE WHAT WE SHOULD AVOID, THEN NOTHING SHOULD BE MORE PAINFUL THAN A LACK OF SELF-CONTROL." - MUSONIUS RUFUSView
14 May 20221573HAPPY MOMENTS, PRAISE GOD
DIFFICULT MOMENTS, SEEK GOD
QUIET MOMENTS, WORSHIP GOD
PAINFUL MOMENTS, TRUST GOD
EVERY MOMENT, THANK GOD		View
14 December 20221568THE INDIVIDUAL HAS ALWAYS HAD TO STRUGGLE TO KEEP FROM BEING OVERWHELMED BY THE TRIBE. IF YOU TRY IT, YOU WILL BE LONELY OFTEN, AND SOMETIMES FRIGHTENED. BUT NO PRICE IS TOO HIGH TO PAY FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF OWNING YOURSELF.View
4 May 20211484DON’T QUIT. YOU’RE ALREADY IN PAIN. YOU’RE ALREADY HURT. GET A REWARD FROM IT .View
11 May 20181464“to the struggle for existence and the survival of the fittest,”

and there are three lessons:
(1) “life is competition,”
(2) “life is selection,”
(3) “life must breed.”		View
9 April 20211447GOD I WANT TO REMEMBER THAT

•BEYOND MY SIN, THERE’S YOUR FORGIVENESS.
•BEYOND MY BROKENNESS, YOUR LOVE.
•BEYOND MY SUFFERING, YOUR CONSOLATION.
•BEYOND MY LONELINESS, YOUR PRESENCE.
•BEYOND MY SADNESS, YOUR JOY.
•BEYOND MY DEATH, YOUR RESURRECTION
•BEYOND ME, THERE’S YOU		View
25 August 20211397DON’T QUIT. YOU’RE ALREADY IN PAIN. YOU’RE ALREADY HURT. GET A REWARD FROM IT .View
21 October 20211361ON A LONG ENOUGH TIMELINE, SUFFERING BECOMES A CHOICE.View
28 June 20211357IF YOU SHOUT AT YOUR KIDS WHEN THEY STRUGGLE WITH SCHOOL, DON’T EXPECT THEM TO ASK YOU FOR HELP WHEN THEY STRUGGLE WITH DEPRESSION.View
1 August 20211349YOU ARE NOT A VICTIM. NO MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH, YOU'RE STILL HERE. YOU MAY HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED, HURT, BETRAYED, BEATEN, AND DISCOURAGED, BUT NOTHING HAS DEFEATED YOU. YOU ARE STILL HERE! YOU ARE NOT A VICTIM, YOU ARE A VICTOR. YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF VICTORY.View
1 December 20221297YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER IF YOU HAVE AN EMOTIONAL REACTION TO EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID TO YOU

TRUE POWER IS SITTING BACK AND OBSERVING THINGS WITH LOGIC

TRUE POWER IS RESTRAINT

IF WORDS CONTROL YOU THAT MEANS EVERYONE ELSE CAN CONTROL YOU

BREATHE AND ALLOW THINGS TO PASS.		View
5 June 20211253"LIFE IS SUFFERING"

NAW U JUST A LOSER		View
28 June 20211238AND IF YOU FAIL AGAIN, SO THE FUCK BE IT. TAKE THE PAIN. REPEAT THESE STEPS AND KEEP FIGHTING.- GOGGINSView
2 March 20231180YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE ONE WHO CREATES YOUR SUCCESS, THAT YOU ARE THE ONE WHO CREATES YOUR MEDIOCRITY, AND THAT YOU ARE THE ONE CREATING YOUR STRUGGLE AROUND MONEY AND SUCCESS. - T. HARV EKERView
11 June 20211171HEY,

LIFE MIGHT BE PAINFUL RIGHT NOW,
BUT REMEMBER PAIN IS TEMPORARY.

LIFE MIGHT BE CONFUSING RIGHT NOW,
BUT REMEMBER IT'S WORKED OUT BEFORE.

EVERYTIME YOU'VE BEEN WORRIED IN THE PAST, IT'S NOW A MEMORY.

DON'T STRESS, EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE.

YOU'VE GOT THIS, FOCUS.

BELIEVE		View
25 August 20201076The Modern Struggle Is Fighting Weaponized AddictionView
16 May 20211072YOU ARE NOT A VICTIM. NO MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH, YOU'RE STILL HERE. YOU MAY HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED, HURT, BETRAYED, BEATEN, AND DISCOURAGED, BUT NOTHING HAS DEFEATED YOU. YOU ARE STILL HERE! YOU ARE NOT A VICTIM, YOU ARE A VICTOR. YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF VICTORY.View
30 May 20211071AFFIRM:

I NEVER GET BURN OUT
BURN OUT IS A MYTH

MY ENERGY IS GROWING
THE MORE I DO
THE MORE ENERGY I GET

MY ENERGY IS A MUSCLE, THE MORE I DO THE MORE ENERGY I GAIN

I AM A MACHINE

I AM UNSTOPPABLE

YOU CANT HURT ME

CANT STOP, WONT STOP.		View
2 February 20231064"Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times, they can only make you stronger."View
3 May 20211060"LIFE IS SUFFERING"

NAW U JUST A LOSER		View
11 May 20181052“Is this a depressing picture?”

“Not quite….Nations die. Old regions grow arid, or suffer other change. Resilient man picks up his tools and his arts, and moves on, taking his memories with him.”		View
18 July 20211041YOU ARE NOT A VICTIM. NO MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH, YOU'RE STILL HERE. YOU MAY HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED, HURT, BETRAYED, BEATEN, AND DISCOURAGED, BUT NOTHING HAS DEFEATED YOU. YOU ARE STILL HERE! YOU ARE NOT A VICTIM, YOU ARE A VICTOR. YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF VICTORY.View
3 March 20211039THE STRUGGLE IS THE PURPOSEView
11 November 20211032THE RAIN WILL STOP, THE NIGHT WILL END, THE HURT WILL FADE. HOPE IS NEVER SO LOST THAT IT CAN’T BE FOUND.View
7 January 20259253is dry january even that hard?

like just dont drink bro, how hard can it be? idek why it is a challenge lmfao

do people genuinely struggle with this?

am i missing something?		View
6 May 20269137hot take: therapy culture has made an entire generation allergic to discomfort.

not every hard emotion is a disorder. not every difficult season is a crisis. not every challenge is trauma.

sometimes you just need to do the hard thing. sit with the pain. let it sharpen you…		View
27 January 2023967THE PAIN YOU FEEL TODAY IS THE STRENGTH YOU FEEL TOMORROW. IN EVERY CHALLENGE ENCOUNTERED THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH.View
17 November 2022956OUT OF SUFFERING HAVE EMERGED THE STRONGEST SOULS; THE MOST MASSIVE CHARACTERS ARE SEARED WITH SCARS. - KAHLIL GIBRANView
24 July 2021953YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER IF YOU HAVE AN EMOTIONAL REACTION TO EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID TO YOU. TRUE POWER IS SITTING BACK AND OBSERVING THINGS WITH LOGIC. TRUE POWER IS RESTRAINT. IF WORDS CONTROL YOU THAT MEANS EVERYONE ELSE CAN CONTROL YOU. BREATHE AND ALLOW THINGS TO PASS.View
14 December 2022953HARD WORK IS PAINFUL WHEN LIFE IS DEVOID OF PURPOSE.

BUT WHEN YOU LIVE FOR SOMETHING GREATER THAN YOURSELF

THEN HARD WORK BECOMES A LABOR OF LOVE		View
29 October 2021952IF YOU SHOUT AT YOUR KIDS WHEN THEY STRUGGLE WITH SCHOOL, DON’T EXPECT THEM TO ASK YOU FOR HELP WHEN THEY STRUGGLE WITH DEPRESSION.View
13 December 2019925"Creation - that is the great redemption from all suffering"
Nietzsche.		View
10 August 20258384In a world where 60% of men under 30 suffer from Erectile Dysfunction.

Boner maxxing is the new status symbol.		View
31 January 2024812923 dexscreener tabs open. Double Zyns in my upper lip. Aping every Solana memecoin the GC posts. Ripping adderall like no tomorrow. Spamming TG stickers in 7 different chats. Chronic back pain. 4 hours of sleep. No shower for days. $2000 and a 7 fig dream.View
4 December 2022865ON A LONG ENOUGH TIMELINE, SUFFERING BECOMES A CHOICE.View
21 December 2022865HARD WORK IS PAINFUL WHEN LIFE IS DEVOID OF PURPOSE.View
23 December 2021848YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE ONE WHO CREATES YOUR SUCCESS, THAT YOU ARE THE ONE WHO CREATES YOUR MEDIOCRITY, AND THAT YOU ARE THE ONE CREATING YOUR STRUGGLE AROUND MONEY AND SUCCESS. - T. HARV EKERView
25 June 2021840GOGGINS is an avatar of what the human mind can achieve if purified and set upon the highest paths. It is day one, hour one. Again and again. GOGGINS is the avatar of eternal recurrence, he does not seek to live in comfort but through transcendental pain.View
6 November 2022828No one group has a trademark on suffering. Don’t get trapped into the whole oppression Olympics. It’ll only lead you to a victim mentality.View
16 November 20257130You suffer because you betray your body's natural rhythms.

Pay attention to your focus, sleep, movement & eating patterns.

too much disruption and you will start feeling depressed.		View
25 March 2021771FIND PEOPLE WHO CAN HANDLE YOUR DARKEST TRUTHS, WHO DON’T CHANGE THE SUBJECT WHEN YOU SHARE YOUR PAIN, OR TRY TO MAKE YOU FEEL BAD FOR FEELING BAD. FIND PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND WE ALL STRUGGLE, SOME OF US MORE THAN OTHERS, AND THAT THERE’S NO WEAKNESS IN ADMITTING IT.View
27 January 2023766"THE LESS YOU OPEN YOUR HEART TO OTHERS, THE MORE YOUR HEART SUFFERS." - DEEPAK CHOPRAView
30 August 2021756DON’T QUIT. YOU’RE ALREADY IN PAIN. YOU’RE ALREADY HURT. GET A REWARD FROM IT .View
12 March 2021744FUCK THATTTT

COMPARE YOURSELF TO GENGHIS KHAN
TO NAPOLEON

TO CAESAR!!!!!

DO YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED?!?

OR DO YOU WANT TO BE COMFORTABLE AND NOT HAVE UR FEELINGS HURT?		View
16 July 2021742DEAR GOD,
BLESS THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING AND HELP THEM PERSEVERE. SHOW THEM YOU ARE WITH THEM.		View
1 July 2019738Learn to suffer well.View
5 June 2021738WHEN YOU OPEN UP TO LOVE, YOU MUST BE OPEN TO GETTING HURT AT TIMES TOO. IF YOU EXPECT TO LOVE SOMEONE, AND NOT HAVE DISAPPOINTMENT EVERY NOW AND THEN, THEN YOU DON’T WANT LOVE, YOU WANT SOMETHING PERFECT. AND GOOD LUCK FINDING THAT.View
31 December 2020729You may see me struggle, but you'll never see me quit.View
10 June 2018727Carr : Internet = reduces deep thinking that leads to true creativity

hyperlinks/overstimulation = brain must give most its attention to short-term decisions.

also availability of info overwhelms brain and hurts long-term memory.

large cognitive load		View
18 September 2021711Goggins cult

One thing goggins influenced me on is not giving a fuck about stats or iq or genetics.

Just being a raw fucking embodiment of pure will power. By being self transformative. By constantly striving for and pushing past barriers of the self. Seeking pain.		View
15 November 2022656IN OUR STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM, TRUTH IS THE ONLY WEAPON WE POSSESS. DALAI LAMAView
24 October 2022653SOMETIMES WE NEED TO BE:
HURT – IN ORDER TO GROW
FAIL – IN ORDER TO KNOW
LOSE – IN ORDER TO GAIN

SOME LESSONS ARE LEARNED BEST THROUGH PAIN.		View
22 July 2021647"LIFE IS SUFFERING"

NAW U JUST A LOSER		View
24 November 2022646Affirm. Pain makes me stronger.View
3 October 2021644"ONE DAY IN RETROSPECT THE YEARS OF STRUGGLE WILL STRIKE YOU AS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL." - SIGMUND FREUDView
9 January 2023643WHEN YOU ARE IMMUNE TO THE OPINIONS AND ACTIONS OF OTHERS, YOU WON’T BE THE VICTIM OF NEEDLESS SUFFERING. - DON MIGUEL RUIZView
23 May 2022641Painful truth.

Most the failures you have are because you don’t believe in yourself.		View
9 January 2023641BE THANKFUL FOR YOUR BLESSINGS AND NEVER DOUBT YOUR STRUGGLES. DON’T ASK WHY IT HAPPENED, JUST BE THANKFUL FOR THE STRENGTH IT GAVE YOU.View
7 March 2020633Goggins cult

One thing goggins influenced me on is not giving a fuck about stats or iq or genetics.

Just being a raw fucking embodiment of pure will power. By being self transformative. By constantly striving for and pushing past barriers of the self. Seeking pain.		Post imageView
11 May 2021633THE REAL STRUGGLE IN LIFE IS WITH OURSELVES. THE TRUE SECRET OF SUCCESS IS THE REFUSAL TO GIVE UP, THE REFUSAL TO FAIL; IT LIES IN THE STRUGGLE TO WIN THE BATTLE AGAINST ONE'S OWN WEAKNESSES. - UNKNOWNView
28 November 2022632Anything that can give you pleasure can give you painView
7 April 2021631THE BIGGEST PAIN I SEE IN PEOPLE IS THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY BUT CANNOTView
14 April 2019630on a long enough timeline, suffering becomes a choice.View
17 March 2023627"I fall, I rise, I make mistakes. I live, I learn, I've been hurt but I'm alive. I'm human, I'm not perfect but I'm thankful."View
19 November 2018626Is there any science fiction dystopia where it is set in utopia aka Eden. But the main problem is the boredom. The existential boredom of no longer having any struggle thus nihilism sets in. Examining the human condition.

Utopia as dystopia.		View
9 November 2022612Crypto influencers getting rekt is a bulla sign. But I think there are still yet to feel the pain of the blood god.View
13 May 20265204"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."

- Seneca

this hit different after my 47th imaginary argument today		View
30 October 20225187i probably would not recommend jordan peterson to anyone

he seems like he suffers from self inflicted putrefaction, and has a lot of issues he himself needs to get over and deal with.

a heuristic:
would you trade lives with him?
if no then not that deep		View
11 September 2023570HARD WORK IS PAINFUL WHEN LIFE IS DEVOID OF PURPOSE. BUT WHEN YOU LIVE FOR SOMETHING GREATER THAN YOURSELF AND THE GRATIFICATION OF YOUR OWN EGO, THEN HARD WORK BECOMES A LABOR OF LOVE. - STEVE PAVLINAView
15 October 2021555hate going to gym and hearing club music
i want to hear while moving iron or pushing myself to my painful limits:

mantras chanted in an occultish manner
or blood oaths with deep swamp tones or gongs

lower resonating sounds
[umwelt => protolanguage, evolutionary connection]		View
16 March 2021551THE TRUTH THAT MANY PEOPLE NEVER UNDERSTAND, UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE, IS THAT THE MORE YOU TRY TO AVOID SUFFERING THE MORE YOU SUFFER BECAUSE SMALLER AND MORE INSIGNIFICANT THINGS BEGIN TO TORTURE YOU IN PROPORTION TO YOUR FEAR OF BEING HURT. - THOMAS MERTONView
13 January 2023534"MAN IS THE ONLY ANIMAL WHO CAUSES PAIN TO OTHERS WITH NO OTHER OBJECT THAN WANTING TO DO SO." - ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERView
14 October 2022533MY PAIN MAY BE THE REASON FOR SOMEBODY'S LAUGH. BUT MY LAUGH MUST NEVER BE THE REASON FOR SOMEBODY'S PAIN.View
28 September 2021531HARD WORK IS PAINFUL WHEN LIFE IS DEVOID OF PURPOSE. BUT WHEN YOU LIVE FOR SOMETHING GREATER THAN YOURSELF AND THE GRATIFICATION OF YOUR OWN EGO, THEN HARD WORK BECOMES A LABOR OF LOVE. - STEVE PAVLINAView
25 October 2022531WHEN WE HONESTLY ASK OURSELVES WHICH PERSON IN OUR LIVES MEANS THE MOST TO US, WE OFTEN FIND THAT IT IS THOSE WHO, INSTEAD OF GIVING ADVICE, SOLUTIONS, OR CURES, HAVE CHOSEN RATHER TO SHARE OUR PAIN AND TOUCH OUR WOUNDS WITH A WARM AND TENDER HAND. - HENRI NOUWENView
9 August 2019528I believe that life is a process of continuous change and a constant struggle to make that change one for the better.

Kuan Yew Lee		View
8 December 2019520Be willing to suffer

I took the goggins pill		View
6 September 2018515O slaves of desires, cut them short because he who leans on the world gets nothing out of it except the pain of hardships.View
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16 March 202059“The only way you’re ever going to get to the other side of this journey is by suffering. You have to suffer in order to grow. Some people get it. Some people don’t.” - David GogginsView
10 December 20244100This breakfast can cure back pain.Post imageView
2 October 2023489The people who are comfortable working a 9-5 after 25 really struggle in entrepreneurship from what I see. If you get a good paying job. Over 6 figs at that age. Hard to escape. Very rarely see it.View
1 February 2022480Insomnia makes me literally suicidal. One of the worst feelings ever. Half dead. Half Alive. Half awake. Half asleep. Can’t do anything. Can’t think. In unnerving pain and discomfort and your body knows and gnaws at itself.View
13 November 2022452Crypto was always meant to be a war on the elites and their systems of oppression.

Trusting tyrants always ends in pain		View
30 April 2023450PEOPLE WHO LAUGH MORE ARE ABLE TO TOLERATE PAIN BETTER, BOTH PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL. - UNKNOWNView
19 January 2020445@kanyewest 30. there will be one huge genetic engineering disaster

resulting in a catastrophe and a painful life for a unlucky individual

"You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension."		View
27 November 2020443The unlucky suffer from a form of narcissism, it is a learned helplessness they picked up from childhood, a defence mechanism, they want everyone to share in their misery. This way the drama they create is centered on them.

Illluck is generally the penalty of folly.		View
3 November 2020440Don't live your life with anger and hate in your heart. You'll only be hurting yourself more than the people you hate.View
7 September 2021438HEY,

LIFE MIGHT BE PAINFUL RIGHT NOW,
BUT REMEMBER PAIN IS TEMPORARY.

LIFE MIGHT BE CONFUSING RIGHT NOW,
BUT REMEMBER IT'S WORKED OUT BEFORE.

EVERYTIME YOU'VE BEEN WORRIED IN THE PAST, IT'S NOW A MEMORY.

DON'T STRESS, EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE.

YOU'VE GOT THIS, FOCUS.

BELIEVE		View
19 July 2023429maybe its not for you if you are struggling to find customersView
29 April 2022426“I suffered, so must you”View
27 December 2022424"A THING DERIDED IS A THING DEAD; A LAUGHING MAN IS STRONGER THAN A SUFFERING MAN." - GUSTAVE FLAUBERTView
28 November 2019422Treat everyone like a potential enemy and you’ll be protected.

But you will struggle to gain allies.		View
21 July 2021421IT’S SAID ALL GOOD THINGS MUST END. I BELIEVE ALL BAD THINGS DO AS WELL. HANG IN THERE TO ALL THOSE STRUGGLING. HOPING GOOD THINGS COME SOON.View
28 September 2021421THE TRUE MARK OF MATURITY IS WHEN SOMEBODY HURTS YOU AND YOU TRY TO UNDERSTAND THEIR SITUATION INSTEAD OF TRYING TO HURT THEM BACK.View

History

GritCult first posted about Suffering on 21 January 2018, and most recently on 20 May 2026. Across the archive the subject comes up 551 times, most often in 2018 (122 posts).

See also

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References

  1. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (6 December 2020). "life is suffering" naw u just a loser. X.
  2. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (29 October 2023). Life. Its simple. You will suffer. You should enjoy. X.
  3. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (2 December 2025). Might as well suffer now. X.
  4. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (3 December 2022). DON'T QUIT. YOU'RE ALREADY IN PAIN. YOU'RE ALREADY HURT. GET A REWARD FROM IT. X.
  5. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (4 June 2022). U either feel the pain of discipline. Or u feel the pain of regret. X.
  6. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (13 December 2021). the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer. X.
  7. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (30 July 2021). YOUR PAIN MAKES SENSE. IT HAS MEANING. YOU AREN'T A MACHINE WITH BROKEN PARTS. YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING WITH UNMET NEEDS. X.
  8. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (17 November 2022). OUT OF SUFFERING HAVE EMERGED THE STRONGEST SOULS; THE MOST MASSIVE CHARACTERS ARE SEARED WITH SCARS. X.
  9. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (25 July 2024). I carried my own ashes to the mountains; I invented a brighter flame for myself. X.
  10. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (21 October 2021). ON A LONG ENOUGH TIMELINE, SUFFERING BECOMES A CHOICE. X.
  11. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (9 April 2021). BEYOND MY SUFFERING, YOUR CONSOLATION... BEYOND MY DEATH, YOUR RESURRECTION. X.

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