20 Wild Animals Who’re More Capable and Clever Than Your Therapist

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Feb 14, 2025 3:00 PM EST

Nature, the great outdoors, the mystery that resides on our own planet. You know we spend so much time buried under the weight of our own hooman existence that we completely forget about the wild wisdom that is present all around us. Just imagine what advice a mighty oak who has survived for hundreds of years has to impart to us. The lessons it has learned over time and the realizations it has come to. And while we might struggle to fully understand what said wise tree might want to impart to us, luckily there are those who can translate and elaborate on the sage advice our woody friends have to impart to us.

They are of course the animals of the wild who have learned not only how to survive and thrive in their own environments but how to out live and last the destruction we are doing to surrounding environments. So you can bet that they have a lot more to offer us in terms of managing emotions and expectations than a hooman who is just as likely as you to be heartbroken about the latest celebrity break up.

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  • 01
    something wrong? utter and innate dissatisfaction with it all in general but it's only just begun exactly my point hp
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  • 02
    do you have any faith in humanity? one thing that has become more apparent to me as i've grown older, and in and out of all kinds of interpersonal relationships is that it is such a rarity to find people that genuinely want to uplift other people in a way that isn't beneficiary to themselves is the act of being kind inherently selfish? hp
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  • 03
    "poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began, as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth. also, it began through the process of seeing and feeling, and hearing, and smelling, and touching, and then remembering-i mean remembering in words- what these perceptual experiences were like, while trying to describe the endless invisible fears and desires of our inner lives." hp
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  • 04
    but is it art? it's all art
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  • 05
    i keep getting momentary realizations that could be used to access truth if i could work with them, but they never stay more than an instant, no matter how hard i focus. what should i do? defocus. you are attempting to rationalise the irrational and create words for the ideas you are experiencing. don't. words are limitations, somethings can be understood without being known fully, but only by its shadow or outline. hp
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  • Well, who needs a therapist when you can gain such sage wisdom and advice from a pair of pawdorable animals? We could certainly apply this conversation to many points in life and spend at least 45 minutes pondering its meaning and use in our own lives.

  • 06
    mom no matter how hard i try to diverge, every neural pathway leads me back to you papa hp
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  • 07
    when is something beautiful? when you decide it is hp
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  • 08
    to be sad is debilitating to be mad is exhilarating hp
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  • 09
    why does anyone ever do anything? why do i opt for immediate moments of comfort when i know it will only intensify the eventual cascade? hp
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  • 10
    you make me feel sick but i have no intentions of getting better hp
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  • 11
    i don't have to feel ashamed when i make things easier for myself hp
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  • Now, that is some advice that we all need to hear and take to heart. Because it seems as though hoomans have collectively decided that life should be hard, it should be a challenge. Making it such that if you decrease the intensity of your ‘challenge’ you are somehow not as valuable as others who do not. But the truth is that we all deserve to be able to take our foot off the gas for a moment to give ourselves some space.

  • 12
    you are far too delicate for this world
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  • 13
    maturity is the reward that comes with the natural passage of time
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  • 14
    I AM NOT DEAD AM NOT ALIVE at what point does individuality turn to narcissism? hp
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  • 15
    an animal can never be cruel in the way a human is
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  • 16
    feel the need to protect the unloved ho hp
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  • 17
    cannot be human without hypocrisy hp
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  • 18
    "you hate it, yes, but your eyes do not. like a killer forest fire, like cancer under a microscope" hp no
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  • 19
    "our relationship is so pure and genuine because there are no secrets between us. i know why you do the things you do. i know who you really are, and i have the privilege of knowing you are good. i know you are soft, gentle, and always so worried about others. i know what makes you anxious, annoyed, and sad. i know what kinds of movies and snacks you like. i see how infatuated you are with animals, of all kinds, not even just the cute ones. i see how sensitive you are to judgment and the cruelne
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  • 20
    envy will be the of me i think i could with the of comparison coursing through my body thicker than that of the in my veins hp
    via mentalfoliage

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