Mastodawn

Jul Jul 31, 2024

And we interpret "push past your limits" as push yourself until you literally collapse from exhaustion rather than push past the minor discomfort that we push past every day just to survive. And we assume most of our lives that other people are doing the same and so we feel inferior since it's so much more difficult for us. But

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LisPi

@irotsoma @kirtai @actuallyautistic Can confirm.

People do not seem to understand that it is very possible to push past discomfort and pain until literal muscle damage & tearing occurs. That "a bit of pain is normal" really doesn't mean much if one has difficulty judging those limits.

And if one says they're at their limit, maybe they know what they're talking about and shouldn't be assumed to be lying? Quite a few incompetent phys ed instructors I've seen cause students to get sick from overextertion.