The core philosophy and ideology behind TRP is rather misogynistic, and the community has become increasingly toxic, but I've been relying on them for support, and I'm not sure where to go from here.
About six months ago, I was already diagnosed with major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and adhd, and was off of all my medications because I no longer saw the point. I was lazing around my house doing nothing, stuck in a continuous downward spiral. I had stopped talking to my friends, and I gradually lost interest in all my hobbies.
I'm absolutely ashamed to admit this, and I hope you can reserve your judgement, but I began to develop a sexual attraction towards my older sister. I was pent up in the house all the time, and she was the only girl who was nice to me, and genuinely interested in me.
Desperate, I posted on r/needadvice and didn't really receive any helpful tips. However, one user pmed me and told me that he knew I was going to a hard time, and that I should check out TRP because their community was essentially dedicated to helping guys like me.
Immediately I was hooked. Everything was just so...consistent. Everything about it was just so internally consistent, it made sense, it was comforting. I realize now that its consistency in relation to real life is dubious at best, but it makes sense in a vacuum.
I felt like I was finally part of a community, it made me feel like I belonged. The posters over at asktrp really told me what I needed to hear when I asked them for advice. They told me that I was being an idiot and needed to go back on my medications. In addition they directed me to a book on cognitive therapyAmazon which allowed me to make immense progress. Also, I was linked to some diet and weightlifting programs which were easy to follow and allowed to make some serious progress.
My life began to rapidly improve. Reading posts on developing self disciplined helped me to improve my grades dramatically, and I even got an A in an AP class (not impressive necessarily, but I was a freshman last year, and its quite uncommon to take AP courses, let alone ace them). I started talking to my friends again, and began socializing and made more friends. I even got a girlfriend, which erased all the thoughts I was having towards my sister. I also started to finally begin pursuing my interests again and I joined my school's chess club, and began to play basketball again. I even gotten back to my pre-depression level of play and I'm on two AAU teams already.
The misogyny on the sub has become smothering though, and I have realized that its just outright ridiculous. The posters there have kind of gone off the deep end. They say stuff like AWALT, which I know just isn't true. My mother and my sister are some of the nicest people I know. My sister especially, during my unmedicated, depressive phase, she constantly tried cheering me up and took me to fun places like to the movies, amusement parks, and laser tag just to get me out of the house. She has always been my biggest supporter, and I love her (in a normal, familial way, of course), and I don't accept the notion that she is subhuman or inferior to me just because she was born with different genitals than me.
TL;DR: I got sucked into the red pill, but I can't really tolerate the rampant misogyny which has plagued the community.
I apologize for my extra long post, I really just wanted to get this off my chest. Anyways, I was hoping that you guys could help me out and point me towards some alternative communities where guys like me can go to for support and advice, just without the misogynistic aspects that are associated with TRP.
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