The Blindboy Podcast How to cope with the unavoidable suffering of Being Alive
May 13, 2026
A deep look at unavoidable human suffering, from grief and rejection to uncertainty in relationships. Thought experiments and metaphors explore how imagined pain compounds real loss. Personal stories about panic, autism, health scares, and work anxiety illustrate coping strategies. The conversation highlights presence, playfulness, and meaning found in the process of living.
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Sit With Nettles Don’t Stare At Your Feet
- Notice unavoidable suffering (the nettles) and avoid tiptoeing through life at the cost of the present.
- In the woods example he urges not to stare at your feet; look, smell and live the moment instead.
Scratching Turns A Sting Into An Infection
- Scratching a fresh sting creates a worse, longer-lasting wound than the original event.
- He illustrates with a nettle sting that would heal in hours but becomes infected after repeated scratching and fussing.
Text At 5:45 Put The Panic To Bed
- He recounts waiting for a partner to come home and spiralling into catastrophic imagined outcomes.
- At 5:45pm a simple text resolves the panic: they were delayed by a boring speech, showing the anxiety was self-made.