Vincent McCarty
3 min readOct 20, 2016

destroying yourself psychologically: a how-to guide

Step One: find an unhealthy obsession and fixate

it doesn’t matter what it is, just make sure it’s damaging. my favorite subject for obsession? germs. but you can use whatever you have at home.

Step Two: rely on external validation

if a compliment comes from your own brain, don’t believe it. let your happiness be fully dependent on the outside world…

Vincent McCarty

Intensely curious. Believer in science as the key to a better life. I work in clinical research consulting and hold an MSc in Molecular Neurobiology.