• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    Recognizing danger is a deeply internalized ancient instinct. If you feel danger, there is almost always danger. Heed your brain’s warning.

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      does not apply to people with paranoid schizophrenia and persecutory delusions. as someone who now takes meds against it, sometimes your own brain works wonderfully against you.

  • themurphy@lemmy.ml
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    12 hours ago

    Breaking the chain is both equally hard and important. Your own future family will be a better place.

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    Similar but with religion intend of political insanity. I don’t remember ever believing in their bullshit, but even tried a few times (since it was my only choice as a youngster). Always annoyed by their stores that didn’t make any logical or scientific sense and as soon as I could have a weekend job I got one and left.

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    I’m going to write a short, vague, anecdotal post summarizing my entire childhood and absolutely rake in the upvotes by inserting a charged key word so that everyone on a left leaning platform will agree with me.

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    You got out before you got bit. Once a bite breaks your skin, you’re done for. Then you’re gonna become one of them.

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      Cap. I was a formerly incredibly devoute conservative evangelical. I found my way out. People find their way out all the time, they just get buried under all the other discourse.