trauma
We imagine all sorts of things to be true about ourselves or the world, not because we’ve seen evidence for it, but because it’s the only thing that keeps us from collapsing back into fear. Sometimes we’d rather blindfold ourselves than take a cold, hard look at the world exactly as it is.
Mark Manson • Will
“we delude ourselves & deny our pain, even in the face of warm even in the face of death, people will not admit they’re being abused, they will not look it in the face. There is a certain type of strength in that, sure. But there is also a certain type of cowardlyness, an inability to call out an injustice because it might make you look weak.
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