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>unhinged and unprovoked

I could of course explain exactly what my words "hinge" on, and what "provokes" them. I've found that this does not create understanding where previously it was lacking. So instead let's talk about what you said.

Two of your words I consider harmful and insulting:

>is seemingly

What the hell?!

...oh, right:

- If you say "X is Y", you gotta back it up. Scary!

- If you say "X seems to me Y", you gotta justify your perceptions. Nasty!

- But saying "X is, seemingly, Y", that's totally safe! Because it's bullshit. It posits a statement as true knowledge and elidies the need for justification outright, on the syntactic level.

What's worse, you probably didn't even notice you were doing this. You just picked up the pattern from people who looked like they had what you wanted.

That cognitive habits like yours are so widely accepted as "normal", is exactly why I'm guessing that CBT (or, for that matter, parent poster's wireheading suggestions) are probably going to be super effective on you, not kidding.

If you were to give those a shot, anyway. Instead of, you know, just stating existences of literatures at people. Also unless your current state of mind wasn't already achieved by similar methods. In any case, do report back!



Put aside anything I have written elsewhere in this thread.

Look at the multiple ad hominem attacks you put forth in the above comment alone. Imagine you are the person to whom you replied when reading it.

All because someone disagreed with a post you authored by writing in part:

  ... your comment is seemingly unhinged and unprovoked ...
I truly hope you reflect on this and can find a way to talk about it with someone.


Yeah, been that person, with reason and without. Anyway your turn now


*elides #noprocrast




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