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[restingstitchface]

Aurelius once wrote, "If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."

My fundamental concern about this wisdom is that it fails to spot the physical root of trauma. People who cannot snap out of their distress also deserve compassion and treatment.

My apologies for the intrusion. Locals informed me about the recent chaos and I found myself concerned and a little hesitant about reaching out. Back home I treat those who approach me for support with their mental health. I had excellent resources there but here I can offer nothing but a listening ear.

I understand some of you might be feeling exposed, stressed and intimidated. To you I offer my own wisdom. If you worry about what lies ahead, you will be the only one who suffers in the end.

To all else, kind regards for listening.

Oh. Reading, isn’t it? This system is entirely new to me. What a brave new world this place is.

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[restingstitchface]

I am hardly prepared to believe the idea is absolute. The pessimism alone would drive me insane.

Despite that, I believe the danger is there for everybody. I would be negligent were I to ignore the risk.

[the_keeper]

𝓦𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭𝓷'𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓯 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓮𝓷𝓰𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓪 𝓱𝔂𝓹𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓲𝔁𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓸𝓷 𝓲𝓽, 𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓼𝓲𝓶𝓹𝓵𝔂 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓪𝓽 𝓪𝓵𝓵?

[restingstitchface]

That depends. Obsessive rumination and fixation are forms of suffering, are they not? The two ideas are not mutually incompatable. Like I said, the danger is there.

[the_keeper]

𝓐𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓪𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓮.

𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓪𝓵𝓼 𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓻𝓷,
𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓲𝓷𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓾𝓷𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓲𝓭𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮.

[restingstitchface]

I would beg to differ but we already do.

Regardless, it is pleasant to engage in meaningful discussion. Thank you for that.