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kleinbl00  ·  2836 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: February 8, 2017

Comes a point where the external transmogrifies into chemical. Things have to be good for an annoyingly long time before you can see them as good again.





blackbootz  ·  2836 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Comes a point where the external transmogrifies into chemical.

I'm not sure I follow. As a form of brain chemistry?

kleinbl00  ·  2836 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As a form of "your biology is now doing its own thing separate from your psychology." Inputs and outputs no longer matter; your biochemistry is swimming in its own self-feeding witches' brew of cortisol, endorphins and hormones. And you have to stop feeding the feedback loop for a disturbingly long time before your reaction to events reflects rationality, rather than conditioned suffering.

blackbootz  ·  2836 days ago  ·  link  ·  

And I'm sure this interrupting process only gets easier as you get older, right? D:

kleinbl00  ·  2836 days ago  ·  link  ·