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You Feel What You Feel When You Feel It
Feelings are valid even when they don’t make sense.
We live in perhaps the most confounding, incredible, infuriating times imaginable. The human race is connected in ways never before imagined with little to no delay.
However, as part of the tools that offer us such amazing connection, humans are more disconnected than ever. This is in part due to confirmation bias being weaponized alongside fear. You’re right that it all sucks and you should blame “them” for it.
Because of the instant connectivity you and I have, news bombards and overwhelms us at a rate that no single person could possibly process. It’s really not a surprise that so many people are taken in by snake oil salesmen, propaganda posing as news, clickbait, and the like. If you don’t pause and consciously analyze what’s being beamed intrusively into your head, heart, and soul, your subconscious buys the bullshit and drives the bus that is your life.
A lot of times, you feel things someone will suggest (if not outright tell you) that you “should” or “shouldn’t” feel. You’ll be praised if you feel “X” and admonished if you feel “Y”. The mysterious “they” will accept you for feeling this way and reject you for feeling that way. It’s mind-boggling.
