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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 4 years ago

I’ve found that you can often reduce the volume and intensity of retaliatory reactions you’d get when stating Bad and Wrong opinions by framing it as “a part of me sometimes thinks...”

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 4 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

A part of me thinks this is a bullshit coward move Another part of me recognizes this as masterful strategic navigation it *is* the genuine truth that I am basically always conflicted about almost everything

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 4 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

https://t.co/yMheQkoHOc

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 5 years ago

sometimes when you have 2 beliefs that seem contradictory, it’s not that one belief is correct and one is wrong, but rather they’re each context-dependent, and you haven’t quite precisely figured out what the respective contexts are

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 4 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

https://t.co/aE0t98blUR

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 5 years ago

I am generally uncertain, conflicted and "in two (or more) minds" about most things, which is something that seems to confuse people who are wander through these parts expecting Ideological Opponents

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 4 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

https://t.co/8WQKwzD0Mb

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 5 years ago

91. When internally conflicted about something, it can be fun and illuminating to write it out as a dialogue between two or more fictional versions of yourself. It’s easier to grapple with inner demons when you make them a little cute. (from:visakanv my brain)

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 4 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

https://t.co/E2AjTAnnFi

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 5 years ago

circling back to the start, for emphasis: it’s worth learning to collaborate well with others (1), because this can translate directly to collaborating well with your internally conflicted sub-selves, as well as your past and future selves (2). (2) → (1), too

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