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Humans are reliant on each other to survive. That’s why our main preoccuption isn’t what the environment is—it’s what other humans think. That’s our environment. https://t.co/RAbqziBcYC
We are literally born as helpless babies. If they are abandoned? They die. Babies [and humans] evolved to make sure parents would not abandon their children. Any sense of parents being inaccessible is overwhelming and makes us cry. https://t.co/Fca5O8Mulw
Something @jessicamalonso used to say: “If you can explain something with abandonment trauma, you can stop.” Similar to something @mattgoldenberg and many others [including myself] go through: https://t.co/i3RlJ03t4g
Abandonment is such a core feature—the entry into the world, and first structure of our perception; it gets revised, but it never wholly disappears. It reflects a truth about the world. Be relevant to other human beings.
This doesn’t have to suck. Relying on others and creating a fabulous human species is awesome. It definitely can suck. Being relevant can be hard. https://t.co/G7qgMmhRgG
“im not self-sufficient. i can't even photosynthesise” https://t.co/uWui6WnZYD