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I agree. It's often toxic, but it fills a common need to belong. The need can be healthy (or at least it is common in healthy people). The satisfaction of it c
by quesera 3y ago
I agree. It's often toxic, but it fills a common need to belong.
The need can be healthy (or at least it is common in healthy people). The satisfaction of it can be toxic, and it takes a strong(?)/determined, or at least self-aware, person to escape the local maxima and reach for something approaching real fulfillment.
But I may be projecting. I would be dissatisfied if I still lived in the town/state/region I grew up in, for example. Some people are perfectly happy there and never even question their (lack of) path. And I'm not talking about people born in destination locations!
- quesera 3y agoAfter edit window, a postscript: I acknowledge my own display of ignorance and privilege in the preceding! The freedom to consider those kinds of options -- or even the ability to conceive of them -- is absolutely not available equally to all people or at all times.