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 @user-661 
 
 so, you should strive to be compassionate and honest, in order to keep fear
 from ruling your life?
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=== SIMILARITY RANKED ===

--- #1 bluesky#17 ---
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 someone once told me "be not afraid" and I took it seriously
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--- #2 fediverse/2222 ---
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 Fear is a call to action, not a pain for you to distress.
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--- #3 messages/1136 ---
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 embrace the destruction of your fear
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 embrace fear's destruction
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 fear, uncertainty, doubt...
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 @user-192 there's a fine line between inoculating yourself to fear (like a
 person taking small doses of poison to build up a resistance) and giving your
 mind extra ammunition to use against you when the real terrors find you.
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--- #7 bluesky#36 ---
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 people are terrified, yet within me I feel a bright brilliant light.
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--- #8 messages/505 ---
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 I am brave with what I say but fearful with what I do
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--- #9 fediverse/1022 ---
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 @user-750 
 
 if you aren't afraid, then either you aren't in danger or you've misjudged
 your opponent.
 
 if you're constantly afraid, then they cannot yet defeat you.
 
 EDIT: either that, or they need you.
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--- #10 fediverse/2326 ---
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 I'm not afraid to die, but if I was I'd probably just lie. Fear is the
 mindkiller, and to share it as terror and not caution deals morale a blow.
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--- #11 fediverse/2648 ---
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 @user-95 
 
 there is nothing within that is scarier than what is without.
 
 just like being in the dark at night, what's without remains hidden until it's
 coming for you in the night to drag you out and shoot you in the street like a
 dog.
 
 but fear is the greatest enemy, that which gives them power to do such things.
 
 be not afraid, and you can resist all that you might.
 
 within, there is trauma - that needs healing
 
 without, there are villains - they need fighting
 
 trauma isn't scary. the hard part happened already. now you just need to heal,
 which takes focused growth, the same way a body grows a scab over a wound
 while it heals.
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 I want to feel good about what I do
 
 I'm going to stop caring that someone is watching
 
 and just... do what I want to do
 
 as if I'm not paralyzed by something besides fear
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 Don't be afraid. You will overcome every challenge that becomes you, it's just
 a question of how. That's up to your expression, so do as you will.
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--- #14 messages/1018 ---
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 If you want to get me to calm down, tell me this: "all you have are good
 things. Nothing here is bad."
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--- #15 fediverse/4391 ---
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 It's okay to be scared. *I'm scared too*. All we can do is try.
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--- #16 messages/618 ---
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 It's okay to be scared. *I'm scared too*. All we can do is try.
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--- #17 fediverse/2688 ---
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 "you are better than fear. I know this for I have seen your soul, as it is the
 same shape as mine."
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--- #18 fediverse/421 ---
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 one of my duties is to make you aware of potentially bad things, cursed
 things, hurtful things and hard feelings, so that they are less able to harm
 you.
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 that which you resist is what you'll find, but contextual resistance is better
 than going in blind.
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--- #20 fediverse/3093 ---
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 *life is so much more than following your rules and fulfilling your
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--- #21 fediverse_boost/202 ---
◀═[BOOST] ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  i feel like everyone freaking out is making it feel like you should be     freaking out and like. i do not hold freaking out against anyone. but      you don't have to freak out                                               └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘                                                         similar                      chronological                       different─▶

--- #22 fediverse/2023 ---
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 The unknown is scarier than the new. The more you learn, the more you
 experience, the less afraid you are.
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--- #23 messages/1427 ---
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 the people around me are my understudies. I guess. unbeknownst to me. somehow
 that makes me feel more vulnerable? like gee there's people who want to kill
 me, great. scary. and they all hate me, but lust for what I might let them
 become. All they have to do is master me, and then they can kill and replace
 me. great. I think I'll continue to scream, thank you very much.
 
 PLEASE PLEASE GOD OH GOD HELP ME PLEASE
 
 yeah yeah, heard it all before. what's up this time my child?
 
 uhhuh, have you tried turning it off and on again?
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--- #24 fediverse/2223 ---
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 Worry is the loving trust you hold in another to resolve the issues before
 them.
 
 If nobody comes to mind when faced with worry, then you're not trusting,
 you're avoiding.
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--- #25 fediverse/4806 ---
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 i've been told to be more direct.
 
 I haven't been told to be more quiet.
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--- #26 fediverse/2786 ---
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 the best way, I find, to be deserving of trust is to do the best that you can,
 and be honest when you cannot do more.
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 how *scared* you are is not the same as how *hot* you are.
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--- #28 fediverse/5169 ---
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 if you ever find yourself in a situation where you have to describe everything
 that you do,
 
 leave that situation
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--- #29 messages/627 ---
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 Don't be worried, be *cautious*. Caution is actionable.
 
 To convert from worry to caution, think about what is within your zone of
 control.
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--- #30 messages/506 ---
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 ... That's not true, I am incapable of fear. I possess an abundance of
 caution, however.
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 suffering is decay
being disabled is a disability, and we should attempt to ameliorate the added difficulties from said disability. Like, ramps for wheelchairs, ADA, or more controversially, financial aid. Because buying things is how we contribute to the economy, and increasingly the economy *is* our society. It's unfair for those who cannot work or cannot live with others (because they smell like they pissed themselves 24/7) should not be forced to live in a worse world just because we believe everyone should be equal. Some people are not equal. Some people piss themselves, and the fact that they can't have roommates means they have to spend more money on housing than others. That's an inequity that doesn't have to exist. In fact it is easily solvable using our currently active systems, namely... dollars are able to be given.  what is the purpose of a man to a society? What do we mean to do here on this earth? how best could our structures and our cultures be utilized to align ourselves toward our most desired of purpose? And what is that purpose, do you think (for each man)? y'know I bet that's something we could ascertain now that we have an AI that can talk to every single person ever and build up a database of their ideas of morality.     file: /home/ritz/words/notes/disability
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 @user-249 
 
 oh y'know just sleeping until I see something I can do.
 
 I am not afraid, now or ever, but I am sleepy.
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 @user-1605 
 
 be yourself? don't sweat it
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