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Re:My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020) by baq on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @04:21AM (#28997754)
> "I am depressed". No, you are depressing yourself. "I am helpless". No, you are making yourself helpless. These are active processes. Let's get more controversial: "I am being bullied". No, you are letting people bully you.

most people are social animals. it's easy to be an individualist if you have the trait and nigh impossible if you don't.

Re:My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020) by hedberg10 on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @04:23AM (#28997774)
Fair point. My own character traits certainly color my viewpoints.