Ever notice how you're watching your own life from a slight distance?
Not depressed. Not burned out. Just... slightly absent.
When overwhelm lasts longer than we can process it, we adapt by feeling less. We function but don't fully inhabit our days.
The long dissociation kept us safe when feeling everything wasn't possible.
But survival was never the same thing as being alive.
What would it mean to gently come back?
'Clutch' Bears QB Caleb Williams feels 'calm' in late-game moments https://www.nfl.com/news/clutch-bears-qb-caleb-williams-feels-calm-in-late-game-moments
Many of us learned to survive by staying slightly absent from our own lives.
Not apathy. Not burnout. Something quieter.
A low-grade separation that let us function when feeling everything became too much.
It protected us. But survival is not the same as being alive.
What does it look like to come back?
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Can anyone recommend a tool for basically mass unfollowing Fediverse/Mastodon accounts or otherwise managing your followings?
I'm following almost 2000 accounts and while my feed is very much alive and buzzing, it feels like it doesn't really match my interests. It's too generic.
I need to weed out what I actually care about. Is there anything that can help with that?
#Mastodon
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@… I totally ignored Facebook for three years or so.
I'm not sure why I revisited this year, it was probably to tell whether someone is still alive, after one of my 'death-of-friends-and-family' nightmares.
I found only two acquaintances dead, and one in a wheelchair following a stroke … not too bad, given our ages and the length of time th…
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