• jtrek@startrek.website
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    13 days ago

    Sometimes it’s “reaction formation”. They like a thing. That makes them uncomfortable. They instead go hard in the other direction - they hate the thing it’s horrible and bad and the worst.

    Sometimes they’re just… basic, and need the world to fit into simple boxes. Anything else stresses their brain.

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      12 days ago

      Yeah it’s something you see around when you start looking for it. It’s such an unhappy but easy means to preserve ego