neighbors are having an amazing pandemic conversation outside my window, didn't catch the exact words but something like
neighbor: i've been hearing people talk about "yeah i have bad feelings a lot now" and i'm like... i guess... some people have never been depressed???
Conversation
neighbor: i guess don't know any non-neurotic people!!!
neighbor: like maybe you've actually had a good life i don't know???
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neighbor: i know people who are planning on moving to europe actually
[hmmmm interesting]
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neighbor: honestly there's this new thing where like "if you don't do X, Y, Z you're a bad person" and like on some level okay i get it but also on some level like... fuck off!!!
[honestly she should be on twitter]
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neighbor: [not exact words] it's so wild thinking about the way i used to relate to having colds or w/e like... like it was my job to tough it out, prove that i was stronger than the illness. nothing about protecting other people from it. esp b/c i still had to go to work!!!
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it's terrible. neuroticism, anxiety, and depression are front-loaded existential dread. if you leave it to 45 or 60, the fallout is difficult to handle.
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