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a succinct explanation for a lot of what's good about me, that might be wrong, maybe scary-sounding, sort of mythical-ish magical thinking, but it's deeply true in a particular sense: when I was ~17 i basically decided to psychologically k*ll myself and rebooted a fresh OS of me

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@QiaochuYuan

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@visakanv

i know a guy who also described doing this, iirc at ~14. very interesting guy

2:17 PM · Jul 22, 2022Twitter Web App

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I did a similar rebirth ritual at about 17. It can be broadly described as blood magic (it was my blood, I've been always averse to hurting other beings)

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@exGenesis

Jul 22

did the same at 16, was studying Descartes and decided to throw it all out and rederive everything from cogito ergo sum

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George B. Green - making BoneToPix

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Similar timing for me. Interestingly, most of these examples happen around when social group changes. Middle school -> High school;High school->College. Leaving behind those old social dynamics allows one to reroll. Otherwise the old version keeps getting projected back onto you

George B. Green - making BoneToPix

@GeorgeB_Green

Jul 22

Also worth noting the process probably won't go cleanly. More of a take current persona, shove it under the rug, build up and empower a new persona. The rug-shoved old self probably just ends up becoming some sort of new shadow aspect.