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when ppl are in pain and need to talk about it they have to reduce the fidelity of their specific anna karenina pain into the closest socially acceptable victim narrative. this reduction is subconscious. the social narrative BECOMES the actual reason to the thinking mind.

that is... the real source of the pain isn't understood. the crutch is readily available and is used due to its convenience. however b/c it doesn't feel fully 'right' the crutch becomes part of the identity and prevents actual healing.

the healing is to ACTUALLY understanding the specific karenina pain unique to self as an individual. anyone who is offended doesn't know WHY they are offended. if they did, that clarity would bring cold analytical precision and thus strip the thought of its emotional content.

"'Those who are easily shocked/offended should be shocked/offended more often." is about confronting ignorance and the unknown.

every act of being offended is someone going "yo, you dropped some shadow." your response shouldn't be "no that's not mine." "i saw it drop out of out." "naw, couldn't be, i'm a Literal Fucking Angel." "r u sure man...cuz u seem pretty angry to me..." "YES I AM!!!"

hoomans are literally made of shadow (original sin) so this lack of ownership is actually a rejection of self. to eat the shadow is to acknowledge the shadow as self and so become it. (vs transmuting it into light b/c then u'd become inhooman)