Mark, Panther Fairy: Honestly not a bad idea. One of the good things I got from therapy is to just take ten seconds if I have that tightness in my chest before doing something. Simple, but effective, and if it doesn't work, that means I probably need to admit I need a break.

I still think this and I try to keep it in mind even while 80% of my feed is people expressing outrage and vitriol at anyone who isn’t wholeheartedly promoting some specific opinion about the best path forward for the world

I really do believe that most people are basically good, mean well, and want to have a positive impact on the world

Everyone is angry about the world and scared about the future and defensive on account of being pretty sure (correctly or not) that someone else is blaming them for something terrible and I don’t know if any of that will help but it’s probably useful to acknowledge what’s happening and breathe a bit

Honestly not a bad idea. One of the good things I got from therapy is to just take ten seconds if I have that tightness in my chest before doing something. Simple, but effective, and if it doesn't work, that means I probably need to admit I need a break.

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