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loose fear - by Spencer Chang - spencer's paradoxes

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Becoming unhinged. Or processing my desire to be immune to fear. Or an anthology of my worries, Plus some life updates

new york light & shadow People complain a lot about the ever-present noise in New York, but I actually like the random stream sounds here. With more people and more normality of interaction, I'm more on edge here. I'm scared of exposing myself, expressing myself fully, laying my soul bare for all to see. The barrage of noise serves as a centering reminder, a jarring meditation bell: “take it easy; embrace your body.” Our society is in an over-intellectualization crisis. We try too hard to think our way through things and wind up with mental health problems because our thinking does little…

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