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Fear of the unknown, lack of confidence, the comfort of familiarity (no matter how distasteful) and the discomfort involved with implementing change.
But complaints because we know there’s a better way to live and there remains a deep longing for that.
Like prisoners who become institutionalized and have great difficulties functioning outside the prison walls, people’s minds can become prisons and keep them from breaking free.
But complaints because we know there’s a better way to live and there remains a deep longing for that.
Like prisoners who become institutionalized and have great difficulties functioning outside the prison walls, people’s minds can become prisons and keep them from breaking free.
Gibbon · 70-79, M
@OlderSometimesWiser Fear and the lack of knowledge required to escape. Many researched their options and took the risk. My beloved Vickie fought her way out twice. But she wasn't afraid to literally break the handle off a cast iron frying pan over the head of her last ex either. That's not put in for humor it was her end game to getting out.
Gibbon · 70-79, M
@OlderSometimesWiser The amazing thing about Vickie is she found happiness in everyday life even after all she'd been through. She was like a giddy child around babies. She also never met a stranger and couldn't strike up a conversation with. Being so much different I will never stop missing her.
