• @habitualcynic@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Comparison is the thief of happiness.

    I have many favorites, but this comes to mind often.

    Fear shrinks the brain.

    Is another good one.

    • @CanadaPlus
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      29 months ago

      Funny. “Fear keeps you alive” is one I use fairly often.

      • @habitualcynic@lemmy.ml
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        19 months ago

        lol also true! I think of mine more in the context of when I see things from the media. If they seem to be instilling fear (omg immigrants are coming, they’re scary), it’s because they don’t want you to think critically.

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          Yeah, the challenge is really to figure out if a fear is useful, or an unhelpful remnant from earlier on in your own life, or in evolution.