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comment by OftenBen
OftenBen  ·  2395 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are you scared of?

I suppose.

I vacillate between 'Everything that has ever gone wrong for me starts and ends with having a shitty heart. Were it not for that, I could have socialized more and appropriately as a small child, developed the competitive mindset necessary for healthy self-image in contemporary America, etc' and 'Even if I was healthy I'd likely be the same vaguely dissatisfied asshole that I am now but a lot less interesting and sympathetic, and without many of the valuable connections that have helped me professionally.'

The truth, as always, is likely somewhere between.