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This situation used to be called neurosis. A person faces some hard problem, death would be the paradigmatic one, and unable to come up with a real solution, adopts some stereotyted behaviour of avoidance or denial to cope.

If it is unsolvable, the only strategy is to learn to live with it. Or of it's "just" very hard, you need to find dignity in fighting and losing. You might even win, but it's more difficult if you're anxious.

Also consider that concern and guilt are weapons that some organizations use to involve people in their agendas. Persons that struggle to have a minimally functional life feel as if it's their responsability to save the world. Sometimes the answer is: fuck the planet and live a little.



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