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The Tolerance Trap
How are you?
Fine.
How’s work?
Fine.
How are things at home?
Fine.
Fine sounds neutral. Harmless, even. But most of the time it’s not a description - it’s a shortcut. A way of compressing everything you’re actually feeling into something socially acceptable. A way of moving quickly instead of pausing long enough to ask: what am I actually feeling right now?
And here’s the danger. When you’re unhappy, you know something is wrong. Unhappiness demands action. Fine doesn’t. Fine is comfortable enough to stay in.
The most dangerous place to be in life isn’t unhappy. It’s fine.
This was me. I spent…
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