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by alecweston ^Pro @ 2008-11-22 – 07:44:17

Of course I know you are dozens, hundreds, thousands of different people. Potentially millions. And you don't all together and talk about me.

And you - that's each one of you - know that we don't all gang up against you. "We" don't exist -just a countless number of "I"s, with our own varying concerns, thoughts, prejudices. Even your Friends on this site don't have parties and neglect to send you an invitation.

Of course we all know this. To believe the opposite would be big-time paranoia, for sure.

Yet, in a certain, defensive mood...

...and I'm sure I'm not the only one...

In a certain, defensive mood, I sometimes catch myself thinking of you all as - well, "you all". An undifferentiated mass of themness. Collective and generally hostile.

"They didn't like that". "They are ignoring me." "Did I say something to upset them?" "I'm not going to bother if they don't appreciate me more."

Crazy? We're all crazy sometimes. Aren't we?
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- 2008-11-22 @ 16:46:28
Thank you for posting this. You are not alone xx
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- alecweston ^Pro
- 2008-11-22 @ 19:46:51
I feel you and I are more or less on the same wavelength on this.

I feeel a bit disappointed that no one else has repsonded to this post so far.
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- 2008-11-22 @ 20:43:39
i dont understand. -sigh- im so...stupid
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  - 2008-11-22 @ 21:16:12
  You're not stupid, nats, don't call yourself stupid.
  
  What I'm trying to say is that, although we know well that most people reading our blog never meet or talk to each other about us, it's easy, in a down mood, to imagine that's exactly what they are doing
  
  (although when you began your blog it was from school, wasn't it, so maybe they did talk about it behind your back; but that's unusual. My readers come from all over cyberland, apparently)
  
  See? Now I have made it seem as clear as mud!
  - - natalies_blog
    - 2008-11-23 @ 18:58:13
    Thank you.
    
    I find it hard to understand things sometimes.
    
    Steve says it's because I have an innocent mind.
    
    I dunno if that's true.
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  - 2008-11-23 @ 13:06:40
  ...on the other hand, in a different mood, you would find this post hard to understand because you are not a paranoid fantasist, like me, lol. Hope you are having a brilliant Sunday, with not too much snow. xx
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- rubychoo
- 2008-11-23 @ 13:37:44
Don't make a blog friend your co-pilot !
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