Advice Contrast between what we are supposed to fear and worry about, and stepping out of that box into (not defiance but) indifference, dissociation.  We are not talking about fears that are rational.  Not doing any of the things I am supposed to feel defensive about. Turned off to all the things you put me under pressure about:  I am okay.  Supposed to be nervous about all these things … am totally unconcerned.  Another set of sentences describes how it feels to buy into those fears.

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