Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhat habit do you possess that seems very normal to you, but would seem odd to anyone else?message-squaremessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat habit do you possess that seems very normal to you, but would seem odd to anyone else?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareviolentfart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI can talk myself out of buying anything, and often do. Even when I actually need it.
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoSelf-gaslighting. I don’t know if this is a superpower or a weakness…
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIts literally a trauma response to poverty, its a kind of hypervigilance. It can be a superpower in many situations, it can be a debilitating neuroticism in others.
minus-squarepapalonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI haven’t been in debt for like 2 years now and I still tell myself that I don’t need to spend more money on food. I probably skip dinner (that I can afford to eat) 2 or 3 times a week because the only way I’ll eat something is if I pay for it. At least I’ve beaten the odds of obesity…!
I can talk myself out of buying anything, and often do. Even when I actually need it.
Self-gaslighting. I don’t know if this is a superpower or a weakness…
Its literally a trauma response to poverty, its a kind of hypervigilance.
It can be a superpower in many situations, it can be a debilitating neuroticism in others.
I haven’t been in debt for like 2 years now and I still tell myself that I don’t need to spend more money on food. I probably skip dinner (that I can afford to eat) 2 or 3 times a week because the only way I’ll eat something is if I pay for it.
At least I’ve beaten the odds of obesity…!