What personally transformative experience have you recently had? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For those who might ask "What does that even mean?", this is what I'm reading that triggered the question: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/transformative-experience/

Recent can mean the most recent you can remember, even if it was years ago. Interested in what y'all might say.

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[-] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Definitely some lessons to be learned in that environment - sheesh. No matter how bright you think you are, EVERYONE can be manipulated. All it takes is the right set of conditions and the right stimuli.

I hope you got out unscathed, and not too cynical.

[-] RagnarokOnline@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

All it takes is the right set of conditions and the right stimuli.

I agree with this completely. It was like the Milgrim experiment where all of a sudden you’d wake up and realize you and the people around you are completely different than you thought. Luckily the spell did break.

Cynical af now, but I try to redeem the past by not contributing to or permitting those environments anymore.

I appreciate the well-wishes, though. Getting better all the time 👍

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