Catastrophizing our way to liberty

What's the worst thing that can happen?

Fuck it.

It’s that simple

Two words.

Fuck it.

These words are easy to say when creating a boundary.

They take a while to be able to say with conviction.

One useful tool is asking yourself one question:

What’s the worst thing that can happen if I do / or do not do? And then what? What’s the worst thing that can happen there?

Creating healthy boundaries is a change.

Every change is a threat to what is normal for me/you.

And?

Humans are remarkably foolish.

Even when what is normal for me/you blows dead bears, when the integrity of our shitty way of being in the world is threatened, we experience fear, liquid concentrated fear. As such, we tend to imagine that even positive change will be damaging.

The sky is falling

There was a chicken.

The chicken was called Chicken Licken.

One day, Chicken Licken woke up.

Things looked grim.

Things looked bleak.

The sky was falling.

And know what happened?

The sky fell.

Everyone died.

All at once.

It was over fairly quickly.

Those who didn’t die instantly?

They went into shock…