Over-Protesting As Cope

  • When people lose control of their personal lives they may overinvest in global issues.
  • This is a safe place to pour one’s energy because there is no risk of losing. If you take up a cause that is so totally apocalyptic, failure is the default state and therefore you never actually fail.
  • There is a risk of entering a spiral where over prioritising activism and external issues leave you too drained to deal with personal issues which leaves you more powerless which then leads to focus on external issues.

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