2024-07-25

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.