Definitely. I think imposter syndrome is basically the same phenomenon.
I used to think there was this Council of Smart People running the world and keeping the nuclear weapons from accidentally launching and the planes from crashing and the electricity on and the bridges from collapsing.
It can’t just be me and all the absolute idiots I grew up with now running the world. That can’t be right. Oh, Jesus…oh no.
That “adults” are just kids that got older. Same goes for “old people”. Everyone was once a 14 year old. There is no dividing line where you suddenly become an adult, and there is no dividing line between being an adult and being old.
We’re all born, and we live a life of days, months years, decades… it’s just you and your one, single life. You’re always going to be you.
Make this one life count. Don’t wait. Don’t procrastinate. Make shit happen. You’ll regret it if you don’t.
Firefly. Specifically, Shepherd Book’s backstory.
It’s brutal, isn’t it?
When you realize that your parents also wanted to eat cookies and Ruffles all the time too, but they didn’t want to die early and are just making you eat healthy so you don’t die early.
Ugh…