Shouting at a person “you’re hypnotized” doesn’t help them stop being hypnotized.⁣ by Dr. Melissa SellDr. Melissa Sell (Telegram)
What then can help them wake up from the spell?⁣ ⁣ The only thing that can wake the sleeping is 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐢𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐲.⁣ ⁣ It’s kind of like lucid dreaming.⁣ ⁣ A person must first have a desire to wake up and become autonomous.⁣ ⁣ Then they have to start getting suspicious about their surroundings... their actions, beliefs, the assumed rules of the world they’ve woken up in...⁣ ⁣ 🤔 ⁣ What’s going on here?⁣ Why am I doing what I’m doing?⁣ Does this make any sense?⁣ What do I believe?⁣ Why do I believe it?⁣ 🧐 ⁣ Who am I trusting for my information?⁣ Why do I trust them?⁣ What causes me to think the way I do?⁣ What ideas am I accepting a priori?⁣ 🤨 ⁣ Who stands to profit by my acceptance of this worldview?⁣ Are my views consistent?⁣ Where am I being hypocritical?⁣ ⁣ How would I react if I learned that my whole paradigm was strategically engineered and didn’t reflect the reality of the natural world? (Like Truman in the…

When I was studying (sociology), I once had a teacher in ExPhil and she reminded me of something I still remember today: Be open for the possibility that everything you know might be wrong.