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[livingimpaired]

I wonder ... the person you all were before the app, are they still who you are? Or is that person no more than a memory? A memory and another "past self" that is and is not who you are, anymore.

But, that's fine.

What I am saying is that it is all right to no longer be the person you were. We all change as time goes on. This app has us change within months rather than years, but ultimately, the changes we decide ourselves are for the sake of seeking out happiness. Is that not right?

Our bodies may change and we may no longer allow us to recognize ourselves, but that is only the physical. It's only flesh and blood. Our souls remain much far more worthwhile and valuable.

So rejoice. If you still seek out happiness, you are not yet lost.

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[livingimpaired]

Not real? An interesting way to view the memories that we will receive, for certain.
I'm curious how that resolve will hold, but that's for the future.

True, before the app, I would not necessarily be the exact same person at the beginning of the year as I would by the end of it. However, the changes to my personality were fairly minute. You could even say that I barely changed at all.

However, you shall come to find that people on this app will find themselves dramatically changing within one or two months, most of the time. It's somewhat fascinating to where you can say that we're going through either something exceptionally stressful or eventful. All the same, we are doing what we can to adapt and continue to seek out happiness.

[quiet_storm]

It still doesn't feel real to me. None of it does.
It's been over a month and I keep thinking I'll wake up soon.

I don't think I've changed at all but I'm not exactly objective.

But I guess if the goal is seeking happiness then yeah, adapting to the unusual stress is probably a prerequisite.