EPISODE 5: Moral Absolutism v. Moral Ambiguity

... and how we all become the villains by denying our own capacities for harm in what we refuse to comprehend about the many ways we seek our own safety and homeostasis.

trigger warning: for sexual assault, sexual violence, incarceration trauma and beyond. if you’re not in a safe space to read about violent trauma, please consult your preferred health professional.

For a really long time, I quietly believed I was a sociopath.

Helluva way to open an essay, but I think I’ve gotten your attention.

This essay might piss a few people off or irritate some folks, because it’s still very much a working hypothesis on my end/speculation and I have done zero clinical research outside of my own experiences and knowledge (probably because I’m not a neuroscientist… yet), and it’s just a theory I’ve formed.

This is me over-explaining my mindset to you, dear reader, to protect myself from potential ‘harm’.

This is me seeking safety, before we’ve even begun.

I’ll explain that exact thing here shortly. Just wait for it.

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