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		SwtCyber 37 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My stages of learning to be a socially normal pers... Accepting that connection is optional, not compulsory feels like the true sign of arrival. Not needing it to prove anything, not using it to fill a void, just being able to be, with or without it

HPsquared 37 days ago [–]

Connection with any given person may be optional, but everyone should have at least some kind of social connections in this world.

SwtCyber 37 days ago | [–]

The author seems to be pointing toward the freedom of not chasing connection out of insecurity, which is healthy

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