taro: "another way of saying this is that i could recognize the symptom of backwards-looking self-referentiality as deleterious but (one of) the cause(s) was obscure until i instinctually pulled away"

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taroJan 24, 2026

the real reason i used to commit my own posts to memory is that they made me really anxious and i would dwell on them

taroJan 24, 2026

taro has made that pretty clear to me lol, i don't recall most of the things i say here nearly as strongly

taro @taro.somber.me

another way of saying this is that i could recognize the symptom of backwards-looking self-referentiality as deleterious but (one of) the cause(s) was obscure until i instinctually pulled away

January 24, 2026 at 8:02 AM

taroJan 24, 2026

feels obvious in retrospect. most things in my life can be attributed to anxiety lol