There are HUGE, radical, and extreme rabbit holes.

And there are very subtle ones.

The first category is well-represented in the world of conspiracy theories.

The second one is for everything else.

As human beings, we build a story around who we are, where we came from, and where we hope to go to.

We regard ourselves in a very specific way.

We believe to be shy or confident, cool or boring, adventurous or anxious.

We think we are talented or terribly average.

We talk about ourselves as beautiful or unattractive.

And all these beliefs become part of our self-image.

Like a statue built from ideas.

And the rabbit holes are everywhere.

It’s when ideas lead to new ideas in the same category.

So you start by being just a bit uncomfortable, but after a while, you look at life through the eyes of a person with anxiety disorder.

Something happens to you, in relation to another person, and the tiniest bit of disappointment can eventually grow into a mountain of distrust.

We take one thing and start building on it, and our changing worldview not only delivers the evidence of our personal truth, but it also skews everything we encounter, to provide even more reasoning for our beliefs and opinions.

There are rabbit holes for everything.

And the biggest difficulty when it comes to transcending them (if you choose to do so) is that they consist of many little steps, so they are a result of gradual change.

They are somehow melted into who you believe to be.

And they are connected to many other parts of many other rabbit holes.

Of course I had and have a lot of those too.

But since I don’t really like the idea of being a victim to a bunch of random ideas, I try to take care of that shit.

And it seems to work.

I am slowly losing my tendency to convince the world that I am right.

I have lost many opinions about many topics.

I don’t care about debating stuff.

And by becoming more relaxed and less attached to my preferences, I have started to genuinely free myself from the automatic tendency to be angry, cynical, judgmental, fearful, worried, opposing, and cruel.

Yeah, it’s a lot.

It’s totally liberating.

It’s more than that, even.

And what I have done and still do is actually very simple:

I am really conscious of everything I think and feel, and try to take none of that seriously.

I am constantly stepping back from my experiences, zooming out, letting go.

It’s pretty radical, but it works way quicker than trying to identify all the individual rabbit holes and take the journey back home, step by step.

I just skip all of that.

I take giant leaps.

I go home whenever I think about it, and even when I don’t.

Because when you have found the sense of consciousness in a conscious way, it becomes easier and easier to just rest there.

Like an amazing new habit.

Now I am not saying you should do that too.

I am just offering a different perspective.

Maybe it’s just what you needed to hear.

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