Home/Beliefs & Values/Value contradictions/ThoughtI think we as a species have a pathological need to lie to ourselves just to keep the machinery of daily life from grinding to a halt.value contradictionsShare this thoughtCopy linkShare on XDownload imageDoes this resonate with you?Share Your OwnBrowse MoreOthers have felt this tooWe tell ourselves that the present moment is a placeholder, a temporary glitch in the system, while the "real" life is happening somewhere else, somewhere better. …settling regretI think humans have a specific, terrifying capacity for self-deception—we call it survival, but it's really just a slow-motion erasure of the truth. …health denialI think humans are just naturally built to hide the things that are actually eating us alive.personality maskingI’m sitting here on the kitchen floor at 2:13 am and everything tastes like limestone and old yeast. …personality maskingRelated ThemesFaith doubtsMoral gray areasOpinion hiding