A popular way to deny the nature of personal change is to deny change altogether. This is evident in phrases like “I always knew there was a vampire inside me”, “deep down I already loved her” or...
A popular way to deny the nature of personal change is to deny change altogether. This is evident in phrases like “I always knew there was a vampire inside me”, “deep down I already loved her” or “as a kid he had the eyes of a killer”. We love continuity. You may have tendencies, desires and predispositions, but you’re only a vampire when you get the fangs (or whatever marks a point of no return for you).
Furthering the metaphor, the act of languidly offering your neck to a seductive vampire is the embodiment of the leap of faith required for any substantial change.
That sounds remarkably like what it was like for me to come out of the closet... o.O I wonder if others on the LGBTQ part of the amazing-cool-spectrum-of-sexuality have the same sensations?
That sounds remarkably like what it was like for me to come out of the closet... o.O I wonder if others on the LGBTQ part of the amazing-cool-spectrum-of-sexuality have the same sensations?
I completely agree. I'm risk-averse to a fault and it took a long time for me to transform, to use the article's word, but it happened and I'm glad I went for it.
I completely agree. I'm risk-averse to a fault and it took a long time for me to transform, to use the article's word, but it happened and I'm glad I went for it.
A popular way to deny the nature of personal change is to deny change altogether. This is evident in phrases like “I always knew there was a vampire inside me”, “deep down I already loved her” or “as a kid he had the eyes of a killer”. We love continuity. You may have tendencies, desires and predispositions, but you’re only a vampire when you get the fangs (or whatever marks a point of no return for you).
Furthering the metaphor, the act of languidly offering your neck to a seductive vampire is the embodiment of the leap of faith required for any substantial change.
That sounds remarkably like what it was like for me to come out of the closet... o.O I wonder if others on the LGBTQ part of the amazing-cool-spectrum-of-sexuality have the same sensations?
I completely agree. I'm risk-averse to a fault and it took a long time for me to transform, to use the article's word, but it happened and I'm glad I went for it.