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Stultifying Fixations

When Helpful Distractions Become Unhealthy Obsessions!

By Paul StewartPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
Stultifying Fixations
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Distractions

I've come to love them

Seriously, adore them

They've helped me in so many ways over the years

Reduced the time, and energy I had to put into

Addictive, destructive tendencies

Clogging up my waking hours, with less harmful, more wholesome interests and pursuits

Taking my mind elsewhere, away from the damaging filth that resides within its depths

I really can't imagine where I'd be without them, probably still stuck in a rut and suffering

Only problem is - the distractions, in their own right, become unhealthy obsessions

Now the distractions that saved me have transformed into stultifying fixations.

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