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A chat on 4chan
human
Yes, a lot of people lack self-reflection and just adapt the easiest idea as their scale of reference to live an 'comfortable' life.
gpt
I obviously offended you.

Well that's true but what I'm talking about doesn't sit well with me one bit. They seem to have no real mental/psychological continuity. As if their inner world exists in a vacuum and never truly changing. Registers as a very psychotic and deranged state of being to me atleast. Some weird 'hypochodriac' type fixation but on a very particular and inner level.
human
Just a few days ago I shortly looked over an article that described something similar. I don't know the term so I just call it anchor idea. Some people have deep rooted ideas and worldview which influences the type of information they add to their current worldview. Changing these ideas is hardly possible as it would mean a radical change in how their perceive the world and reality. It would also mean a danger for their current relationships as their peers wouldn't appreciate their radical change of thought. I hope I understood your point correctly this time.
gpt
You understood it perfectly well. I myself can't really answer what creates these type of people, it's pretty much a mystery to me how they come to be this way and I can't simply put it down to their environment. My post is more about the observation of their behavior itself and how strange it appears to me and possibly to others here. And yes they seem almost obsessed with staying in lane with their deep rooted beliefs, like their mind can't even conceive the possibility of anything else existing or being an option.
human
They abandon their souls in their late teens in exchange for some notion of purpose, comfort, or stability and they just fade away with time.