People have been sharing the moments that changed how they see world – 17 mind-altering experiences
10.
‘Being homeless for two years showed me that I was invisible to literally everyone.
‘It took one guy to have faith in me and helped lift me up.
‘The impact was immediate and I started to do more for the homeless.’
-ToasterOven31
11.
‘The moment I learned to love myself. That included: 1. accepting my past as mistakes I made are not who I am 2. understanding that I would not be the person I am today without living through those mistakes. This moment allowed me to stop pushing my shame and self-hate onto others. Loving myself allowed me to express kindness for those different from me and my worldviews instead of expressing anger.’
-amianonymous16
12.
‘Like so many others, it was when Trump won for the first time. Not only for the obvious reasons, but because my family decided he’s their guiding star. He is who they want to align with. My family who raised me to be a moral and empathetic person turned around and say “meh don’t care about morals – he is a BUSINESS MAN 🤑”. It was that moment I knew how full of shit most people are and money matters more than morals.’
-OlBabybaby
13.
‘When I realized most of the sins I learned about in Catholic school all had one thing in common….. “We need you to have 10 kids asap”.
‘No masturbation…. Makes people marry younger.
‘No sex before marriage…. Makes people marry younger.
‘No birth control in marriage (or outside marriage)….
‘No oral or other stuff… Just sex that can result in conception
‘No gays
‘No gays adopting
‘Etc, etc.
‘Everything was about growing the Catholic population and not about “sins”.’
-angrymoderate09
14.
‘During the pandemic, I saw how so many people wouldn’t even do the bare minimum to keep other vulnerable people safe.
‘I saw grown men and women whine about not getting a hair cut.’
-NoDarkVision
15.
‘The Gamestop short squeeze. Seeing billionaires cry and scream on TV, and then seeing MSM anchors blatantly lie about what was going on. That was my “They Live” moment where reality broke; if the news – people I had naively believed to be unbiased reporters of facts – were lying about this then what else were they lying about? Just about everything, it turns out.’
-Just_Another_AI
16.
‘When I left my small town and got to hear different opinions and different perspectives of everyone. It made me view the world in a non biased way. I’ve met people from all walks of life and many countries both good and bad. I don’t have the small town mentality anymore and do a lot of thinking before I say or react to anything.’
-lone_cajun
17.
‘Getting canned from a job (that was a pain in the ass to get into BTW) that had nothing to do with performance but not fitting in socially.
‘I used to think people that complained about this were just making excuses but it does absolutely happen.’
-RipAgile1088
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