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When philosophical conversations become too risky

My best friend and I have been doing this thing where we ask each other the hard questions about life and meaning and it's been incredible, but lately I've started censoring myself because I'm worried my actual beliefs might hurt their feelings or make them think less of me. I don't know if they're doing the same thing but our conversations feel thinner now.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The fear of intellectual rejection is closing down the very exploration that deepened the connection.

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