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 Surviving Quicksand: How to Get out of a Tedious Cycle

 Surviving Quicksand: How to Get out of a Tedious Cycle

Published Mar 5, 2021 Updated Mar 5, 2021 Health
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 Surviving Quicksand: How to Get out of a Tedious Cycle

As a kid, I used to be fascinated by the idea of quicksand. Cartoons and movies made it seem like it would be something — alongside giant man-eating plants — I would at least encounter once in my lifetime. It turns out real-world quicksand is not actually that big of a problem. But what about metaphorical quicksand? The state of mind where no matter what you try to do, things seem to be getting worse and worse — why didn't the Looney Tunes prepare me for that?

"You're playing and you think everything is going fine. Then one thing goes wrong. And then another. And another. You try to fight back, but the harder you fight, the deeper you sink. Until you can't move... you can't breathe... because you're in over your head. Like quicksand." - Shane Falco (The Replacements, 2000)

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