"I learned that the consistent social rejection that I had faced throughout my childhood was not a universal property of reality; rather, I had simply failed at a particular game that I had been coerced into playing for a brief period in the past."
Well said!!! I've been thinking a lot about games as well, though in a different context (https://vbud.dev/blog/game). It's so helpful to realize what game you are playing, especially the ones you are playing without knowing you are playing, or even the ones where you are an NPC in someone else's game.
"I learned that the consistent social rejection that I had faced throughout my childhood was not a universal property of reality; rather, I had simply failed at a particular game that I had been coerced into playing for a brief period in the past."
Well said!!! I've been thinking a lot about games as well, though in a different context (https://vbud.dev/blog/game). It's so helpful to realize what game you are playing, especially the ones you are playing without knowing you are playing, or even the ones where you are an NPC in someone else's game.