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Wow, yup I am; and I thought I was the only one noticing this.

What I would describe it as is a kind of unnatural and weirdly pathological passivity in people who formerly had quite strong personalities.

Friends, family members...they seem very different.

But I have been careful to be skeptical of this observation; preferring to blame my own increasing sense of alienation and loneliness, which is sometimes making me a wee bit paranoid perhaps. Or I have also thought that they are consciously acting this way in my presence to prevent arguments? LOL.

If others are seeing it - and if they have possible explanations (blood brain barrier compromised, etc.) - then perhaps it really is true? But of course, it's a possible confirmation that I really don't welcome.

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