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682 I was quietly unhappy with my life for years and the most unsettling part wasn’t the unhappiness — it was how functional I remained inside it, how well I performed contentment, how convincingly I answered fine to every person who asked, including myself

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Tommy Baker @ Silicon Canals · 04/02/2026 14:30 EDT

I was quietly unhappy with my life for years and the most unsettling part wasn’t the unhappiness — it was how functional I remained inside it, how well I performed contentment, how convincingly I answered fine to every person who asked, including myself

The terrifying truth about my decades of unhappiness wasn't the emptiness I felt inside—it was how expertly I fooled everyone around me, including the person I saw in the mirror every morning.

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