Hank Moody from Californication is the original Bojack Horseman and nobody better ask me why those were my two comfort shows growing up because i don’t like what it says about me
they made a drug that allows you to divorce your true self from the experience of feeling the worst, most negative emotions. it’s like it’s happening to another you. but it’s only approved for dogs. so you have to, like, tell your vet your puppy has debilitating ennui
i think a lot of us have a really powerful, presumably genetic instinct to fawn and grit our teeth through situations to avoid finding out exactly how bad it can get. like i didnt want to find out i was getting kidnapped, even if the odds were low, by asking to get out of the car