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FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)

Overthink

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Fomo

FOMO is displacing feelings around compulsory monogamy and jealousy. It's a fear of embracing the fact that our friends can be happy without us. And if we think about FOMO as rooted in displacement, then it can displace more fears too. For instance, I could easily imagine specific cases of FOMo as expressions of a displaced fear of death.

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