People Are Sharing The Privileges Most People Don’t Realize They Have

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“Being in countries where you are able to speak insults to, openly criticise or question authority without going to jail.” — Mardanis

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“Being mentally healthy. Basically, my childhood was such that as an adult I have an overactive amygdala – the part of the brain that handles strong emotions and instincts like fight/flight. I’ve learned that if you chronically feel unsafe during your formative years, the amygdala forms more connections to the rest of your brain, and literally gets bigger to increase its processing power. Since I had been like this for my whole life, it was just normal for me. Normal to have very strong instinctive responses to danger or conflict, and to always be dwelling on worst-case scenarios, for example. As I’ve gotten treatment and medication, and as my situation has gotten better, I’ve had quite a few ‘whoa’ moments where it really hits me that this is how a lot of people naturally see the world. No constant yammering of negative thoughts and emotions, no quiet dread that someone means me harm, or my life is about to fall apart. I still have a long way to go, but I definitely find myself sometimes thinking ‘oh, so this is what ‘normal’ is supposed to feel like!'” — Sanguine_1

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“Driving.” — Geezer710

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“Being conventionally beautiful. It gets you more than dates. It influences prison sentences; attractive people are less likely to get convicted, and more likely to get lighter sentences when they are convicted. Job interviews, assessments of intelligence and academic performance are all biased to favour good looking people. They are also more likely to benefit from kindess from strangers.” — IdaBaldwin

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“Fresh water from the tap. Imagine living in rural Africa. Or Flint, Michigan.” — gozba

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