Suddenly, I realized that I did not suffer from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to believe. At that point, it wasn't just my family and friends who had been reinforcing my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn't just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, "You can't do this!" I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true.

这篇文章大概是作者长期向他人观点妥协，突然发现其中的荒谬之后而进行的自我内心深入的剖析。
心灵的压迫有反抗的一天。


突然，我意识到自己根本没有患上基因缺陷症。我仅仅是选择一味承认他人的评价（我的观点就来自这句话，这句话很关键），并深受煎熬的度过每一天。在这一点上，真正的原因不在于过去一直加深我内心绝望的亲人和朋友，也不在于那次军检，而在于我内心深处的某个不断重复的声音“你绝对干不成这事！”，只要我不断重复它，事情竟真的向失败发展了。