It’s perfectly normal and rational to try to find something to fill that hole. Wasn’t it why I was sitting there in the first place, in a random hostel, in a random country, surrounded by strangers? Whether it’s with work, religion, drugs, hedonism, model trains, love, friendship, sex (see hedonism), or travelling to weird places (my latest drug of choice), we’re all looking for something to fill that hole. It’s very possible that if you meet the wrong people, or read the wrong book, or have a harrowing experience on the way, you can get very lost and end up joining ISIS, drinking spiked
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