hi Gina Mendello — good Q. What do you mean, specifically by:

“what happens if you emerge from your state of obliviousness…. and truly get that you’ve been in the forest unable to see the forest, what can you do about it?”

For many, I’m not sure this realization alone would pose a substantial (emotional? psychological?) problem, but it seems you’re suggesting it might.

How does that problem look? Is it retrospective or guilt-based? Is it forward-looking? (e.g., how do I make sure I stay here?)