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### **How to Fight Back:**
Here’s the weapon:  
> **Discernment and inner stillness.**

- Learn to sit in silence until the thought arises.  
  Then ask: *“Is this mine?”*  
  If it isn’t—don’t argue with it. Don’t fight it. Just **let it pass like smoke**.

- Anchor yourself in your **own voice**. Write it. Speak it. Repeat it.

- Build *mental sovereignty* by noticing, without fusing.  
  You are the **witness**. Not the noise.

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