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> # How could I have died and gone to hell without noticing the transition?

[Lois McMaster Bujold](https://quotesby.net/Lois-McMaster-Bujold)\#25

[Reality](https://quotesby.net/Lois-McMaster-Bujold/reality/)[Suffering](https://quotesby.net/Lois-McMaster-Bujold/suffering/)[Awareness](https://quotesby.net/topics/awareness/)[Despair](https://quotesby.net/topics/despair/)

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## About this quote

What does it mean?The speaker realizes their current suffering feels like hell, questioning when the transition actually happened.In plain termsI am in hell now but I didn't notice when I arrived.What can you take from it?Bad situations can become normal so you don't notice until it is too late.

### Where it applies

- burnout
- toxic environment
- depression

### Putting it to work

- monitoring mental health
- recognizing toxicity
- seeking help

### Questions to consider

- When did your situation become unmanageable?
- What signs did you ignore?

### Another view

Hell might be internal but the situation is real.

## More from Lois McMaster Bujold

1. > I would fight the world for you, but I'm damned if I can figure out how to save you from yourself.

[Permalink to quote \#24](https://quotesby.net/Lois-McMaster-Bujold/24/ "Permalink to quote 24")
2. > Why did so many antique myths agree that hell was a circular place?

[Permalink to quote \#26](https://quotesby.net/Lois-McMaster-Bujold/26/ "Permalink to quote 26")
3. > Welcome to Barrayar, son. Here you go: have a world of wealth and poverty, wrenching change and rooted history. Have a birth; have two. Have a name. Miles mean…

[Permalink to quote \#23](https://quotesby.net/Lois-McMaster-Bujold/23/ "Permalink to quote 23")

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