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The author is completely missing the point of his own feelings: his unconscious mind is telling him to stop wasting time answering questions and do something more useful.

But of course, the conscious mind knows better, one must behave nicely, be zen, suppress their feelings, etc. And 10 years later you're visiting a psychologist to deal with your burn out.

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I don't even care if this is arm chair psychology, from a literary standpoint this really ties the piece together. The Santa example doesn't make much sense otherwise.