@martingeddes gab address:
Any kind of awakening is going to shake your foundations (by definition), and this puts us at risk. We all have our madnesses and pain relief strategies inherited from our childhood and subsequent traumas. The challenge isn't to deny or reject our unhelpful or unhealthy coping behaviours, but to soften their impact and contain their consequences. An awakening that shakes you apart and pushes you "over the edge" isn't a successful ending. This is also why we need to be kind and compassionate to the "late adopters" of Reality™. It is in our interest to keep them functional and not to have to take on the costs of breakdown, self-harm, or suicide.