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Only read the first chapter and it already brought me clarity. It made me feel seen and validated in both an uncomfortable and comforting way. A strange contradiction that brings clarity to a confused mind.
“Shame is the deepest of the “negative emotions,” a feeling we will do almost anything to avoid. Unfortunately, our abiding fear of shame impairs our ability to see reality.”
— Mar 05, 2026 06:36AM
“Shame is the deepest of the “negative emotions,” a feeling we will do almost anything to avoid. Unfortunately, our abiding fear of shame impairs our ability to see reality.”
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“Repression — dissociating emotions from awareness and relegating them to the unconscious realm — disorganises and confuses our physiological defences so that in some people these defences go awry, becoming the destroyers of health rather than its protectors.”
— Mar 05, 2026 06:33AM
