#emotional-avoidance

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fromTiny Buddha
4 days ago

What If Growth Is About Removing, Not Adding More to Your Life? - Tiny Buddha

I'd look for something new to take on: a class, a language, a project, a degree. Once, in the span of a single week, I signed up for language classes, researched getting certified in something I didn't actually want to do, and convinced myself I needed to start training for a 10K. Because if I was doing something productive, I wouldn't have to sit with what I was feeling. That was the pattern: uncomfortable emotion → frantic pursuit of something "more."
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

A better life is possible - but only if you dive deep into your unconscious

Ever since I discovered the mating dynamics of the deep-sea anglerfish, where the male fuses with the female, and how closely this mirrors some disturbing human relationship patterns, I have been chewing over the idea that everything that exists in our unconscious also exists in the ocean. From the methodical violence of sharks, to dolphins who mourn their dead and jellyfish whose pulsating contractions remind me of my labour,
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Relationships
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Eight Signs You're Just Someone's Rebound (Or They're Yours)

After a breakup, people often enter rebound relationships to avoid pain, prioritizing distraction or validation over genuine connection.
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