
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
In the territory of loss, stories abound about how we should behave and what we ought to feel. We tell ourselves that other people’s pain trumps ours, so we need to shut down and carry on.
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In the territory of loss, stories abound about how we should behave and what we ought to feel. We tell ourselves that other people’s pain trumps ours, so we need to shut down and carry on.
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