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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

There's a specific type of unhappiness that belongs to people who did everything right - the right degree, the stable marriage, the good job - and still wake up feeling like they're living someone else's life - Silicon Canals

Chasing external validation often leads to a sense of emptiness despite achieving societal markers of success.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

There's a specific type of unhappiness that belongs to people who did everything right - the right degree, the stable marriage, the good job - and still wake up feeling like they're living someone else's life - Silicon Canals

Chasing external validation often leads to a sense of emptiness despite achieving societal markers of success.
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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago

I used to be unhappy and I blamed everything around me - until I realized I'd built an entire life around avoiding the one conversation I needed to have with myself - Silicon Canals

Unhappiness often stems from avoiding self-reflection and attributing life issues to external factors rather than personal choices.
fromPsychology Today
9 months ago

The Healing Power of Questioning Our Beliefs

"There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them." — Anthony de Mello
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
11 months ago

"But I Did It for You": Navigating the Martyr

When someone doesn't take care of themselves so that we can be happy, they're not usually happy, and we're not happy either. It's a lose-lose situation.
Parenting
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