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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

I stopped chasing closure when I realized the person who hurt me wasn't withholding an explanation. They genuinely didn't experience what I experienced. We were in the same room but two completely different events, and no conversation was going to merge them. - Silicon Canals

Closure through confrontation is a myth; healing requires accepting that different people genuinely experienced the same events differently, and no shared truth may exist.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Accepting Our Most Shameful Secrets

Therapy's effectiveness stems from revealing shameful aspects of oneself to another person who can disapprove yet still accept you, providing genuine psychological relief impossible through self-acknowledgment alone.
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fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks ago
Psychology

I used to think forgiveness meant the anger had to disappear completely. It took me until my late thirties to understand that forgiveness and anger can live in the same room. - Silicon Canals

fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks ago
Psychology

I used to think forgiveness meant the anger had to disappear completely. It took me until my late thirties to understand that forgiveness and anger can live in the same room. - Silicon Canals

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