Psychology says the reason certain people become unbearable as they age isn't stubbornness - it's that they've spent decades avoiding self-awareness and by the time they're older, the walls they built to protect themselves have become the entire personality, and there's no one left inside to reach - Silicon Canals
Emotional rigidity in older adults develops gradually through decades of avoiding self-examination and reinforcing unchanging self-concepts rather than occurring suddenly with age.
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