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The Psychology of Identity: Why We Cling to Our Pain and How Presence Rewires the Mind
Throughout a long career in psychotherapy, clinicians often encounter a hauntingly consistent refrain from those seeking change. Patients will articulate a desperate desire to move past their struggles, yet they simultaneously voice an existential dread: "Who would I even be without my anxiety, my depression, or my trauma?" This question is not merely a rhetorical…
