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Why the Search for Your “True Self” is a Trap?
We live in the golden age of the introspective gold rush. Modern culture, propelled by a multi-billion-dollar wellness and self-help industrial complex, has canonized a singular, unassailable directive: Find your true self.
From silent meditation retreats in Bali to psychometric personality tests, from ayahuasca ceremonies to the endless scroll of TikTok therapists, the underlying promise remains identical. We are told that beneath the crust of societal expectations, parental conditioning, and trauma, there lies a pristine, golden, immutable core. This is your “authentic self”—a shimmering…
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