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38 | The Addiction to Self-Improvement After Emotional Abuse
What if your self-improvement journey has quietly become another way of telling yourself you’re not enough?
I’ve noticed how easy it is to turn healing and personal growth into another fucking project. I’ll date when I’m more confident. I’ll apply for the job when I’ve dealt with my imposter syndrome. I’ll set the boundary when I’m more healed. I’ll wear the bikini when I finally make peace with my body.
There’s always another version of me waiting in the future - the one who is supposedly more regulated, more confident, more healed, more worthy of finally getting to live.
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