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When hope becomes both a lifeline and a trap

I can't decide if staying hopeful is helping me cope or preventing me from accepting that this might never happen.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Optimism serves dual functions as emotional survival mechanism and barrier to adaptive acceptance.

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