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How correcting physical problems can create identity confusion

I got laser eye surgery and now my vision is perfect, but I miss wearing glasses because they made me feel smarter and more serious.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Sometimes fixing what we thought was wrong reveals that our limitations had become part of how we understood ourselves, leaving us mourning an unwanted but familiar identity.

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“Where Are You with Eye health and vision?”

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