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Why lifelong responsibility makes late-life rebellion difficult

I spent my whole life being responsible and now I want to be reckless but I don't know how to stop being the person everyone expects me to be.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Established identity patterns can imprison authentic impulses even when circumstances no longer require the old behaviors.

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