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When vulnerability feels more dangerous than suffering alone

I've been telling everyone I'm fine since my divorce but I cry in my car after work most days and I don't know why I can't just be honest about struggling.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're choosing familiar pain over the uncertain risk of being seen in your authentic struggle.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Existentialist authenticity vs. bad faith?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.