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When Past Mistakes Become Your Identity

I cheated on my college girlfriend and even though that was fifteen years ago I still feel like I'm fundamentally a bad person who will hurt people I love

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Single moral failure has crystallized into fixed self-concept

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Letting the past hold you vs. learning from it?”

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