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How old wounds stay fresh in new conversations

I dropped out of college twenty years ago and every time someone asks about my education I still feel this flash of shame and inadequacy.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Past choices can become identity prisons that lock us into outdated versions of ourselves.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Regret and the past?”

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