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When gratitude practice becomes spiritual bypassing

I keep a gratitude jar and write down three good things every day but it feels mechanical and fake.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You use positive thinking to avoid feeling your actual feelings rather than finding genuine appreciation for what is.

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