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When vulnerability feels more dangerous than failure

I refresh my email every five minutes while avoiding the one email I actually need to send because it requires me to ask for help.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The ego chooses isolation over the perceived threat of interdependence.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Procrastination — psychological and philosophical dimensions?”

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