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When you protect yourself by expecting the worst

I have been seeing someone for six weeks and I already know exactly how he will disappoint me even though he has done nothing wrong yet.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You are armoring your heart with cynicism, preferring the safety of low expectations to the risk of hope.

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