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When published vulnerability creates unwanted responsibility

I published a personal essay about my anxiety and now strangers email me their problems expecting me to have answers I do not have

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sharing personal struggles through writing can generate expectations of expertise or healing capacity that exceed the writer's actual resources.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The writing life?”

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