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When self-deprecation becomes self-harm

Every time someone compliments me I immediately deflect with a joke or point out my flaws because I literally don't know how to just say thank you.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The fool's humility has curdled into a reflexive rejection of one's own worth.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The fool tradition across cultures?”

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