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Why self-deprecating humor might be destroying your self-worth

I keep making self-deprecating jokes about my failures but I think it's actually making me believe I'm worthless and I don't know how to stop.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You're using comedy as a preemptive strike against criticism, but the attack is coming from inside your own mind.

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