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When extreme training is unconscious self-protection from past trauma

I've been training for competitive powerlifting for three years but yesterday I realized I'm just trying to become too heavy for my father to hurt me again.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The body is armoring itself against ghosts that live in muscle memory.

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“Where Are You with Extreme sports and the examined life?”

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