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How discipline practices can become forms of self-punishment

I have been doing cold showers for eight months to build discipline but now I dread getting up every morning because I know I have to do this thing I hate.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The pursuit of mental toughness through uncomfortable practices can reinforce patterns of self-coercion rather than cultivating genuine resilience.

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