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How to Face Emotions You've Been Avoiding

I know I drink too much wine at night to numb out but I cannot seem to sit with whatever feeling I am trying to avoid.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Habitual numbing strategies have created a feedback loop where the capacity to tolerate difficult emotions has atrophied.

Ideas that help explain it
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