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When scattered attention is actually avoidance of emotional pain

I realize I have been using busyness and constant mental activity to avoid feeling the grief that has been sitting in my chest for three years.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

What appears to be attention deficit often masks the psyche's sophisticated strategies for avoiding overwhelming emotional material.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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