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How to distinguish between performing change and actually changing

I realized I have been performing recovery instead of actually recovering and I do not know the difference between the story and the reality anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Narrative performance of growth can substitute for genuine transformation, creating disconnection from authentic experience.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Narrative therapy and story-rewriting?”

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