Periagoge
Scenario

How familiar environments trigger old identity patterns

I relapse every time I visit my hometown because everyone there still sees me as the person I was when I was using and it feels easier to just be that person.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Environmental cues can activate historical self-concepts so strongly that maintaining new identity feels like swimming against an invisible current of collective memory.

Your guide for this
Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Addiction as mental health condition?”

Peri

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