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When past life explanations excuse self-destructive patterns

Every time I try to better myself I sabotage it, and my therapist says it might be unconscious karma from past lives keeping me stuck.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Mystical causation for personal struggles can provide meaning while subtly discouraging present-moment responsibility and change.

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