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When charitable giving might be avoiding personal responsibility

My therapist suggested I might be giving money away to avoid dealing with my own problems and now I can't tell if my charitable impulses are healthy or just another form of avoidance.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The impulse to help others can sometimes mask or substitute for necessary self-examination and personal growth.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Charitable giving across traditions?”

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