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5 Points on What Helped Me Move Out of My Dark Night of the Soul

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Joe Gibson
Sep 19, 2024
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5 Points on What Helped Me Move Out of My Dark Night of the Soul

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For so long I lived life through my head and not through life. From the moment I woke up to the moment I went to sleep, I was at the whim of my thoughts.

The past haunted me, the future was either anxiety provoking or a fantastical daydream I could…

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