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The Irony In Wanting To Forget Your Past

The Message Is Clear: Don’t Suppress Your Thoughts

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Joe Gibson
Nov 20, 2024
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The Message Is Clear: Don’t Suppress Your Thoughts

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“One day he told me that he’d spent his adulthood trying to let go of his past, and he remarked how ironic it was that he had to get closer to it in order to let it go.” Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma.

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