We have an incredible tolerance for pain, especially if we think it “might get better.” So, we tell ourselves little lies like “It will turn around” or “It’s not always like this.” So we make it through the day, and another, until the days turn into years. But the truth is that there is no ending or better time coming unless we do something. So we have to get our mind to see that “hazard,” as Kotter terms it, and stop the lies.
