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We can see the power of letting go in an unusual place: those who are cured of long-term disorders. When chronic epilepsy patients have successful surgery to eliminate seizures, one would expect mental health immediately improves. But researchers found that up to 60 percent of “cured” patients struggle mentally and emotionally years later. For much of their lives, that disorder has shaped expectations of what they are capable of, what they can do, and how their family sees them. But as a group of psychiatrists wrote, “the illness may serve both as a weapon and as a shield.” Those who struggle ...more
Win the Inside Game: How to Move from Surviving to Thriving, and Free Yourself Up to Perform
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