Psychology and many self-help practices play the game of categories regularly, when we say things like “this is how I am, and this is how I want to be.” We create an image of ourselves, split that image, and then suffer when one imaginary image can't live up to that “better” imaginary image. We want to be smarter, more attractive, more successful, etc., and all of these ideas are our “problems.” The great tragedy here is that we never realize that none of these conditions will ever be met completely to the satisfaction of the self because the self must continue to think in order to stay in
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