what I want. When we can only experience freedom in illusory glimpses, what’s imprisoning us still? Martyrdom is always a good place to start troubleshooting. Giving up your life to make someone else happy doesn’t make that person happy—we know this already. Love from a martyr is the blood-money version of love; it doesn’t feel good to receive it. The only people who are happy to receive offerings from martyrs are narcissists.
