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Johnson notes that children who don’t do their homework put tremendous creativity into excuses. They don’t lack energy; they lack tolerance for discomfort.
She extends that to adults. Some people expend enormous energy not to connect, but to cut off the emotional current to stay emotionally safe. They keep busy, withdraw, or intellectualize.
Adults, like children, use evasion to protect themselves.
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She extends that to adults. Some people expend enormous energy not to connect, but to cut off the emotional current to stay emotionally safe. They keep busy, withdraw, or intellectualize.
Adults, like children, use evasion to protect themselves.
