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Every difficult emotion navigated without medication builds capacity for life’s challenges. Our ancestors knew this. They didn’t have therapists for heartbreak or pills for disappointment. They had community, ritual, and the understanding that suffering is part of becoming.
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My worry is that when morality is relative, therapists become the new
... See moreWhat I’ve found since 2020 is that there is some relief in acknowledging the Here. While I believe my son’s life may be materially worse off than my own, I think about how it could possibly be better too — psychologically, spiritually, and collectively. I think about how many of the social problems we lament — the mental health crisis among young
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