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Robert Greene || Strategy, Seduction, and the Sublime

The Psychology Podcast

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The Importance of Confronting Your Dark Side

We're deeply invested in this kind of ideal image that we have of ourselves. Envy is deeply, deeply wired into how our brains operate by comparing bits of information. And relatedly, i thought this one was realy interesting, wen, you're talking about the importance of confronting your dark side. You said depression and anxiety come from not being your complete self - it requires great energy to keep this dark side at bay. But at times, unpleasant behaviour leaks out as a way to release the inner tension. We can see it in ourselves, wor that dark side that's been repressed. It's almost like the child, the dark child in you that you don't want to

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