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Questions to ask yourself to get to the deepest layer of repressed emotions

The Overwhelmed Brain

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Why Don't You Want to Be Lonely?

We're what we really feel inside. They are repressing this stuff at the deepest level. Why don't you want to be lonely? Well, it's such a sad place. That could be not the deepest layer, but a very deep worry inside of you. Some of our coping mechanisms conflict with our deepest fears or concerns. For example, i'm afraid of being alone. Yet your coping mechanism might be to be alone, to be silent, to process. It might be going to a room by yourself so that you can be alone because you don't want to be alone.

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