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Imposter Syndrome

Gay Men Going Deeper

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The Importance of Being Emotionally Intelligent

I see a very poor emotional intelligence quotient in our community. You can only love someone as deep as you've learned to love or that you felt love within yourself. So when somebody can't hold space for my emotions I used to take it personally and think there was something wrong with me but now I just remind myself that this person hasn't yet mastered the depth that he currently is meeting them at. It's been interesting so I grew up and I was told for the longest time that I was too sensitive, which has added into like feelings of inadequacy. When I've reframed for myself is I'm actually not too sensitive. There are people who are just in tune with energy

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