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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

CHAPTER

The Failure to Be Vulnerable

I struggled to be honest with myself and accept the fact that I was really, really sick. And as a result, I didn't really talk to anyone else about it. It created this kind of almost sense of victimization which was self- perpetuating. The most isolating experience ever is when you feel like everyone else does too. That's what made my loneliness even worse than it needed to be. My first failure is your failure to embrace vulnerability. You're not supposed to close yourself off from others - but we all have our own issues. We need each other in order to get through these tough times.

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