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Episode 240: Pain Avoidant Weirdos

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The Dark Side of American Positivity

RJ: I think a lot of it stems from what we've talked about where the American obsession with happiness and that the natural state of the human person is to be happy, which is just not true. And if we could just give ourselves permission every so often to be unhappy or tired or confused or exhibit any negative emotion and not feel guilty about it, that would go a long way. "I want to say that she does mention that like wellness culture, the popularity of it should be not, it cannot, there is an economic aspect to this," he says.

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