How to Untangle a Character Armour

In psychology, we create a character armor. We essentially develop almost like a character that isn't really truly who we are in order for us to cope with the world around us. And so what ends up happening, and this is a big, big phenomenon,what we call in psychology, is we creating a character armour. The more followers you have, or the more stages that you speak on, the more you're perceived as that character armour. So it took years to realize, oh my god, why do i keep burning out? Why do i keep having intoxic relationships with men? It's not about being like, hay, everyone, here's all my private stories,

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