Is Your Shyness a Productive Thought Experiment?

"I've often thought, if this certain need that i had was met in a different way by my parents who did the best that they could, would that have alleviated whatever, you know, thing was inside of me? That wouldn't have made it necessary for me to abuse substances," he says. "Ultimately, though, that thought experiment doesn't really, a, you provide me with a solution for life." He asks: Why don't we just wake up inherently grateful every day?

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