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The Power of Self Compassion
"I think in general, people are just not good at self compassion," he says. "Depression is trying to numb me so much that it's keeping me from having suicidal thoughts." His manager and firefighters who think they're protecting him by not letting him carry the weight of an emotional experience can actually be preventing human connection with his wife or his children,. He adds: "They do what they think is their job but they're actually keeping me from experiencing the human connection I want"