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Why We Hold on to Things

Hidden Brain

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Let Go of Your Possessions

Our identities get wrapped up in the things that we own. Once your identity gets wrapped up in a possession, it starts to make sense why we are so reluctant to let our stuff go and perhaps even why we store so much stuff. And i think that this is a something that can be amplified by context. So for example, sharing behavior is entirely culturally determined. Children fairly selfish, despite what weto believe. And they have to learn that sharing is the social norm. But that norm depends on the culture you're raised in. You really need to look at what their parents are modelling towards them as what's appropriate behaviour.

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