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Close Enough: Living Through Others

Hidden Brain

CHAPTER

Living Vicariously

Living vicariously makes us feel like we have the things we want, even when we can't have them. Living through others also fails even deeper needs. It can fill the holes in our psychological lives and serve as a self esteem pickme uper. A listener from florida shared a story with us along these lines. She requested that we only use her first name in order to protect her privacy.

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