And, y’all … I am the master of intellectualizing my feelings. And so I know, precisely, what is fueling that old belief. I know it’s partially rooted in that old bullshit american individualism ideal that I grew up with. And that, if I’m not able to do something completely on my own, then there’s probably something wrong with me, or I’m not trying hard enough, or I’m just being lazy, or that I’m not good enough … and man, there is so much shame in that narrative.
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