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The False Promise of Understanding Yourself

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More self-knowledge isn't always better.

The False Promise of Understanding Yourself Jul 17, 2022 39 7 Share Art for Candy for Breakfast is by Gari Widodo For most of my life, I was obsessed with the idea of understanding myself. I daydreamed, journaled, and had endless, meandering conversations with friends, trying to get to the bottom of who we were. I devoured autobiography and memoir, as if seeing how others understood themselves could help me do the same. I tried meditation, therapy, psychedelics, and all the other things seekers try. Occasionally, some of this stuff even worked. My quest for self-knowledge was instinctive, not

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