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The Life Goals of Dead People - by Ozy Brennan

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Advice for the excessively guilty

Many people who struggle with excessive guilt subconsciously have goals that look like this: I don’t want to make anyone mad. I don’t want to hurt anyone. I want to take up less space. I want to need fewer things. I don’t want my body to have needs. I don’t want to be a burden. I don’t want to fail. I don’t want to make mistakes. I don’t want to break the rules. I don’t want people to laugh at me. I want to be convenient. I don’t want to have upsetting emotions. I want to stop having feelings. These are what I call the life goals of dead people, because what they all have in…

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