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'I Always Sabotage Everything!'

Embrace your strange, sensitive wiring and show yourself the respect and love you deserve.

Heather Havrilesky
Nov 27, 2023
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Day and Night (1959) by Helen Lundeberg

Dear Polly,

I would like some help. Not to tell me to fix things or to change things about my work/ life/ friends/ dating life. I'd like to learn how to appreciate that the grass isn't always greener. That today is okay. That I am doing okay.

I am 28 years old and I live and work in London. I have an amazing support …

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