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‘No One Likes the Real Me!’You have to stop trying so hard to impress people.
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‘Am I Too Obsessed With My Nemesis?’Ask yourself what fears are fueling your obsession.
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‘I’m a Nightmare Person! Help!’Ask yourself what beliefs are looming behind your shame and self-hatred.
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‘How Do You Learn to Be Happy Alone?’If you want to feel healthy and calm, you need to tune in to your feelings more often.
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‘I’m So Shy and It’s Ruining My Life!’Give yourself room to be who you are without judgment.
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‘I Moved to L.A. and I Hate It!’If you want your life to improve, you have to stop avoiding your feelings.
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‘Why Am I Still So Angry at My Former Bully?’Rage is often a sign that you’re not treating yourself with enough care.
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‘Should I Give Up on Trying to Make My Family Accept Me?’You’re still in denial about what they can and can’t give you.
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‘My Fear of Climate Change Is Eroding My Sanity!’There are small things you can do to align yourself with your values.
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‘I’m Paralyzed by Anxiety About Climate Change!’You can believe that the fight is hopeless and still fight.
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‘I’m Constantly Worried My Boyfriend Will Leave Me!’When you feel insatiable, you need to cultivate compassion for yourself.
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Ask Polly: ‘I’m So Indecisive About Everything!’Throw all of your selves and contradictions on the table, and see what works.
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‘I Can’t Stop Oversharing!’Recognize when it’s caused by an anxious need to please others.
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‘I Can’t Speak to Anyone!’Talking is easy when you trust yourself.
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‘Do I Self-Sabotage When It Comes to Dating?’You need to figure out what appeals to you, and why.
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‘I Hate Dating Apps So Much!’Never do anything that feels like a waste of time.
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‘I Want to Be Single, But I’m Miserable Without Sex!’Sex cannot save you, but love and words and showing up and listening can.
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Ask Polly: ‘I Don’t Trust My Friends!’Your belief system is making you paranoid.
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‘Am I Too Romantic About True Love?’Don’t change your entire belief system just because you’re afraid of seeming naïve.
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Ask Polly: ‘How Do I Stop Being an Asshole?’First you need to face your callousness toward yourself.
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‘My Friendships Make Me Sad’Can you trust your instincts when it comes to friends?
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‘Men Always Disappoint Me!’You have to learn to use your voice.
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‘I Regret My College Social Life’Purge that concern from your mind once and for all.
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‘I Have an Excellent Lifestyle, But What If I Lose It?’You’re taking the worst part of panicking and ignoring the best part.
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‘Should I Invite My Mean Aunt to My Wedding?’When family members never address what they want or feel, things get ugly quickly.
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‘I Can’t Do Casual’You won’t become brave enough to ask for what you want until you know, for certain, that you deserve it.
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‘I Live With My Parents and I’m Miserable!’No one should have to feel this bad about their life at your age.
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‘I Am a Very Jealous Wife!’If you want to truly be healthy, you can’t turn your back on who you are.
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‘Will Grief Destroy My New Marriage?’You need to become brave enough to talk about this with the people who know you.
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‘I Am Rich and Worthless’You need to wake up and live a real life.
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‘Why Do I Always Have a Crush on Someone?’Sometimes it doesn’t pay to intellectualize our very basic need for connection.
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‘I’m Juggling School With Full-Time Work and I’m Miserable!’You feel guilty for sleeping eight hours or having sex? Dude.
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‘My Husband Read My Journal and Now He’s Upset!’Find a way to be honest with each other without letting it crush you.
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‘I Send Letters After Relationships End, But No One Writes Me Back’You’re throwing down brutal truths at the exact moment they’re no longer relevant.
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‘Time Moves Too Quickly!’Your thoughts are forming tight fences around your feelings.
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‘I’ve Fallen Apart, and Nobody Shows.’Sometimes I think no one has it worse than the one who never gets angry.
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‘I’m 17 and No One Understands Me!’You’re trying to stay superior, to keep yourself safe.
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‘My Family Isn’t Speaking to Me and I’m Miserable Over It!’You know in your heart they’re being unfair, but that doesn’t mean you don’t miss them.
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‘Every Man I Date Finds the Love of His Life Right After We Break Up!’Ask yourself why you’re so into these narratives about how you lose and lose and lose.
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Ask Polly: ‘How Do I Decide What to Do With My Life?’I think that the answer, for you, begins with your shame.
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‘I’m Depressed and I Want to Leave My Perfectly Good Husband’You don’t want to talk about difficult things, like the fact that you’re falling apart.
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‘I’m Scared of Failure’You’re hidden, which doesn’t help.
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‘I Will Never Be Who I Want to Be’You’re playing a role that doesn’t suit you anymore.
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