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Tag: masking

  • 3 Ways to Open Up To Yourself

    While one may claim we’re stuck with ourselves and ask, how could we ever escape? I’ve suggested two methods by which we do escape to ourselves – blocking and masking. Blocking is the act of running from cognitive dissonance or otherwise avoiding any repulsive experience or memory. Masking occurs when we attempt to convince ourselves…

  • 3 Methods of Emotional Preservation

    It seems to me I’ve never stopped feeling anything. Healing seems to only ever take two forms. We can either distance ourselves from the emotion, which feels like temporary hiding, or find something to drown it out. This poses a unique problem as I retract from the New Age touchy-feely man I was to focus…