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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago

Research suggests actively concealing your real self from the people around you produces a form of loneliness that's measurably harder on the mind than physical isolation - Silicon Canals

Self-concealment, not solitude, predicts distress and correlates with mental and physical health issues.
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago

Failure, misery and revenge: what can we learn from the Curb Your Enthusiasm book?

The main character in the show (wealthy former Seinfeld showrunner Larry David) was so superficially similar to its creator (wealthy former Seinfeld showrunner Larry David) that people started to assume they were one and the same. And David seemed to welcome this, shying from most opportunities to reveal himself. On talkshows, he likes to retreat behind the same clutch of anecdotes.
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