The despair from comparing ourselves with others is the original fake news. We need to develop a contemporary relationship with our thoughtsBefore Christmas I took a young relative to a jazz concert. The thought of it ruined his whole day. He scuffed around the house like an alt-right voter at a refugee camp.
In the event,even he acknowledged that we had a fine time. But neither of us would ever get back the dreadful hours that preceded it. He’d fallen prey to a cardinal paradox poisoning the present by agonising over a future hardship that never materialised. Related: I, narcissist – vanity, and social media,and the human condition Too much of our behaviour is determined not by how things are, but how we contemplate things are Related: This is contemporary Britain – no wonder young women have PTSD | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett Continue reading...
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