Living in denial of facts creates that overwhelmed feeling because there are some facts about being human. They are truths - like those in science - like gravity. Imagine for a moment if you lived whilst denying gravity; stepping through broken things all day long. That would create that overwhelmed feeling whilst you tried to keep up with the cleaning and avoid cutting your feet on the shards of glass and crockery. Perhaps you can relate to that metaphor in terms of how you feel right now. Like you are continually trying to fix and tidy up your emotional state.

But when you know these truths that can all stop. Imagine that!

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