Self-inflicted psychological suffering:
Most of the psychological suffering we humans experience is voluntary and self-inflicted.
We believe in thoughts that want to harm us.
It’s there, in our minds, that our suffering is created; that’s where it lives and thrives.
You shouldn’t believe your every thought.
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