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Originally Posted by sunrise
I remember Yalom wrote in one of his books that he was repulsed by overweight women and had to work hard to overcome that when he had one as a client. Yuck.
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A couple of you have said that you think worse of Yalom because of this.
On the contrary, I think
better of him:
1. He identified this feeling as irrational.
2. By hard work, he was able to overcome it.
3. He is brave enough to admit he wasn't always the man he became.
Isn't this a big part of therapy? To identify irrational and harmful habits of thought, and to correct them? Isn't this the journey we all are on?
If we can't forgive Yalom because he was once "repulsed by overweight women", how we forgive ourselves?