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Old Aug 05, 2014, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Lady Courtesan View Post
I'm so smart that I married three men who were crazier than I ever thought about being. I'm so smart that I let an art scholarship go because I was having too much fun self medicating. I'm so smart that I stood by an abusive drunk through three rounds of cancer. I'm so smart that I've allowed people to use me most of my life because I thought so little of myself.

So maybe that number doesn't mean as much as people think it does. And maybe I'm not really that smart after all.
Yes, smart usually does not fill that emptiness inside us. I hope you are better at seeing your value and selfworth.
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“Psychotherapy works by going deep into the brain and its neurons and changing their structure by turning on the right genes. The talking cure works by "talking to neurons," and that an effective psychotherapist or psychoanalyst is a "microsurgeon of the mind" who helps patients make needed alterations in neuronal networks.” Norman Doidge