The Bugbear Dispatch

The Bugbear Dispatch

Learning to Recognize Avoidance

or, Me and My Emo Exvangelical Self

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Chrissy Stroop
Nov 07, 2023
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I learned something about myself this week; you might even call it a minor personal epiphany. What I learned is that when I find myself procrastinating to an usual degree, I’m in fact engaging in avoidance because I’m afraid of becoming overwhelmed. This avoidance is not the same as self-care, which is a category that encompasses the varying ways we “tr…

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