Want to be happy? Learn to discipline yourself

Jessica Yang
Nov 4 · 4 min read

I did not grow up in a healthy environment. It was definitely not sunshine and rainbows. (Lots of demanding and dismissing. On top of that, a language barrier.) My parents would discipline me in their own ways. This included verbal and physical abuse. Because I’m the only child, I realized I had to fend for myself. I took the conscious decision to move out from my environment and it showed how toxic the…

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