An Amygdala
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An Amygdala

When Being Helpful Hurts You

A quality can become a pathology

A mix of nature and nurture can push us into roles that then get stuck to us, somewhere on the periphery, becoming our blind spots. We might not question why we follow the predictable patterns of behavior until our self-awareness grows.

A “helper” is one of these roles.

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