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ChristianKl comments on Need some psychology advice - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 06 March 2013 12:51:41AM 0 points [-]

I don't want to sound overly negative, but why assume that an honest answer to those questions will make you feel better, rather than worse? People who are deceived about themselves typically suffer from illusory superiority, overestimating their positive qualities. So why think that a therapy that proceeds by correcting these false perceptions will make people feel better about themselves?

If I want to believe that I'm beautiful when I'm not beautiful, then I won't put myself in situation that might challenge my belief about my own beauty. This creates psychological stress.

People don't suffer because they have nothing but they suffer because they want something that they don't get.