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56 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 07 March 2013 04:33AM

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Comment author: lsparrish 08 March 2013 08:30:59PM 24 points [-]

Watch your internal monologue for two patterns: Hero stories where you are in the process of solving problems, and victim stories where you are incapable of solving problems. Attempt to reinterpret victimization stories into as-yet-unresolved heroic stories.