Adeline Dimond
Oct 31, 2022

Well, that's strange then...since the entire piece is about identifying a problem, admitting that I contributed to it, outlining the ways I chose to correct it, admitting to further difficulties with it, and then finally ending with how I overcame it.

And yet your first comment to me was that I brought this on myself, and took no ownership over the issue. The writing IS th ownership.

The positive thinking/self help/The Secret folks are so incredibly myopic and toxic in this way. There is absolutely no nuance to their notion that all bad things are your fault and good things aren't just lucky. This way of thinking does so much damage.

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Adeline Dimond
Adeline Dimond

Written by Adeline Dimond

Federal attorney, writing thought crimes on Medium. To connect: Adeline.Dimond@gmail.com

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