As you recover, you will find yourself letting go of many of your negative beliefs. You will discover that many of the so-called truths you were raised with and forced to believe are not truths at all. With this perspective, you will come to see, for example, that the names you were called as a child are simply not true. You are not stupid, lazy, ugly, or a liar. You can discover just who you really are. You can let go of your pretenses and masks and discover who the real person is underneath.
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