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Dr. Talia's avatar

I like your idea of hope as an energy source. I myself have a very complex relationship to hope, but ultimately I think it can be a lifeline and commitment to our future selves when used skillfully. Wrote about it recently here: https://open.substack.com/pub/chronicallythinking/p/is-hope-an-addiction?r=28zzav&utm_medium=ios

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Charlotte Friend's avatar

Disabled hope is different!! We often don't have the option to use hope in order to bypass reality--or if we do, we don't have that option for long, reality catches up with us.

I used to think hope HAD to be delusional, but through many talks with loved ones, hope is the most rational framework we have. Why else would we do what we did if there wasn't a spark, a desire, a need for things to be different?

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