The Secret* Diary of a Psychotherapist

The Secret* Diary of a Psychotherapist

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Examining beliefs about luck.

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Sep 06, 2024
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In a previous newsletter I wrote about my past obsession with luck, how I thought that if one good thing happened to me, that another bad thing would come right after - read it here.

I was fearful of anything breaking my "lucky streak”. I wouldn’t walk on three drains at once, never open an umbrella indoors, avoided cracks in the road, feared breaking m…

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