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Survival Mode vs. True Self

30 Aug 2024 · 0 min

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A brief YouTube monologue by Amber Hollingsworth arguing that addiction does not fundamentally change personality; rather, it forces individuals into a survival mode that suppresses higher-level aspects of the self, leaving a more primitive 'lower self' dominant.

You know, what really happens is it's not so much that addiction changes our personality. Instead, what's happening is addiction forces us into survival mode. It essentially reduces us down to our more primitive lower self. And guess what? We all have a more primitive lower self. So what happens is all of those higher level aspects of your personality are not being able to come to the surface because it's keeping you in that survival mode.

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