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    What is freedom?

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    The battle with myself One of my biggest battles in life has been the battle with myself. Sometimes it feels like everything in me wants to run away from the horrible feelings that are inside me. Sometimes it is so tempting to look for a shortcut to happiness. The challenge we all face is that the world tells us that those urges are what we should be listening to.. and in fact some brands of psychology focus on helping us achieving these ends too. One academic paper says The goals of rational emotive psychology are twofold: to feel secure and to enjoy ourselves. The more I go on the more I realise…

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