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If you read carefully, the article meant that by accepting 'the hard truth' you have more chance to change.

Quotes:

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

Paradoxically, accepting that you’re just not a confident person and you’re always going to feel a little off around other people will begin to make you feel more comfortable and less anxious around others.



There is a reason why that's a paradox.

I am anxious around people who I don't trust. Accepting that will not change how I feel around them.


>Accepting that will not change how I feel around them.

But perhaps accepting the fact that you're more innately less trusting than the average person could (assuming that's true, of course)?




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