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_refugee_  ·  3707 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Steps to Raise Your Self-Esteem

What about the idea that slightly depressed people actually see the world most accurately? This was found in a study and probably written up by tons of crap journals, let me see if I can find it...oh here's wikipedia Guess it's controversial. But anyway, if optimistic/"well adjusted" people are more likely to believe that the world favors them, that things happen to favor them, etc - more likely to attribute chance events to fate or having "deserved" them - what does that mean for the idea that you need honesty for self-actualization?

Is true self-honesty possible?





user-inactivated  ·  3707 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Seems to reinforce it, to me. But I'm maybe missing your point.