Psychological
What if fixing the feeling is the problem?
Something feels off. Awkward. Unresolved. The automatic response? Fix it. Explain it away. Distract from it. Apologize for it. Do anything to make it stop. Pema Chödrön says that reflex is worth examining.
You're the one who, when you feel a certain kind of discomfort, reaches for whatever it is — food, alcohol, a mean remark.— Pema Chödrön
The full breakdown — the context, the shift, and a question to sit with — opens in the Insights app.
The thinker
Buddhist Teacher & Author
Pema Chödrön is an American Tibetan Buddhist nun and author known for her practical teachings on sitting with discomfort, impermanence, and compassion.
Based on Pema Chödrön — Getting Unstuck: Breaking Your Habitual Patterns, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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