 Back with some vacuum in his tiktok garden the only place you never want to be But you're still here in exerbally attracted by my peccadillos I'm your favorite blue professor of psychology and the author of malignant self-love narcissism revisited and many other Unmentionable tomes of deep erudition and insurmountable Sagacity yes, I love $10 words. The only thing I love more than $10 words are $10 This is old daddy jokes only all daddies can get them Okay, Shoshanim Svanpanim and baby seals We all believe or are led to believe by the self-help industry that attending therapy or Reading self-help books is going to transform your life And sometimes it does But you should know the following acts of self-love and Healing are always painful They're always agonizing Getting rid of toxic but addictive people posing discipline goals and structure on Dissolute and carefree lives Saying no to temptations and seductions Gaining insights into your shortcomings self-inflicted wounds and failures confronting trauma and abuse investing hard work in introspection and therapy These are arduous tasks. They're not pleasant. It's not a joy ride You're gonna suffer Suffering is the coinage of healing You're gonna suffer and then you're gonna heal There's no shortcut There's no way around this You have been forewarned Now get to work