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- Do you care a lot about what people think?
- Do you struggle with feeling good enough?
- Do you often compare yourself to others?
- When you relapse to you feel a lot of shame?
- Do you blame others for your feelings?
- Are you a perfectionist?
- Do you procrastinate or avoid things that are hard?
- Are you a nice guy?
- Do you have trouble saying NO?
- Do you people please?
- Do you often feel like life is happening to you? Like you have no choice.
- Does rejection trigger you?
- How about loneliness?
- Do you avoid conflict?
- Do you ever get passive-aggressive or entitled when you feel overlooked?
- Are you resentful?
If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, you may be living life in what Steve Chandler calls the “Social Self.”
In this episode, we define the “Social Self” and contrast it with our goal in recovery, the “Authentic Self.”
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