Dr. K
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But just because it's a part of you, it's so exhausting right now, but you can learn to live with it.
It can be a part of you.
I was addicted to video games.
It's a huge part of who I am.
I had a gigantic ego.
It's a huge part of who I am.
And I think this is what's really weird.
I've had patients who'll be like, yeah, cancer is the best thing that happened to me.
I'm like, what are you smoking?
But this is what's really crazy is life is about all of these things.
It's about the good and the bad, to be detached from just wanting good and wanting to avoid bad at all costs.
That's when we get into trouble.
If all you want in life is the good stuff, you will not be in control of your own actions.
Be able to embrace that negativity.
Don't run away from it.
Then you have control.
Control is about being independent of the responses that life sends your way.
This thing sucks.
I didn't want to go swimming today.
It felt bad.