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34. Why do accomplishments feel meaningless?

Understanding the patterns behind this experience

AI recognizes patterns.
Understanding comes from lived experience.

"The nervous system remains in a state of heightened prediction when past pain has not been processed."

accomplishments feel meaningless when you're disconnected from your authentic self and true desires. that if you're achieving things to meet others' expectations or to avoid shame, the success feels hollow. how we often pursue goals that don't align with what we genuinely want, leading to emptiness even when we succeed.

that true fulfillment comes from alignment between your actions and your authentic desires. that when you're stuck in , you might be accomplishing things to pacify internal wounds or gain external validation, but this doesn't create genuine satisfaction. Healing requires discovering what you truly want, not what you think you should want.

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