How To Cure A Ghost

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Who Is Wellness For?
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Who Is Wellness For?

Thoughts Two years later

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Fariha Róisín
Jun 24, 2024
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On June 14th, I celebrated the second anniversary of the book that broke me.

Before Who Is Wellness For? came out I think I was naive about the impact of excoriating myself, and my trauma, for the benefit of another.

I didn’t realize this because I thought it was quite natural to be in service. Indoctrinated into martyrdom from birth, I thought my only function was how much I could be of service to others. I have always been a little proud of this quality. In a world that lacked generosity, I understood there was something divine about giving more to others when we all lacked so much.

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