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You would not walk on a broken leg
Guy Winch makes the case that we neglect emotional injuries — rejection, loneliness, rumination — in ways we would never neglect physical ones, and that they deserve real care.
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Why we picked this
Most of us were taught to push through emotional pain. This gives you permission and a method to tend to it instead.
Guy Winch on treating emotional wounds as seriously as physical ones.
What to carry out
- 1Rejection distorts self-worth unless you actively interrupt it.
- 2Rumination deepens wounds; distraction can be a discipline.
- 3Emotional hygiene is a daily habit, not a crisis response.
Sit with this
What emotional wound have you been walking on?
How do you speak to yourself after rejection?
What would tending to yourself actually look like this week?