There are life events that can destroy the personality, which is a lot more fragile than most people imagine, constructed as it is from bits provided by others in the most haphazard way. People can be torn down to the core, "shattered, " as the expression goes, and then they seek sleep. And dreams, which provide the ground for the construction of a new and more integrated self. Providing there's a core, and providing they're willing to do the work. .Michael Gruber
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We all want to be happy and we all want to feel loved. Our personalities can be destroyed by life events or we can rebuild our selves. These thoughts and desires form the basis of our personalities and if we often fall asleep without doing anything about it, we can end up with a fragmented self. The problem with falling asleep is that we won’t get the chance to do that work. If we sleep, we can end up feeling like an empty shell, exactly how we felt before the event that destroyed our previous self.
Source: The Good Son
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