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We Don’t Control Other People’s Emotions or Thoughts

We Don’t Control Other People’s Emotions or Thoughts

An essay exploring the liberating realization that we cannot control how others perceive, think, or feel.

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  • Eda
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    “Everyone has their own filter based on their past experiences, values, beliefs, traumas and the way they were brought up. Because of this you cannot know how anything impacts them. Thus cannot control what they think or feel. This fact is sooo liberating ✨”

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  • Juuu
    Juuu
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  • Shellie Gossling
    Shellie Gossling

    “Yes.”

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    Claudia🪩
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    Laurel A
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    Medusa

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