The Seductive Comfort Of Old Pain

Sometimes pain is the only friend we have.

James E. McGinley, PhD

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It is a dangerous paradox that sometimes we can feel so lonely, depressed, broken, and isolated that we welcome old pain back into our lives just to fill the void. On the surface it doesn’t make sense.

But old pain has a logic all its own.

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James E. McGinley, PhD

James McGinley, PhD is a professor, author, certified life coach, and licensed counselor.