Whenever I'm feeling anxious, my therapist likes to say…

Whenever I'm feeling anxious, my therapist likes to say that I have a "true self" and an "anxious self" inside me. That is, my anxiety (aka neuroticism) isn't really my true self; the True Olga is the one who knows her own capability

— from Who Is Flying (Self, Nature & Nurture)

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