The Hidden Cost of Avoidance @ForrestHanson
The Hidden Cost of Avoidance  @ForrestHanson
Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Sometimes avoidance begins as a very understandable attempt to protect ourselves. Over time, those protective patterns can become so familiar that we stop noticing them.

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