Signs You’ve Been Living With Your Guard Up

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Getting hurt can even benefit you

As for the times putting yourself out there does get you emotionally hurt, there’s good news about that, too: research has found that people who have faced adversity and overcome it experience better mental health than those who’ve experienced little to no adversity. So you’re actually doing yourself a disservice by avoiding emotional pain at all costs.

 

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