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I confess I did a bit of pain shopping myself in the weeks following D-Day. My husband would no sooner be out the door than I'd be rooting through his drawers, his suit pockets, his files -- looking for something, anything, to confirm what I already knew.
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It is absolutely necessary to gather information, but there comes a point where a person can become hyper-fixated/dwell; to me, that is where the pain shopping starts.
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In short Pain Shopping is literally shopping for reasons to be upset, and is one of the worst self-flagellating, mentally harming things you can do to stall your recovery. Most of us get our pain for free without looking for it so why make it extra worse?
Pain Shopping Sarah Grace 2021
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