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It started in primary school, with cruel words and fists when words weren’t enough, then high school. I thought adulthood would be different, but the bullying followed me into the workplace. The insults, the subtle reminders that I was never enough. I carried every cruel word like a weight.
So, I started drinking. I was 14 years old!
Spiritual bypassing, a term first coined by psychologist John Welwood (1984), describes the use of spiritual ideas or practices to sidestep, suppress, or avoid facing unresolved emotional wounds, psychological pain, and the messiness of real life. It’s the tendency to “rise above” rather than work through difficult emotions or experiences, often in the name of positivity or transcendence.
