A phenomenal book that I recommend to everyone in this sub. I was able to understand my cause way better than how it was explained to me by my therapists, psychologists and Doctors.

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It is believed in Shamanism that we lose parts of our soul when we experience trauma. Depression is the severe case of that. I recommend looking up how to do soul retrieval. Psychiatrists mights laugh at this, but I think there’s some merit to this hypothesis.

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Is this criticism?

Looks promising based on the table of contents

I wholeheartedly second that! This book has really changed my life for the better!

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