ISSUE Nº 173 · 31 OCT 2026 · THE WHY-AM-I-AWAKE EDITION

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Critique Your Journal Entry for Spiritual Bypassing

Read the journal entry below and critique it for spiritual bypassing: using gratitude, forgiveness, or the idea that everything happens for a reason to skip over an emotion that has not actually been processed yet. Name each instance where the entry reaches for a positive reframe before sitting with what happened, and point out, in one line each, what feeling seems to be getting bypassed. Do not soften the critique to spare the writer's feelings; the entry is more useful examined honestly than left comfortable. Entry: [paste your journal entry here]

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