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What if the problem was never that something was wrong with you- but that you learned to survive in ways that required you to leave yourself? The Lie You Learned to Survive is not a self-help book. It does not offer fixes, strategies, or motivational promises. Instead, it names something most people feel but rarely articulate: the quiet cost of living a life that ""works"" while slowly eroding presence, agency, and truth. This book explores how survival becomes normal- how responsibility turns into self-erasure, how intelligence gets redirected toward endurance instead of accuracy, and how adulthood often rewards compliance over coherence. Through precise prose and grounded reflection, the book asks: - What did I learn to stop noticing in order to function? - When did survival quietly replace choice? - What parts of me were labeled ""too much"" when they were actually precise? - What does alignment feel like before it works-before clarity has language? - What is the cost of continuing a life that only makes sense on paper? This is not a guide toward happiness, productivity, or purpose. It is a reckoning with the internal negotiations most people live inside every day- the small distortions that accumulate until life feels managed rather than chosen. Readers who resonate with this book often report something subtle but unmistakable: less internal noise, less bracing, and a clearer sense of when they are present versus performing. Nothing here asks you to become someone else. Nothing here asks you to heal, optimize, or improve yourself. The book simply removes what never belonged- so what remains can finally be felt. If you've ever sensed that your life looks stable from the outside but feels strangely distant from the inside, this book will recognize you.

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