'I'm a Mess And I Can't Fix It!'

Your shame says that you're the problem. Tell your shame to fuck off.

Untitled (2019), Flora Yukhnovich

A note to all paid subscribers: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! I feel so grateful for you this morning. I also want to warn you that this column is very long, but the core challenges outlined here are so common that I wanted to get very granular about how to navigate them. The main takeaway is that shame and neuroticism can…