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When You Push Too Hard

Sometimes You Fall on Your Face

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Dr Debra Campbell
Mar 17, 2023
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Hello Friends,

Here’s this week’s question. It’s about leisure sickness, a term to describe the the falling apart or getting sick, that often happens when we stop or take a break following a big push or a great achievement.

Dear Deb,

I recently achieved some really big goals in my work and my uni course, but now I’ve come down…

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