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EPISODE · Jun 17, 2026 · 17 MIN

What If “Normal” Is Just What You Got Used To?

from Undistorted Self · host Paulina Asturias

I spent years calling things normal because they were familiar, repeated, and common, even when they kept hurting me. This episode questions what we’ve learned to accept, how adaptation lowers our internal alarm, and asks: what have you been calling normal that is actually harming you?

I spent years calling things normal because they were familiar, repeated, and common, even when they kept hurting me. This episode questions what we’ve learned to accept, how adaptation lowers our internal alarm, and asks: what have you been calling normal that is actually harming you?

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I spent years calling things normal because they were familiar, repeated, and common, even when they kept hurting me. This episode questions what we’ve learned to accept, how adaptation lowers our internal alarm, and asks: what have you been calling...

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