Pedro H. Gatti Lima
Psychologist
CRP: 06/81026

Year-end gatherings often bring moments of connection, conversation, and celebration. But for many people, this season also awakens anxiety and a sense of exposure. Being in a group, seeing family or colleagues again, and feeling the need to “perform” socially can activate quiet fears: the fear of not measuring up, of seeming out of place, or of being judged. Much of this discomfort is linked to the image we learn to present to the world — what Jung called the persona . This

“For a long time, my entire world fit inside a screen.” Leaving the house felt unbearable. Just the thought of running into someone in...