Stopping the daily act of shaving to hide facial asymmetry created healing effects on the psychology of someone with burn scars, because the act of hiding daily required psychological effort that stopping this effort released.
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Dan ArielyEvidence Quote
“somebody that like me that shaved I used to have stubble on one side and after shaving I would feel less non-symmetrical I would lose less non-symmetrical so that the shading was not just an act of Shaving it was also an act of reducing a symmetry and and stopping that actually had very healing effects”
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The Many Ways Our Irrational Minds Sabotage Our Wealth | Dan Ariely, Behavioral Economist— WealthionCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:45:07 PM
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