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The Dark Side of Gratitude - Looks like wisdom, feels like a cage
Gratitude is not always noble. Sometimes, it’s submission. How many times have you said “thank you” …when what you really meant was “I’m exhausted”? …when what you really needed was “no more”? We’ve been trained to dress up our disappointment. To rebrand suffering as strength. To stay silent — and call it spiritual. This book doesn’t ask you to be positive. It dares you to be honest. The Dark Side of Gratitude is for the ones who’ve smiled through collapse. Who’ve bowed politely while their needs were erased. Who’ve mastered the art of coping — and now want out. The Shadow Man lives in all of us. He taught you how to endure. How to smile through hunger. How to thank the very thing that hollowed you out. This isn’t a self-help book. It’s a weapon. And you’re allowed to use it.
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The Shadow Man
A collection of 10 short fictional stories
Everyday lives. Everyday choices. And the quiet, invisible voice that steers them off course.
He doesn’t shout.
He whispers.
He tells you how strong you are for surviving what you should’ve walked away from.
He teaches you to smile through discomfort.
To call self-erasure “growth'. To thank the very thing that broke you.
The Shadow Man isn’t out there. He’s the script inside your head — the one that rewards your silence, your compliance, your invisibility.
This collection holds ten short stories — each one a quiet undoing.
Ordinary people, on ordinary days, caught in the moment before they either shrink… or step out.
For readers who recognise the voice inside these pages — and are ready to speak over it.