"When you lose some component of your physical self, you also lose some of your emotional self, " DellaCroce says.

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Bathurst notes that while coming clean is the most proactive way to handle a Web indiscretion before it threatens your career, depending on the offense, you should keep in mind that self disclosure might cause you to lose your job.

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